| Cincinnati Bengals at Denver Broncos |
| Game Statistics & Box Score |
| Date: November 14, 1971 Location: Denver, CO Venue: Mile High Stadium Attendance: 51200 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 55 F Humidty: 26% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | DEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bruce Coslet 71 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Fred Willis 3 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | Denver BroncosDEN | Jim Turner 37 FG | 14 | 3 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 14 FG | 17 | 3 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Dwight Harrison 43 pass from Steve Ramsey (Clem Turner kick) | 17 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 67 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 10 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 84 | WR | Bob Trumpy |
| 71 | LOT | Rufus Mayes |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 88 | TE | Bruce Coslet |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| 18 | RB | Paul Robinson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 70 | RDE | Ron Carpenter |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 51 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 29 | RS | Sandy Durko |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Jerry Simmons |
| 75 | LOT | Roger Shoals |
| 68 | LOG | Larron Jackson |
| 67 | C | George Goeddeke |
| 64 | ROG | Mike Schnitker |
| 74 | ROT | Mike Current |
| 81 | TE | Billy Masters |
| 85 | TE | John Mosier |
| 13 | QB | Don Horn |
| 11 | RB | Bobby Anderson |
| 44 | RB | Floyd Little |
| Offense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Carter Campbell |
| 70 | LDT | Paul Smith |
| 63 | RDT | Dave Costa |
| 77 | RDE | Lyle Alzado |
| 54 | LLB | Chip Myrtle |
| 52 | MLB | Fred Forsberg |
| 56 | RLB | Dave Washington |
| 41 | LCB | Leroy Mitchell |
| 20 | LS | Charlie Greer |
| 26 | RS | George Saimes |
| 36 | RCB | Billy Thompson |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Fred Willis | 11 | 67 | 6.1 | 26 | 1 |
| Doug Dressler | 11 | 52 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Floyd Little | 22 | 101 | 4.6 | 16 | 0 |
| Bobby Anderson | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Mosier | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 22 | 14 | 63.6 | 0 | 272 | 12.4 | 71t | 2 | 1 | 6 | 136.9 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79.2 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | 13 | 6 | 46.2 | 1 | 106 | 8.2 | 43t | 1 | 2 | 13 | 68.1 |
| Don Horn | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bruce Coslet | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 71t | 1 |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 89 | 44.5 | 67t | 1 |
| Doug Dressler | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Dwight Harrison | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 43t | 1 |
| Bobby Anderson | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Masters | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 5 | 229 | 45.8 | 52 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Billy Van Heusen | 7 | 317 | 45.3 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 1 | 22 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Billy Thompson | 3 | 0 | 55 | 18.3 | 27 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Floyd Little | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bobby Anderson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Fran Lynch | 0 | 19 | 19L | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
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