| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (7-2-0) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Houston Oilers (1-8-0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 27 |
| Game Info | |
|---|---|
| Stadium | Houston Astrodome (dome) |
| Start Time | 12:00pm |
| Surface | astroturf |
| Weather | 72 degrees, no wind |
| Vegas Line | Cincinnati Bengals -10.0 |
| Over/Under | 38.0 (over) |
| CIN | HOU | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bengals | Dan Ross 1 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 7 | 0 |
| Oilers | Florian Kempf 35 yard field goal | 7 | 3 | |
| Bengals | Archie Griffin 10 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 14 | 3 | |
| 2nd | Oilers | Donnie Craft 9 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 14 | 10 |
| Oilers | Florian Kempf 37 yard field goal | 14 | 13 | |
| Bengals | Pete Johnson 1 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 21 | 13 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Isaac Curtis 44 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) | 28 | 13 |
| 4th | Oilers | Dave Casper 5 yard pass from Gifford Nielsen (Florian Kempf kick) | 28 | 20 |
| Bengals | Charles Alexander 4 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 35 | 20 | |
| Oilers | Donnie Craft 3 yard rush (Florian Kempf kick) | 35 | 27 |
| CIN | HOU | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 29 | 20 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 42-147-3 | 24-112-2 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 28-32-329-2-0 | 22-33-241-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 2-19 | 1-19 |
| Net pass yards | 310 | 222 |
| Total yards | 457 | 334 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-2 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-49 | 5-35 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 27 | 31 | 323 | 2 | 0 | 44 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Ross | CIN | 9 | 101 | 1 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | CIN | 18 | 69 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Charles Alexander | CIN | 10 | 48 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 14 | ||||||
| Isaac Curtis | CIN | 3 | 59 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 5 | 49 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Steve Kreider | CIN | 2 | 29 | 0 | 25 | ||||||||||
| M.L. Harris | CIN | 2 | 26 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Archie Griffin | CIN | 6 | 24 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| David Verser | CIN | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | ||||||
| Turk Schonert | CIN | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | -8 | 0 | -3 | ||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Gifford Nielsen | HOU | 22 | 33 | 241 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Mike Renfro | HOU | 7 | 77 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||||
| Dave Casper | HOU | 5 | 73 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||
| Earl Campbell | HOU | 11 | 64 | 0 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Stan Edwards | HOU | 7 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 29 | 0 | 21 | ||||||
| Harold Bailey | HOU | 3 | 42 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Adger Armstrong | HOU | 2 | 20 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Donnie Craft | HOU | 4 | 11 | 2 | 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 | |||
| Ross Browner | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Fuller | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Rodney Tate | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 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 | |||
| Gary Allen | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jesse Baker | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Avon Riley | HOU | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Roaches | HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83 | 20.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| Jim Breech | CIN | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McInally | CIN | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | ||||
| PAT | FG | Punting | |||||||
| Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | ||
| John James | HOU | 3 | 130 | 43.3 | 0 | ||||
| Florian Kempf | HOU | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |