Sunday, September 23, 1973
Houston Oilers 10, Cincinnati Bengals 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Oilers (0-2-0) | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (1-1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| HOU | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | HOU | Bob Gresham 103 yard kickoff return (Skip Butler kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | CIN | Essex Johnson 11 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 7 |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 27 yard field goal | 7 | 10 | |
| 3rd | HOU | Skip Butler 38 yard field goal | 10 | 10 |
| 4th | CIN | Boobie Clark 3 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 17 |
| CIN | Bob Trumpy 35 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 24 |
| HOU | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 10 | 23 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 29-157-0 | 40-218-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-23-105-0-2 | 15-26-155-1-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-48 | 1-1 |
| Net pass yards | 57 | 154 |
| Total yards | 214 | 372 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-0 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-97 | 11-103 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 11 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 11 | 23 | 105 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fred Willis | HOU | 16 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 4 | 52 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 15 | 131 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Boobie Clark | CIN | 20 | 80 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 15 | 26 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 2 | 43 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 1 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bruce Coslet | CIN | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Joe Wilson | CIN | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 2 | 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 | |||
| Bob Gresham | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lewis Jolley | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 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 | |||
| Al Beauchamp | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 59 | 29.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||