Big plays spark Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals scored on three big plays on their way to a 28-3 halftime lead and a 35-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks.

In the first quarter, following Ken Anderson's 53 yard touchdown pass to Pat McInally, Pete Johnson rumbled for a 52 yard touchdown on his way to a 141 yard, 2 TD day.

The two teams combined for 750 yards of total offense as Seattle's offense found it's groove in the second half, but it was too little too late.

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT	Total
1977 Seattle	0	3	14	6	0	23
1977 Cincinnati	14	14	0	7	0	35

Scoring Plays
Qtr	Clock	Poss	Scoring Description(Extra Point)	Score
1	13:06	1977 Cincinnati	P.McInally 53 yd. pass from K.Anderson (C.Bahr kick)	7-0 CIA
1	9:27	1977 Cincinnati	P.Johnson 52 yd. run (C.Bahr kick)	14-0 CIA
2	12:41	1977 Cincinnati	B.Harris 41 yd. intercept (C.Bahr kick)	21-0 CIA
2	8:25	1977 Seattle	J.Leypoldt 40 yd. field goal	21-3 CIA
2	0:08	1977 Cincinnati	B.Trumpy 7 yd. pass from K.Anderson (C.Bahr kick)	28-3 CIA
3	10:56	1977 Seattle	S.Smith 4 yd. run (Run failed)	28-9 CIA
3	7:24	1977 Seattle	S.Largent 11 yd. pass from J.Zorn (J.Zorn Run)	28-17 CIA
4	6:02	1977 Cincinnati	P.Johnson 1 yd. run (C.Bahr kick)	35-17 CIA
4	3:18	1977 Seattle	A.Hunter 12 yd. run (Pass failed)	35-23 CIA

Team Statistics
	1977 Seattle	1977 Cincinnati
First Downs by Rush-Pass-Pen-Total	9-9-0-18	12-10-0-22
Third Down Efficiency	3-12-25%	5-13-38%
Fourth Down Efficiency	1-3-33%	1-2-50%
Red Zone Efficiency (pts-poss-pct)	24-28-86%	14-14-100%
Total Offense-Plays-Avg Yards Per Play	360-64-5.6	390-64-6.1
Total Net Yards Rushing	154	207
Total Rushes	31	37
Average Per Rush	5.0	5.6
Passes Completed/Attempted	12/32 (37.5%)	14/26 (53.8%)
Net Yards Passing	206	183
Avg Yards Per Pass	6.6	7.3
Sacked/Yards Lost	1/6	1/8
Punts/Average	3/41.7	4/37.3
Punts Received/Return Yardage	2/10	1/13
Kickoffs/Returns	6/115	2/52
Interceptions/Returns	2/25	2/45
Penalties/Yards	0/0	0/0
Total Fumbles/Fumbles Lost	1/1	2/0
Time of Possession	29 mins 48 secs	30 mins 12 secs
Average Drive Start	SEA 32	CIA 31

Passing Stats
	Att	Comp	Yds	Comp %	Yds/Att	TD	TD %	INT	INT %	Long	Sack	Rating
1977 Seattle
Jim Zorn	31	11	204	35.5	6.6	1	3.2	2	6.5	37	1/6	42.9
Steve Myer	1	1	8	100.0	8.0	0	0	0	0	8	0/0	100.0
1977 Cincinnati
Ken Anderson	26	14	191	53.8	7.3	2	7.7	2	7.7	53	1/8	71.2

Rushing Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv	Fumbles/Lost
1977 Seattle
Sherman Smith	14	68	4.9	16	1	0	0/0
Don Testerman	10	43	4.3	20	0	0	1/1
David Sims	4	10	2.5	5	0	0	0/0
Al Hunter	2	26	13.0	14	1	0	0/0
Jim Zorn	1	7	7.0	7	0	0	0/0
1977 Cincinnati
Archie Griffin	15	46	3.1	16	0	0	0/0
Pete Johnson	14	141	10.1	52	2	0	0/0
Boobie Clark	5	15	3.0	11	0	0	0/0
Lenvil Elliott	2	0	0.0	0	0	0	0/0
Tony Davis	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0/0

Receiving Stats
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD	2 Pt Conv
1977 Seattle
Steve Largent	5	96	19.2	37	1	0
Don Testerman	2	27	13.5	14	0	0
John Sawyer	2	14	7.0	13	0	1
Sam McCullum	1	33	33.0	33	0	0
Sherman Smith	1	34	34.0	34	0	0
Al Hunter	1	8	8.0	8	0	0
1977 Cincinnati
Bob Trumpy	6	66	11.0	15	1	0
Pat McInally	2	66	33.0	53	1	0
Lenvil Elliott	2	19	9.5	16	0	0
Archie Griffin	2	0	0.0	3	0	0
Isaac Curtis	1	26	26.0	26	0	0
Billy Brooks	1	14	14.0	14	0	0

Field Goals
	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+	Totals	% Made
1977 Seattle
John Leypoldt	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0	1/1	100
1977 Cincinnati

Punting
	No	Avg	Net	Tb	Inside 20	Long	Blocked
1977 Seattle
Herman Weaver	3	41.7	37.3	0	2	49	0
1977 Cincinnati
Pat McInally	4	37.3	34.8	0	2	47	0

Kickoff Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Seattle
Walter Packer	3	66	22.0	22	0
Al Hunter	2	43	21.5	22	0
Duke Fergerson	1	6	6.0	6	0
1977 Cincinnati
Willie Shelby	1	24	24.0	24	0
Archie Griffin	1	28	28.0	28	0

Punt Returns
	Ret	FC	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Seattle
Duke Fergerson	1	0	5	5.0	5	0
Walter Packer	1	0	5	5.0	5	0
1977 Cincinnati
Willie Shelby	1	0	13	13.0	13	0

Individual Defense
	Tackles	Sacks	Fum Rec
1977 Seattle
Terry Beeson	10	0	0
Eddie McMillan	7	0	0
Dave S. Brown	6	0	0
Sammy Green	5	0	0
Bob Lurtsema	5	0	0
Richard Harris	4	1	0
Ken Geddes	3	0	0
Autry Beamon	3	0	0
Ron East	2	0	0
Steve Preece	2	0	0
Alden Roche	1	0	0
1977 Cincinnati
Jim LeClair	8	0	1
Lemar Parrish	7	0	0
Reggie Williams	5	0	0
Bo Harris	4	0	0
Wilson Whitley	3	0	0
Tommy Casanova	3	0	0
Gary Burley	3	0	0
Ken Riley	2	0	0
Marvin Cobb	2	0	0
Eddie Edwards	2	1	0
Coy Bacon	1	0	0
Melvin Morgan	1	0	0
Archie Griffin	0	0	2

Interceptions
	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
1977 Seattle
Dave S. Brown	1	25	25.0	25	0
Eddie McMillan	1	0	0.0	0	0
1977 Cincinnati
Marvin Cobb	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bo Harris	1	41	41.0	41	1