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Sunday September 15, 1974
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NFL game summary for 09/15/1974:



Cincinnati held Cleveland to three yards net passing while piling up 342 yards on offense. Ken Anderson hit Isaac Curtis and Bob Trumpy with TD passes in a 26-point second half after tying the score just before the first half ended. The Bengals sacked Mike Phipps five times and Ron Carpenter dumped him in the end zone for a safety. Horst Muhlmann ran his FG streak to 10 and Lemar Parrish scooted 62 yards on a punt return for a TD.

Line: Bengals by 6

Team1234F
Cleveland Browns (0-1-0)07007
Cincinnati Bengals (1-0-0)07161033

( 7- 0) CLE Milt Morin 7 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
( 7- 7) CIN Boobie Clark 1 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7-14) CIN Isaac Curtis 19 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7-16) CIN Safety, Mike Phipps tackled in end zone by Ron Carpenter
( 7-23) CIN Bob Trumpy 25 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7-30) CIN Lemar Parrish 62 yard punt return (Horst Muhlmann kick)
( 7-33) CIN Horst Muhlmann 32 yard field goal
                     CLE             CIN
First Downs:         15              18
Rushes-yards:        35-200          34-166
Yards/rush:          5.7             4.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     9-22-37-1       10-18-188-0
Sacked-yards:        5-34            1-12
Net pass yards:      3               176
Net yards/pass:      0.1             9.3
Total net yards:     203             342
Total plays:         62 (56% run)    53 (64% run)  
Yards/play:          3.3             6.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-0             2-2
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     2-20            2-20

Attendance: 53,113
Passing:
CLE: Mike Phipps, 9 of 22 for 37 yards and 1 TD (1 int)
CIN: Ken Anderson, 9 of 17 for 179 yards and 2 TDs; Wayne Clark, 1 of 1 for 9 yards

Rushing:
CLE: Ken Brown, 12 for 78 yards; Greg Pruitt, 12 for 64 yards; Bo Scott, 8 for 36 yards; Mike Phipps, 3 for 22 yards
CIN: Boobie Clark, 14 for 74 yards and 1 TD; Doug Dressler, 7 for 31 yards; Charlie Davis, 6 for 23 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 4 for 21 yards; Ed Williams, 1 for 15 yards; Ken Anderson, 1 for 2 yards; Essex Johnson, 1 for 0 yards

Receiving:
CLE: Ken Brown, 3 for 9 yards; Bo Scott, 3 for 0 yards; Milt Morin, 2 for 27 yards and 1 TD; Jubilee Dunbar, 1 for 1 yard
CIN: Isaac Curtis, 5 for 117 yards and 1 TD; Chip Myers, 2 for 28 yards; Bob Trumpy, 1 for 25 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 1 for 9 yards; Al Chandler, 1 for 9 yards

Kick returns:
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 2 for 42 yards; Eddie Brown, 1 for 16 yards
CIN: Tommy Casanova, 1 for 48 yards; Bernard Jackson, 1 for 32 yards

Punt returns:
CLE: Eddie Brown, 1 for 0 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 0 yards
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 4 for 94 yards and 1 TD; Tommy Casanova, 3 for 17 yards; Lyle Blackwood, 1 for -6 yards

Interceptions:
CIN: Al Beauchamp, 1 for 34 yards

Punting:
CLE: Don Cockroft, 9 for 337 yards
CIN: Dave Green, 5 for 195 yards

Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 1/1




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