NFL game summary for 12/03/1972:

Ken Anderson returned as the Bengals starting QB and passed Cincinnati to a 13-10 victory over the Giants, keeping his club's hope alive for a playoff berth. Ron Johnson of the Giants gained 119 yards in 19 carries to top 1,000 yards.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New York Giants	OFFENSE	142.9  (13)	177.5  (6)	320.4  (6)	18
	DEFENSE	136.3  (14)	170.8  (21)	307.1  (19)	31
Cincinnati Bengals	OFFENSE	140.4  (14)	161.7  (12)	302.1  (13)	22
	DEFENSE	129.0  (10)	119.2  (2)	248.2  (2)	18

Line: Bengals by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Giants (7-5-0)	0	3	0	7	10
Cincinnati Bengals (7-5-0)	3	3	7	0	13

( 0- 3) CIN Horst Muhlmann 27 yard field goal
( 0- 6) CIN Horst Muhlmann 18 yard field goal
( 3- 6) NYG Pete Gogolak 15 yard field goal
( 3-13) CIN Bruce Coslet 3 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(10-13) NYG Don Herrmann 8 yard pass from Randy Johnson (Pete Gogolak kick)

                     NYG             CIN
First Downs:         16              15
Rushes-yards:        29-155          29-105
Yards/rush:          5.3             3.6
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     12-25-130-3     17-34-217-1
Sacked-yards:        3-18            1-5
Net pass yards:      112             212
Net yards/pass:      4.0             6.1
Total net yards:     267             317
Total plays:         57 (50% run)    64 (45% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             5.0
Fumbles-lost:        4-1             1-1
Turnovers:           4               2
Penalties-yards:     2-20            6-71

Attendance: 59,523

Passing:
NYG: Norm Snead, 7 of 16 for 60 yards (1 int); Randy Johnson, 5 of 9 for 70 yards and 1 TD (2 int)
CIN: Ken Anderson, 17 of 34 for 217 yards and 1 TD (1 int)

Rushing:
NYG: Ron Johnson, 19 for 119 yards; Vince Clements, 4 for 16 yards; Joe Orduna, 3 for 13 yards; Randy Johnson, 2 for 9 yards; Bob Tucker, 1 for -2 yards
CIN: Essex Johnson, 16 for 51 yards; Doug Dressler, 7 for 13 yards; Jess Phillips, 5 for 36 yards; Ken Anderson, 1 for 5 yards

Receiving:
NYG: Bob Tucker, 4 for 54 yards; Ron Johnson, 3 for 28 yards; Don Herrmann, 2 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Joe Morrison, 1 for 13 yards; Vince Clements, 1 for 6 yards; Rich Houston, 1 for 4 yards
CIN: Chip Myers, 5 for 73 yards; Charlie Joiner, 4 for 67 yards; Bob Trumpy, 4 for 39 yards; Doug Dressler, 3 for 35 yards; Bruce Coslet, 1 for 3 yards and 1 TD

Kick returns:
NYG: Rocky Thompson, 3 for 68 yards
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 1 for 17 yards; Guy Dennis, 1 for 11 yards

Punt returns:
NYG: Pete Athas, 2 for 7 yards
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 4 for 22 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 28 yards

Interceptions:
NYG: Otto Brown, 1 for 2 yards
CIN: Doug Adams, 2 for 25 yards; Tommy Casanova, 1 for 18 yards

Punting:
NYG: Tom Blanchard, 6 for 280 yards
CIN: Dave Lewis, 4 for 157 yards

Field Goals:
NYG: Pete Gogolak, 1/2
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 2/5

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