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You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Boxscores > Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals - December 9th, 1972
Cleveland Browns 27 at Cincinnati Bengals 24
Saturday, December 9, 1972
Cleveland Browns 27, Cincinnati Bengals 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns (9-4-0) | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (7-6-0) | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Scoring
| CLE | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | CLE | Frank Pitts 50 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| CLE | Leroy Kelly 5 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 | |
| CIN | Virgil Carter 8 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 7 | |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 31 yard field goal | 14 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Essex Johnson 9 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 17 |
| CLE | Fair Hooker 20 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 17 | |
| CLE | Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal | 24 | 17 | |
| CIN | Doug Dressler 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| 4th | CLE | Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal | 27 | 24 |
Team Stats
| CLE | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-109-1 | 38-194-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-26-165-2-2 | 13-26-154-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-15 | 4-14 |
| Net pass yards | 150 | 140 |
| Total yards | 259 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 5-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 4 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-47 | 5-45 |
Rushing & Receiving
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Mike Phipps | CLE | 10 | 24 | 151 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bo Scott | CLE | 12 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Frank Pitts | CLE | 4 | 77 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Leroy Kelly | CLE | 12 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Fair Hooker | CLE | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bill Nelsen | CLE | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Chip Myers | CIN | 8 | 116 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 14 | 75 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 7 | 16 | 95 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 13 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 6 | 10 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | CIN | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Coslet | CIN | 1 | 8 | 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 | |||
| Billy Andrews | CLE | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Brown | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Thom Darden | CLE | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Billy Lefear | CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 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 | |||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||