Week 8, 1975

played in Cincinnati, OH

64 degrees, fair, 10 mph wind

Birmingham Bombers	0	3	0	0	-	3
Cincinnati Bengals	10	24	3	0	-	37

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:25 CIN - Charlie Joiner 27 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
1Q: 01:07 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 27 field goal
2Q: 11:54 CIN - Charlie Joiner 15 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 09:05 CIN - Odell Lawson 7 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 06:27 BIR - Bucky Wallace 18 field goal
2Q: 05:42 CIN - Altie Taylor 25 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 00:01 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 42 field goal
3Q: 09:58 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 32 field goal

Scoring Summary
1Q: 14:25 CIN - Charlie Joiner 27 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
1Q: 01:07 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 27 field goal
2Q: 11:54 CIN - Charlie Joiner 15 pass from Ken Anderson (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 09:05 CIN - Odell Lawson 7 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 06:27 BIR - Bucky Wallace 18 field goal
2Q: 05:42 CIN - Altie Taylor 25 run (Steve Mike-Mayer extra point)
2Q: 00:01 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 42 field goal
3Q: 09:58 CIN - Steve Mike-Mayer 32 field goal

Team Statistics BIR CIN
Record 0-7 6-2
First Downs 9 24
- by Rushing 1 7
- by Passing 8 15
- by Penalty 0 2
Total Net Yards 156 381
- Offensive Plays 53 67
- Yards per Play 2.94 5.69
Net Rushing Yards 33 151
- Rushing Attempts 23 34
- Yards per Rush 1.43 4.44
Net Passing Yards 123 230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt 29 - 16 - 0 31 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards 129 241
- Sacks/Yards Lost 1/6 2/11
- Yards per Pass Play 4.10 6.97
Fumbles/Lost 2/1 1/0
3rd Down Conversions 2/14 4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down 8.9 7.7
4th Down Conversions 0/0 0/0
Penalties/Yards 6/49 4/30
Punt Returns/Yards 0/0 5/74
Kick Returns/Yards 4/85 2/77
Interception Ret./Yards 0/0 0/0
2pt Conversions 0/0 0/0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0/1 2/2
Avg. Drive Start OWN 21 OWN 45
Time of Possession 24:12 35:48

Team Statistics	BIR	CIN
Record	0-7	6-2
First Downs	9	24
- by Rushing	1	7
- by Passing	8	15
- by Penalty	0	2
Total Net Yards	156	381
- Offensive Plays	53	67
- Yards per Play	2.94	5.69
Net Rushing Yards	33	151
- Rushing Attempts	23	34
- Yards per Rush	1.43	4.44
Net Passing Yards	123	230
- Att./Comp./Intrcpt	29 - 16 - 0	31 - 20 - 0
- Gross Passing Yards	129	241
- Sacks/Yards Lost	1/6	2/11
- Yards per Pass Play	4.10	6.97
Fumbles/Lost	2/1	1/0
3rd Down Conversions	2/14	4/13
- Avg. YtG on 3rd Down	8.9	7.7
4th Down Conversions	0/0	0/0
Penalties/Yards	6/49	4/30
Punt Returns/Yards	0/0	5/74
Kick Returns/Yards	4/85	2/77
Interception Ret./Yards	0/0	0/0
2pt Conversions	0/0	0/0
Red Zone Visits	1	4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs	0/1	2/2
Avg. Drive Start	OWN 21	OWN 45
Time of Possession	24:12	35:48

Drive Charts

Birmingham Bombers
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	15:00	0:30	OWN 23	1	4	Fumble
1	14:11	4:15	OWN 16	6	20	Punt
1	6:13	1:15	OWN 20	3	2	Punt
1	1:01	1:17	OWN 32	3	4	Punt
2	11:45	1:53	OWN 20	3	-10	Punt
2	8:55	2:36	OWN 41	6	58	Field Goal
2	5:27	1:29	OWN 20	3	1	Punt
2	0:40	0:39	OWN 1	3	0	Punt
3	9:50	3:13	OWN 24	5	2	Punt
3	3:41	4:43	OWN 20	11	51	Missed FG
4	11:18	1:41	OWN 20	3	7	Punt
4	7:59	0:55	OWN 23	3	3	Punt
4	3:15	1:23	OWN 20	3	-1	Punt

