Sunday, December 16, 1973
Cincinnati Bengals 27, Houston Oilers 24| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (10-4-0) | 3 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| Houston Oilers (1-13-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
| CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Horst Muhlmann 11 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Fred Willis 5 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 3 | 7 |
| HOU | Skip Butler 18 yard field goal | 3 | 10 | |
| CIN | Isaac Curtis 77 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 10 | 10 | |
| CIN | Horst Muhlmann 40 yard field goal | 13 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Bob Trumpy 10 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 20 | 10 |
| CIN | Isaac Curtis 67 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 27 | 10 | |
| 4th | HOU | Fred Willis 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 27 | 17 |
| HOU | Paul Robinson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) | 27 | 24 |
| CIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 14 | 25 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-101-0 | 39-190-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 15-23-293-3-0 | 17-26-201-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-12 | 2-10 |
| Net pass yards | 281 | 191 |
| Total yards | 382 | 381 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 10-89 | 6-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 15 | 23 | 293 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 2 | 144 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | CIN | 12 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 4 | 63 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | CIN | 3 | 47 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 11 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Fred Willis | HOU | 14 | 85 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Dan Pastorini | HOU | 17 | 26 | 201 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Paul Robinson | HOU | 20 | 100 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Burrough | HOU | 6 | 86 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Billy Parks | HOU | 5 | 70 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Mack Alston | HOU | 1 | 13 | 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 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 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 Eaglin | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Eddie Hinton | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jeff Severson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||