| Arizona Cardinals at Cincinnati Bengals |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: August 31, 1997 Location: Cincinnati, OH Venue: Cinergy Field Attendance: 53644 |
| Weather: Overcast Temp: 81 F Humidty: 60% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona CardinalsARI | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | ARI | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arizona CardinalsARI | Leeland McElroy 17 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Pelfrey 38 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | Arizona CardinalsARI | Cedric Smith 1 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Arizona CardinalsARI | Larry Centers 1 run (Kevin Butler kick) | 21 | 3 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ki-Jana Carter 2 run (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 21 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ki-Jana Carter 1 run (Jeff Blake pass failed) | 21 | 16 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Carl Pickens 7 pass from Jeff Blake (Tony McGee pass from Jeff Blake) | 21 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Rob Moore |
| 81 | WR | Frank Sanders |
| 75 | LOT | Lomas Brown |
| 74 | LOG | Rob Selby |
| 62 | C | Mike Devlin |
| 60 | ROG | Anthony Redmon |
| 68 | ROT | Joe Wolf |
| 80 | TE | Pat Carter |
| 11 | QB | Kent Graham |
| 30 | RB | Leeland McElroy |
| 37 | FB | Larry Centers |
| Defense | ||
| 63 | LDE | Michael Bankston |
| 98 | LDT | Eric Swann |
| 94 | RDT | Bernard Wilson |
| 97 | RDE | Simeon Rice |
| 95 | LLB | Jamir Miller |
| 58 | MLB | Eric Hill |
| 57 | RLB | Ronald McKinnon |
| 35 | LCB | Aeneas Williams |
| 43 | SS | Matt Darby |
| 46 | FS | Brent Alexander |
| 22 | RCB | Tommy Knight |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 81 | WR | Carl Pickens |
| 86 | WR | Darnay Scott |
| 60 | LOT | Rod Jones |
| 74 | LOG | Rich Braham |
| 65 | C | Darrick Brilz |
| 66 | ROG | Ken Blackman |
| 71 | ROT | Willie Anderson |
| 82 | TE | Tony McGee |
| 8 | QB | Jeff Blake |
| 32 | HB | Ki-Jana Carter |
| 44 | FB | Brian Milne |
| Defense | ||
| 92 | LDE | John Copeland |
| 67 | NT | Kimo Von Oelhoffen |
| 99 | RDE | Dan Wilkinson |
| 50 | LOLB | James Francis |
| 53 | LILB | Tom Tumulty |
| 56 | RILB | Ricardo McDonald |
| 57 | ROLB | Reinard Wilson |
| 33 | LCB | Ashley Ambrose |
| 34 | SS | Tremain Mack |
| 31 | FS | Greg Myers |
| 22 | RCB | Jimmy Spencer |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |||||
| Leeland McElroy | 17 | 52 | 3.1 | 17t | 1 |
| Larry Centers | 11 | 20 | 1.8 | 6 | 1 |
| Kent Graham | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Cedric Smith | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1t | 1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 15 | 2 |
| Jeff Blake | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |||||||||||
| Kent Graham | 36 | 20 | 55.6 | 1 | 248 | 6.9 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65.5 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Jeff Blake | 35 | 24 | 68.6 | 1 | 252 | 7.2 | 35 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 86.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |||||
| Rob Moore | 7 | 96 | 13.7 | 37 | 0 |
| Frank Sanders | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Larry Centers | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 11 | 0 |
| Anthony Edwards | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Carl Pickens | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 15 | 1 |
| Darnay Scott | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tony McGee | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Brian Milne | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Gunnard Twyner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marco Battaglia | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |||||
| Aeneas Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Jimmy Spencer | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |||||
| Jeff Feagles | 6 | 256 | 42.7 | 51 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lee Johnson | 6 | 239 | 39.8 | 60 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Kevin Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Greg Myers | 4 | 1 | 41 | 10.3 | 17 | 0 |
| KICKOFFS | NO | YDS | AVG | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||
| Kevin Butler | 4 | 244 | 61.0 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||
| Doug Pelfrey | 5 | 256 | 51.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | ||||||
| Kevin Bouie | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Cedric Smith | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Gunnard Twyner | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Corey Dillon | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 23 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Arizona Cardinals | |
| Eric Swann | 2.0 |
| Jamir Miller | 1.0 |
| Simeon Rice | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals |
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