Cincinnati Bengals
Quar	Began	Poss	From	Plays	Yards	Result
1	14:30	0:19	OPP 27	2	27	Touchdown
1	9:56	3:43	OWN 26	7	31	Punt
1	4:58	3:57	OWN 34	7	56	Field Goal
2	14:44	2:59	OWN 44	8	56	Touchdown
2	9:52	0:57	OPP 34	2	34	Touchdown
2	6:19	0:52	OPP 40	2	40	Touchdown
2	3:58	3:18	OWN 38	9	13	Punt
2	0:01	0:01	OPP 25	0	0	Field Goal
3	15:00	5:10	OWN 40	9	45	Field Goal
3	6:37	2:56	OWN 45	6	23	Punt
4	13:58	2:40	OWN 36	5	22	Punt
4	9:37	1:38	OWN 37	3	6	Punt
4	7:04	3:49	OWN 35	5	19	Punt
4	1:52	1:52	OWN 24	3	3	Game

Game MVP: Ken Anderson, Cincinnati Bengals

Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Rickey Young	16	30	1.88	5	0	0
Darnell Goodwin	7	3	0.43	3	0	0

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	LG	10+	TD
Doug Kotar	20	79	3.95	27	3	0
Altie Taylor	11	65	5.91	25	2	1
Odell Lawson	3	7	2.33	7	0	1

Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Pat Haden	17	11	99	1/6	0	23	0	80.3
Elton Davis	12	5	30	0/0	0	15	0	49.3

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Sk/Yd	TD	LG	Int	Rate
Ken Anderson	31	20	241	2/11	2	27	0	109.7

Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG
FB Boobie Clark	3	4	31	10.33	26	15
WR Calvin Hickman	3	5	44	14.67	3	23
RB Darnell Goodwin	2	2	-1	-0.50	0	1
WR Rickey Young	2	5	11	5.50	2	7
FB Mike Vardell	1	1	-4	-4.00	0	-4
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	9	9.00	0	9
TE Marc Forbes	1	2	12	12.00	6	12
WR Ken Bailey	1	3	9	9.00	0	9
WR Hugh Stopek	1	3	10	10.00	1	10
WR Al Walker	1	3	8	8.00	0	8

Cincinnati	Catch	Targ	Yards	Avg	YAC	LG	TD
WR Charlie Joiner	8	12	128	16.00	22	27	2
TE Jim Mandich	3	4	31	10.33	13	14	0
TE Keith Krepfle	2	4	17	8.50	0	13	0
RB Altie Taylor	2	2	6	3.00	4	5	0
FB Jim Braxton	1	2	7	7.00	6	7	0
WR Larry Brunson	1	2	8	8.00	0	8	0
RB Doug Kotar	1	1	15	15.00	2	15	0
WR Ahmad Rashad	1	2	15	15.00	4	15	0
WR Darryl Stingley	1	2	14	14.00	10	14	0

Interception Statistics

Birmingham	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ints	Yards	Avg	TD

Fumble Statistics

Birmingham	Fumb	Recov	Force
Pat Haden	1	0	0
Rickey Young	1	0	0
Kris Wheeler	0	1	0
Tyrell Garrison	0	0	1

Cincinnati	Fumb	Recov	Force
Altie Taylor	1	0	0
Ken Burrow	0	1	0
Norm Thompson	0	1	0
Al Atkinson	0	0	1
Jeff Yeates	0	0	1

Punting Statistics

Birmingham	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Ian Mooberry	10	426	42.6	35.2	57	1

Cincinnati	Punt	Yards	Avg	Net	LG	In20
Billy Van Heusen	6	245	40.8	27.5	48	1

Kicking Statistics

Birmingham	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Bucky Wallace	1/2	0/1	0/0	18	0/0

Cincinnati	FGs	40+Yd	50+Yd	LG	PAT
Steve Mike-Mayer	3/3	1/1	0/0	42	4/4

Punt Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Lemar Parrish	3	56	18.7	0
Lyle Blackwood	2	18	9.0	0

Kick Return Statistics

Birmingham	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Ken Sawyer	3	68	22.7	0
Al Walker	1	17	17.0	0

