NFL game summary for 12/21/1975:

The Bengals nailed down the wild card berth in the AFC by scoring three touchdowns before San Diego had a chance to run a play from scrimmage and coasted to an easy victory. Ken Anderson, achieving a second straight NFL passing title, completed 18 of 23 for 216 yards and three touchdowns for a season total of 21 and left the game at halftime. Rookie Stan Fritts scored twice for a total of 10 as the Bengals closed out with an 11-3 record, their best ever. Anderson finished with his highest yardage, 3,169, completing 60.5 percent of his passes.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
San Diego Chargers	OFFENSE	129.8  (17)	118.1  (25)	247.9  (24)	26
	DEFENSE	175.0  (24)	172.2  (16)	347.2  (22)	30
Cincinnati Bengals	OFFENSE	127.1  (19)	228.4  (1)	355.5  (3)	30
	DEFENSE	160.1  (18)	127.2  (3)	287.3  (10)	41

Line: Bengals by 15

Team	1	2	3	4	F
San Diego Chargers (2-12-0)	0	10	7	0	17
Cincinnati Bengals (11-3-0)	27	14	0	6	47

( 0- 7) CIN Ken Anderson 2 yard rush (Dave Green kick)
( 0-14) CIN Stan Fritts 6 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
( 0-20) CIN Stan Fritts 1 yard rush (kick failed)
( 0-27) CIN Isaac Curtis 52 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
( 0-34) CIN Boobie Clark 1 yard rush (Dave Green kick)
( 3-34) SD  Ray Wersching 43 yard field goal
(10-34) SD  Rickey Young 2 yard pass from Jesse Freitas (Ray Wersching kick)
(10-41) CIN Lenvil Elliott 14 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Dave Green kick)
(17-41) SD  Bo Matthews 3 yard rush (Ray Wersching kick)
(17-47) CIN John Reaves 1 yard rush (kick failed)

                     SD              CIN
First Downs:         15              27
Rushes-yards:        29-113          41-167
Yards/rush:          3.9             4.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-27-118-0     25-34-272-1
Sacked-yards:        5-43            0-0
Net pass yards:      75              272
Net yards/pass:      2.3             8.0
Total net yards:     188             439
Total plays:         61 (47% run)    75 (54% run)  
Yards/play:          3.1             5.9
Fumbles-lost:        4-3             4-3
Turnovers:           3               4
Penalties-yards:     0-0             1-2

Attendance: 46,474

Passing:
SD: Jesse Freitas, 11 of 27 for 118 yards and 1 TD
CIN: Ken Anderson, 18 of 23 for 216 yards and 3 TDs; John Reaves, 7 of 11 for 56 yards (1 int)

Rushing:
SD: Rickey Young, 16 for 58 yards; Bo Matthews, 9 for 45 yards and 1 TD; Jesse Freitas, 3 for 6 yards; Tony Baker, 1 for 4 yards
CIN: Stan Fritts, 16 for 82 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 11 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Champ Henson, 4 for 12 yards; Ken Anderson, 2 for 7 yards and 1 TD; Ed Williams, 2 for 6 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 2 for 5 yards; John Reaves, 2 for 0 yards and 1 TD; Essex Johnson, 1 for 7 yards; John McDaniel, 1 for -2 yards

Receiving:
SD: Rickey Young, 3 for 18 yards and 1 TD; Dwight McDonald, 2 for 21 yards; Chuck Bradley, 1 for 42 yards; Joe Sweet, 1 for 13 yards; Gary Garrison, 1 for 8 yards; Tony Baker, 1 for 7 yards; Bo Matthews, 1 for 6 yards; Pat Curran, 1 for 3 yards
CIN: Boobie Clark, 5 for 37 yards; Isaac Curtis, 3 for 79 yards and 1 TD; Charlie Joiner, 3 for 34 yards; Bob Trumpy, 3 for 26 yards; Stan Fritts, 3 for 24 yards and 1 TD; Ed Williams, 3 for 17 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 2 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Coslet, 2 for 18 yards; Champ Henson, 1 for -2 yards

Kick returns:
SD: Mike Fuller, 6 for 135 yards; Rickey Young, 1 for 0 yards
CIN: Lenvil Elliott, 2 for 52 yards; Bernard Jackson, 1 for 28 yards

Punt returns:
SD: Mike Fuller, 1 for 11 yards
CIN: Lyle Blackwood, 2 for 2 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 11 yards

Interceptions:
SD: Mike Williams, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
SD: Dennis Partee, 4 for 167 yards
CIN: Dave Green, 1 for 39 yards

Field Goals:
SD: Ray Wersching, 1/2

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