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The Cincinnati Bengals faced the Baltimore Colts at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore for a week two matchup on Sunday, September 19th, 1976.
Cincinnati entered the 1976 season under new head coach Bill Johnson.
The Bengals had been coached for the first eight years of the franchise's existence by the legendary Paul Brown, who led the team to the playoff three times.
Despite finding a franchise quarterback in Ken Anderson, Brown's team never got past the first round of the postseason.
Four days after the Bengals were eliminated from the playoffs in 1975, Brown announced that he was retiring from the game after 45 years of coaching.
Baltimore was coached by Ted Marche-Abrota, who had led the team to the playoffs for the first time in four years in 1975.
This audio recording is from the Cincinnati Radio broadcast featuring announcers Phil Samp and Jimmy Crum.
Hi everybody and welcome to Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
For game number two of this young NFL season is the Cincinnati Bengals take on the Baltimore Colts.
This is one of two games today that matches playoff teams from last year.
These two made it. The other game is the Rams and the Vikings.
Both were opening day winners, the Colts over the New England Patriots, and the Bengals knocked off the Denver Broncos 17-7.
This game matches up two of the best quarterbacks in the National Football League, Kenny Anderson and Burke Jones.
Jones is in his fourth year, Anderson of course starting his sixth.
Stan Fritz and Archie Griffin will be the Bengals running backs once again this afternoon.
Their counterparts will be Roosevelt Leakes and Lydell Mitchell, the former teammate of Franco Harris at Penn State, going for the Baltimore Colts.
This is by far the finest afternoon we've ever had for a game here in Baltimore.
It's 81 degrees and it's a shirt sleeve, sun-baked crowd here in Memorial Stadium.
We just had the introduction of the Cincinnati Bengals defensive unit, and I might say there'll be plenty of noise this afternoon.
Every football fan is well aware of the problem they've had here in Baltimore.
A resignation six days before the season opened of coach Ted Marchabroda in an air play revolt led by quarterback Burke Jones,
which along with other things prompted Marchabroda to come back.
Well they wiped that away last week and went on to beat New England and get into the swing of this NFL season.
I'll be back with a starting lineup after this message.
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We've had the introduction of the Bengals defensive unit, the Colts offensive unit, but of course the toss of the coin is still to take place.
On offense, the Colts will have Bert Jones, the quarterback, Roosevelt Leakes, and Lydell Mitchell will be his running backs. Glen Dowdy and Roger Carr will be the wide receivers.
And Raymond Chester will be the tight end.
Then David Taylor and George Coons are the tackles. Robert Pratt and Elmer Colletter, the guards. Ken Mendenhall is the center.
The Bengals on offense, Kenny Andersen, the quarterbacks, Dan Fritz and Archie Griffin are the running backs.
Bill Brooks and Ike Curtis will be the wide receivers with Bob Trumpy at the tight end.
Rufus Mays and Vern Holland will be the tackles. Shinners and Bushnock will alternate the guards. Dave Lapham is the right guard.
And Bob Johnson is the center.
We'll have today's kickoff in just a moment.
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Most of the games in the Eastern Time Zone got underway about an hour ago.
This is the only two o'clock starter because of the blue lie here in Baltimore
Which they've tried to repeal numerous times but have never been able to do so
So in the games already underway at Pittsburgh in the second quarter the Cleveland Browns lead the Pittsburgh Steelers 7-0
Houston and Buffalo are scoreless in the second period the San Diego Chargers lead Tampa Bay 3-0 in the first quarter at Detroit
Atlanta leads the Detroit Lions 7-0
In the second quarter and it's Washington 10 Seattle nothing in the second period
An update
Houston leading Buffalo 3-0 in the second quarter and the Philadelphia Eagles now lead the New York Giants 7-0 in the second period
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The Bengals won the toss have elected to receive the Bengals will be going right the left on your radio dial
And as we look at it here at Memorial Stadium
The Bengals dressed in their white uniforms this afternoon the coats with their blue jerseys and white pants
Tony Lenhart will do the kicking off and Willie Shelby and Lenville Elliott are the two deep men for the Bengals
They were expecting a crowd of about 50,000 in Memorial Stadium and that's just about what we'll have and they'll be a noisy crew
Remember the last time the Bengals played here there was about an eight nine ten minute delay
At one point of the game because of the booing of the crowd and you perhaps you can hear the crescendo of noise
beginning to swell in the background as they signal for Tony Lenhart to advance
There's the kick and the game is underway. It's a good booth at Shelby take the yard deep in the end zone
Comes out to the 10 to the 15
Hits the 20 still on his feet and gets away to about the 28 yard line
before he's dragged down on the far side of the field over there by
Howard Stevens a little guy who returns the punch and the kickoff was the man who was in on the stop on the far side
So the Bengals will start out at their own 28 yard line
And it'll be first and 10
defensively Fred Cook and John Dutton are at ends for Baltimore with Mike Barnes and Joe Erman at the tackle
Jim Schienski is the middle linebacker, Gerald Loos and Stan White in the outside
so Brooks and
Curtis come to the left side
And now Curtis goes in motion to the far side of the field. We go into the first play Anderson back to throw
Look, gets away, now he's coming up
Still on his feet to the 30, gets to the 35
to the 40 yard line to the 45 will be hitting going down at the 46 yard line
He spread him out deep and Anderson came straight up the middle and Nelson Muncie
the cornerback on that side finally had to drag him down
Anderson looked downfield everybody was covered and then came up the middle and Kenny who has good speed
Made it all the way up to the 46 for an 18 yard run on the first play from Strimmy
That last five yards he picked up he used one of his blockers very effectively
He could have been hit back at around the 40 yard line, but he used one of his downfield men very effectively cut to the outside
And then finally fell just before he was hit at the 46
Another tight with Curtis out to the left side, Brits and Griffin are split in behind Anderson
