Week 3, 1975

played in Cincinnati, OH

49 degrees, fair, 11 mph wind

New England Patriots	0	7	0	0	-	7
Cincinnati Bengals	14	10	0	10	-	34

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 CIN - Altie Taylor 12 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
1Q: 06:39 CIN - Altie Taylor 10 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 14:54 NED - Van Harmon 44 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
2Q: 09:14 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 22 field goal
2Q: 01:32 CIN - Odell Lawson 2 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
4Q: 10:56 CIN - Ahmad Rashad 10 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
4Q: 06:31 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 45 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 11:43 CIN - Altie Taylor 12 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
1Q: 06:39 CIN - Altie Taylor 10 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 14:54 NED - Van Harmon 44 pass from Jim Plunkett (Ray Wersching extra point)
2Q: 09:14 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 22 field goal
2Q: 01:32 CIN - Odell Lawson 2 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
4Q: 10:56 CIN - Ahmad Rashad 10 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
4Q: 06:31 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 45 field goal

Team Statistics NED CIN
Record 1-2 2-1
First Downs 16 23
- by Rushing 5 8
- by Passing 9 15
- by Penalty 2 0
Total Net Yards 263 353
- Offensive Plays 56 61
- Yards per Play 4.70 5.79
Net Rushing Yards 97 120
- Rushing Attempts 24 32
- Yards per Rush 4.04 3.75
Net Passing Yards 166 233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 28 - 17 - 1 26 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 187 260
- Sacks/Yards Lost 4/21 3/27
- Yards per Pass Play 5.19 8.03
Fumbles/Lost 5/1 0/0
3rd Down Conversions 6/13 5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 6.1 10.4
4th Down Conversions 0/1 0/0
Penalties/Yards 9/50 5/31
Punt Returns/Yards 3/17 1/12
Kick Returns/Yards 5/144 2/56
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 1/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/0 4/1
Avg. Drive Start OWN 26 OWN 33
Time of Possession 27:30 32:30

Team Statistics	NED	CIN
Record	1-2	2-1
First Downs	16	23
- by Rushing	5	8
- by Passing	9	15
- by Penalty	2	0
Total Net Yards	263	353
- Offensive Plays	56	61
- Yards per Play	4.70	5.79
Net Rushing Yards	97	120
- Rushing Attempts	24	32
- Yards per Rush	4.04	3.75
Net Passing Yards	166	233
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	28 - 17 - 1	26 - 21 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	187	260
- Sacks/Yards Lost	4/21	3/27
- Yards per Pass Play	5.19	8.03
Fumbles/Lost	5/1	0/0
3rd Down Conversions	6/13	5/11
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	6.1	10.4
4th Down Conversions	0/1	0/0
Penalties/Yards	9/50	5/31
Punt Returns/Yards	3/17	1/12
Kick Returns/Yards	5/144	2/56
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	1/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	5
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/0	4/1
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 26	OWN 33
Time of Possession	27:30	32:30

Drive Charts

New England Patriots
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	11:36	1:42	OWN 36	3	-6	Punt
1	6:33	3:36	OWN 20	7	30	Punt
1	1:25	1:51	OWN 29	4	71	Touchdown
2	9:07	3:47	OWN 32	6	32	Missed FG
2	1:24	1:24	OWN 20	3	3	Half
3	15:00	4:53	OWN 35	10	47	Fumble
3	6:47	4:39	OWN 18	8	48	Interception
4	10:51	2:13	OWN 44	4	-8	Downs
4	6:23	2:37	OWN 20	5	14	Punt
4	1:52	1:52	OWN 15	6	13	Game

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	3:24	OWN 44	6	56	Touchdown
1	9:54	3:21	OWN 28	7	72	Touchdown
1	2:57	1:32	OWN 20	3	4	Punt
2	14:34	5:27	OWN 34	9	61	Field Goal
2	5:20	3:56	OWN 43	13	57	Touchdown
3	10:07	3:20	OWN 18	5	21	Punt
3	2:08	6:17	OWN 24	12	76	Touchdown
4	8:38	2:15	OPP 36	3	8	Field Goal
4	3:46	1:54	OWN 24	3	-2	Punt

