Sunday, October 8, 1972
Denver Broncos 10, Cincinnati Bengals 21| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver Broncos (1-3-0) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (3-1-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| DEN | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | DEN | Floyd Little 7 yard rush (Jim Turner kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | DEN | Jim Turner 38 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| CIN | Essex Johnson 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Tommy Casanova 66 yard punt return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 14 |
| 4th | CIN | Chip Myers 12 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 21 |
| DEN | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 13 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 31-130-1 | 30-90-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 6-19-86-0-0 | 12-20-148-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 6-49 | 5-39 |
| Net pass yards | 37 | 109 |
| Total yards | 167 | 199 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-38 | 4-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bobby Anderson | DEN | 9 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 18 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Steve Ramsey | DEN | 6 | 14 | 86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Billy Masters | DEN | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Riley Odoms | DEN | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dwight Harrison | DEN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charley Johnson | DEN | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 15 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 12 | 20 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 1 | 4 | 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 | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Floyd Little | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Rod Sherman | DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 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 | |||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||