Colt six men up a quick pitch, around the outside is Griffin
Not going to get much, maybe a yard and that's all
And a par is out of the field as he's pulled down Gerald Loos
The linebacker over on that side and in the stop
Lloyd Mumford and Nelson Muncie are the cornerbacks with Jackie Wallace and Bruce Laird the safeties
There's going to be gain of just a couple of feet on the play and that's all
We'll call it no gain at all, it'll be a second and ten
This front four of Baltimore led the NFL in sacks last year with 59
And they've become a well known group
Curtis goes far side, Brooks nearside, second and ten, Bengals at their own 46
The cornerback's about seven yards off the line of Strimmy
Anderson back to throw, still looking, fires down the middle
Curtis, did he hold on to it? He did, he bobbled it but then held it as he was hit and going down
By Lloyd Mumford at the Baltimore 45 yard line
Curtis has done a curl down there and Anderson really drilled the ball to him
It popped up in the air but as Curtis was falling with those great hands there he is, he managed to hold on to it
And it's going to be very close to a ten yard gain
From the Bengals 46 to the 44 and a half yard line of Baltimore, it'll be third down and about a half a yard to go
Tony Davis goes in now to replace Archie Griffin on this third and short yardage situation
The coach jams up shoulder to shoulder, the Bengals with third and perhaps a foot and a half to go for the first down
Into the middle of the line and getting the first down
Lunching all the way down to the 36 yard line goes Dan Prince
Big hole opened up in the middle by Bob Johnson along with Dave Lapham
Any other guy, Shinners or Bushnock, it was Bushnock at that particular time
And in short yardage they made themselves about eight yards down on the Colts 36
The Colts have won ten straight regular season games
Their last loss was in October of last year to New England 21 to 10
So the Bengals at the Colts call it 37, the rear of the football right there
The slot formation left with Brooks Wyde, Curtis in the slot
Colts jump around in defense, handoff is Pritz plunging his way into the right side
Dan has got good yardage on it, off tackle slant right down to the 30
Before Dutton and Herman can combine to bring him down along with Stan White the linebacker
But Pritz got the ball all the way down to the 30, a seven yard gainer and it'll be second and three
This is a tall front four of the Colts
Cook is 6'4, Barnes 6'6, Herman 6'4 and Dutton at right end is the big guy
He's 6'7, so the backs in and out of behind Anderson now
The Bengals moving the ball, handoff to the second man Griffin
And Archie hits the stone wall as he hits the 29, tried to sneak in over right guard
Lloyd Mumford, the cornerback, came up quickly to administer a pretty good hit
Also down the bottom of the stack is Dutton and Herman were both there also
There is no gain to amount to in the play and it'll be third and three right after 30
Two weeks ago, Herman got his clock cleaned pretty well
He got a slight concussion in a preseason game against Detroit
And was actually knocked unconsciously, played part of the game last week, has no recollection of it
So it's third and three, a little long to run on the Colts to be looking fast
Anderson back to throw, fires out and a flat is caught and dragged down at the 25 yard line
As he goes out of bounds is Billy Brooks
Right on him was Nelson Munsey
But Brooks got the quick out for the first down, it'll be right about at the 25 yard line
And needing three, the Bengals got themselves about four and a half and a half the first down
To keep the drive alive and going
And Kenny Anderson now is two out of two for nine yards
It was here two years ago that Anderson hit 16 in a row to set an NFL mark
And later was broken by Burke Jones who was his counterpart this afternoon
Brooks nearside, Curtis fireside, backs in an eye behind Anderson
The Bengals down near the Colts 20
Fake draw, back to throw is Anderson, fires out and a flat, a dive, but Fritz can't hold on to it
Down to the 20 yard line, a pass was a little bit low as Fritz was turning around
Brooks had gone down deep on the nearside, Trumpy had gone down deep on the far side
Curtis had hooked and come back and he threw it to Fritz out in the left flat
But down to the 20, the pass a little bit low and Fritz dropped it
So it'll come back to the 25 and it'll be second and ten
Kenny Anderson, a remarkably cool individual when he drops back
Whether he's in the pocket or has to step out of the pocket
Remarkably cool, takes time in picking out his receivers
He is averaging only one interception in every 33 attempts
That's a great, great ratio
So ready to go, again the Colts have everybody up close
Anderson back to throw, has time, left, fires out, a flat
It's interception, tied up to the 25 to the 30 yard line and knocked out of the 38 yard line
Lloyd Monfort, shot in front of Billy Brooks
Two steps down, pass off, and that in step threat, John Skinner's finally hauled him down
Monfort was right there, circled around behind Brooks
And picked the pass away and just as what it looked, the Bengals were on the move
And interception ended it all
So there's time out on the field, short Bengals, nothing, Colts, nothing
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What do you know just as we're talking about Kenny Anderson
Averaging only one interception every 33 attempts
That's when Lloyd Mumford comes up and makes that interception
Second period, it's George the New England Patriots leading the Miami Dolphins 6 to nothing
And in the second quarter, the Washington Rescue and 17, Seattle nothing
The coast come right out of a double wing formation
With only Leek then behind Bert Jones
Jones fakes and goes back to throw
Fires out in the flat, as it caught at the 42 yard line, Fritchert was right on the receiver
It was grabbed out there by Lydell Mitchell
Mitchell came out of the backfield off that wing formation
This one right off on the left flat
Jones drilled it hard, it's going to be out at the 43
Fritchert was right there with him
It's a 5 yard gain, and it will be second and 5
Offensively, David Taylor and George Coons are the tackles
Robert Crabb and Elmer Collett, the guards
Ken Mendenhall the center, Lydell Mitchell and Roosevelt Leakes now in a split behind Bert Jones
That's both Carr and Dowdy White
Second and 5, a handoff into the right side, wiggling his way forward for maybe a yard or two
And that's about all of Mitchell
Jim LeClair, the middle linebacker, got the telling shot on him
Dropped him at the 46th at the game
Up about 3 yards on the play, and it will bring up a third and two for the coast
Do you think Mitchell wasn't a busy man last year in the cold scheme of things?
