Sunday October 3, 1976
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/03/1976:



Ken Anderson tied a club record with four touchdown passes, two each to Lenvil Elliott and Isaac Curtis, and Willie Shelby established a club mark with a 97-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, the NFL's longest in 1976, as the Bengals defeated their in-state rivals. Brian Sipe completed a record 26 passes for Cleveland and had the Browns within seven, 31-24, after three quarters. Anderson's second TD pass to Elliott and Boobie Clark's one-yard run for a score clinched the game.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE155.3  (11)125.3  (23)280.7  (20)5
DEFENSE105.0  (4)93.7  (3)198.7  (2)11
OFFENSE145.0  (12)170.7  (11)315.7  (14)9
DEFENSE129.0  (9)131.7  (9)260.7  (7)6

Line: Bengals by 7

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (3-1-0)211001445
Cleveland Browns (1-3-0)7107024

( 7- 0) CIN Lenvil Elliott 19 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) ( 7- 7) CLE Cleo Miller 6 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick) (14- 7) CIN Willie Shelby 97 yard kickoff return (Chris Bahr kick) (21- 7) CIN Isaac Curtis 44 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) (24- 7) CIN Chris Bahr 40 yard field goal (24-10) CLE Don Cockroft 33 yard field goal (31-10) CIN Isaac Curtis 7 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) (31-17) CLE Reggie Rucker 26 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Brian Sipe run) (31-24) CLE Greg Pruitt 4 yard pass from Brian Sipe (Don Cockroft kick) (38-24) CIN Lenvil Elliott 29 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) (45-24) CIN Boobie Clark 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
                     CIN             CLE
First Downs:         25              26
Rushes-yards:        36-133          27-127
Yards/rush:          3.7             4.7
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-27-265-2     26-42-290-0
Sacked-yards:        0-0             0-0
Net pass yards:      265             290
Net yards/pass:      9.8             6.9
Total net yards:     398             417
Total plays:         63 (57% run)    69 (39% run)  
Yards/play:          6.3             6.0
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-2
Turnovers:           2               2
Penalties-yards:     5-66            7-95

Attendance: 75,817

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 19 of 27 for 265 yards and 4 TDs (2 int) CLE: Brian Sipe, 26 of 42 for 290 yards and 2 TDs
Rushing:
CIN: Archie Griffin, 16 for 75 yards; Boobie Clark, 13 for 53 yards and 1 TD; Ken Anderson, 4 for 6 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 3 for -1 yards CLE: Greg Pruitt, 15 for 70 yards; Cleo Miller, 5 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Larry Poole, 2 for 17 yards; Brian Duncan, 2 for 14 yards; Mike Pruitt, 2 for 2 yards; Brian Sipe, 1 for 0 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Lenvil Elliott, 5 for 89 yards and 2 TDs; Isaac Curtis, 5 for 87 yards and 2 TDs; Chip Myers, 3 for 38 yards; Archie Griffin, 2 for 12 yards; Boobie Clark, 2 for 11 yards; Bob Trumpy, 1 for 21 yards; Billy Brooks, 1 for 7 yards CLE: Reggie Rucker, 9 for 141 yards and 1 TD; Greg Pruitt, 8 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Steve Holden, 5 for 75 yards; Oscar Roan, 3 for 31 yards; Larry Poole, 1 for 4 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: Willie Shelby, 4 for 164 yards and 1 TD; Lenvil Elliott, 1 for 17 yards CLE: Steve Holden, 3 for 68 yards; Mike Pruitt, 3 for 63 yards; Brian Duncan, 1 for 25 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 2 for 2 yards
Interceptions:
CLE: Neal Craig, 1 for 8 yards; Jerry Sherk, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 2 for 78 yards CLE: Don Cockroft, 3 for 120 yards
Field Goals:
CIN: Chris Bahr, 1/1 CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/3


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