| Cincinnati Bengals at New York Jets Game Statistics |
| Date: December 19, 1971 Location: New York, NY |
| Venue: Shea Stadium Attendance: 63151 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 29 F Humidty: 58% Wind: 5 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| New York JetsNYJ | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | NYJ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chip Myers 5 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 1 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Rich Caster 11 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Don Maynard 74 pass from Joe Namath (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | New York JetsNYJ | Emerson Boozer 7 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Fred Willis 6 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 28 |
| 3 | New York JetsNYJ | Cliff McClain 63 run (Bobby Howfield kick) | 14 | 35 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bruce Coslet 9 pass from Ken Anderson (Virgil Carter kick) | 21 | 35 |
| 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 |
| 31 | LS | Fletcher Smith |
| 29 | RS | Sandy Durko |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| New York Jets | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | WR | Rich Caster |
| 13 | WR | Don Maynard |
| 76 | LOT | Bob Svihus |
| 66 | LOG | Randy Rasmussen |
| 52 | C | John Schmitt |
| 67 | ROG | Dave Herman |
| 75 | ROT | Winston Hill |
| 87 | TE | Pete Lammons |
| 12 | QB | Joe Namath |
| 32 | RB | Emerson Boozer |
| 44 | RB | John Riggins |
| Offense | ||
| 81 | LDE | Gerry Philbin |
| 57 | LDT | John Little |
| 64 | RDT | Chuck Hinton |
| 84 | RDE | Mark Lomas |
| 51 | LLB | Ralph Baker |
| 62 | MLB | Al Atkinson |
| 60 | RLB | Larry Grantham |
| 43 | LCB | John Dockery |
| 27 | LS | Phil Wise |
| 33 | RS | W.K. Hicks |
| 45 | RCB | Earlie Thomas |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Fred Willis | 9 | 49 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Doug Dressler | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | -17 | -17.0 | -17 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| John Riggins | 17 | 99 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Cliff McClain | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 1 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 14 | 2 |
| Joe Namath | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 21 | 13 | 61.9 | 0 | 140 | 6.7 | 1 | 97.3 | |||
| Virgil Carter | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 36 | 4.0 | 1 | 111.3 | |||
| New York Jets | |||||||||||
| Joe Namath | 15 | 9 | 60.0 | 1 | 164 | 10.9 | 2 | 109.4 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Bob Trumpy | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| Chip Myers | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 1 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Don Maynard | 3 | 114 | 38.0 | 1 | |
| John Riggins | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Rich Caster | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 1 | |
| Emerson Boozer | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| New York Jets | |||||
| Steve O'Neal | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 0 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 0 | ||
| New York Jets | ||||||
| Chris Farasopoulos | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Studdard | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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| New York Jets | |
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