| Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Oilers Game Statistics |
| Date: January 2, 1983 Location: Houston, TX |
| Venue: Astrodome Attendance: 26522 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Houston OilersHOU | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | HOU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Dan Ross 1 pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 1 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 35 FG | 7 | 3 |
| 1 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Archie Griffin 10 run (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Donnie Craft 9 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | Houston OilersHOU | Florian Kempf 37 FG | 14 | 13 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Pete Johnson 1 run (Jim Breech kick) | 21 | 13 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Isaac Curtis 44 pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 28 | 13 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Dave Casper 5 pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 28 | 20 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Charles Alexander 4 run (Jim Breech kick) | 35 | 20 |
| 4 | Houston OilersHOU | Donnie Craft 3 run (Florian Kempf kick) | 35 | 27 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 44 | LCB | Ray Griffin |
| 26 | SS | Bobby Kemp |
| 42 | FS | Mike Fuller |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| Houston Oilers | ||
| Offense | ||
| 80 | WR | Harold Bailey |
| 82 | WR | Mike Renfro |
| 62 | LOT | John Schuhmacher |
| 68 | LOG | Ralph Williams |
| 58 | C | David Carter |
| 60 | ROG | Ed Fisher |
| 76 | ROT | Morris Towns |
| 87 | TE | Dave Casper |
| 14 | QB | Gifford Nielsen |
| 35 | HB | Stan Edwards |
| 34 | FB | Earl Campbell |
| Defense | ||
| 71 | LDE | Ken Kennard |
| 67 | MF | Mike Stensrud |
| 75 | RDE | Jesse Baker |
| 53 | LOLB | Avon Riley |
| 54 | LILB | Gregg Bingham |
| 50 | RILB | Daryl Hunt |
| 52 | ROLB | Robert Brazile |
| 20 | LCB | Willie Tullis |
| 32 | SS | Vernon Perry |
| 37 | WS | Mike Reinfeldt |
| 27 | RCB | Greg Stemrick |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pete Johnson | 18 | 69 | 3.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Charles Alexander | 10 | 48 | 4.8 | 18 | 1 |
| Archie Griffin | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 7 | 0 |
| David Verser | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Turk Schonert | 3 | -8 | -2.7 | -3 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Earl Campbell | 11 | 64 | 5.8 | 18 | 0 |
| Stan Edwards | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 8 | 0 |
| Gifford Nielsen | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Donnie Craft | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 9t | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 31 | 27 | 87.1 | 0 | 323 | 10.4 | 44t | 2 | 1 | 11 | 131.6 |
| Turk Schonert | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 91.7 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||||||||
| Gifford Nielsen | 33 | 22 | 66.7 | 1 | 241 | 7.3 | 38 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 85.5 |
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dan Ross | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Cris Collinsworth | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Charles Alexander | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 44t | 1 |
| Steve Kreider | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 25 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 |
| David Verser | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| Mike Renfro | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Dave Casper | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 38 | 1 |
| Stan Edwards | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Harold Bailey | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Adger Armstrong | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Pat McInally | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 |
| Houston Oilers | |||||
| John James | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 46 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Mike Fuller | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Rodney Tate | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 55 | 0 | |
| Houston Oilers | ||||||
| Carl Roaches | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 45 | 0 | |
| Avon Riley | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Gary Allen | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Ross Browner | 1.0 |
| Houston Oilers | |
| Jesse Baker | 1.0 |
| Avon Riley | 1.0 |
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