| Dallas Cowboys at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 8, 1985 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 56936 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 40 F Humidty: 70% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas CowboysDAL | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 22 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 50 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DAL | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Safety, Danny White tackled in end zone by Ross Browner | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Larry Kinnebrew 3 run (Jim Breech kick) | 0 | 9 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Eddie Brown 45 pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 0 | 16 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | James Brooks 27 run (pass failed) | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Rafael Septien 21 FG | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Steve Kreider 29 pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | James Brooks 18 run (Jim Breech kick) | 3 | 36 |
| 3 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Mike Renfro 9 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 10 | 36 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Cris Collinsworth 58 pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 10 | 43 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Charles Alexander 1 run (Jim Breech kick) | 10 | 50 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Doug Cosbie 1 pass from Danny White (Rafael Septien kick) | 17 | 50 |
| 4 | Dallas CowboysDAL | Jesse Penn 46 blocked punt recovery (Rafael Septien kick) | 24 | 50 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Tony Hill |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 75 | LOT | Phil Pozderac |
| 63 | LOG | Glen Titensor |
| 64 | C | Tom Rafferty |
| 65 | ROG | Kurt Petersen |
| 61 | ROT | Jim Cooper |
| 84 | TE | Doug Cosbie |
| 11 | QB | Danny White |
| 33 | RB | Tony Dorsett |
| 30 | FB | Timmy Newsome |
| Defense | ||
| 72 | LDE | Ed Jones |
| 78 | LDT | John Dutton |
| 54 | RDT | Randy White |
| 77 | RDE | Jim Jeffcoat |
| 58 | LLB | Mike Hegman |
| 56 | MLB | Eugene Lockhart |
| 50 | RLB | Jeff Rohrer |
| 24 | LCB | Everson Walls |
| 47 | SS | Dextor Clinkscale |
| 26 | FS | Michael Downs |
| 27 | RCB | Ron Fellows |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Eddie Brown |
| 80 | WR | Cris Collinsworth |
| 78 | LOT | Anthony Munoz |
| 74 | LOG | Brian Blados |
| 52 | C | Dave Rimington |
| 65 | ROG | Max Montoya |
| 77 | ROT | Mike Wilson |
| 82 | TE | Rodney Holman |
| 7 | QB | Boomer Esiason |
| 21 | RB | James Brooks |
| 28 | FB | Larry Kinnebrew |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Eddie Edwards |
| 69 | NT | Tim Krumrie |
| 79 | RDE | Ross Browner |
| 59 | LOLB | Jeff Schuh |
| 91 | LILB | Carl Zander |
| 50 | RILB | Glenn Cameron |
| 57 | ROLB | Reggie Williams |
| 24 | LCB | Louis Breeden |
| 26 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 22 | FS | James Griffin |
| 20 | RCB | Ray Horton |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 17 | 64 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| James Brooks | 13 | 109 | 8.4 | 32 | 2 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 13 | 71 | 5.5 | 29 | 1 |
| Bill Johnson | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Charles Alexander | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Stanford Jennings | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Brown | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||||||||
| Danny White | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 1 | 227 | 6.9 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 93.9 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Boomer Esiason | 25 | 15 | 60.0 | 0 | 265 | 10.6 | 58t | 3 | 0 | 0 | 135.8 |
| Turk Schonert | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 75.0 |
| Ken Anderson | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Tony Dorsett | 6 | 66 | 11.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Timmy Newsome | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Renfro | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 10 | 1 |
| Tony Hill | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Doug Cosbie | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 14 | 1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Cris Collinsworth | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 58t | 1 |
| Eddie Brown | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 45t | 1 |
| Rodney Holman | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29t | 1 |
| M.L. Harris | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| James Brooks | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Larry Kinnebrew | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Brian Blados | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| James Griffin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |||||
| Mike Saxon | 4 | 176 | 44.0 | 53 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 45 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| Bill Bates | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Mike Martin | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 9 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | ||||||
| James Jones | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 25 | 0 | |
| Kenny Duckett | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 25 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Mike Martin | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 24 | 0 | |
| Eddie Brown | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | |
| Ed Jones | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Ross Browner | 1.0 |
| Eddie Edwards | 1.0 |
| Emanuel King | 1.0 |
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