| Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos Game Statistics |
| Date: December 14, 1969 Location: Denver, CO |
| Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 42198 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 65 F Humidty: 23% Wind: 0 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 43 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 14 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 30 FG | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Embree 37 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 9 | 7 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Tom Buckman 4 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Speedy Thomas 24 pass from Greg Cook (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 16 | 14 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 51 FG | 16 | 17 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | John Embree 3 pass from Pete Liske (Bobby Howfield kick) | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Bobby Howfield 9 FG | 16 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 10 | WR | Eric Crabtree |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 64 | LOG | Justin Canale |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 63 | ROG | Guy Dennis |
| 72 | ROT | Howard Fest |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 12 | QB | Greg Cook |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| 43 | RB | Clem Turner |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 70 | LDT | Andy Rice |
| 83 | RDT | Bill Staley |
| 85 | RDE | Marty Baccaglio |
| 51 | LLB | Ken Avery |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Peterson |
| 31 | LCB | Fletcher Smith |
| 23 | LS | Al Coleman |
| 20 | RS | Bobby Hunt |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 89 | WR | John Embree |
| 29 | WR | Wandy Williams |
| 72 | LOT | Sam Brunelli |
| 67 | LOG | George Goeddeke |
| 59 | C | Larry Kaminski |
| 60 | ROG | Bob Young |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 80 | TE | Tom Buckman |
| 14 | QB | Pete Liske |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| 22 | RB | Fran Lynch |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 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 |
| 41 | RS | George Burrell |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Paul Robinson | 11 | 15 | 1.4 | 5 | 0 |
| Greg Cook | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 1 | 0.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Fran Lynch | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 34 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 13 | 52 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Liske | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Greg Cook | 30 | 19 | 63.3 | 1 | 291 | 9.7 | 62 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 92.5 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Pete Liske | 17 | 13 | 76.5 | 1 | 207 | 12.2 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 131.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Speedy Thomas | 7 | 177 | 25.3 | 62 | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| John Embree | 4 | 64 | 16.0 | 37t | 2 |
| Tom Buckman | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Fran Lynch | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Frank Quayle | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71 | 0 |
| Wandy Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Floyd Little | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bill Peterson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Carl Cunningham | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Terry Swanson | 4 | 143 | 35.8 | 48 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Gus Hollomon | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Charley King | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35L | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 1 | 0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 46 | 0 | |
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