Sunday, October 1, 1978
Cincinnati Bengals 12, San Francisco 49ers 28| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (0-5-0) | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| San Francisco 49ers (1-4-0) | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| CIN | SFO | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SFO | Elmo Boyd 24 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2nd | SFO | O.J. Simpson 9 yard pass from Steve DeBerg (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 14 |
| SFO | Tony Leonard 30 yard interception return (Ray Wersching kick) | 0 | 21 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Safety, Burley tackled DeBerg in end zone | 2 | 21 |
| CIN | Billy Brooks 9 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) | 9 | 21 | |
| 4th | CIN | Chris Bahr 46 yard field goal | 12 | 21 |
| SFO | Paul Hofer 28 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick) | 12 | 28 |
| CIN | SFO | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 18 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 32-103-0 | 42-113-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 17-35-235-1-5 | 8-17-66-2-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-16 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 219 | 66 |
| Total yards | 322 | 179 |
| Fumbles-lost | 5-3 | 2-0 |
| Turnovers | 8 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 13-133 | 8-62 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 13 | 26 | 183 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Corbett | CIN | 3 | 77 | 0 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | CIN | 9 | 44 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 0 | 23 | ||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 4 | 46 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Billy Brooks | CIN | 4 | 39 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 8 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Pat McInally | CIN | 2 | 30 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| John Reaves | CIN | 4 | 9 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | CIN | 8 | 23 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| O.J. Simpson | SFO | 10 | 35 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Greg Boykin | SFO | 16 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Paul Hofer | SFO | 7 | 36 | 1 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Steve DeBerg | SFO | 8 | 17 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 24 | ||||||||
| Ken MacAfee | SFO | 3 | 25 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Freddie Solomon | SFO | 2 | 25 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Elmo Boyd | SFO | 2 | 23 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 5 | -4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||
| Bob Ferrell | SFO | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Larry Jones | SFO | 1 | -9 | 0 | -9 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Don Bass | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Louis Breeden | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | -12 | -2.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tom Dinkel | CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Melvin Morgan | CIN | 1 | 64 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Deacon Turner | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 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 Jones | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tony Leonard | SFO | 3 | 30 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Eddie Lewis | SFO | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Williams | SFO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||