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Sunday November 15, 1970
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NFL game summary for 11/15/1970:



Virgil Carter's running and passing carried the Bengals to a victory over their Ohio rivals before the largest crowd ever to see a sports event in Cincinnati. Carter rushed 9 times for 110 yards and passed for 123 more. It was the first time a quarterback had topped 100 yards rushing in four years. Mike Phipps, Cleveland rookie quarterback, made his first start and got the Browns off to a 10-0 lead.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE114.9  (17)187.6  (4)302.5  (5)25
DEFENSE129.9  (18)180.5  (21)310.4  (23)16
Cincinnati BengalsOFFENSE118.1  (13)140.2  (19)258.4  (19)16
DEFENSE119.9  (15)182.2  (22)302.1  (21)17

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (4-5-0)730010
Cincinnati Bengals (3-6-0)077014

( 7- 0) CLE Leroy Kelly 9 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(10- 0) CLE Don Cockroft 15 yard field goal
(10- 7) CIN Jess Phillips 13 yard pass from Virgil Carter (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(10-14) CIN Paul Robinson 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
                     CLE             CIN
First Downs:         15              14
Rushes-yards:        35-153          33-210
Yards/rush:          4.4             6.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-25-170-1     10-17-123-0
Sacked-yards:        2-27            0-0
Net pass yards:      143             123
Net yards/pass:      5.3             7.2
Total net yards:     296             333
Total plays:         62 (56% run)    50 (66% run)  
Yards/play:          4.8             6.7
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             3-3
Turnovers:           1               3
Penalties-yards:     8-64            3-35

Attendance: 60,007
Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 11 of 25 for 170 yards (1 int)
CIN: Virgil Carter, 10 of 17 for 123 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
CLE: Leroy Kelly, 21 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Bo Scott, 9 for 35 yards; Mike Phipps, 4 for 57 yards; Reece Morrison, 1 for 1 yard
CIN: Paul Robinson, 14 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Virgil Carter, 9 for 110 yards; Jess Phillips, 9 for 34 yards; Eric Crabtree, 1 for 3 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Milt Morin, 3 for 78 yards; Gary Collins, 2 for 30 yards; Chip Glass, 2 for 28 yards; Bo Scott, 2 for 16 yards; Leroy Kelly, 1 for 10 yards; Fair Hooker, 1 for 8 yards
CIN: Chip Myers, 3 for 67 yards; Jess Phillips, 2 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Bob Trumpy, 2 for 16 yards; Paul Robinson, 2 for 13 yards; Speedy Thomas, 1 for 10 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Homer Jones, 1 for 28 yards; Reece Morrison, 1 for 18 yards; Joe Righetti, 1 for 17 yards
CIN: Paul Robinson, 1 for 26 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Walt Sumner, 1 for 7 yards
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 1 for -1 yards

Interceptions:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 1 for 2 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 6 for 260 yards
CIN: Dave Lewis, 6 for 292 yards

Field Goals:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/2




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