NFL game summary for 10/24/1976:

The Bengals' defense picked up a touchdown while Ken Anderson and John Reaves each added a scoring pass to lead Cincinnati past Houston and into a one-game lead in the AFC Central. Anderson threw a seven-yard pass to Isaac Curtis for the first TD, Reaves hit Bruce Coslet with a 14-yarder for the second, and Coy Bacon picked up a fourth-quarter fumble at the Cincinnati 20 and carried it 48 yards before lateraling to Melvin Morgan who carried it the final 32 yards for a score.

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

Team		Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
Cincinnati Bengals	OFFENSE	143.7  (12)	137.7  (19)	281.3  (18)	13
	DEFENSE	126.2  (10)	118.2  (6)	244.3  (4)	18
Houston Oilers	OFFENSE	118.3  (24)	189.5  (8)	307.8  (11)	8
	DEFENSE	110.3  (2)	141.2  (8)	251.5  (6)	11

Line: Bengals by 1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (5-2-0)	10	10	7	0	27
Houston Oilers (4-3-0)	0	0	0	7	7

( 7- 0) CIN Isaac Curtis 7 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick)
(10- 0) CIN Chris Bahr 34 yard field goal
(17- 0) CIN Bruce Coslet 14 yard pass from John Reaves (Chris Bahr kick)
(20- 0) CIN Chris Bahr 28 yard field goal
(27- 0) CIN Melvin Morgan 32 yard fumble return (Chris Bahr kick)
(27- 7) HOU Ronnie Coleman 69 yard punt return (Skip Butler kick)

                     CIN             HOU
First Downs:         18              12
Rushes-yards:        40-162          9-28
Yards/rush:          4.0             3.1
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     16-24-187-0     23-42-198-3
Sacked-yards:        3-21            6-50
Net pass yards:      166             148
Net yards/pass:      6.1             3.1
Total net yards:     328             176
Total plays:         67 (59% run)    57 (15% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             3.1
Fumbles-lost:        3-1             1-1
Turnovers:           1               4
Penalties-yards:     9-84            7-50

Attendance: 45,499

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 14 of 20 for 155 yards and 1 TD; John Reaves, 2 of 4 for 32 yards and 1 TD
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 23 of 42 for 198 yards (3 int)

Rushing:
CIN: Boobie Clark, 11 for 60 yards; Archie Griffin, 10 for 21 yards; Lenvil Elliott, 7 for 18 yards; Tony Davis, 6 for 39 yards; Stan Fritts, 5 for 22 yards; Ken Anderson, 1 for 2 yards
HOU: Fred Willis, 4 for 13 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 3 for 1 yard; Don Hardeman, 2 for 14 yards

Receiving:
CIN: Isaac Curtis, 6 for 74 yards and 1 TD; Lenvil Elliott, 3 for 34 yards; Billy Brooks, 2 for 18 yards; Stan Fritts, 1 for 18 yards; Bruce Coslet, 1 for 14 yards and 1 TD; Boobie Clark, 1 for 11 yards; Tony Davis, 1 for 11 yards; Archie Griffin, 1 for 7 yards
HOU: Ronnie Coleman, 6 for 68 yards; Ken Burrough, 6 for 63 yards; Mack Alston, 4 for 31 yards; Billy Johnson, 4 for 12 yards; Don Hardeman, 1 for 11 yards; John Sawyer, 1 for 11 yards; Fred Willis, 1 for 2 yards

Kick returns:
CIN: Willie Shelby, 2 for 29 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 3 for 76 yards; Al Johnson, 3 for 52 yards

Punt returns:
CIN: Willie Shelby, 5 for 67 yards
HOU: Billy Johnson, 2 for 0 yards; Ronnie Coleman, 1 for 69 yards and 1 TD; C.L. Whittington, 1 for 0 yards

Interceptions:
CIN: Ken Riley, 1 for 8 yards; Chris Devlin, 1 for 2 yards; Lemar Parrish, 1 for 0 yards

Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 6 for 222 yards
HOU: Dan Pastorini, 7 for 292 yards

Field Goals:
CIN: Chris Bahr, 2/3

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