Carried 289 times for 1193 yards
First time a cold runner had ever gone over the 1,000 yard mark
He also had 60 pass receptions for 544 yards
Total of 15 touchdowns rushing and passing, extremely busy
Third and two, and McCauley goes in for Mitchell
Handoff into the right side, fighting his way through
Roosevelt Leakes, and I believe he had the first down as he got to about the 49 yard line
He was squirming along, he did make it, at the 49
They generally substitute McCauley on third down for either Lydell Mitchell or Roosevelt Leakes
And that time he got the job done, he also went with a two tight end
He got about three in a play, Bo Harris was the stopper on the play
But out of the Colts' own 49 yard line, they have their first first down of the afternoon
The Bengals were moving, in case you just joined us, only to have Mumford intercept a pass
And bring it back out to the Colts' 38
Now they split wide men on both sides, Bert Jones back to throw
Then complete, he overthrew Roger Taylor on the quick out
Roger Carr, over in the left flat
Kenny Rowdy was over there covering, but his car did his quick out
The ball was already zinging on by his ear, so it is second and ten
Thus far, Taylor has gone only to the quick out pattern
Bert Jones doing the throwing, it's the 49 now, it'll be second and ten
Before the game got underway, about two hours before the game got underway, Jones was standing out in the field throwing some passes
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Jones fakes a handoff, back to throw, fires out in the flat
Bo Harris after him, drags him down, but it looks as though he might get around at the Bengals' 42 yard line
Lydell Mitchell is the man who came out of the backfield to get that ball, and he has got that great speed
But out in the right flat, Bo Harris was over there with him and hauled him down at the Bengals' 43
But it is again on the play of about eight yards, and they'll bring up a third and two
They like to throw to Mitchell, he can run inside, he can run outside
An hour down on the skin part of the infield
They're tight on the left side, bring the wide receiver out to the right side, the back's in an eye behind Bert Jones
Jones on a quick pitch, around to the right side, getting the first down inside D-40 to about the 38 yard line
A Bengals' are signaling her with a fumble, and her eyes on the Bengals have recovered it
Bo Harris is the man down at the bottom of the stack
Howard Stevens has come in the ball game and is carrying that on that sweep around to the right
So now the Bengals have taken over, and there's time out on the field
Score, Bengals, nothing, called, nothing
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Here in Baltimore, the Bengals and Colts are scoreless elsewhere around the NFL
The Miami Dolphins have now taken a 7-6 lead over New England
San Diego with another field goal now leading Tampa Bay 6-0
The New York Giants have up their lead over the Philadelphia Eagles to 10-0
And the Cardinals lead the Green Bay Packers 3-0, all of those either first or second period scores
Bengals starting out at their own 40, have a flat formation with Brooks and Curtis left
And off, around the outside goes Griffin
Starts to get around the corner, he does, but just for a couple of yards and that's all
And if he fires out of the field, he's all down at about the 42-yard line
Jackie Wallace and Gerald Ustah linebacker on that side along with Jim Schiuncey, the middle linebacker
All were in at the stop and Schiuncey limping slightly as he gets to his feet
Gavaldis at the Bengal 42 and Griffin running wide three times this afternoon
Has picked up a total of just about three or four yards and that's all
It'll be second and eight
The Colts strictly a zone team against the pass
They rely on that front four and drop everybody else back as a rule
Widemen are split both ways
They loop and Anderson back to throw
Over the head of Brooks on the far side of the field, the flag is down
And let's see
Anderson figured that Brooks would be right over near the sideline
But he was about six or eight yards away from
Let's see if they had some obstruction on Brooks as he went out
Now it's a legal procedure against the Bengals
That will cost the Bengals five unless the Colts decline it
In which case it would bring up a third and eight or it'll be second and 13
There's no score here of this ballgame
The Bengals not a good drive after taking the opening kickoff
Only to have Mumford's interception ended
And the Colts first offensive series ended with a fumble by Stevens
And it's declined so at the 42 now it becomes third and eight
And this is the situation of course that our defensive line loves
Because they can just lay their ears back and come on in there
Free safety Jackie Wallace intercepted three passes last week in the ballgame against New England
Cornerbacks will be off the line of scrimmage this time
Now the Bengals have three wide receivers in there and only one running back
Curtis and Brooks to the left
Miers the right back, the throw goes to Anderson
The drop back, he fires the screen over there to Miers and the chip goes to the lane
Dropped at the 42 yard line by Lloyd Mumford
The cornerback on that side, Mumford diagnosed that screen to the flat well over there
And McAnally will go in as we'll have our first fun of the afternoon
Now little Howard Stevens, the former Louisville star
Is the man who returns the punch for the Baltimore Colts
Last week he had a 15 yard average on returns against the New England Patriots
He brought two of them back to average that figure
They've got two shallow men with Stevens back at about the 15
McAnally averaged over 37 yards, about 37-2 last week against the Broncos
There's the snap back, McAnally gets it
Aims it over toward the sideline, it's not a good punt, it's taken it to the 30 yard line
The signal's fair catch, Delvin Morgan dropped him
