| Cincinnati Bengals at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: November 26, 1972 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Soldier Field Attendance: 55701 |
| Weather: Light Snow Temp: 33 F Humidty: 89% Wind: 15 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 26 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 14 FG | 10 | 0 |
| 3 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Mac Percival 9 FG | 10 | 3 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 39 FG | 13 | 3 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 11 | QB | Virgil Carter |
| 44 | RB | Doug Dressler |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 52 | MLB | Doug Adams |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | George Farmer |
| 84 | WR | Jim Seymour |
| 65 | LOT | Randy Jackson |
| 61 | LOG | Glen Holloway |
| 52 | C | Rich Coady |
| 78 | ROG | Bob Newton |
| 74 | ROT | Bob Asher |
| 82 | TE | Earl Thomas |
| 10 | QB | Bobby Douglass |
| 35 | RB | Jim Harrison |
| 24 | RB | Don Shy |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Tony McGee |
| 68 | LDT | Jim Osborne |
| 67 | RDT | Bill Line |
| 87 | RDE | Steve DeLong |
| 55 | LLB | Doug Buffone |
| 51 | MLB | Dick Butkus |
| 31 | RLB | Ross Brupbacher |
| 32 | LCB | Charlie Ford |
| 48 | LS | Ron Smith |
| 18 | RS | Jerry Moore |
| 20 | RCB | Joe Taylor |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 20 | 77 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Shy | 17 | 56 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 20 | 12 | 60.0 | 2 | 120 | 6.0 | 1 | 54.2 | |||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 20 | 6 | 30.0 | 2 | 101 | 5.1 | 0 | 8.5 | |||
| John Huarte | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 0 | 14 | 2.8 | 0 | 47.9 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 4 | 44 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26t | 1 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Roger Lawson | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Harrison | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | |
| Jim Seymour | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 6 | 306 | 51.0 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 8 | 307 | 38.4 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Ron Smith | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Chicago Bears | |
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