Sunday, December 22, 1985
Cincinnati Bengals 23, New England Patriots 34| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals (7-9-0) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| New England Patriots (11-5-0) | 10 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
| CIN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | NWE | Tony Franklin 25 yard field goal | 0 | 3 |
| CIN | Jim Breech 42 yard field goal | 3 | 3 | |
| NWE | Stanley Morgan 50 yard pass from Tony Eason (Tony Franklin kick) | 3 | 10 | |
| 2nd | CIN | Jim Breech 22 yard field goal | 6 | 10 |
| NWE | Tony Collins 9 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 6 | 17 | |
| NWE | Tony Franklin 30 yard field goal | 6 | 20 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Eddie Brown 33 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 13 | 20 |
| 4th | CIN | Jim Breech 30 yard field goal | 16 | 20 |
| NWE | Craig James 11 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 16 | 27 | |
| CIN | Cris Collinsworth 8 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) | 23 | 27 | |
| NWE | Robert Weathers 42 yard rush (Tony Franklin kick) | 23 | 34 |
| CIN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 17 | 17 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 26-91-0 | 46-281-3 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 18-39-270-2-1 | 8-15-145-1-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 1-2 | 1-7 |
| Net pass yards | 268 | 138 |
| Total yards | 359 | 419 |
| Fumbles-lost | 3-1 | 1-1 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-40 | 3-15 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Boomer Esiason | CIN | 18 | 39 | 270 | 2 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Eddie Brown | CIN | 5 | 129 | 1 | 44 | ||||||||||
| James Brooks | CIN | 13 | 49 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 54 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Larry Kinnebrew | CIN | 12 | 37 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Mike Martin | CIN | 2 | 37 | 0 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Cris Collinsworth | CIN | 3 | 32 | 1 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Rodney Holman | CIN | 2 | 13 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Craig James | NWE | 25 | 142 | 1 | 36 | ||||||||||
| Stanley Morgan | NWE | 4 | 121 | 1 | 50 | ||||||||||
| Tony Eason | NWE | 8 | 15 | 145 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Tony Collins | NWE | 10 | 57 | 1 | 25 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Robert Weathers | NWE | 3 | 52 | 1 | 42 | ||||||||||
| Lin Dawson | NWE | 1 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Mosi Tatupu | NWE | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Eddie Edwards | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| James Griffin | CIN | 1 | 33 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Mike Martin | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 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 | |||
| Irving Fryar | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Greg Hawthorne | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Ronnie Lippett | NWE | 1 | 58 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Stephen Starring | NWE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Garin Veris | NWE | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||