But Morgan was past him and did not see the fair catch sign
But the Colts are arguing about it
D. Wallace was the man who took it in, not a very good boot by McAnally at all
Draft can't understand him, Morgan was by and did not see it
So the Colts will have the ball at the 30 and that is only a 28 yard boot by McAnally
Who didn't really seem to kick the ball hard
So for the second time this afternoon, now the Colts have the ball on offense
Lydell Mitchell last year became the first Colt ever to gain over a thousand yards
Glenn Doughty comes to the right and it's then Roger Carr out to the left
Doughty was the wingback at Michigan but is a wide receiver here
He goes in motion, it's a quick pitch
Not outside Lydell Mitchell and he's going no plays, he gets a couple of yards maybe
Jim LeClair was over there to spin him down
Bob Brown circled the play around, was over there to help out
It's a gain of two
Doughty came in motion on that side and as he got up to the line of scrimmage he stopped
He was right there to be a blocker on the play
So a toss back to Mitchell coming around to the right
A gain of two at the 32, it'll be second and eight
And they put Wideman both ways, the backs are split this time, Leakes and Mitchell
Bert Jones drops back to throw, looking, fires, fire down to it
He's got a man down there, he has to be a touchdown
Now to Roger Carr
On the far side of the field, the other step on Kenny Riley and Bert Jones hit him
That covers 68 yards, a touchdown by Carr
Taking that pass, he has a step out of Riley
So the close draw, quick blood here on that strike from Bert Jones to Roger Carr
That covers 68 yards
And like an electrical shock, the Colts have jumped out in front six to nothing
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A great throw by Bert Jones and Roger Carr just outraced Ken Riley
And never broke stride, took it in at about the 15 yard line and went in unmolested
But now Tony Leonard will attempt the extra point
To put the ball down, the kick is off and it is good
So there's time out on the field, the short out of the Colts, seven and the Bengals, nothing
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Bird Jones is now three out of four passing for 81 yards
Including that 68th yarder just now to Roger Carr
And lightning strikes quickly, the Colts leading by a score of seven to nothing
Cleveland has added a touchdown in the third quarter and now leads Pittsburgh 14 to nothing
Willie Shelby and Lenville Alley to the deep end, Tony Leonard will kick off
There's the whistle, Leonard's kick will not be as long as the first one
It'll come down to Shelby at the five, comes straight up laterally to the 15 to the 20
To the 25, still on his feet to the 30 and comes all the way up to the 35 yard line
Before he's stacked up by about three, Colts
Over on the dirt, in between first base and second base on the baseball diamonds
So the Bengals have pretty good field position out of the 35
After a 30 yard return by Willie Shelby and Nelson Munzee
Their cornerback was the man who brought him down there
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Cleveland has never won at Three Rivers Stadium
But at halftime they're leading the Steelers 14 to nothing
Oh, I thought that was in the third quarter, that's halftime
Maybe the Steelers haven't recovered from that one last week at Oakland
Curtis nearside, Brooks fireside, Bengals trailing here by seven points
Anderson goes back to throw, looks, fires up the middle, is caught by Brooks
And he's down in Colts territory by Lloyd Mumford at about the 47 or 48 yard line
Billy Brooks, the gazelle-like number one draft choice
Out of Oklahoma, doing a slant, coming from the right side of the field
And then slanting across right down the middle
The Colts, of course, are a zone club
And a zone can be hit in the middle and that's right where Brooks slanted that time
And he was dragged down immediately at the 35, a quick gain of 17
And the Bengals have a first down
Now Brooks and Curtis both come to the nearside
That'll bring Bruce Laird over to help out the right cornerback Muncie
Actually it's a double wing formation
Gripping the only man in behind Anderson, a quick pitch, Brownie outside
Archie gets the block and gets about three yards to the 45 yard line
Vern Holland got a good block over there on the linebacker, Jim Schienke
And then Jackie Wallace came up in the safety spot to put the stop and grip
And it's a 45 after Archie has picked up three
So it'll be second and seven
The nose of the ball right on the Colts, 45
Colts lead at 7-0 on the 68 yard touchdown pass from Jones to Carr
Now it's an eye formation, Curtis and Brooks are split on opposite sides
Anderson on a fake draw, back to throw
Half time, going long down the field, he over throws Bill Brooks
Right down at about the three yard line, Anderson was good protection that time
But there was good coverage over there by Lloyd Mumford
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You're listening to Cincinnati Bengals football and Baltimore Colts on WSO in Henderson
Griffin has carried four times for four yards this afternoon
And the Bengals at the Colts 45 have a third and seven
Chip Myers now, John McDaniel in the ballgame
As the Bengals go, the free wide receivers again here on the third and seven play
Anderson back to throw, look, fires out on the flat, it's caught up to 50 to the 45
Tony Davis gets to about the 42, or Chris rather, Dan Chris
But it will not be a first down, stopped about four yards short
The Bengals hope to spread out that defense
Then Anderson just dropped it off to Chris coming out the left side
But he was dropped at the Colts 42, Ray Oldham, who had gone in as the fifth defensive back to replace Cheyensky
Was the man who was in on the stop
Bill McAnally will be in to boot again, McAnally of course will be aiming for that top and corner
A line of scrimmage is the Colts 42 yard line
