Sunday, December 22, 1996
Indianapolis Colts 24, Cincinnati Bengals 31| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis Colts (9-7-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Cincinnati Bengals (8-8-0) | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| IND | CIN | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | CIN | David Dunn 10 yard pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 0 | 7 |
| IND | Jason Belser 21 yard interception return (Cary Blanchard kick) | 7 | 7 | |
| 2nd | CIN | Doug Pelfrey 25 yard field goal | 7 | 10 |
| IND | Cary Blanchard 32 yard field goal | 10 | 10 | |
| 3rd | CIN | Ki-Jana Carter 1 yard rush (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 10 | 17 |
| IND | Ken Dilger 1 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Cary Blanchard kick) | 17 | 17 | |
| 4th | CIN | Carl Pickens 2 yard pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 17 | 24 |
| IND | Aaron Bailey 95 yard kickoff return (Cary Blanchard kick) | 24 | 24 | |
| CIN | Tony McGee 9 yard pass from Jeff Blake (Doug Pelfrey kick) | 24 | 31 |
| IND | CIN | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 26 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 19-35-0 | 31-157-1 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 23-34-244-1-2 | 22-37-284-3-1 |
| Sacked-yards | 3-13 | 0-0 |
| Net pass yards | 231 | 284 |
| Total yards | 266 | 441 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 2-2 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 5-36 | 4-30 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jim Harbaugh | IND | 23 | 34 | 244 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Marshall Faulk | IND | 13 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 64 | 0 | 22 | ||||||
| Marvin Harrison | IND | 6 | 85 | 0 | 37 | ||||||||||
| Ken Dilger | IND | 6 | 43 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Aaron Bailey | IND | 3 | 42 | 0 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Clif Groce | IND | 1 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Chris Doering | IND | 1 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Lamont Warren | IND | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
| Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | |
| Jeff Blake | CIN | 22 | 37 | 284 | 3 | 1 | 52 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Tony McGee | CIN | 8 | 93 | 1 | 16 | ||||||||||
| Carl Pickens | CIN | 6 | 93 | 1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Garrison Hearst | CIN | 17 | 93 | 0 | 14 | ||||||||||
| David Dunn | CIN | 3 | 59 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||
| Darnay Scott | CIN | 3 | 31 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||||
| Ki-Jana Carter | CIN | 7 | 18 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
| Eric Bieniemy | CIN | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Brian Milne | CIN | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | |||
| Aaron Bailey | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 199 | 33.2 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||
| Jason Belser | IND | 1 | 21 | 1 | 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 | |||
| John Copeland | CIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gerald Dixon | CIN | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| James Hundon | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Tim Johnson | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rod Jones | CIN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jevon Langford | CIN | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Greg Myers | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dan Wilkinson | CIN | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||