| Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: October 19, 1969 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Nippert Stadium Attendance: 27920 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 73 F Humidty: 30% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Al Denson 39 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 12 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 1 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 23 FG | 13 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 45 FG | 16 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Speedy Thomas 29 pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick blocked) | 16 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Floyd Little 48 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 23 | 6 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Mike Haffner 12 pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 30 | 6 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bob Trumpy 23 pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 30 | 13 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Eric Crabtree 8 pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 30 | 20 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 10 FG | 30 | 23 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Al Denson |
| 84 | WR | Mike Haffner |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 85 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 13 | QB | Steve Tensi |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 39 | RB | Tommie Smiley |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 62 | LDT | Jerry Inman |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 55 | RDE | Pete Duranko |
| 50 | LLB | Carl Cunningham |
| 57 | MLB | John Huard |
| 54 | RLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 40 | LCB | Grady Cavness |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 27 | RS | Tom Oberg |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 74 | LOG | Ernie Park |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 72 | ROT | Howard Fest |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Sam Wyche |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 70 | LDT | Andy Rice |
| 83 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 79 | RDE | Steve Chomyszak |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 51 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 31 | LCB | Fletcher Smith |
| 23 | LS | Al Coleman |
| 20 | RS | Bobby Hunt |
| 28 | RCB | John Guillory |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 29 | 166 | 5.7 | 48t | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Tommie Smiley | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Denson | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Tensi | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 8 | 23 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Tensi | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 149 | 10.6 | 39t | 2 | 0 | 0 | 127.7 |
| Pete Liske | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Sam Wyche | 27 | 15 | 55.6 | 1 | 202 | 7.5 | 49 | 3 | 10 | 73 | 101.2 |
| Dale Livingston | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| Jack Gehrke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Al Denson | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Mike Haffner | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 38 | 1 |
| John Embree | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Speedy Thomas | 9 | 155 | 17.2 | 49 | 1 |
| Bob Trumpy | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 23t | 1 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| John Huard | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gus Hollomon | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dale Livingston | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 44 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wandy Williams | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
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