Snap back, McAnally gets the ball, angles it over toward the near side at the high boot
Will it go out or go into the end zone? It goes on into the end zone
So it will come out to the 20, the Colts put it in play at that point
Colts leading at 7 to nothing here, and we have three minutes and 46 seconds left to play in this first quarter
They got it on that electrifying 68 yard pass from Jones to Roger Carr
And Carr had about a step on Ken Riley
And Riley leaped into the air trying to get the pass and fell down
And then Carr just romped in the last 20 yards unmolexed
So the blue jersey Colts with that 7 to nothing lead break the huddle, send out Carr to the far side, Doughty comes to the near side
Mitchell and Leakes to the running backs in behind Burt Jones
Now Doughty comes in motion, the handoff into the line coming forward for about three yards as Roosevelt Leakes
Bob Brown made the tackle on him as he came in over his own right guard and right tackle
Ron Carpenter down at the bottom of the stack
The gate of about four on a straight off power tackle
The 24 it will be second and sixth
Beautiful afternoon in Baltimore, 81 degrees of game time
Doughty and Carr again go wide in the backs, Mitchell and Leakes will split this time
They use Mitchell either way, into the line or wide, again Doughty in motion
Handoff, around the far side goes Leakes, he tried the left side and he's just behind the line of scrimmage
Roy Bacon and Ron Carpenter were both in there and Leakes had no place to go as he tried to swing to the left
He was knocked down for a loss of a yard back at the 23
And that will bring up a third and seven now for the Colts
It looked like there might have been a little bit of indecision on the part of Leakes that time
He definitely was swinging left but he looked for a moment as though he wanted to go wide left
And then all of a sudden changed his mind, wanted to come up in the middle
But by that time it was too late, that Bengal second, that Bengal line had swarmed around him
And it was a loss of two yards
And now McCauley who goes in on third down for Leakes or Mitchell is in for Leakes this time
The Colts have a double wing formation, an obvious passing situation, Bert Jones back to thriddle
Fires up, it's intercepted Casanova, down the sideline it will be a touchdown
Tommy Casanova stepped right in front of the intended receiver, Lydell Mitchell
And just picked that ball off at about the 30 yard line and the Bengals are right back in it now
And Bert Jones comes off hanging his head dejectedly
I'll tell you Bill Culler was really, really bearing down on Jones
And Jones may not have seen Casanova over there at all
Tommy just stepped in front of Mitchell I believe out of the 30 and no one laid a hand on him
As he went down the sidelines and quickly now Littlefoot, Chris Barr, could tie this up at 7-7
The tag Littlefoot hung on him by Koi Bacon who has all kinds of names for people
Snap is high but the kick is up in the air and it is good
And Bill the Bengals have tied it up and the interception by Casanova, Tommy's second interception of the year
He picked one off last week against the Denver Broncos
And a great move by Casanova, he just stepped right in front of him at the last moment and there was nobody there
And of course as I mentioned Casanova and Bert Jones were teammates down at LSU
Casanova a year ahead of Jones and they played together, they were chatting together before the ballgame
But friendship ends right there
Talking about Chris Barr, Littlefoot, even though he's missed 8 of his last 11 field goal attempts
He has been almost perfect on extra points
He has played here in Memorial Stadium before, as a matter of fact he was the key figure in his team's victory
The last time he played here in the stadium he scored the game's only goal in a Philadelphia Adams win
Over the now defunct Baltimore Comets in the summer of 75 when he won Rookie of the Year honors in the North American Soccer League
Well Howard Stevens is a deep man and Chris Barr will kick off now
Barr's kick is a good one, it will be down to Howard Stevens, very high right at the 1
Stevens comes up to the 10, to the 15, slips and rolls down at about the 22
He's pinned down there at that point by a couple of Bengals, Reggie Williams one of those in there
The Mighty Mites from Louisville kind of stumbled as he tried to change direction there just up over the 20
They'll put it down at the 22 and the coach will start from there
So we have a 7 to 7 ball game, two electrifying plays on the touchdown
A long pass by Baltimore and then Casanova's interception for the Bengals
Burley, Bacon, or rather Johnson, Brown, Carpenter and Bacon across the front
Double wing formation again for the coach, Jones face rolls out to his left, goes back to throw
Fires up the middle, Mitchell has it and is dragged down at the 35
Lydell Mitchell coming out of that backfield, Jim LeClaire picked him up and was right there to wrestle him down
But Bert Jones really drilled that ball to Mitchell who is probably as good at catching running back as there is in this National Football League
And except upon that last pass that was intercepted by Casanova, Baltimore's offensive line has given Bert Jones pretty good protection
The ball is up at the 36, a 14 yard gain in the first down
At 7, 7 here with a minute 39 left in the half, now Doughty and Carp both split in the back so they're in an eye behind Jones
Hand off to the second man, Lydell Mitchell and he squirms his way forward to the 40
Gets about 4 yards as he just wiggled and stutter stepped in over that right side
Bo Harris along with Bob Brown, one of the men who made the stop on him
There wasn't much of a hole there, Mitchell really made it out of zone as he just stutter stepped up there looking for the hole
And after the 4 yard pick up the coach, we'll have a second and six