Cincinnati	Ret	Yards	Avg	TD
Doug Kotar	2	77	38.5	0

Defensive Statistics

Birmingham	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Jack Reynolds	10	3	0.0	34	33
OLB Jack Ham	5	1	0.5	31	33
DE Bill Kollar	5	1	0.0	32	31
S Willie Germany	4	2	0.0	32	30
CB Earl Dvorak	4	0	0.0	29	32
DT Craig Fulcher	3	0	0.5	28	28
CB Gerald Blackburn	3	0	0.0	17	10
DE Tyrell Garrison	2	1	1.0	30	31
OLB Ron Pritchard	2	2	0.0	21	7
S Bill Simpson	2	1	0.0	10	21
S John Pitts	2	0	0.0	5	14
CB Ken Sawyer	2	0	0.0	29	30
DT Dusty Oliver	2	0	0.0	14	4
DT Doug English	2	0	0.0	6	5
DT Gary Fair	1	3	0.0	24	20
CB Terrance Dulaney	1	1	0.0	18	26
OLB Frank LeMaster	1	0	0.0	0	1
CB Ronnie Covington	1	0	0.0	5	3

Cincinnati	Tack	Asst	Sack	RPlay	PPlay
ILB Pat Hughes	6	3	0.0	22	29
DE Jeff Yeates	5	0	0.0	19	29
S Jerry Moore	4	1	0.0	7	6
CB Norm Thompson	4	0	0.0	10	21
OLB Al Atkinson	3	0	1.0	3	5
S Randy Hughes	3	2	0.0	18	25
ILB Brad Dusek	3	1	0.0	19	28
OLB Andy Selfridge	3	1	0.0	11	6
S Lyle Blackwood	2	4	0.0	17	27
DE Cedrick Hardeman	2	1	0.0	21	26
DT Maulty Moore	1	2	0.0	20	26
CB Ken Riley	1	2	0.0	21	28
ILB Tim Kearney	1	0	0.0	1	1
CB Lemar Parrish	1	0	0.0	22	28
OLB Bert Cooper	1	0	0.0	4	2
DT Steve Furness	0	2	0.0	19	29
S Terry Brown	0	1	0.0	1	5
DE Phil Olsen	0	1	0.0	4	1
CB Gray Schreiber	0	1	0.0	2	2

Pass Rush Statistics

Birmingham	Sack	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
DE Tyrell Garrison	1.0	0	0	31
DT Craig Fulcher	0.5	2	0	28
OLB Jack Ham	0.5	0	0	33
ILB Jack Reynolds	0.0	1	1	33
DE Bill Kollar	0.0	1	0	31

Cincinnati	Sack	Block	Hurry	Knock	PPlay
OLB Al Atkinson	1.0	0	0	0	5
DE Cedrick Hardeman	0.0	2	2	1	26
DE Jeff Yeates	0.0	0	3	1	29
DT Steve Furness	0.0	0	0	1	29

Pass Defense Statistics

Birmingham	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
OLB Jack Ham	4	1	33
CB Earl Dvorak	4	0	32
S Willie Germany	2	1	30
CB Terrance Dulaney	2	0	26
CB Gerald Blackburn	2	0	10
CB Ken Sawyer	1	2	30
OLB Frank LeMaster	1	0	1
S John Pitts	1	0	14
ILB Jack Reynolds	1	0	33
S Bill Simpson	1	0	21
DT Doug English	1	0	5

Cincinnati	Caught	Defnsd	PPlay
CB Norm Thompson	4	0	21
ILB Pat Hughes	3	0	29
ILB Brad Dusek	2	0	28
OLB Andy Selfridge	2	0	6
S Randy Hughes	2	0	25
CB Ken Riley	1	1	28
OLB Al Atkinson	1	0	5
CB Lemar Parrish	1	0	28
S Lyle Blackwood	0	1	27

Blocking Statistics

Birmingham	KeyBl	BlOpp	RPly	SckA	PPly
Pete Adams	1	4	21	1	25
Kris Wheeler	1	4	21	0	27
Carlton Malone	1	1	4	0	7
Andy Dawson	0	5	19	0	21
Boobie Clark	0	3	12	0	14
Greg Sampson	0	3	21	0	23
Juan Bruce	0	2	19	0	23
Dan Ryczek	0	1	2	0	3

Cincinnati	KeyBl	BlOpp	Panc	RPly	SckA	PPly
Tyrell Sampson	2	5	0	16	1	12
Stan Walters	1	6	1	33	0	32
George Starke	1	5	0	30	1	27
Darrell Austin	1	4	0	24	0	25
Jim Braxton	1	3	1	22	0	18
Len Gotshalk	1	1	0	7	0	8
Henry Allison	0	6	0	26	0	28
Tom De Leone	0	3	0	30	0	30
Jim Mandich	0	1	0	18	0	14

Special Teams Tackles

Birmingham	Tackles	STPlays
John Pitts	3	19
Ken Bailey	2	17
Claude Minor	1	12
Mike Vardell	1	11

