NFL game summary for 12/12/1976:

Ken Riley picked off three Jets' passes to take the AFC interception title while Ken Anderson took advantage of seven New York turnovers to guide the Bengals to their largest margin of victory since 1972 and third season in the last four with at least 10 victories. Anderson started a 21-point second period connecting with Isaac Curtis on an 85-yard TD pass, then drove Cincinnati 68 and 39 yards to touchdowns set up by Bengal interceptions. Chris Bahr booted his fourth field goal, then Coy Bacon and Gary Burley trapped Richard Todd in the end zone for a safety and the final Cincinnati points.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	158.8 (11)	153.2 (13)	312.0 (13)	33
DEFENSE	142.2 (12)	134.6 (7)	276.8 (9)	34
OFFENSE	143.1 (17)	122.2 (21)	265.2 (22)	46
DEFENSE	188.3 (26)	163.4 (20)	351.7 (25)	30

Line: Bengals by 14

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (10-4-0)	6	21	10	5	42
New York Jets (3-11-0)	0	3	0	0	3

( 3- 0) CIN Chris Bahr 25 yard field goal
( 6- 0) CIN Chris Bahr 20 yard field goal
(13- 0) CIN Isaac Curtis 85 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick)
(20- 0) CIN Boobie Clark 7 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
(27- 0) CIN Stan Fritts 2 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick)
(27- 3) NYJ Pat Leahy 26 yard field goal
(34- 3) CIN Bob Trumpy 39 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick)
(37- 3) CIN Chris Bahr 33 yard field goal
(40- 3) CIN Chris Bahr 47 yard field goal
(42- 3) CIN Safety, Richard Todd tackled in end zone by Coy Bacon

                     CIN             NYJ
First Downs:         14              6
Rushes-yards:        40-144          32-64
Yards/rush:          3.6             2.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     11-25-200-0     7-28-43-6
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-35
Net pass yards:      200             8
Net yards/pass:      8.0             0.2
Total net yards:     344             72
Total plays:         65 (61% run)    64 (50% run)  
Yards/play:          5.3             1.1
Fumbles-lost:        5-2             6-1
Turnovers:           2               7
Penalties-yards:     7-55            8-75

Attendance: 31,067

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 8 of 17 for 188 yards and 2 TDs; John Reaves, 3 of 8 for 12 yards NYJ: Joe Namath, 4 of 15 for 20 yards (4 int); Richard Todd, 3 of 13 for 23 yards (2 int)
Rushing:
CIN: Archie Griffin, 13 for 53 yards; Tony Davis, 11 for 41 yards; Boobie Clark, 9 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Willie Shelby, 5 for 9 yards; Stan Fritts, 1 for 2 yards and 1 TD; Ken Anderson, 1 for 0 yards NYJ: Clark Gaines, 18 for 51 yards; Louie Giammona, 7 for 21 yards; Steve Davis, 3 for 17 yards; Bob Gresham, 2 for -12 yards; Duane Carrell, 1 for 0 yards; Richard Todd, 1 for -13 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Archie Griffin, 3 for 33 yards; John McDaniel, 3 for 31 yards; Tony Davis, 2 for 9 yards; Isaac Curtis, 1 for 85 yards and 1 TD; Bob Trumpy, 1 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Willie Shelby, 1 for 3 yards NYJ: Clark Gaines, 3 for 21 yards; Jerome Barkum, 2 for 11 yards; Steve Davis, 1 for 6 yards; Rich Caster, 1 for 5 yards
Kick returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 1 for 28 yards; Willie Shelby, 1 for 21 yards; Ron Hunt, 1 for 17 yards NYJ: Louie Giammona, 6 for 146 yards; Lou Piccone, 3 for 62 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Lemar Parrish, 4 for 20 yards; Tommy Casanova, 3 for 12 yards NYJ: Lou Piccone, 3 for 8 yards; Tommy Marvaso, 1 for 0 yards
Interceptions:
CIN: Ken Riley, 3 for 22 yards; Marvin Cobb, 2 for 37 yards; Bo Harris, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 5 for 218 yards NYJ: Duane Carrell, 7 for 275 yards
Field Goals:
CIN: Chris Bahr, 4/4 NYJ: Pat Leahy, 1/1