NFL game summary for 10/05/1975:

The Bengals staged a dramatic goal line stand, stopping four Houston line thrusts after the Oilers gained a first down on the 1, and held on to win on three touchdown passes by Ken Anderson. Billy Johnson staged a spectacular kick return show, running back six punts for 127 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown, and four kickoffs for 136 yards, including a 64-yarder. He also caught two passes for 19 yards for a 282-yard afternoon. Although the Oilers sacked Anderson seven times, the Cincinnati quarterback rallied his club with scoring passes to rookie Stan Fritts and Isaac Curtis in the last quarter. The battle of unbeaten clubs left Cincinnati in command in the AFC Central.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	109.5 (21)	227.0 (5)	336.5 (9)	4
DEFENSE	86.0 (2)	123.5 (9)	209.5 (3)	3
OFFENSE	183.5 (4)	102.0 (22)	285.5 (14)	3
DEFENSE	119.5 (11)	122.0 (8)	241.5 (7)	6

Line: Bengals by 3½

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (3-0-0)	0	7	0	14	21
Houston Oilers (2-1-0)	0	10	7	2	19

( 7- 0) CIN Lenvil Elliott 10 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
( 7- 7) HOU Fred Willis 1 yard rush (Skip Butler kick)
( 7-10) HOU Skip Butler 37 yard field goal
( 7-17) HOU Billy Johnson 63 yard punt return (Skip Butler kick)
(14-17) CIN Stan Fritts 17 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
(21-17) CIN Isaac Curtis 6 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
(21-19) HOU Safety, Ken Anderson tackled in end zone by Elvin Bethea

                     CIN             HOU
First Downs:         18              13
Rushes-yards:        37-86           34-83
Yards/rush:          2.3             2.4
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     19-28-210-1     11-23-93-2
Sacked-yards:        7-34            1-0
Net pass yards:      176             93
Net yards/pass:      5.0             3.9
Total net yards:     262             176
Total plays:         72 (51% run)    58 (58% run)  
Yards/play:          3.6             3.0
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             3-3
Turnovers:           2               5
Penalties-yards:     7-107           5-49

Attendance: 42,412

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 19 of 28 for 210 yards and 3 TDs (1 int) HOU: Dan Pastorini, 11 of 23 for 93 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 13 for 29 yards; Ken Anderson, 9 for 6 yards; Stan Fritts, 8 for 28 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 6 for 27 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for -4 yards HOU: Don Hardeman, 16 for 33 yards; Fred Willis, 11 for 29 yards and 1 TD; Ronnie Coleman, 6 for 22 yards; Dan Pastorini, 1 for -1 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 5 for 29 yards; Chip Myers, 4 for 46 yards; Isaac Curtis, 4 for 42 yards and 1 TD; Lenvil Elliott, 3 for 49 yards and 1 TD; Stan Fritts, 1 for 17 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Coslet, 1 for 15 yards; Charlie Joiner, 1 for 12 yards HOU: Ken Burrough, 4 for 47 yards; Billy Johnson, 2 for 19 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 2 for 9 yards; Don Hardeman, 2 for 1 yard; John Sawyer, 1 for 17 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: John McDaniel, 2 for 50 yards; Bernard Jackson, 1 for 23 yards HOU: Billy Johnson, 4 for 136 yards; Mark Cotney, 1 for 18 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Lyle Blackwood, 2 for 3 yards HOU: Billy Johnson, 6 for 127 yards and 1 TD
Interceptions:
CIN: Lyle Blackwood, 1 for 4 yards; Ken Riley, 1 for 0 yards HOU: Willie Germany, 1 for 15 yards
Punting:
CIN: Dave Green, 7 for 291 yards HOU: Dan Pastorini, 4 for 145 yards
Field Goals:
HOU: Skip Butler, 1/1