| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (3-3-0) | 13 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (3-3-0) | 0 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 23 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Nippert Stadium |
| Surface | grass |
| Weather | 59 degrees, relative humidity 44%, wind 9 mph |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| DEN | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Broncos | Al Denson 39 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 12 yard field goal | 10 | 0 | |
| Broncos | Bobby Howfield 23 yard field goal | 13 | 0 | |
| 2nd | Broncos | Bobby Howfield 45 yard field goal | 16 | 0 |
| Bengals | Speedy Thomas 29 yard pass from Sam Wyche (kick failed) | 16 | 6 | |
| Broncos | Floyd Little 48 yard rush (Bobby Howfield kick) | 23 | 6 | |
| Broncos | Mike Haffner 12 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) | 30 | 6 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Bob Trumpy 23 yard pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 30 | 13 |
| Bengals | Eric Crabtree 8 yard pass from Sam Wyche (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 30 | 20 | |
| 4th | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 10 yard field goal | 30 | 23 |
| DEN | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 46-272-1 | 23-97-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 7-16-149-2-1 | 17-29-232-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 10-73 |
| Net pass yards | 149 | 159 |
| Total yards | 421 | 256 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-35 | 4-39 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 166 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Tensi | DEN | 7 | 14 | 149 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Al Denson | DEN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Mike Haffner | DEN | 3 | 61 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fran Lynch | DEN | 4 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Tommie Smiley | DEN | 11 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| John Embree | DEN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pete Liske | DEN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 9 | 155 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Sam Wyche | CIN | 15 | 27 | 202 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 5 | 57 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dale Livingston | CIN | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Eric Crabtree | CIN | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Gehrke | CIN | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| John Huard | DEN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bill Thompson | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Wandy Williams | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 1 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Gus Hollomon | DEN | 3 | 137 | 45.7 | 0 | ||||
| Bobby Howfield | DEN | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dale Livingston | CIN | 5 | 195 | 39.0 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |