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Saturday December 26, 1970
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NFL game summary for 12/26/1970:



John Unitas connected with TD passes to Roy Jefferson and Ed Hinton and led the Colts into the AFC title game. The Baltimore defense limited Cincinnati to 63 yards rushing and 76 yards passing. Norm Bulaich, Colts' rookie rusher, picked up 116 yards on 25 carries. Cincinnati's lone field goal attempt, a 49-yard try by Horst Muhlmann, was blocked by Ray May.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cincinnati BengalsOFFENSE146.9  (4)133.6  (21)280.5  (16)23
DEFENSE110.2  (9)188.2  (25)298.4  (20)39
Baltimore ColtsOFFENSE95.4  (23)199.9  (3)295.3  (8)36
DEFENSE102.8  (6)171.9  (21)274.6  (9)34

Line: n/a

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (8-7-0)00000
Baltimore Colts (12-2-1)730717

( 0- 7) BAL Roy Jefferson 45 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
( 0-10) BAL Jim O'Brien 44 yard field goal
( 0-17) BAL Eddie Hinton 53 yard pass from Johnny Unitas (Jim O'Brien kick)
                     CIN             BAL
First Downs:         7               15
Rushes-yards:        22-63           47-170
Yards/rush:          2.9             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     8-21-93-1       6-17-145-0
Sacked-yards:        3-17            2-16
Net pass yards:      76              129
Net yards/pass:      3.2             6.8
Total net yards:     139             299
Total plays:         46 (47% run)    66 (71% run)  
Yards/play:          3.0             4.5
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             0-0
Turnovers:           1               0
Penalties-yards:     1-5             6-63

Attendance: 51,127
Passing:
CIN: Virgil Carter, 7 of 20 for 64 yards (1 int); Sam Wyche, 1 of 1 for 29 yards
BAL: Johnny Unitas, 6 of 17 for 145 yards and 2 TDs

Rushing:
CIN: Jess Phillips, 10 for 12 yards; Paul Robinson, 5 for 25 yards; Dave Lewis, 3 for 10 yards; Virgil Carter, 2 for 16 yards; Essex Johnson, 2 for 0 yards
BAL: Norm Bulaich, 25 for 116 yards; Tom Nowatzke, 10 for 25 yards; Jerry Hill, 3 for 11 yards; Roy Jefferson, 3 for 5 yards; Sam Havrilak, 3 for 0 yards; Johnny Unitas, 2 for 18 yards; Eddie Hinton, 1 for -5 yards

Receiving:
CIN: Chip Myers, 4 for 66 yards; Jess Phillips, 2 for 12 yards; Speedy Thomas, 1 for 9 yards; Essex Johnson, 1 for 6 yards
BAL: Eddie Hinton, 3 for 86 yards and 1 TD; Roy Jefferson, 2 for 51 yards and 1 TD; John Mackey, 1 for 8 yards

Kick returns:
CIN: Paul Robinson, 2 for 29 yards; Ron Lamb, 1 for 17 yards
BAL: Tom Nowatzke, 1 for 0 yards

Punt returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 2 for 6 yards
BAL: Ron Gardin, 7 for 28 yards

Interceptions:
BAL: Mike Curtis, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CIN: Dave Lewis, 8 for 313 yards
BAL: David Lee, 6 for 230 yards

Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 0/1
BAL: Jim O'Brien, 1/3




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