Cincinnati	Tackles	STPlays
Jim Braxton	2	16
Terry Brown	1	15
Doug Kotar	1	3

Participation

Birmingham	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Willie Germany	---	---	32	30	8	70
Jack Reynolds	---	---	34	33	3	70
Jack Ham	---	---	31	33	4	68
Ken Sawyer	---	---	29	30	9	68
Bill Kollar	---	---	32	31	3	66
Earl Dvorak	---	---	29	32	4	65
Tyrell Garrison	---	---	30	31	3	64
Craig Fulcher	---	---	28	28	3	59
Gary Fair	---	---	24	20	7	51
Darnell Goodwin	8	14	---	---	27	49
Al Walker	15	21	---	---	13	49
Kris Wheeler	21	27	---	---	1	49
Andy Dawson	19	21	---	---	8	48
Terrance Dulaney	---	---	18	26	3	47
Pete Adams	21	25	---	---	---	46
Hugh Stopek	13	19	---	---	13	45
Greg Sampson	21	23	---	---	---	44
Ken Garcia	12	12	---	---	18	42
Calvin Hickman	19	23	---	---	---	42
Juan Bruce	19	23	---	---	---	42
Ken Bailey	11	13	---	---	17	41
Boobie Clark	12	14	---	---	12	38
John Pitts	---	---	5	14	19	38
Gerald Blackburn	---	---	17	10	10	37
Pat Haden	19	18	---	---	---	37
Marc Forbes	6	12	---	---	18	36
Rickey Young	16	20	---	---	---	36
Ron Pritchard	---	---	21	7	6	34
Bill Simpson	---	---	10	21	2	33
Ronnie Covington	---	---	5	3	24	32
Carlton Malone	4	7	---	---	12	23
Claude Minor	2	7	---	---	12	21
Dusty Oliver	---	---	14	4	---	18
Darryl Kenyon	4	9	---	---	4	17
Doug English	---	---	6	5	6	17
Frank LeMaster	---	---	0	1	15	16
Dan Ryczek	2	3	---	---	11	16
Elton Davis	4	12	---	---	---	16
Mike Vardell	3	2	---	---	11	16
Bill Cooke	---	---	4	2	7	13
Ian Mooberry	0	0	---	---	12	12
Vincent Forbes	2	5	---	---	1	8
Will Wynn	---	---	2	2	---	4
Bucky Wallace	0	0	---	---	4	4
Dave Graf	---	---	3	0	---	3
Unknown	---	---	0	0	---	0

Cincinnati	RPlyOff	PPlyOff	RPlyDef	PPlyDef	STPly	Total Plays
Tom De Leone	30	30	---	---	9	69
Ken Anderson	34	33	---	---	---	67
Stan Walters	33	32	---	---	---	65
Henry Allison	26	28	---	---	5	59
Lemar Parrish	---	---	22	28	9	59
George Starke	30	27	---	---	---	57
Jim Braxton	22	18	---	---	16	56
Darrell Austin	24	25	---	---	6	55
Pat Hughes	---	---	22	29	2	53
Ken Riley	---	---	21	28	4	53
Brad Dusek	---	---	19	28	4	51
Charlie Joiner	26	25	---	---	---	51
Ahmad Rashad	27	24	---	---	---	51
Lyle Blackwood	---	---	17	27	6	50
Steve Furness	---	---	19	29	2	50
Keith Krepfle	18	15	---	---	17	50
Maulty Moore	---	---	20	26	4	50
Jeff Yeates	---	---	19	29	2	50
Cedrick Hardeman	---	---	21	26	2	49
Norm Thompson	---	---	10	21	14	45
Randy Hughes	---	---	18	25	2	45
Odell Lawson	6	11	---	---	27	44
Jim Mandich	18	14	---	---	11	43
Doug Kotar	20	19	---	---	3	42
Tyrell Sampson	16	12	---	---	9	37
Darryl Stingley	7	10	---	---	18	35
Ken Burrow	13	16	---	---	1	30
Al Atkinson	---	---	3	5	19	27
Gray Schreiber	---	---	2	2	21	25
Len Gotshalk	7	8	---	---	9	24
Andy Selfridge	---	---	11	6	7	24
Ian Lyons	---	---	2	4	18	24
Altie Taylor	11	10	---	---	2	23
Terry Brown	---	---	1	5	15	21
Jerry Moore	---	---	7	6	7	20
Larry Brunson	2	3	---	---	12	17
Willie Parker	4	3	---	---	7	14
Bert Cooper	---	---	4	2	8	14
J.T. Montgomery	---	---	2	1	10	13
Donnell Erofeev	---	---	8	1	1	10
Steve Mike-Mayer	0	0	---	---	10	10
Billy Van Heusen	0	0	---	---	9	9
Phil Olsen	---	---	4	1	---	5
Tim Kearney	---	---	1	1	2	4
Harold Holmes	0	0	---	---	---	0
Teddy Bangs	0	0	---	---	---	0

