Sunday, September 17, 1972
| CIN | NWE | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Bengals | Essex Johnson 14 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 7 | 0 |
| 2nd | Bengals | Horst Muhlmann 38 yard field goal | 10 | 0 |
| Patriots | Larry Carwell 45 yard blocked field goal return (Mike Walker kick) | 10 | 7 | |
| 3rd | Bengals | Jess Phillips 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 17 | 7 |
| 4th | Bengals | Lemar Parrish 51 yard punt return (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 24 | 7 |
| Bengals | Bob Trumpy 11 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick) | 31 | 7 |
| CIN | NWE | |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 21 | 9 |
| Rush-yards-TDs | 47-246-2 | 21-54-0 |
| Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT | 11-17-111-1-0 | 9-17-117-0-2 |
| Sacked-yards | 0-0 | 4-34 |
| Net pass yards | 111 | 83 |
| Total yards | 357 | 137 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-1 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties-yards | 6-60 | 2-10 |
| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng |
| Essex Johnson | CIN | 15 | 82 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Ken Anderson | CIN | 10 | 15 | 102 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Doug Dressler | CIN | 9 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Paul Robinson | CIN | 9 | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Chip Myers | CIN | 3 | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Fred Willis | CIN | 7 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Trumpy | CIN | 3 | 31 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jess Phillips | CIN | 4 | 25 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Virgil Carter | CIN | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jim Plunkett | NWE | 9 | 17 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 12 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Bob Windsor | NWE | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Bob Gladieux | NWE | 5 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Reggie Rucker | NWE | 2 | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Kick Returns | Punt Returns | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | FR | Yds | TD | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | ||
| Tommy Casanova | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Neal Craig | CIN | 0.0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bernard Jackson | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Lemar Parrish | CIN | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 51.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||
| Ken Riley | CIN | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Josh Ashton | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Carl Garrett | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Maitland | NWE | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Scoring | Punting | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Tm | XPM | XPA | FGM | FGA | Pnt | Yds | Lng | |
| Dave Lewis | CIN | 5 | 198 | 39.6 | 0 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | CIN | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Studstill | NWE | 7 | 265 | 37.9 | 0 | ||||