Sunday December 16, 1973
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 12/16/1973:



Quarterback Ken Anderson took Cincinnati to the AFC Central championship with three touchdown passes, including bombs of 77 and 67 yards to rookie Isaac Curtis. Houston led 10-3 in the second quarter and rallied in the closing moments to narrow the Bengals' lead to three points with 3:34 to play. Cincinnati, tied with Pittsburgh at 10-4, won the division on a superior record in conference competition. Essex Johnson wound up with 997 yards rushing and Boobie Clark 988. Ex-Bengal Fred Willis scored twice for Houston and won the AFC pass receiving title with 57 for the year.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE164.2  (6)153.5  (10)317.7  (6)25
DEFENSE124.4  (6)131.3  (11)255.7  (5)33
OFFENSE92.2  (26)132.9  (17)225.1  (25)51
DEFENSE177.6  (25)150.5  (17)328.1  (21)26

Line: Bengals by 19

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (10-4-0)31014027
Houston Oilers (1-13-0)01001424

( 3- 0) CIN Horst Muhlmann 11 yard field goal ( 3- 7) HOU Fred Willis 5 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) ( 3-10) HOU Skip Butler 18 yard field goal (10-10) CIN Isaac Curtis 77 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) (13-10) CIN Horst Muhlmann 40 yard field goal (20-10) CIN Bob Trumpy 10 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) (27-10) CIN Isaac Curtis 67 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) (27-17) HOU Fred Willis 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick) (27-24) HOU Paul Robinson 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
                     CIN             HOU
First Downs:         14              25
Rushes-yards:        26-101          39-190
Yards/rush:          3.9             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     15-23-293-0     17-26-201-0
Sacked-yards:        1-12            2-10
Net pass yards:      281             191
Net yards/pass:      11.7            6.8
Total net yards:     382             381
Total plays:         50 (52% run)    67 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          7.6             5.7
Fumbles-lost:        1-1             1-1
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     10-89           6-40

Attendance: 21,955

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 15 of 23 for 293 yards and 3 TDs HOU: Dan Pastorini, 17 of 26 for 201 yards
Rushing:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 12 for 57 yards; Essex Johnson, 11 for 32 yards; Ken Anderson, 3 for 12 yards HOU: Paul Robinson, 20 for 100 yards and 1 TD; Fred Willis, 14 for 85 yards and 2 TDs; Dan Pastorini, 5 for 5 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Bob Trumpy, 4 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 4 for 25 yards; Charlie Joiner, 3 for 47 yards; Isaac Curtis, 2 for 144 yards and 2 TDs; Essex Johnson, 2 for 14 yards HOU: Ken Burrough, 6 for 86 yards; Billy Parks, 5 for 70 yards; Fred Willis, 3 for 31 yards; Paul Robinson, 2 for 1 yard; Mack Alston, 1 for 13 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: Bernard Jackson, 4 for 103 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 14 yards HOU: Larry Eaglin, 1 for 16 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for 10 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 1 for 23 yards HOU: Jeff Severson, 3 for 17 yards
Interceptions:

Punting:
CIN: Dave Lewis, 4 for 189 yards HOU: Dan Pastorini, 3 for 101 yards
Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 2/2 HOU: Skip Butler, 1/2


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