| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: December 18, 1977 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 46212 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 0 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 21 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chris Bahr 28 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chris Bahr 27 FG | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Ronnie Coleman 1 run (Tom Dempsey kick) | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Billy Johnson 17 pass from Dan Pastorini (Tom Dempsey kick failed) | 6 | 13 |
| 3 | Houston OilersHOU | Safety, Ken Kennard sacked in end zone by James Young | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Pat McInally 11 pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) | 13 | 15 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Tom Dempsey 27 FG | 13 | 18 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Tom Dempsey 26 FG | 13 | 21 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Chris Bahr 24 FG | 16 | 21 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 82 | WR | Billy Brooks |
| 86 | WR | Johnny McDaniel |
| 72 | LOT | Ron Hunt |
| 74 | LOG | Glenn Bujnoch |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 62 | ROG | Dave Lapham |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 81 | TE | Jim Corbett |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 45 | RB | Archie Griffin |
| 46 | RB | Pete Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 67 | LDE | Gary Burley |
| 73 | LDT | Eddie Edwards |
| 75 | RDT | Wilson Whitley |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 53 | LLB | Bo Harris |
| 55 | MLB | Jim LeClair |
| 57 | RLB | Reggie Williams |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 37 | SS | Tommy Casanova |
| 24 | FS | Marvin Cobb |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 00 | WR | Ken Burrough |
| 89 | WR | Eddie Foster |
| 73 | LOT | Greg Sampson |
| 64 | LOG | George Reihner |
| 55 | C | Carl Mauck |
| 75 | ROG | Elbert Drungo |
| 72 | ROT | Kevin Hunt |
| 86 | TE | Mike Barber |
| 7 | QB | Dan Pastorini |
| 26 | RB | Rob Carpenter |
| 47 | RB | Ronnie Coleman |
| Offense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 78 | MG | Curley Culp |
| 79 | RDE | Ernie Kirk |
| 59 | LOLB | Ted Washington |
| 57 | LILB | Steve Kiner |
| 54 | RILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 22 | LCB | Zeke Moore |
| 20 | LS | Bill Currier |
| 37 | RS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 19 | RCB | Willie Alexander |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Archie Griffin | 10 | 47 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Pete Johnson | 11 | 39 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Rob Carpenter | 22 | 76 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Coleman | 15 | 40 | 2.7 | 1 | |
| Billy Johnson | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Don Hardeman | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Dan Pastorini | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Mike Voight | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Tim Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ken Burrough | 1 | -31 | -31.0 | -31 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 0 | 97 | 4.2 | 1 | 63.1 | |||
| John Reaves | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 72 | 12.0 | 0 | 93.7 | |||
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Dan Pastorini | 21 | 10 | 47.6 | 0 | 190 | 9.0 | 1 | 95.3 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 1 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | |
| Johnny McDaniel | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | |
| Billy Brooks | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Billy Johnson | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 1 | |
| Ken Burrough | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 0 | |
| Rob Carpenter | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Ronnie Coleman | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 5 | 238 | 47.6 | 1 | |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Cliff Parsley | 4 | 158 | 39.5 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tony Davis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | ||
| Greg Stemrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Archie Griffin | 4 | 88 | 22.0 | 0 | ||
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Billy Johnson | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Houston Oilers | |
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