NFL game summary for 10/12/1975:

Ken Anderson kept the unbeaten Bengals atop the AFC Central with a perfect 4-0 record by engineering two scoring drives in the closing minutes of the third quarter. Winless New England had tied the score at 10-10 on John Smith's 35-yard field goal before Anderson started to move the Bengals to touchdowns on a 12-yard run by Essex Johnson and a 37-yard pass to Charlie Joiner. Anderson wound up with 16 completions in 31 attempts for 265 yards. Mack Herron had his first 100-yard game, gaining 119 on 13 carries.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
New England Patriots	OFFENSE	109.7  (20)	152.3  (14)	262.0  (17)	12
	DEFENSE	166.3  (18)	102.3  (2)	268.7  (11)	6
Cincinnati Bengals	OFFENSE	101.7  (22)	210.0  (4)	311.7  (10)	6
	DEFENSE	85.0  (1)	113.3  (5)	198.3  (1)	8

Line: Bengals by 10

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New England Patriots (0-4-0)	0	7	3	0	10
Cincinnati Bengals (4-0-0)	0	7	17	3	27

( 0- 7) CIN Boobie Clark 1 yard rush (Dave Green kick)
( 7- 7) NE  Sam Cunningham 2 yard rush (John Smith kick)
( 7-10) CIN Dave Green 29 yard field goal
(10-10) NE  John Smith 35 yard field goal
(10-17) CIN Essex Johnson 12 yard rush (Dave Green kick)
(10-24) CIN Charlie Joiner 37 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
(10-27) CIN Dave Green 21 yard field goal

                     NE              CIN
First Downs:         12              26
Rushes-yards:        31-208          43-174
Yards/rush:          6.7             4.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     6-20-59-1       17-33-281-0
Sacked-yards:        2-17            1-9
Net pass yards:      42              272
Net yards/pass:      1.9             8.0
Total net yards:     250             446
Total plays:         53 (58% run)    77 (55% run)  
Yards/play:          4.7             5.8
Fumbles-lost:        2-2             1-0
Turnovers:           3               0
Penalties-yards:     9-86            5-22

Attendance: 51,220

Passing:
NE: Jim Plunkett, 6 of 20 for 59 yards (1 int)
CIN: Ken Anderson, 16 of 31 for 265 yards and 1 TD; Stan Fritts, 1 of 1 for 16 yards; John Reaves, 0 of 1 for 0 yards

Rushing:
NE: Sam Cunningham, 16 for 83 yards and 1 TD; Mack Herron, 13 for 119 yards; Randy Vataha, 1 for 4 yards; Andy Johnson, 1 for 2 yards
CIN: Essex Johnson, 11 for 34 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 11 for 31 yards and 1 TD; Stan Fritts, 10 for 54 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 6 for 39 yards; Ken Anderson, 3 for 14 yards; Ed Williams, 2 for 2 yards

Receiving:
NE: Russ Francis, 3 for 30 yards; Randy Vataha, 2 for 29 yards; Sam Cunningham, 1 for 0 yards
CIN: Chip Myers, 6 for 67 yards; Charlie Joiner, 3 for 69 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Coslet, 3 for 37 yards; Isaac Curtis, 2 for 87 yards; Jack Novak, 1 for 19 yards; Boobie Clark, 1 for 4 yards; Essex Johnson, 1 for -2 yards

Kick returns:
NE: Allen Carter, 3 for 87 yards; Leon McQuay, 2 for 34 yards; Andy Johnson, 1 for 23 yards
CIN: Bernard Jackson, 2 for 42 yards; John McDaniel, 1 for 19 yards

Punt returns:
NE: Mack Herron, 2 for 5 yards
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 3 for 7 yards; Lyle Blackwood, 1 for 1 yard

Interceptions:
CIN: Ken Riley, 1 for 24 yards

Punting:
NE: Mike Patrick, 7 for 291 yards
CIN: Dave Green, 7 for 261 yards

Field Goals:
NE: John Smith, 1/1
CIN: Dave Green, 2/2

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