NFL game summary for 09/16/1973:

Floyd Little scored three times at the end of long drives engineered by Broncos' QB Charley Johnson. Little wound up with 82 yards on 22 carries but Essex Johnson of the Bengals was the top rusher in the game with 90 on 11 attempts. Cincinnati outgained the Broncos 344-343 but could score only once, on Johnson's 22-yard run. Ken Anderson went most of the way for the Bengals with Greg Cook, making a comeback after a shoulder injury which had kept him out since 1969, playing part of the last quarter. Jim Turner ran his consecutive extra point streak to 175, longest of any active player. The NFL record is 234, held by Tommy Davis of the 49ers.

Line: Bengals by 3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1-0)	0	3	7	0	10
Denver Broncos (1-0-0)	14	7	0	7	28

( 0- 7) DEN Floyd Little 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
( 0-14) DEN Haven Moses 22 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
( 3-14) CIN Horst Muhlmann 21 yard field goal
( 3-21) DEN Floyd Little 1 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)
(10-21) CIN Essex Johnson 22 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(10-28) DEN Floyd Little 5 yard rush (Jim Turner kick)

                     CIN             DEN
First Downs:         22              23
Rushes-yards:        24-133          38-153
Yards/rush:          5.5             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-39-228-1     11-25-190-1
Sacked-yards:        2-17            0-0
Net pass yards:      211             190
Net yards/pass:      5.1             7.6
Total net yards:     344             343
Total plays:         65 (36% run)    63 (60% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             5.4
Fumbles-lost:        1-0             1-0
Turnovers:           1               1
Penalties-yards:     5-50            4-34

Attendance: 49,059

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 18 of 36 for 217 yards (1 int); Greg Cook, 1 of 3 for 11 yards
DEN: Charley Johnson, 11 of 25 for 190 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
CIN: Essex Johnson, 11 for 90 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 11 for 34 yards; Joe Wilson, 2 for 9 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 22 for 82 yards and 3 TDs; Joe Dawkins, 14 for 58 yards; Haven Moses, 1 for 22 yards and 1 TD; Billy Masters, 1 for -9 yards

Receiving:
CIN: Essex Johnson, 4 for 52 yards; Chip Myers, 4 for 45 yards; Isaac Curtis, 4 for 43 yards; Bob Trumpy, 3 for 44 yards; Boobie Clark, 3 for 29 yards; Bruce Coslet, 1 for 15 yards
DEN: Floyd Little, 4 for 50 yards; Jerry Simmons, 3 for 50 yards; Joe Dawkins, 2 for 45 yards; Riley Odoms, 2 for 45 yards

Kick returns:
CIN: Bernard Jackson, 2 for 54 yards; Joe Wilson, 1 for 18 yards; Dave Lewis, 1 for 13 yards

Punt returns:
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 2 for 26 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 9 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 9 yards

Interceptions:
CIN: Ken Riley, 1 for 0 yards
DEN: Bill Thompson, 1 for 37 yards

Punting:
CIN: Dave Lewis, 2 for 100 yards
DEN: Billy Van Heusen, 4 for 180 yards

Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 1/1

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