| Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals Game Statistics |
| Date: December 9, 1972 Location: Cincinnati, OH |
| Venue: Riverfront Stadium Attendance: 59524 |
| Weather: Fog Temp: 36 F Humidty: 92% Wind: 2 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 0 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Cincinnati BengalsCIN | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | CIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Frank Pitts 50 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Leroy Kelly 5 run (Don Cockroft kick) | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Virgil Carter 8 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 7 |
| 2 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Horst Muhlmann 31 FG | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Essex Johnson 9 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 14 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Fair Hooker 20 pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick) | 21 | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 24 | 17 |
| 3 | Cincinnati BengalsCIN | Doug Dressler 1 run (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 24 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Don Cockroft 27 FG | 27 | 24 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 43 | WR | Fair Hooker |
| 25 | WR | Frank Pitts |
| 73 | LOT | Doug Dieken |
| 66 | LOG | Gene Hickerson |
| 61 | C | Bob DeMarco |
| 65 | ROG | John Demarie |
| 78 | ROT | Bob McKay |
| 89 | TE | Milt Morin |
| 15 | QB | Mike Phipps |
| 44 | RB | Leroy Kelly |
| 35 | RB | Bo Scott |
| Defense | ||
| 87 | LDE | Rich Jackson |
| 71 | LDT | Walter Johnson |
| 72 | RDT | Jerry Sherk |
| 84 | RDE | Bob Briggs |
| 59 | LLB | Charlie Hall |
| 51 | MLB | Dale Lindsey |
| 52 | RLB | Billy Andrews |
| 22 | LCB | Clarence Scott |
| 27 | LS | Thom Darden |
| 29 | RS | Walt Sumner |
| 28 | RCB | Ben Davis |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||
| Offense | ||
| 18 | WR | Charlie Joiner |
| 25 | WR | Chip Myers |
| 75 | LOT | Stan Walters |
| 72 | LOG | Howard Fest |
| 54 | C | Bob Johnson |
| 73 | ROG | Pat Matson |
| 76 | ROT | Vern Holland |
| 88 | TE | Bruce Coslet |
| 14 | QB | Ken Anderson |
| 19 | RB | Essex Johnson |
| 30 | RB | Jess Phillips |
| Offense | ||
| 82 | LDE | Royce Berry |
| 74 | LDT | Mike Reid |
| 70 | RDT | Ron Carpenter |
| 80 | RDE | Ken Johnson |
| 58 | LLB | Al Beauchamp |
| 52 | MLB | Doug Adams |
| 57 | RLB | Ken Avery |
| 20 | LCB | Lemar Parrish |
| 34 | LS | Neal Craig |
| 37 | RS | Tommy Casanova |
| 13 | RCB | Ken Riley |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Bo Scott | 12 | 59 | 4.9 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 12 | 42 | 3.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Mike Phipps | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Nelsen | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Doug Dressler | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 1 | |
| Essex Johnson | 13 | 48 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Virgil Carter | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Mike Phipps | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 1 | 151 | 6.3 | 2 | 73.4 | |||
| Bill Nelsen | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 | 33.3 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | 16 | 7 | 43.8 | 2 | 95 | 5.9 | 0 | 23.7 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 0 | 59 | 5.9 | 0 | 76.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Frank Pitts | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 1 | |
| Fair Hooker | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Scott | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Chip Myers | 8 | 116 | 14.5 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Thom Darden | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Billy Andrews | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Don Cockroft | 5 | 208 | 41.6 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |||||
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 161 | 40.3 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Leroy Kelly | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Brown | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 0 | ||
| Billy LeFear | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | ||||||
| Bernie Jackson | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |
| Cincinnati Bengals | |
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