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Sunday October 13, 1974
. . . where the 1970s live forever!

NFL game summary for 10/13/1974:



The Bengals scored their first victory ever in Cleveland as they completed a sweep of their annual two-game series with the Browns on a four-touchdown performance by Ken Anderson who threw for three scores and ran for the fourth. Anderson hit Isaac Curtis, Lenvil Elliott and Charlie Joiner on TD passes while completing 19 of 29 for 278 yards to move into second place among AFC passers. His 19-yard scoring run was part of his 46-yard rushing effort. Greg Pruitt ran for 83 yards for Cleveland and also threw a halfback option pass for a TD to Gloster Richardson.

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

TeamRush Yds/GmPass Yds/GmTot Yds/GmTurnovers
Cincinnati BengalsOFFENSE170.0  (4)159.8  (10)329.8  (5)7
DEFENSE152.8  (20)114.5  (8)267.2  (10)5
Cleveland BrownsOFFENSE158.2  (8)101.0  (22)259.2  (16)8
DEFENSE148.5  (19)159.8  (18)308.2  (19)12

Line: Bengals by 8

Team1234F
Cincinnati Bengals (4-1-0)1377734
Cleveland Browns (1-4-0)377724

( 6- 0) CIN Boobie Clark 2 yard rush (kick failed)
( 6- 3) CLE Don Cockroft 27 yard field goal
(13- 3) CIN Lenvil Elliott 28 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(20- 3) CIN Charlie Joiner 65 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(20-10) CLE Milt Morin 9 yard pass from Mike Phipps (Don Cockroft kick)
(20-17) CLE Ken Brown 20 yard rush (Don Cockroft kick)
(27-17) CIN Ken Anderson 19 yard rush (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(34-17) CIN Isaac Curtis 18 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Horst Muhlmann kick)
(34-24) CLE Gloster Richardson 60 yard pass from Greg Pruitt (Don Cockroft kick)
                     CIN             CLE
First Downs:         26              19
Rushes-yards:        37-189          33-263
Yards/rush:          5.1             8.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-29-278-1     11-28-143-1
Sacked-yards:        2-15            5-56
Net pass yards:      263             87
Net yards/pass:      8.5             2.6
Total net yards:     452             350
Total plays:         68 (54% run)    66 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          6.6             5.3
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             1-1
Turnovers:           1               2
Penalties-yards:     6-48            6-45

Attendance: 70,897
Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 19 of 29 for 278 yards and 3 TDs (1 int)
CLE: Mike Phipps, 10 of 27 for 83 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Greg Pruitt, 1 of 1 for 60 yards and 1 TD

Rushing:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 13 for 26 yards and 1 TD; Lenvil Elliott, 10 for 83 yards; Charlie Davis, 7 for 28 yards; Ken Anderson, 4 for 46 yards and 1 TD; Doug Dressler, 2 for 2 yards; Charlie Joiner, 1 for 4 yards
CLE: Greg Pruitt, 11 for 83 yards; Hugh McKinnis, 10 for 69 yards; Ken Brown, 6 for 57 yards and 1 TD; Mike Phipps, 6 for 54 yards

Receiving:
CIN: Charlie Joiner, 4 for 88 yards and 1 TD; Chip Myers, 4 for 45 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 4 for 41 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 3 for 23 yards; Bob Trumpy, 2 for 55 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Davis, 1 for 8 yards
CLE: Hugh McKinnis, 4 for 23 yards; Milt Morin, 3 for 30 yards and 1 TD; Ken Brown, 2 for 13 yards; Gloster Richardson, 1 for 60 yards and 1 TD; Dave Sullivan, 1 for 17 yards

Kick returns:
CIN: Bernard Jackson, 2 for 65 yards; Charlie Davis, 2 for 48 yards; Doug Dressler, 1 for 16 yards
CLE: Billy Lefear, 4 for 84 yards; Eddie Brown, 1 for 27 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 23 yards

Punt returns:
CIN: Lyle Blackwood, 1 for 6 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: Thom Darden, 2 for 23 yards; Greg Pruitt, 1 for 28 yards

Interceptions:
CIN: Ken Riley, 1 for 0 yards
CLE: John Garlington, 1 for 5 yards

Punting:
CIN: Dave Green, 4 for 123 yards
CLE: Don Cockroft, 4 for 130 yards

Field Goals:
CIN: Horst Muhlmann, 0/1
CLE: Don Cockroft, 1/1




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