| Houston Oilers at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: September 23, 1973 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 51823 |
| Weather: Mostly Cloudy Temp: 81 F Humidty: 54% Wind: 6 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston OilersHOU | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | HOU | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Bob Gresham 103 kickoff return (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 11 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 27 FG | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Skip Butler 38 FG | 10 | 10 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Boobie Clark 3 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 17 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bob Trumpy 35 pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 20 | WR | Billy Parks |
| 66 | LOT | Tom Funchess |
| 64 | LOG | Ron Saul |
| 50 | C | Bill Curry |
| 68 | ROG | Solomon Freelon |
| 63 | ROT | Levert Carr |
| 82 | TE | Mack Alston |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 36 | RB | Bob Gresham |
| 44 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 70 | LDE | Tody Smith |
| 76 | LDT | Al Cowlings |
| 78 | RDT | John Matuszak |
| 65 | RDE | Elvin Bethea |
| 85 | LLB | Floyd Rice |
| 54 | MLB | Gregg Bingham |
| 58 | RLB | Paul Guidry |
| 19 | LCB | Willie Alexander |
| 25 | SS | John Charles |
| 36/27 | FS | Jeff Severson |
| 33 | RCB | Benny Johnson |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 85 | WR | Isaac Curtis |
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 35 | RB | Boobie Clark |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 80 | RDE | Ken Johnson |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 60 | RLB | Ron Pritchard |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Bob Gresham | 11 | 79 | 7.2 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 16 | 55 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 15 | 131 | 8.7 | 1 | |
| Boobie Clark | 20 | 80 | 4.0 | 1 | |
| Joe Wilson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 23 | 11 | 47.8 | 2 | 105 | 4.6 | 0 | 24.7 | |||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 26 | 15 | 57.7 | 0 | 155 | 6.0 | 1 | 87.8 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Eddie Hinton | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Billy Parks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Mack Alston | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Gresham | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 5 | 26 | 5.2 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 1 | |
| Chip Myers | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Dan Pastorini | 5 | 205 | 41.0 | 0 | |
| Skip Butler | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 8 | 335 | 41.9 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Jeff Severson | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Bob Gresham | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 1 | ||
| Lewis Jolley | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Houston Oilers | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
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