Sunday, September 22, 1985
San Diego Chargers 44, Cincinnati Bengals 41| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Chargers (2-1-0) | 3 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 44 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (0-3-0) | 7 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 41 |
| SDG | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | SDG | Bob Thomas 20 yard field goal | 3 | 0 |
| CIN | Cris Collinsworth 18 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 3 | 7 | |
| 2nd | SDG | Eric Sievers 4 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 10 | 7 |
| SDG | Eric Sievers 5 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 17 | 7 | |
| CIN | James Brooks 1 yard rush (kick failed) | 17 | 13 | |
| SDG | Bob Thomas 28 yard field goal | 20 | 13 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Cris Collinsworth 16 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 20 | 20 |
| SDG | Pete Holohan 3 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 27 | 20 | |
| CIN | Larry Kinnebrew 4 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 27 | 27 | |
| CIN | Stanford Jennings 11 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 27 | 34 | |
| SDG | Lionel James 56 yard rush (Bob Thomas kick) | 34 | 34 | |
| 4th | CIN | Larry Kinnebrew 8 yard rush (Jim Breech kick) | 34 | 41 |
| SDG | Lionel James 60 yard pass from Dan Fouts (Bob Thomas kick) | 41 | 41 | |
| SDG | Bob Thomas 34 yard field goal | 44 | 41 |
| SDG | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 26 | 32 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 25-173-1 | 28-152-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 25-43-344-4-2 | 26-44-320-3-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 3-24 |
| Net pass yards | 344 | 296 |
| Total yards | 517 | 448 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 4-3 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-70 | 5-40 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Lionel James | SDG | 12 | 127 | 1 | 56 | 5 | 118 | 1 | 60 | ||||||
| Dan Fouts | SDG | 25 | 43 | 344 | 4 | 2 | 60 | ||||||||
| Pete Holohan | SDG | 7 | 70 | 1 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Charlie Joiner | SDG | 3 | 58 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||||
| Wes Chandler | SDG | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Eric Sievers | SDG | 5 | 35 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Tim Spencer | SDG | 11 | 33 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Jesse Bendross | SDG | 3 | 32 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||||
| Anthony Steels | SDG | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 10 | 161 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Boomer Esiason | CIN | 26 | 44 | 320 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| James Brooks | CIN | 16 | 86 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| Eddie Brown | CIN | 2 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 4 | 66 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | CIN | 7 | 29 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| Dan Ross | CIN | 3 | 34 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Stanford Jennings | CIN | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Lionel James | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Linden King | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Ray Smith | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Anthony Steels | SDG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Danny Walters | SDG | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Lee Williams | SDG | 1.0 | 0 | 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 | |||
| James Griffin | CIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Robert Jackson | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stanford Jennings | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Mike Martin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | ||||