| Denver Broncos at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: November 22, 1981 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 57207 |
| Weather: Scattered Clouds Temp: 35 F Humidty: 72% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver BroncosDEN | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 14 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 38 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DEN | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Pete Johnson 39 run (Jim Breech kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Pete Johnson 2 pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 5 run (Fred Steinfort kick) | 7 | 14 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Ken Anderson 2 run (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 21 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Cris Collinsworth 7 pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 28 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Jim Breech 38 FG | 7 | 31 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Steve Watson 14 pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Charles Alexander 65 pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 38 |
| 4 | Denver BroncosDEN | Rob Lytle 14 pass from Steve DeBerg (Fred Steinfort kick) | 21 | 38 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Rick Upchurch |
| 81 | WR | Steve Watson |
| 70 | LOT | Dave Studdard |
| 62 | LOG | Tom Glassic |
| 64 | C | Billy Bryan |
| 60 | ROG | Paul Howard |
| 71 | ROT | Claudie Minor |
| 88 | TE | Riley Odoms |
| 17 | QB | Steve DeBerg |
| 46 | RB | Dave Preston |
| 24 | FB | Rick Parros |
| Defense | ||
| 79 | LDE | Barney Chavous |
| 68 | NT | Rubin Carter |
| 73 | RDE | Rulon Jones |
| 51 | LOLB | Bob Swenson |
| 56 | LILB | Larry Evans |
| 53 | RILB | Randy Gradishar |
| 57 | ROLB | Tom Jackson |
| 45 | LCB | Perry Smith |
| 36 | SS | Billy Thompson |
| 43 | FS | Steve Foley |
| 22 | RCB | Aaron Kyle |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Cris Collinsworth |
| 85 | WR | Isaac Curtis |
| 78 | LOT | Anthony Munoz |
| 62 | LOG | Dave Lapham |
| 58 | C | Blair Bush |
| 65 | ROG | Max Montoya |
| 77 | ROT | Mike Wilson |
| 89 | TE | Dan Ross |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 40 | RB | Charles Alexander |
| 46 | FB | Pete Johnson |
| Defense | ||
| 73 | LDE | Eddie Edwards |
| 75 | NT | Wilson Whitley |
| 79 | RDE | Ross Browner |
| 53 | LOLB | Bo Harris |
| 55 | LILB | Jim LeClair |
| 50 | RILB | Glenn Cameron |
| 57 | ROLB | Reggie Williams |
| 34 | LCB | Louis Breeden |
| 26 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 42 | FS | Mike Fuller |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve DeBerg | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pete Johnson | 19 | 99 | 5.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Jimmy Hargrove | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 27 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 1 |
| Charles Alexander | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | 34 | 21 | 61.8 | 2 | 305 | 9.0 | 44 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 86.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 37 | 25 | 67.6 | 0 | 396 | 10.7 | 65t | 3 | 2 | 9 | 130.0 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Steve Watson | 5 | 102 | 20.4 | 44 | 1 |
| Dave Preston | 5 | 60 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Rick Parros | 5 | 50 | 10.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Reed | 4 | 76 | 19.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Rob Lytle | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 14t | 1 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dan Ross | 7 | 123 | 17.6 | 37 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 6 | 46 | 7.7 | 21 | 1 |
| M.L. Harris | 4 | 57 | 14.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Charles Alexander | 3 | 82 | 27.3 | 65t | 1 |
| Steve Kreider | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 33 | 0 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 18 | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ken Riley | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |||||
| Luke Prestridge | 5 | 194 | 38.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | ||||||
| Wade Manning | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ron Egloff | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Larry Canada | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Rob Lytle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| David Verser | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Denver Broncos | |
| Barney Chavous | 1.0 |
| Larry Evans | 1.0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Eddie Edwards | 2.0 |
| Ross Browner | 1.0 |
| Jim LeClair | 1.0 |
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