Game MVP: Ken Anderson, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+
Dave Osborn	13	54	4.15	17	1
Jumbo Asher	9	33	3.67	10	1
Jim Plunkett	2	10	5.00	5	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Doug Kotar	15	54	3.60	11	1	0
Altie Taylor	14	62	4.43	12	1	1
Odell Lawson	3	4	1.33	4	0	1

Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Jim Plunkett	24	15	175	3/16	1	44	1	81.1
Jared Kuszewski	4	2	12	1/5	0	8	0	56.3

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Anderson	26	21	260	3/27	2	25	0	134.0

Receiving Statistics

New England	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
RB Dave Osborn	4	5	34	8.50	12	16	0
WR Reggie Rucker	3	5	31	10.33	0	14	0
WR Frank Grant	2	6	12	6.00	0	8	0
RB Chuck Wingle	2	2	10	5.00	9	6	0
WR Van Harmon	2	4	49	24.50	8	44	1
WR Vincent Slatus	2	3	17	8.50	3	13	0
TE Bob Adams	1	2	19	19.00	7	19	0
FB John Brockington	1	1	15	15.00	10	15	0

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Charlie Joiner	5	7	72	14.40	6	17	0
WR Ahmad Rashad	5	6	63	12.60	18	21	1
RB Altie Taylor	3	3	15	5.00	0	10	1
FB Jim Braxton	2	2	28	14.00	26	19	0
WR Ken Burrow	2	2	36	18.00	2	25	0
TE Jim Mandich	2	3	21	10.50	0	16	0
WR Larry Brunson	1	1	20	20.00	0	20	0
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1	5	5.00	5	5	0
WR Darryl Stingley	0	1	0	0.00	0	0	0

Interception Statistics

New England	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	0.00	0

Fumble Statistics

New England	Fumb	Recov
Jared Kuszewski	1	1
Chris Farasopoulos	1	0
Frank Grant	1	0
Jim Plunkett	1	0
Jumbo Asher	1	0
Maurice Spencer	0	1
Dan Stonebarger	0	1
John McKay	0	1

Cincinnati	Recov	Force
Jeff Yeates	1	1
Al Atkinson	0	1
Lyle Blackwood	0	1
Steve Furness	0	1
Norm Thompson	0	1

Punting Statistics

New England	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Marv Bateman	3	146	48.7	38.0	54	1

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Van Heusen	3	170	56.7	51.0	66	2

Kicking Statistics

New England	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Ray Wersching	0/1	0/1	0/1	0	1/1

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve Mike-Mayer	2/2	1/1	0/0	45	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	2	14	7.0	0
Jumbo Asher	1	3	3.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lemar Parrish	1	12	12.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

New England	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Chris Farasopoulos	4	132	33.0	0
Sandy Durko	1	12	12.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Kotar	1	26	26.0	0
Ken Riley	1	30	30.0	0

Defensive Statistics

New England	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
OLB Sam Hunt	8	3	0.0	32	27
S Chris Farasopoulos	6	0	0.0	19	20
DE Bill Stanfill	5	1	1.0	32	28
OLB Paul Naumoff	5	1	0.0	30	28
OLB Steve Nelson	5	1	0.0	17	12
DE Manny Sistrunk	5	1	0.0	29	27
CB Mike Williams	4	0	0.0	30	29
DT R.J. Reese	3	1	2.0	30	27
OLB Charlie Hall	3	1	0.0	26	25
CB Graham Spreen	3	0	0.0	27	28
S Sandy Durko	2	5	0.0	32	29
DT Elex Price	1	2	0.0	14	9
OLB Danny Rhodes	1	0	0.0	2	1
RB Jumbo Asher	1	0	---	---	---
S Autry Beamon	1	0	0.0	10	7

