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Cincinnati Bengals 61 at Houston Oilers 17

Sunday, December 17, 1972

Cincinnati Bengals 61, Houston Oilers 17

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Cincinnati Bengals (8-6-0)313172861
Houston Oilers (1-13-0)370717

Scoring

CINHOU
1stHOUSkip Butler 28 yard field goal03
CINHorst Muhlmann 46 yard field goal33
2ndHOUFred Willis 13 yard pass from Kent Nix (Skip Butler kick)310
CINKen Anderson 3 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)1010
CINHorst Muhlmann 24 yard field goal1310
CINHorst Muhlmann 51 yard field goal1610
3rdCINHorst Muhlmann 32 yard field goal1910
CINDoug Dressler 43 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)2610
CINDoug Dressler 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)3310
4thCINDoug Dressler 20 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)4010
CINLemar Parrish 25 yard interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick)4710
CINLemar Parrish 33 yard interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick)5410
CINNeal Craig 63 yard interception return (Horst Muhlmann kick)6110
HOUKen Burrough 3 yard pass from Kent Nix (Skip Butler kick)6117

Team Stats

CINHOU
First downs2417
Rush-yards-TDs26-153-335-132-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT20-27-223-1-017-32-181-2-5
Sacked-yards2-332-17
Net pass yards190164
Total yards343296
Fumbles-lost1-12-0
Turnovers15
Penalties-yards5-479-84

Rushing & Receiving

Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Doug Dressler CIN 8 83 2 0 5 69 1 0
Ken Anderson CIN 20 27 223 1 0 0 2 11 1 0
Essex Johnson CIN 14 55 0 0 5 36 0 0
Chip Myers CIN 4 50 0 0
Bruce Coslet CIN 3 37 0 0
Charlie Joiner CIN 2 30 0 0
Jess Phillips CIN 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
Reece Morrison CIN 1 2 0 0
Passing Rushing Receiving
Tm Cmp Att Yds TD Int Lng Att Yds TD Lng Rec Yds TD Lng
Fred Willis HOU 13 62 0 0 5 50 1 0
Kent Nix HOU 13 22 134 2 1 0 2 4 0 0
Ken Burrough HOU 5 70 1 0
Paul Robinson HOU 13 45 0 0
Ed Baker HOU 4 10 47 0 4 0 1 9 0 0
Dave L. Smith HOU 4 26 0 0
Alvin Reed HOU 2 20 0 0
Willie Rodgers HOU 5 15 0 0
Rhett Dawson HOU 1 15 0 0
Al Johnson HOU 1 -3 0 0

Defense & Returns

Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Al Beauchamp CIN 1 8 0 0
Tommy Casanova CIN 0 0 0 0 3 39 13.0 0 0
Neal Craig CIN 1 63 1 0
Bernard Jackson CIN 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Essex Johnson CIN 0 0 0 0 1 13 13.0 0 0
Lemar Parrish CIN 3 90 2 0
Def Interceptions Fumbles Kick Returns Punt Returns
Tm Sk Int Yds TD Lng FR Yds TD Rt Yds Y/Rt TD Lng Ret Yds Y/R TD Lng
Ken Houston HOU 0 0 0 0 1 20 20.0 0 0
Lewis Jolley HOU 0 0 0 0 2 60 30.0 0 0
Willie Rodgers HOU 0 0 0 0 4 68 17.0 0 0