Sunday October 4, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/04/1970:



Charley Johnson connected with a winning pass to Alvin Reed for a Houston victory over the Bengals. It cancelled out a Cincinnati lead generated by Horst Muhlmann's 36-yard field goal. Cincinnati intercepted four of Johnson's passes and middle linebacker Bill Bergey got a pair.

Team stats coming into this game (NFL ranks in parentheses):

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE149.0  (7)157.0  (14)306.0  (10)3
DEFENSE114.0  (11)135.0  (6)249.0  (9)2
OFFENSE161.5  (5)90.5  (25)252.0  (20)5
DEFENSE119.5  (14)168.5  (17)288.0  (13)2

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Houston Oilers (2-1-0)3071020
Cincinnati Bengals (1-2-0)037313

( 3- 0) HOU Roy Gerela 28 yard field goal ( 3- 3) CIN Horst Muhlmann 51 yard field goal ( 3-10) CIN Bob Trumpy 35 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick) (10-10) HOU Woody Campbell 6 yard rush (Roy Gerela kick) (10-13) CIN Horst Muhlmann 36 yard field goal (17-13) HOU Alvin Reed 28 yard pass from Charley Johnson (Roy Gerela kick) (20-13) HOU Roy Gerela 37 yard field goal
                     HOU             CIN
First Downs:         14              12
Rushes-yards:        29-73           27-71
Yards/rush:          2.5             2.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     17-28-205-4     14-32-210-2
Sacked-yards:        4-39            4-33
Net pass yards:      166             177
Net yards/pass:      5.2             4.9
Total net yards:     239             248
Total plays:         61 (47% run)    63 (42% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             3.9
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     8-65            8-104

Attendance: 55,094

Passing:
HOU: Charley Johnson, 17 of 28 for 205 yards and 1 TD (4 int) CIN: Virgil Carter, 10 of 20 for 136 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Sam Wyche, 4 of 11 for 74 yards (1 int); Dave Lewis, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
HOU: Woody Campbell, 17 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Hoyle Granger, 9 for 18 yards; Mike Richardson, 2 for 5 yards; Charley Johnson, 1 for 5 yards CIN: Jess Phillips, 9 for 27 yards; Paul Robinson, 7 for 26 yards; Essex Johnson, 7 for 3 yards; Sam Wyche, 3 for 10 yards; Virgil Carter, 1 for 5 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Alvin Reed, 5 for 96 yards and 1 TD; Jerry LeVias, 4 for 50 yards; Mike Richardson, 3 for 33 yards; Hoyle Granger, 3 for 14 yards; Woody Campbell, 1 for 6 yards; Jim Beirne, 1 for 6 yards CIN: Bob Trumpy, 6 for 90 yards and 1 TD; Speedy Thomas, 3 for 51 yards; Jess Phillips, 2 for 32 yards; Chip Myers, 2 for 31 yards; Eric Crabtree, 1 for 6 yards
Kick returns:
HOU: Benny Johnson, 2 for 50 yards CIN: Paul Robinson, 1 for 29 yards; Doug Dressler, 1 for 22 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 19 yards
Punt returns:
HOU: Mike Richardson, 3 for 7 yards; Jerry LeVias, 2 for 9 yards CIN: Lemar Parrish, 3 for 31 yards
Interceptions:
HOU: Garland Boyette, 1 for 18 yards; Johnny Peacock, 1 for 12 yards CIN: Bill Bergey, 2 for 9 yards; Ken Dyer, 1 for 3 yards; Kenny Graham, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
HOU: Spike Jones, 6 for 273 yards CIN: Dave Lewis, 6 for 272 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Roy Gerela, 2/2 CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 2/3


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