NFL game summary for 12/09/1979:

John Riggins ran for two touchdowns and Joe Theismann passed for two scores as Washington earned a share of first place in the NFC East with Dallas and Philadelphia. Riggins' first touchdown (a seven-yard run) tied the score at 7-7 and Theismann's second scoring pass (23 yards to Clarence Harmon) gave the Redskins a 21-14 halftime lead. Theismann completed a career-high 23 of 34 passes for 296 yards. Washington defensive end Coy Bacon registered four sacks against his former teammates.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	147.9 (11)	144.9 (24)	292.7 (23)	27
DEFENSE	141.3 (18)	225.9 (27)	367.2 (27)	38
OFFENSE	142.6 (14)	151.0 (23)	293.6 (22)	22
DEFENSE	137.6 (16)	174.2 (14)	311.9 (14)	44

Line: Redskins by 6

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Cincinnati Bengals (3-12-0)	14	0	0	0	14
Washington Redskins (10-5-0)	7	14	0	7	28

( 7- 0) CIN Archie Griffin 52 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Chris Bahr kick) ( 7- 7) WAS John Riggins 7 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick) (14- 7) CIN Pete Johnson 1 yard rush (Chris Bahr kick) (14-14) WAS Clarence Harmon 7 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) (14-21) WAS Clarence Harmon 23 yard pass from Joe Theismann (Mark Moseley kick) (14-28) WAS John Riggins 2 yard rush (Mark Moseley kick)

                     CIN             WAS
First Downs:         22              23
Rushes-yards:        29-113          32-125
Yards/rush:          3.9             3.9
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     20-36-278-0     23-34-296-2
Sacked-yards:        6-46            1-1
Net pass yards:      232             295
Net yards/pass:      5.5             8.4
Total net yards:     345             420
Total plays:         71 (40% run)    67 (47% run)  
Yards/play:          4.9             6.3
Fumbles-lost:        0-0             0-0
Turnovers:           0               2
Penalties-yards:     2-10            6-47

Attendance: 52,882

Passing:
CIN: Ken Anderson, 20 of 36 for 278 yards and 1 TD WAS: Joe Theismann, 23 of 34 for 296 yards and 2 TDs (2 int)
Rushing:
CIN: Pete Johnson, 16 for 39 yards and 1 TD; Archie Griffin, 10 for 68 yards; Charles Alexander, 2 for 1 yard; Tom Dinkel, 1 for 5 yards WAS: John Riggins, 19 for 95 yards and 2 TDs; Clarence Harmon, 5 for 1 yard; Ike Forte, 4 for 16 yards; Benny Malone, 4 for 13 yards
Receiving:
CIN: Dan Ross, 5 for 54 yards; Don Bass, 5 for 54 yards; Isaac Curtis, 4 for 62 yards; Archie Griffin, 3 for 68 yards and 1 TD; Pete Johnson, 2 for 16 yards; Pat McInally, 1 for 24 yards WAS: Danny Buggs, 5 for 82 yards; Ike Forte, 4 for 52 yards; Don Warren, 4 for 46 yards; John Riggins, 4 for 27 yards; John McDaniel, 3 for 56 yards; Clarence Harmon, 3 for 33 yards and 2 TDs
Kick returns:
CIN: Deacon Turner, 4 for 60 yards WAS: Bobby Hammond, 2 for 38 yards; Ike Forte, 1 for 21 yards
Punt returns:
CIN: Vaughn Lusby, 2 for 13 yards WAS: Bobby Hammond, 2 for 11 yards
Interceptions:
CIN: Scott Perry, 1 for 11 yards; Jim LeClair, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 4 for 156 yards WAS: Mike Bragg, 4 for 159 yards
Field Goals: