Sunday, October 4, 1981
Cincinnati Bengals 10, Houston Oilers 17| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (3-2-0) | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Houston Oilers (3-2-0) | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | Jim Breech 45 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| 2nd | HOU | Earl Campbell 2 yard rush (Toni Fritsch kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 3rd | CIN | Dan Ross 13 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 10 | 7 |
| HOU | Carl Roaches 96 yard kickoff return (Toni Fritsch kick) | 10 | 14 | |
| 4th | HOU | Toni Fritsch 48 yard field goal | 10 | 17 |
| CIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 20 | 11 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 23-75-0 | 44-191-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 30-52-290-1-1 | 1-6-3-0-0 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-8 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 282 | -4 |
| Total yards | 357 | 187 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Penalties-yards | 9-65 | 3-25 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 30 | 52 | 290 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Dan Ross | CIN | 8 | 96 | 1 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Charles Alexander | CIN | 9 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 54 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 13 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Steve Kreider | CIN | 3 | 35 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 4 | 29 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Pat McInally | CIN | 2 | 28 | 0 | 20 | ||||||||||
| David Verser | CIN | 1 | 19 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 2 | 17 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 37 | 182 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Ronnie Coleman | HOU | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Ken Stabler | HOU | 1 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 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 | |||
| Clarence Chapman | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Fuller | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 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 | |||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 96.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 23.3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Stemrick | HOU | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Willie Tullis | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Tim Wilson | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||