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
S Lyle Blackwood	10	2	0.0	19	29
DT Steve Furness	6	1	1.0	22	27
DE Jeff Yeates	5	2	1.5	24	31
OLB Andy Selfridge	3	1	0.0	6	8
ILB Brad Dusek	3	0	0.0	24	29
DE Cedrick Hardeman	2	1	0.5	20	28
ILB Pat Hughes	2	2	0.0	21	32
CB Lemar Parrish	2	2	0.0	22	30
OLB Al Atkinson	2	0	0.0	3	4
DT Maulty Moore	2	0	0.0	15	22
CB Ken Riley	2	0	0.0	23	31
CB Norm Thompson	2	0	0.0	17	22
DE Phil Olsen	1	0	1.0	0	1
DT Donnell Erofeev	1	0	0.0	2	6
DE Ian Lyons	1	0	0.0	4	4
S Randy Hughes	0	2	0.0	21	28

Pass Rush Statistics

New England	Sack	Hurry	PPlay
DT R.J. Reese	2.0	0	27
DE Bill Stanfill	1.0	1	28
OLB Charlie Hall	0.0	1	25

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Jeff Yeates	1.5	1	2	2	31
DT Steve Furness	1.0	1	0	0	27
DE Phil Olsen	1.0	0	0	1	1
DE Cedrick Hardeman	0.5	0	0	1	28

Pass Defense Statistics

New England	Caught	PPlay
S Chris Farasopoulos	5	20
OLB Charlie Hall	3	25
OLB Paul Naumoff	3	28
CB Graham Spreen	2	28
CB Mike Williams	2	29
S Sandy Durko	1	29
OLB Sam Hunt	1	27
OLB Steve Nelson	1	12
DT Elex Price	1	9
OLB Danny Rhodes	1	1
DE Manny Sistrunk	1	27

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	Intrcp	PPlay
S Lyle Blackwood	5	0	0	29
CB Lemar Parrish	2	2	0	30
ILB Brad Dusek	2	0	0	29
OLB Al Atkinson	1	0	0	4
DE Cedrick Hardeman	1	0	0	28
ILB Pat Hughes	1	0	0	32
DT Maulty Moore	1	0	0	22
CB Ken Riley	1	0	0	31
OLB Andy Selfridge	1	0	0	8
CB Norm Thompson	1	0	0	22
DT Donnell Erofeev	1	0	0	6
OLB Bert Cooper	0	0	1	3

Blocking Statistics

New England	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Jim Langer	3	6	18	1	26
John Hannah	1	2	18	1	20
Chuck Wingle	1	2	11	0	8
Kyle Delaroche	1	2	13	0	11
Lynn Boden	1	2	6	0	12
Doug Van Horn	0	3	15	0	19
Dan Stonebarger	0	2	14	0	19
John Brockington	0	1	6	0	8
Babe Morgan	0	1	9	0	13
Walter White	0	1	1	0	1
Jean Barrett	0	0	11	1	21
Skip Lewis	0	0	16	1	19

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tom De Leone	4	9	0	29	0	27
Stan Walters	2	6	2	31	0	28
Henry Allison	2	3	0	21	0	23
George Starke	1	4	0	24	1	26
Tyrell Sampson	1	3	0	15	1	15
Jim Mandich	1	2	0	23	0	15
Darrell Austin	1	1	0	24	0	18
Willie Parker	0	2	0	3	1	2
Len Gotshalk	0	2	0	13	0	6

Special Teams Tackles

New England	Tackles	STPlays
Maurice Spencer	1	16
Frank Grant	1	13
Autry Beamon	1	12

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Terry Brown	3	11
Norm Thompson	3	11
Jim Braxton	1	13
Darryl Stingley	1	12