Bert Jones has hit 4 for 6 this afternoon for 94 but has the one interception of course
Kenny Anderson is 5 for 9, the back's again in an eye, Jones looks both ways as he barks out those signals
Brings in Doughty a hand off, into the line goes Mitchell, he's got about 6
And it looks as though the hole might be rather wide open, he was cut down by Jim LeClair and is very close to what he needed for the first down
A 6 yard gain as the nose of the ball is just shy of the Baltimore 46
They trapped up on the line a little delay on a hand off from Jones to Mitchell and Mitchell really accelerated once he got that ball
And they're bringing in the chain crew to measure
It is very close, it's just a matter of about 2 or 3 inches short
So that brings in McAuley along with their second tight end who is Jimmy Kennedy, a second year man from Colorado State
It's just inches, third in that amount, the Colts at their own 46 yard line
53 seconds left to play in the first quarter of the 7-7 ball game
Bengals with 5 men up and 3 linebackers
Up jammed right in behind, hand off into the line, I don't know, a big pile up, can't see where the ball carrier Don McAuley went
That's a wait until he unstacked, they only had inches to go, it isn't likely it could have been stopped
But Bo Harris just completely obstructed our view as he came swinging around from the side
They got just a few inches on the play and that's all they needed, it is the first down as the ball is just covering the 46 yard line
A couple of changes in scores now at half time, the New England Patriots have taken a 13-7 lead over the Miami Dolphins
And at half time the Houston Orlins and the Buffalo Bills all even at 3-3
Roosevelt Leafs is back in the Baltimore backfield
They all split, and Dowdy again goes in motion toward the line of scrimmage, fake hand off back to Thro, it is complete
The Car and Raleigh has them down at the Bengals 40 yard line
Car looks as though they are going deep that time, then hooked back at the Bengals 40
And on a perfectly timed play, Bert Jones put it right in his numbers and Raleigh was there to drag them down
But it is the Colts first down at the 40 as the first quarter closes
end of the quarter with a score of the Bengal 7 and the Colts 7.
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Starting the second quarter, we have a 7-7 ballgame here between the Bengals and the
Baltimore Colts. And the Bengals are going to have to get a little more pressure on Bert
Jones because it doesn't take him long to get that ball away.
The Bengals have their own 40-yard line having to dig in. They have wide men spread both
ways. Handoff is Lydell Mitchell trying to score him in the line. He's got a couple of
yards as he wiggled in over left tackle. Ron Pritchard, first man to get to him. And there
was a lot of help there from Carpenter. Jim LeClaire was also in there. The gain is a
couple of yards to the 38, and it will be a second and eight for the Colts.
7-7 here as we're in the first minute of the second quarter. The Bengals defense got the
Bengals touchdown. An interception by Casanova. Officially, I don't know how long it was,
but it was right about at the Colts' 30-yard line where he picked it off and ran it back
in. They got it on a 68-yard pass and Jones to
Carr. Out the double wing formation with only Leakes in behind Jones. Rolling out to his
right is Bert Jones looking to pass the knockdown by Kenny Johnson right in Bert Jones' face.
As he rolled to his right and tried to throw over that way, Kenny Johnson was right on
top of him. Kenny Johnson at 6-6, just got those big arms up in the air and batted that
pass away. So it will come back to the 38 and will be
third and eight. And Bill Coller is in there on the passing situation, replacing Bob Brown.
McCauley goes in as usual on a third down play. Usually if they're going to run, he'll
replace Mitchell. And if they figure on passing, he'll replace Leakes. Leakes is the man who
has come out this time. Neither quarterback has been sacked thus far.
Jones fakes and goes back to throw. Koybacon chasing him and, boy, knocks him down back
to the 48-yard line. Get him from behind and got to him.
He forced Jones to run to his right and then Bacon got him from behind before he could
get the pass away back at the 47. So that will force the Colts to punt.
Just as I was talking about Kenny Anderson throwing only one interception in every 33
attempts a while ago, up he comes with the interception. And when Phil was talking about
neither quarterback being sacked, bingo, we get a sack by Koybacon.
It was a great time to get it, too. So David Lee, who averaged 47 yards on three
punts, will probably angle it toward the coffin corner.
There's the snap back and he drills the boot high and it will go on into the end zone,
lands a couple yards deep and it'll come out to the 20.
So there's time out on the field. Score, Bengal 7, Colts 7.
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And do it today. Jimmy Crumb along with Bill Samp back at
Memorial Stadium in Baltimore where our score is 7-7 with 13-49 remaining in the second
quarter. Updated scores in the third quarter now.
The Atlanta Falcons lead the Detroit Lions 10-0.
In the first quarter, it's St. Louis 6 and Green Bay nothing.
The Bengals now moving from left to right as we look at them, left to right across your
radio dial. Kenny Anderson may have a bit of a problem
with the sun because he'll be looking directly into it.
Chip Myers has replaced Billy Brooks. Glenville Elliott has replaced Archie Griffin.
Hand off around right side comes Glenville Elliott and he flips as he tries to cut in
and just gets back to the line of scrimmage and that's all.
He'll be pinned down, put down right there. Elliott's slipping as he tried to cut in,
barrel loose right there to make sure that he was down.
So there's no gain in the play and at the 20, it will be second and 10.
