| Boston Patriots at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 20, 1970 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 60157 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 37 F Humidty: 57% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston PatriotsBOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 14 | 24 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | BOS | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Paul Robinson 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chip Myers 56 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Paul Robinson 23 pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 21 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Sam Wyche 8 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 28 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 37 FG | 0 | 31 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Paul Robinson 3 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 38 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Speedy Thomas 19 pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 0 | 45 |
| 4 | Boston PatriotsBOS | Ron Sellers 12 pass from Joe Kapp (Gino Cappelletti kick) | 7 | 45 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||
| Offense | ||
| 34 | WR | Ron Sellers |
| 40 | WR | Bake Turner |
| 64 | LOT | Mike Montler |
| 67 | LOG | Gary Bugenhagen |
| 56 | C | Jon Morris |
| 60 | ROG | Len St. Jean |
| 77 | ROT | Tom Neville |
| 82 | TE | Tom Beer |
| 11 | QB | Joe Kapp |
| 30 | RB | Carl Garrett |
| 35 | RB | Jim Nance |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Mel Witt |
| 76 | LDT | Rex Mirich |
| 65 | RDT | Houston Antwine |
| 88 | RDE | Ron Berger |
| 52 | LLB | Ed Philpott |
| 54 | MLB | Marty Schottenheimer |
| 57 | RLB | John Bramlett |
| 27 | LCB | Randy Beverly |
| 26 | LS | Clarence Scott |
| 42 | RS | Don Webb |
| 23 | RCB | Daryl Johnson |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Ernie Wright |
| 71 | LOG | Rufus Mayes |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 72 | ROT | Howard Fest |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 70 | RDE | Ron Carpenter |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 53 | RLB | Bill Peterson |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 31 | LS | Fletcher Smith |
| 27 | RS | Ken Dyer |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Jim Nance | 9 | 39 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Gladieux | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 0 | |
| Mike Taliaferro | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Kapp | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 11 | 71 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Sam Wyche | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 1 | |
| Paul Robinson | 14 | 36 | 2.6 | 2 | |
| Doug Dressler | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||||||||
| Joe Kapp | 21 | 7 | 33.3 | 2 | 101 | 4.8 | 1 | 26.2 | |||
| Mike Taliaferro | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Sam Wyche | 14 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 91 | 6.5 | 2 | 110.4 | |||
| Virgil Carter | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 96 | 32.0 | 1 | 158.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tom Beer | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | |
| Sid Blanks | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ron Sellers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Gayle Knief | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Nance | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19t | 1 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ken Riley | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |||||
| Tommy Janik | 7 | 251 | 35.9 | 1 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 264 | 66.0 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | ||||||
| Carl Garrett | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Odell Lawson | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Boston Patriots | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
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