Sunday October 25, 1970
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/25/1970:



The Redskins registered their first shutout since 1964 as Sonny Jurgensen connected twice with Charley Taylor for touchdowns and Larry Brown rushed for 110 yards, his fourth century game of the season and seventh in two seasons. Curt Knight's two field goals extended his consecutive string to nine.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
OFFENSE106.0  (20)142.8  (20)248.8  (22)9
DEFENSE111.6  (12)175.4  (19)287.0  (14)9
OFFENSE130.4  (7)156.0  (13)286.4  (11)7
DEFENSE157.0  (25)156.4  (13)313.4  (20)10

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (1-5-0)00000
Washington Redskins (3-3-0)1007320

( 0- 7) WAS Charley Taylor 10 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Curt Knight kick)
( 0-10) WAS Curt Knight 10 yard field goal
( 0-17) WAS Charley Taylor 31 yard pass from Sonny Jurgensen (Curt Knight kick)
( 0-20) WAS Curt Knight 30 yard field goal
                     CIN             WAS
First Downs:         14              20
Rushes-yards:        25-120          39-212
Yards/rush:          4.8             5.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-28-113-1     13-24-123-0
Sacked-yards:        2-12            1-11
Net pass yards:      101             112
Net yards/pass:      3.4             4.5
Total net yards:     221             324
Total plays:         55 (45% run)    64 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          4.0             5.1
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             1-1
Turnovers:           4               1
Penalties-yards:     4-64            6-47

Attendance: 50,415

Passing:
CIN: Virgil Carter, 11 of 28 for 113 yards (1 int) WAS: Sonny Jurgensen, 13 of 24 for 123 yards and 2 TDs
Rushing:
CIN: Jess Phillips, 9 for 59 yards; Paul Robinson, 7 for 8 yards; Ron Lamb, 5 for 33 yards; Essex Johnson, 2 for 17 yards; Eric Crabtree, 1 for 4 yards; Virgil Carter, 1 for -1 yards WAS: Larry Brown, 22 for 110 yards; Charlie Harraway, 8 for 32 yards; Henry Dyer, 6 for 48 yards; Bob Brunet, 2 for 8 yards; Sonny Jurgensen, 1 for 14 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Eric Crabtree, 5 for 50 yards; Essex Johnson, 2 for 17 yards; Paul Robinson, 1 for 27 yards; Chip Myers, 1 for 12 yards; Speedy Thomas, 1 for 8 yards; Jess Phillips, 1 for -1 yards WAS: Charley Taylor, 5 for 70 yards and 2 TDs; Larry Brown, 3 for 15 yards; Jerry Smith, 3 for 14 yards; Charlie Harraway, 1 for 19 yards; Walter Roberts, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 2 for 24 yards; Paul Robinson, 1 for 17 yards WAS: Ted Vactor, 1 for 24 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 2 for 7 yards; Speedy Thomas, 1 for 11 yards; Paul Robinson, 1 for 0 yards WAS: Walter Roberts, 5 for 21 yards; Rickie Harris, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
WAS: Rickie Harris, 1 for 25 yards
Punting:
CIN: Dave Lewis, 6 for 236 yards WAS: Mike Bragg, 5 for 249 yards
Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 0/1 WAS: Curt Knight, 2/2


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