Participation

New England	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Sandy Durko	---	---	32	29	13	74
Bill Stanfill	---	---	32	28	5	65
Mike Williams	---	---	30	29	5	64
Sam Hunt	---	---	32	27	2	61
Paul Naumoff	---	---	30	28	2	60
R.J. Reese	---	---	30	27	2	59
Manny Sistrunk	---	---	29	27	2	58
Graham Spreen	---	---	27	28	2	57
Charlie Hall	---	---	26	25	3	54
Maurice Spencer	---	---	18	17	16	51
Chris Farasopoulos	---	---	19	20	8	47
Frank Grant	12	22	---	---	13	47
Jim Langer	18	26	---	---	3	47
Jim Plunkett	20	27	---	---	---	47
Vincent Slatus	13	25	---	---	3	41
John Hannah	18	20	---	---	---	38
Steve Nelson	---	---	17	12	9	38
Skip Lewis	16	19	---	---	1	36
Dave Osborn	14	18	---	---	2	34
Doug Van Horn	15	19	---	---	---	34
Dan Stonebarger	14	19	---	---	1	34
Jean Barrett	11	21	---	---	---	32
Jerome Moriarty	12	12	---	---	7	31
Bob Adams	13	13	---	---	3	29
Reggie Rucker	12	16	---	---	1	29
Van Harmon	15	14	---	---	---	29
Autry Beamon	---	---	10	7	12	29
Chuck Wingle	11	8	---	---	9	28
Kyle Delaroche	13	11	---	---	4	28
Babe Morgan	9	13	---	---	4	26
Elex Price	---	---	14	9	1	24
Jumbo Asher	10	12	---	---	1	23
Lynn Boden	6	12	---	---	3	21
John McKay	1	9	---	---	10	20
John Brockington	6	8	---	---	4	18
Walter White	1	1	---	---	13	15
Larry Smith	0	2	---	---	11	13
Terry Meyer	---	---	2	3	6	11
Danny Rhodes	---	---	2	1	7	10
Jared Kuszewski	4	5	---	---	1	10
Olin Rogers	---	---	2	2	3	7
Marv Bateman	0	0	---	---	3	3
Ray Wersching	0	0	---	---	3	3
Isaac Daniels	0	0	---	---	---	0
Louis Carter	0	0	---	---	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Ken Anderson	32	29	---	---	---	61
Tom De Leone	29	27	---	---	5	61
Stan Walters	31	28	---	---	---	59
Lemar Parrish	---	---	22	30	6	58
Ken Riley	---	---	23	31	3	57
Jeff Yeates	---	---	24	31	1	56
Brad Dusek	---	---	24	29	2	55
Pat Hughes	---	---	21	32	---	53
Ahmad Rashad	28	24	---	---	---	52
Randy Hughes	---	---	21	28	2	51
Lyle Blackwood	---	---	19	29	2	50
George Starke	24	26	---	---	---	50
Norm Thompson	---	---	17	22	11	50
Steve Furness	---	---	22	27	---	49
Cedrick Hardeman	---	---	20	28	1	49
Darrell Austin	24	18	---	---	5	47
Henry Allison	21	23	---	---	---	44
Charlie Joiner	22	20	---	---	1	43
Keith Krepfle	16	15	---	---	12	43
Jim Mandich	23	15	---	---	3	41
Jim Braxton	13	11	---	---	13	37
Maulty Moore	---	---	15	22	---	37
Tyrell Sampson	15	15	---	---	5	35
Doug Kotar	15	17	---	---	2	34
Ken Burrow	13	17	---	---	2	32
Darryl Stingley	9	9	---	---	12	30
Odell Lawson	6	5	---	---	16	27
Jerry Moore	---	---	10	9	7	26
Len Gotshalk	13	6	---	---	5	24
Altie Taylor	14	9	---	---	1	24
Al Atkinson	---	---	3	4	12	19
Terry Brown	---	---	3	3	11	17
Andy Selfridge	---	---	6	8	3	17
Larry Brunson	1	3	---	---	11	15
Ian Lyons	---	---	4	4	6	14
Gray Schreiber	---	---	2	1	9	12
J.T. Montgomery	---	---	4	4	4	12
Willie Parker	3	2	---	---	5	10
Donnell Erofeev	---	---	2	6	1	9
Steve Mike-Mayer	0	0	---	---	9	9
Bert Cooper	---	---	0	3	3	6
Billy Van Heusen	0	0	---	---	5	5
Tim Kearney	---	---	2	0	2	4
Phil Olsen	---	---	0	1	---	1
Harold Holmes	0	0	---	---	---	0
Teddy Bangs	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	0	0	0.0
Middle	16	71	4.4
Right	8	26	3.3
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	12	24	2.0
Middle	12	60	5.0
Right	8	36	4.5
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Jim Plunkett	24	15	1	3	0	2	1	3	1
Jared Kuszewski	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Anderson	26	21	3	0	3	0	2	0	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	2	13	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	12	9	63	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	5	67	8.4
Long (19+ Yds)	5	1	44	8.8

