| Cincinnati Bengals at Los Angeles Rams Game Statistics |
| Date: October 22, 1972 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
| Venue: Memorial Coliseum Attendance: 73385 |
| Weather: Smoke Haze Temp: 69 F Humidty: 71% Wind: 12 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CIN | LARM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Willie Ellison 1 run (David Ray kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 37 FG | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Safety, Neal Craig tackled in end zone by Joe Sweet | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Bob Trumpy 25 pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 12 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 25 FG | 10 | 12 |
| 4 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Safety, Roman Gabriel tackled in end zone by Sherm White | 12 | 12 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | David Ray 32 FG | 12 | 15 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 17 | WR | Speedy Thomas |
| 72 | LOT | Howard Fest |
| 68 | LOG | Steve Lawson |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 84 | TE | Bob Trumpy |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| 33 | RB | Fred Willis |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 79 | RDT | Steve Chomyszak |
| 83 | RDE | Sherm White |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 66 | MLB | Bill Bergey |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 23 | RCB | Bernie Jackson |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 13 | WR | Lance Rentzel |
| 84 | WR | Jack Snow |
| 73 | LOT | Charlie Cowan |
| 65 | LOG | Tom Mack |
| 50 | C | Ken Iman |
| 71 | ROG | Joe Scibelli |
| 76 | ROT | Harry Schuh |
| 80 | TE | Bob Klein |
| 18 | QB | Roman Gabriel |
| 33 | RB | Willie Ellison |
| 35 | RB | Bob Thomas |
| Offense | ||
| 85 | LDE | Jack Youngblood |
| 74 | LDT | Merlin Olsen |
| 72 | RDT | Phil Olsen |
| 79 | RDE | Coy Bacon |
| 36 | LLB | Ken Geddes |
| 86 | MLB | Marlin McKeever |
| 58 | RLB | Isiah Robertson |
| 44 | LCB | Al Clark |
| 42 | LS | Dave Elmendorf |
| 19 | RS | Jim Nettles |
| 21 | RCB | Gene Howard |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Essex Johnson | 21 | 71 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 10 | 46 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 9 | 42 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Bob Thomas | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Jim Bertelsen | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Larry Smith | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Klein | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 0 | 48 | 3.0 | 0 | 66.7 | |||
| Virgil Carter | 12 | 7 | 58.3 | 0 | 90 | 7.5 | 1 | 109.7 | |||
| Fred Willis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 118.8 | ||
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Roman Gabriel | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 2 | 100 | 4.3 | 0 | 16.6 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Speedy Thomas | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 1 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Willie Ellison | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| Lance Rentzel | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 0 | |
| Bob Klein | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | |
| Jack Snow | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bob Thomas | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 7 | 270 | 38.6 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Dave Chapple | 8 | 382 | 47.8 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Roger Williams | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
| Los Angeles Rams | |
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