Sunday September 23, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 09/23/1973:



After Bob Gresham returned the opening kickoff 103 yards for a TD, longest in the NFL in 1973, Houston was able to produce only a FG while the Bengals' Essex Johnson set a new personal high with 131 yards and one TD on 15 carries. Johnson also caught five passes for 49 yards. The Bengals broke a 10-10 tie with two TDs in the fourth quarter, a 35-yard pass from Ken Anderson to Bob Trumpy and a three-yard run by Boobie Clark.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE96.0  (23)59.0  (22)155.0  (24)4
DEFENSE218.0  (22)154.0  (15)372.0  (22)3
OFFENSE133.0  (15)211.0  (3)344.0  (8)1
DEFENSE153.0  (15)190.0  (19)343.0  (18)1

Line: Bengals by 11

Team1234F
Houston Oilers (0-2-0)703010
Cincinnati Bengals (1-1-0)01001424

( 7- 0) HOU Bob Gresham 103 yard kickoff return (Skip Butler kick) ( 7- 7) CIN Essex Johnson 11 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) ( 7-10) CIN Horst Muhlmann 27 yard field goal (10-10) HOU Skip Butler 38 yard field goal (10-17) CIN Boobie Clark 3 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) (10-24) CIN Bob Trumpy 35 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
                     HOU             CIN
First Downs:         10              23
Rushes-yards:        29-157          40-218
Yards/rush:          5.4             5.5
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-23-105-2     15-26-155-0
Sacked-yards:        3-48            1-1
Net pass yards:      57              154
Net yards/pass:      2.2             5.7
Total net yards:     214             372
Total plays:         55 (52% run)    67 (59% run)  
Yards/play:          3.9             5.6
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             1-0
Turnovers:           2               0
Penalties-yards:     11-97           11-103

Attendance: 51,823

Passing:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 11 of 23 for 105 yards (2 int) CIN: Ken Anderson, 15 of 26 for 155 yards and 1 TD
Rushing:
HOU: Fred Willis, 16 for 55 yards; Bob Gresham, 11 for 79 yards; Dan Pastorini, 2 for 23 yards CIN: Boobie Clark, 20 for 80 yards and 1 TD; Essex Johnson, 15 for 131 yards and 1 TD; Joe Wilson, 2 for 7 yards; Dave Lewis, 2 for 4 yards; Ken Anderson, 1 for -4 yards
Receiving:
HOU: Eddie Hinton, 4 for 52 yards; Fred Willis, 3 for 19 yards; Ken Burrough, 1 for 21 yards; Billy Parks, 1 for 6 yards; Mack Alston, 1 for 4 yards; Bob Gresham, 1 for 3 yards CIN: Essex Johnson, 5 for 49 yards; Boobie Clark, 5 for 26 yards; Bob Trumpy, 2 for 43 yards and 1 TD; Chip Myers, 1 for 18 yards; Bruce Coslet, 1 for 11 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for 8 yards
Kick returns:
HOU: Bob Gresham, 3 for 150 yards and 1 TD; Lewis Jolley, 1 for 20 yards CIN: Bernard Jackson, 2 for 59 yards
Punt returns:
HOU: Jeff Severson, 4 for 2 yards CIN: Tommy Casanova, 3 for 2 yards; Lemar Parrish, 2 for 11 yards
Interceptions:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 1 for 10 yards; Al Beauchamp, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 5 for 205 yards; Skip Butler, 2 for 81 yards CIN: Dave Lewis, 8 for 335 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Skip Butler, 1/3 CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 1/3


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