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	6	6	50	8.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	6	5	46	7.7
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	119	11.9
Long (19+ Yds)	4	2	45	11.3

Detailed Receiving Statistics

New England	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Frank Grant	6	2	0	12	0	22
RB Dave Osborn	5	4	1	34	0	18
WR Reggie Rucker	5	3	0	31	0	16
WR Van Harmon	4	2	0	49	1	14
WR Vincent Slatus	3	2	0	17	0	25
TE Bob Adams	2	1	0	19	0	13
RB Chuck Wingle	2	2	0	10	0	8
FB John Brockington	1	1	0	15	0	8

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charlie Joiner	7	5	0	72	0	20
WR Ahmad Rashad	6	5	1	63	1	24
TE Jim Mandich	3	2	1	21	0	15
RB Altie Taylor	3	3	0	15	0	9
FB Jim Braxton	2	2	0	28	0	11
WR Ken Burrow	2	2	0	36	1	17
WR Larry Brunson	1	1	0	20	1	3
TE Keith Krepfle	1	1	0	5	0	15
WR Darryl Stingley	1	0	1	0	0	9

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

New England	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Altie Taylor	4	17	4.25	4.43
Doug Kotar	3	11	3.67	3.60
Odell Lawson	1	2	2.00	1.33

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Anderson	4	3	20	5.00	10.00

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

New England	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
RB Altie Taylor	2	2	10	5.00	5.00
WR Charlie Joiner	1	0	0	0.00	10.29
WR Ahmad Rashad	1	1	10	10.00	10.50

Third Down Rushing Statistics

New England	Rushes	Conversions
Dave Osborn	1	0
Jim Plunkett	1	1
Jumbo Asher	1	1

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Altie Taylor	2	0
Odell Lawson	1	1

Third Down Passing Statistics

New England	Att	Comp	Conversions
Jim Plunkett	6	4	3
Jared Kuszewski	2	1	1

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Anderson	8	7	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

New England	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Frank Grant	3	1	1
WR Reggie Rucker	3	2	1
RB Dave Osborn	2	2	2

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Ken Burrow	2	2	1
WR Ahmad Rashad	2	2	1
RB Altie Taylor	2	2	1
WR Charlie Joiner	1	1	1
TE Jim Mandich	1	0	0

Section Attendance
Stadium 49,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck 14,300 (21,400)
End Zone 11,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine 6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats 9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats 5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes 2,000 (3,300)

Section	Attendance
Stadium	49,000 (70,000 capacity)
Upper Deck	14,300 (21,400)
End Zone	11,000 (15,400)
Mezzanine	6,700 (8,900)
Sideline Seats	9,600 (13,600)
Club Seats	5,400 (7,400)
Luxury Boxes	2,000 (3,300)