| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (7-6-0) | 0 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 30 |
| Houston Oilers (3-9-1) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 1:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Pick |
| Over/Under | 0.0 (over) |
| CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Oilers | Roy Gerela 46 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| 2nd | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 25 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 25 yard field goal | 6 | 3 | |
| Oilers | Roy Gerela 31 yard field goal | 6 | 6 | |
| 3rd | Oilers | Charlie Joiner 87 yard pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 6 | 13 |
| Bengals | Al Beauchamp 25 yard fumble return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 13 | 13 | |
| Bengals | Essex Johnson 15 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 20 | 13 | |
| 4th | Bengals | Essex Johnson 49 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 27 | 13 |
| Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 30 yard field goal | 30 | 13 | |
| Oilers | Charlie Joiner 4 yard pass from Jerry Rhome (Roy Gerela kick) | 30 | 20 |
| CIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 19 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 39-194-1 | 21-43-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-21-164-1-0 | 27-54-315-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-20 | 1-5 |
| Net pass yards | 144 | 310 |
| Total yards | 338 | 353 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 3-2 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-87 | 4-56 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 11 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 12 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 7 | 14 | 114 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 3 | 45 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 13 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Sam Wyche | CIN | 3 | 6 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jerry Rhome | HOU | 27 | 54 | 315 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Charlie Joiner | HOU | 6 | 143 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Mac Haik | HOU | 6 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Alvin Reed | HOU | 3 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jim Beirne | HOU | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jerry LeVias | HOU | 1 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 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 | |||
| Joe Dawkins | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Elbert Drungo | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Houston | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Benny Johnson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Zeke Moore | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 45.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Richardson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Roy Gerela | HOU | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spike Jones | HOU | 4 | 195 | 48.8 | 0 | ||||