Sunday, October 15, 1972
Cincinnati Bengals 23, Kansas City Chiefs 16| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (4-1-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 23 |
| Kansas City Chiefs (3-2-0) | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 16 |
| CIN | KAN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Horst Muhlmann 46 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | KAN | Jan Stenerud 39 yard field goal | 3 | 3 |
| 3rd | KAN | Otis Taylor 14 yard pass from Len Dawson (Jan Stenerud kick) | 3 | 10 |
| CIN | Essex Johnson 65 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 32 yard field goal | 10 | 13 | |
| 4th | CIN | Speedy Thomas 7 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 17 | 13 |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 12 yard field goal | 20 | 13 | |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 16 yard field goal | 23 | 13 | |
| KAN | Jan Stenerud 43 yard field goal | 23 | 16 |
| CIN | KAN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 11 | 22 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 24-69-0 | 31-123-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 14-25-182-2-0 | 22-40-243-1-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 6-46 |
| Net pass yards | 182 | 197 |
| Total yards | 251 | 320 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-21 | 5-47 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 11 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 14 | 25 | 182 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 3 | 69 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 12 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Speedy Thomas | CIN | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Otis Taylor | KAN | 10 | 149 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Adamle | KAN | 17 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Len Dawson | KAN | 21 | 38 | 230 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wendell Hayes | KAN | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dennis Homan | KAN | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mike Livingston | KAN | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Robert West | KAN | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Willie Frazier | KAN | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jim Otis | KAN | 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 Adams | CIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 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 | |||
| Larry Marshall | KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||