Directional Rushing Statistics

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	3	3	1.0
Middle	17	28	1.6
Right	3	2	0.7
None	0	0	0.0

Distance	Att	Yards	Avg
Left	6	42	7.0
Middle	19	36	1.9
Right	9	73	8.1
None	0	0	0.0

Detailed Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Pat Haden	17	11	1	2	0	1	2	2	0
Elton Davis	12	5	0	0	2	1	3	1	0

Cincinnati	Att	Cmp	20+	BdTh	Drop	Dfns	Hurr	Knck	Intc
Ken Anderson	31	20	2	2	1	4	4	1	0

Directional Passing Statistics

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	7	6	37	5.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	11	4	14	1.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	8	4	36	4.5
Long (19+ Yds)	3	2	42	14.0

Distance	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg
Screen	3	3	13	4.3
Short (0-8 Yds)	13	7	69	5.3
Medium (9-18 Yds)	10	8	117	11.7
Long (19+ Yds)	5	2	42	8.4

Detailed Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Calvin Hickman	5	3	1	44	1	23
WR Rickey Young	5	2	0	11	0	20
FB Boobie Clark	4	3	1	31	0	14
WR Ken Bailey	3	1	0	9	0	13
WR Hugh Stopek	3	1	0	10	0	19
WR Al Walker	3	1	0	8	0	21
RB Darnell Goodwin	2	2	0	-1	0	14
TE Marc Forbes	2	1	0	12	0	12
FB Mike Vardell	1	1	0	-4	0	2
TE Ken Garcia	1	1	0	9	0	12

Cincinnati	Targt	Caugt	Dropd	Yards	20+	PPlay
WR Charlie Joiner	12	8	1	128	2	25
TE Keith Krepfle	4	2	0	17	0	15
TE Jim Mandich	4	3	0	31	0	14
FB Jim Braxton	2	1	0	7	0	18
WR Larry Brunson	2	1	0	8	0	3
WR Ahmad Rashad	2	1	0	15	0	24
WR Darryl Stingley	2	1	0	14	0	10
RB Altie Taylor	2	2	0	6	0	10
RB Doug Kotar	1	1	0	15	0	19

Red-Zone Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Darnell Goodwin	2	1	0.50	0.43
Rickey Young	1	1	1.00	1.88

Cincinnati	Att	Yards	Avg	Overall Avg
Doug Kotar	2	5	2.50	3.95
Odell Lawson	2	9	4.50	2.33
Altie Taylor	2	4	2.00	5.91

Red-Zone Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Yards	Avg/Att	Overall Avg
Ken Anderson	3	1	15	5.00	7.77

Red-Zone Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg

Cincinnati	Target	Catch	Yards	Avg/Targ	Overall Avg
WR Charlie Joiner	2	1	15	7.50	10.67
TE Jim Mandich	1	0	0	0.00	7.75

Third Down Rushing Statistics

Birmingham	Rushes	Conversions
Rickey Young	2	0

Cincinnati	Rushes	Conversions
Altie Taylor	3	0
Odell Lawson	1	0

Third Down Passing Statistics

Birmingham	Att	Comp	Conversions
Pat Haden	7	2	1
Elton Davis	5	3	1

Cincinnati	Att	Comp	Conversions
Ken Anderson	8	5	4

Third Down Receiving Statistics

Birmingham	Targ	Catch	Conversions
TE Marc Forbes	2	1	1
WR Calvin Hickman	2	1	0
WR Rickey Young	2	0	0
FB Boobie Clark	1	1	1
RB Darnell Goodwin	1	1	0
FB Mike Vardell	1	1	0
WR Ken Bailey	1	0	0
WR Hugh Stopek	1	0	0
WR Al Walker	1	0	0

Cincinnati	Targ	Catch	Conversions
WR Charlie Joiner	3	1	1
FB Jim Braxton	2	1	1
RB Altie Taylor	2	2	1
WR Darryl Stingley	1	1	1

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)