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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns - December 5th, 1971
Cincinnati Bengals 27 at Cleveland Browns 31
Sunday, December 5, 1971
Cincinnati Bengals 27, Cleveland Browns 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (4-8-0) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
| Cleveland Browns (7-5-0) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 31 |
Scoring
| CIN | CLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CLE | Leroy Kelly 1 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 0 | 7 |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 46 yard field goal | 3 | 7 | |
| CIN | Doug Dressler 4 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 2nd | CIN | Fred Willis 9 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 17 | 7 |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 24 yard field goal | 20 | 7 | |
| CLE | Fair Hooker 39 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 14 | |
| 3rd | CLE | Frank Pitts 53 yard pass from Bill Nelsen (Don Cockroft kick) | 20 | 21 |
| 4th | CIN | Essex Johnson 86 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 27 | 21 |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 12 yard field goal | 27 | 24 | |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly 4 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 27 | 31 |
Team Stats
| CIN | CLE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 34-232-3 | 38-182-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 13-23-118-0-1 | 14-28-224-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 114 | 224 |
| Total yards | 346 | 406 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-47 | 4-20 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 4 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 17 | 79 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 12 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 13 | 23 | 118 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 3 | 43 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 23 | 127 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 14 | 28 | 224 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 5 | 103 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 5 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 12 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Milt Morin | CLE | 3 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Defense & Returns
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Al Beauchamp | CIN | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 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 | |||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Stan Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ernie Kellermann | CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||