The Bengals are on the fire side of the field. Baltimore Colts bench right in front of us.
Our bandage point is not very high and we're fairly close to the field.
A good observation point. Myers left side.
Near side is Curtis. The back split behind Anderson.
And he drops straight back to throw. Look, Myers downfield. There's Curtis.
For Myers, he has it down the sideline at the 40, 35, to the 30, 25 and he's wrestled
down at about the Colts 15 yard line. Coming over with Nelson Muncie.
What a beautiful pattern. Myers ran that time.
He ran straight downfield, then veered to the sideline and that's where he lost Muncie.
And Myers took the ball in and Muncie trying to come back ran all the way out of bounds
and came back out of the field to finally drag him down, they're going to play at the
17 yard line. So there's the first long one of the afternoon
as the Bengals are connected up with the Curious and their own 20 to the Colts 17 and quick
arithmetic shows that's good for 63 quick yards. And there's the mark of an old pro
as Phil said. Chip Myers running a perfect pass pattern
and forced the man to run out of bounds and come back in to catch him and then gave him
a stiff arm and picked up another two or three yards while the man was hanging on.
Now Myers has gone out and Brooks has come back in.
The Bengals down at the Colts 17. Backs in and I, there's Pritz and Elliott.
Fake handoff, back to throw Anderson fires into the end zone.
Truffey touchdown. Bob Truffey off on the left flat.
It's beaten their safety man and then Nelson Muncie came over and tried to cover and Truffey
just caught that ball in the corner right down by the pylon.
So it's two quick passes and the Bengals go 80 yards, 63 to Chip Myers.
And the final 17 to Bob Truffey and the Bengals jump out in front now 13 to 7.
Truffey really had Muncie on the ropes down there and Anderson drilled that ball into
him perfectly. The line gave him excellent protection, a
long time to throw and now Littlefoot will try to make it 14 to 7.
Marvin Cobb will hold. Ball is down, the kick is up in the air and
it is good. So there's time out on the field with a score
now. The Bengals 14 and the Colts 7.
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With 12.16 left in the second quarter, the Bengals have taken a 14 to 7 lead. The Bengals
moving 80 yards in three plays for the touchdown. There's Barsboot and it'll sail back into
the end zone about four yards deep and Stevens will come out. He's at the five to the ten
and oh, is he driven down at about the 17 yard line. There was a tremendous hit over
there by Tony Davis. Davis carries that ball and he was running just like a ball carrier
and he really drilled little Howard Stevens at about the 17 or 18 yard line and a close
will be starting out from there. Tony Davis has been an excellent hard hitter
on these special teams. The ball is just over the 17 for statistical purposes, it'll be
the 18 and a close will start from there. The Bengals in front 14 to 7 here in the second
quarter. Got a lot of time to go over 12 minutes. They put Carr and Doughty on both sides. Bert
Jones goes straight back to throw. Fires incomplete. He intended it for Doughty on a plant but
the pass was low and it went into the dirt. On the baseball diamond in front of Doughty
who was planting in, Bernard Jackson was coming over there to help out on that side and Kenny
Roddy the cornerback. So it went incomplete and it'll be second hand chance.
Got it took the Bengals just three plays from their 20 yard line and no gainer by Elliott
and then two quick passes. One from 63 yards to Myers who put it down on the 17. The Bengals
came right back on a pass from Anderson to Trump. He just scored. Double wing formation
this time. Leakes the only man in behind. Leakes gets it and he gets nowhere as he tries to
come up over the middle. He's nailed for a loss perhaps by Bob Brown. Bob Brown put his
290 pounds into Roosevelt Leakes and Leakes was just out of the box when Bob Brown wrapped
him up none too gently and just drilled him right back at about the 17 yard line.
You know we used to talk Phil about how quickly Mike Reed came off that ball. Bob Brown comes
off the ball just as quickly perhaps even more so as you've seen when the Bengals play at
home he comes off so quickly he tries to anticipate the call that many times he is called for being
offside. The Steelers have scored now it's 14-7 Cleveland in the third quarter. Still
third about 11 for the Colts. Back to throw goes Jones. Looking now he's going to run.
Still looking now he stops and throws upfield incomplete. He threw it away. There was nobody
up there. The closest man to it was Pritchard. Ron Carpenter drilled Burt Jones and they
get up and shake hands with each other. There wasn't any Colt anywhere near that place so
the Bengals defense has done just what it's had to do. They'll force David Lee to boot
from deep in his own territory at the 16. But he puts a lot of foot into that ball.
So the Bengals have their three men back. Shelby and Perry for the deep men. Short man
is Marvin Cobb. David Lee standing back at about the one yard line. He'll kick from about
the six. The snap from center is good and he gets it away. Tremendous booming spiral.
Back to Perry's all the way up to the 29. Lee takes it there at the 30. At the 35 still
on his feet. Can't get away but does get back to the 40. That punt was so high that Baltimore
had a lot of time to get men downfield and Perry did a good job in getting it back about
11 yards before Tim Bader got them. So the Bengals will have them all at their own 40
and start out this drive from there. That was a tremendous boot. Let's see a 29.16.
That made it about 55 yards by rough calculation. Let's see 29.55. Right. 55 yards and an 11
yard return by Lamar Perry. Ball first and 10 for the Bengals at their own 40 yard line.
0-3 left to the second grip. Bengals leading at 14 to 7. Brooks lines up tight left side.
