NFL game summary for 01/09/1983:

The defending AFC Champion Bengals lost an early 14-3 lead and were dismantled by the underdog Jets. The 7-2 Bengals were the AFC's No. 3 seed in 16-team "Super Bowl Tournament," organized for the strike-shortened regular season. Running back Freeman McNeil led No. 6 seed New York, rushing for 202 yards and a TD against Cincinnati's No. 3-ranked rush defense.

Cincinnati trailed only 23-17 after three periods, but suffered a particularly demoralizing fourth quarter, which included two interceptions (one for a TD), a TD pass nullified by a false start penalty, a missed field goal, a lost fumble and two rushing TDs allowed.

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

	Rush Yds/Gm	Pass Yds/Gm	Tot Yds/Gm	Turnovers
OFFENSE	146.3 (4)	211.2 (7)	357.6 (4)	18
DEFENSE	109.2 (10)	182.9 (8)	292.1 (5)	26
OFFENSE	105.4 (20)	259.9 (3)	365.3 (3)	16
DEFENSE	94.4 (3)	227.0 (22)	321.4 (18)	20

Line: Bengals by 4

Team	1	2	3	4	F
New York Jets (7-3-0)	3	17	3	21	44
Cincinnati Bengals (7-3-0)	14	0	3	0	17

( 0- 7) CIN Isaac Curtis 32 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) ( 3- 7) NYJ Pat Leahy 33 yard field goal ( 3-14) CIN Dan Ross 2 yard pass from Ken Anderson (Jim Breech kick) (10-14) NYJ Derrick Gaffney 14 yard pass from Freeman McNeil (Pat Leahy kick) (17-14) NYJ Wesley Walker 4 yard pass from Richard Todd (Pat Leahy kick) (20-14) NYJ Pat Leahy 24 yard field goal (23-14) NYJ Pat Leahy 47 yard field goal (23-17) CIN Jim Breech 20 yard field goal (30-17) NYJ Freeman McNeil 20 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick) (37-17) NYJ Darrol Ray 98 yard interception return (Pat Leahy kick) (44-17) NYJ Dwayne Crutchfield 1 yard rush (Pat Leahy kick)

                     NYJ             CIN
First Downs:         27              23
Rushes-yards:        34-234          21-62
Yards/rush:          6.9             3.0
Comp-Att-Yd-INT:     21-29-283-1     26-36-354-3
Sacked-yards:        0-0             4-21
Net pass yards:      283             333
Net yards/pass:      9.8             8.3
Total net yards:     517             395
Total plays:         63 (53% run)    61 (34% run)  
Yards/play:          8.2             6.5
Fumbles-lost:        2-1             2-1
Turnovers:           2               4
Penalties-yards:     12-95           7-60

Attendance: 57,560

Passing:
NYJ: Richard Todd, 20 of 28 for 269 yards and 1 TD (1 int); Freeman McNeil, 1 of 1 for 14 yards and 1 TD CIN: Ken Anderson, 26 of 35 for 354 yards and 2 TDs (3 int); Turk Schonert, 0 of 1 for 0 yards
Rushing:
NYJ: Freeman McNeil, 21 for 202 yards and 1 TD; Scott Dierking, 3 for 11 yards; Richard Todd, 3 for 3 yards; Bruce Harper, 2 for 9 yards; Tom Newton, 2 for 6 yards; Mike Augustyniak, 2 for 2 yards; Dwayne Crutchfield, 1 for 1 yard and 1 TD CIN: Pete Johnson, 9 for 26 yards; Charles Alexander, 7 for 14 yards; Archie Griffin, 3 for 17 yards; Ken Anderson, 2 for 5 yards
Receiving:
NYJ: Wesley Walker, 8 for 145 yards and 1 TD; Derrick Gaffney, 4 for 50 yards and 1 TD; Bruce Harper, 2 for 35 yards; Lam Jones, 2 for 22 yards; Scott Dierking, 2 for 9 yards; Freeman McNeil, 1 for 9 yards; Jerome Barkum, 1 for 9 yards; Mike Augustyniak, 1 for 4 yards CIN: Cris Collinsworth, 7 for 120 yards; Dan Ross, 6 for 89 yards and 1 TD; Isaac Curtis, 3 for 63 yards and 1 TD; Steve Kreider, 3 for 41 yards; Archie Griffin, 3 for 14 yards; Pete Johnson, 3 for 7 yards; M.L. Harris, 1 for 20 yards
Kick returns:
NYJ: Kurt Sohn, 3 for 51 yards; Bruce Harper, 1 for 18 yards CIN: David Verser, 7 for 116 yards; Rodney Tate, 1 for 22 yards
Punt returns:
NYJ: Bruce Harper, 1 for 2 yards
Interceptions:
NYJ: Johnny Lynn, 2 for 40 yards; Darrol Ray, 1 for 98 yards and 1 TD CIN: Ken Riley, 1 for 0 yards
Punting:
CIN: Pat McInally, 2 for 86 yards
Field Goals:
NYJ: Pat Leahy, 3/3 CIN: Jim Breech, 1/2