| Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1972 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 59524 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 36 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Frank Pitts 50 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland Browns | Leroy Kelly 5 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Virgil Carter 8 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 31 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Essex Johnson 9 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Fair Hooker 20 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | Doug Dressler 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland Browns | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 27 | 24 |
| RUSHING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Bo Scott | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| CLE | Mike Phipps | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| CLE | Bill Nelsen | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| CIN | Doug Dressler | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| CIN | Essex Johnson | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| CIN | Jess Phillips | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| CIN | Virgil Carter | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| CIN | Dave Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| CIN | Ken Anderson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
| CLE | Mike Phipps | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 151 | 6.3 | 2 | 73.4 | |||
| CLE | Bill Nelsen | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| CIN | Virgil Carter | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 95 | 5.9 | 0 | 23.7 | |||
| CIN | Ken Anderson | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | 76.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Frank Pitts | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| CLE | Fair Hooker | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| CLE | Bo Scott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| CIN | Chip Myers | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| CIN | Doug Dressler | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| CIN | Charlie Joiner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| CIN | Bruce Coslet | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| CIN | Essex Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Thom Darden | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| CLE | Billy Andrews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| CIN | Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| CIN | Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
| CLE | Don Cockroft | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| CIN | Dave Lewis | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CIN | Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
| CLE | Ken Brown | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | |
| CLE | Billy LeFear | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| CIN | Bernie Jackson | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | ||
|---|---|---|
| TEAM | PLAYER | NO |
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