Curtis on the right side. Strips and Elliott at the running back. Anderson with the ball.
Gives to Fripp. In over left tackle. Stan fights his way up for maybe a couple but that's
about all he can muster as he tries to slam in over that left tackle behind Mays. And
John Schinner is over there. A lot of colts in on the tackle. About three or four. Joe
Ehrman, the last man up off the stack. And at the 42 it becomes second and eighth. Now
Griffin goes back into the ball game replacing Landfell Elliott. Archie is carried four times
for four yards. Now both Brooks and Curtis go to the far side in a slot. Crumpy lines
up at the right side. This is strong left formation. Now Curtis comes in motion over
to the near side of the field and Anderson goes back to throw. Anderson looks. Fires
out. All alone Griffin has it. He's down to the close 35 yard line before he's dragged
out. Archie came out of the backfield and really did a curly cue over on that far side
on Nelson Muncie. And when Anderson drilled that ball to him there was no one within five
yards to Griffin. He gathered in at the 40 and fought his way ahead for another five
to the 35. I was watching Archie that time having just seen him come on the field to
replace Landfell Elliott. And he did just what Phil said. He came out of the backfield
and went right straight downfield. Did a little hook at about the 40 yard line. Took the pass
in and then took it on down to the 35. It was good for a quick 23 and a first down.
Hand off the second man. Griffin goes in the line. He's stopped but the flag is down. In
the whistle blue. I didn't notice the time clock. The Bengals may not have beat it on
that play. Let's see. It's the illegal procedure against the Bengals which will cost them five.
That'll move it back to the 40. I don't believe the Colts have been penalized this afternoon.
This is the second illegal procedure call that I remember against the Bengals. It's
been a relatively penalty free game. They'll come back to the 40 now and it'll be first
and 15. You know Phil they've had quite a bit of turmoil over here in recent days with
the March of Brodo resignation and then rehiring 48 hours later. At halftime we're going to
have as our special guest Joe Thomas the general manager of the Baltimore Colts who was involved
in that brouhaha. I'll say he was involved. Nobody knows more about it than Joe Thomas.
So we'll see what we can find out at halftime. Slot formation both Brooks and Curtis to the
left now. Anderson goes back to throw. Hand off and a slow draw up the middle to Fritz.
Fritz all the way down inside the 30. That slow draw play into the 28 yard line before
the middle linebacker Jim Schiazinski can haul him down. He gained about 11 yards on
the play. Anderson drop back. The pressure was from the outside and he just reached around
Fritz and handed the ball to him and Fritz folded straight up and down into the 28. Given
12 on the play and it'll make his second down now and about three. Bengals lead is 14-7.
Nine minutes and ten seconds left here in this first half. The Eagles lead the Giants
13 to nothing in the third quarter. The Bengals down at the infield end of Memorial Stadium
here. Hand off into the right side. Goes Griffin. First into the clear momentarily and gets
down inside the 20 to about the 19. Only one man between him and the goal line. Dragged
down by I believe Jackie Wallace, number 20 got him or Bruce Laird, number 40. But a big
hole opened on the right side and that has been Griffin's longest run in a regular season
game. That one was good for nine and it will be a first down. The Bengals leading 14 to
seven are down knocking again at the close door. Brooks and Curtis go out left. Fritz
and Griffin the running back. Kenny Anderson gives the ball to Fritz. Stand up the middle.
He's got a lot of room and he's all the way down inside the 10 to about the nine. Big
blocking in the middle of that line by Latham. Bob Johnson along with Glenn Bush knocking.
It was a free to head play and they just moved the Colts out of there. Mumford and Wallace
had to come up from the secondary to make the stop. Fritz gained another 10 yards on
the play. And we'll bring in the chains now to measure. Well, as soon as Fritz's knees
can hold up, Bill, and they seem to be getting better all the time, he still has knee problems,
but they seem to be getting better. And if those knees can hold up, it could be that
the Bengals have found the big running back, the big pullback that they've been looking
for and the kind of response from their pullback personnel that they haven't gotten since Booby
Clark gained almost 1,000 yards three years ago. Stan Fritz has ripped off Goodyardy this
year. Fritz has carried five times now for 39 yards. First and goal for the Bengals at
the Colt nine. Brooks and Curtis line up out to the left side. The back split behind Anderson.
And off Griffin into the right side. He fights his way forward for a couple of hard earned
yards. Stan White and Mike Barnes in on the tackle. Mike Barnes, the big fourth year man
from Miami, 6'6 and 256. Griffin got two down to the seven yard line and it will be second
and goal at that point. Here's the place where the Bengals do not want to be stopped. No
team does. When you get down close, you want to be able to punch that ball in. But the
yards are tough to go by down here. Second and goal at the seven. This time Anderson
swings both Curtis and Brooks out to the right side. Wallace comes over to cover with a cornerback
on that side, Lloyd Mumford. Anderson rolling out to his right, looking down into the end
zone, throws it away. There's nobody open down there. Both Brooks and Curtis were covered.
Brooks threw his hand up into the air, but that's before Anderson had a chance to look
down and see. So now on third down and goal at the seven, let's see what the Bengals pull
out. John Shinners brings in the play and Glenn Buzhnack goes out. 7'21 showing on
the clock. It stopped after the incompleted pass. The Bengals lead 14 to 7 after the Colts
jumped out to a 7 to nothing lead in the first quarter. The ball right at the Colts' seven.
Curtis goes to the far side. To the near side comes Brooks. Wide split in the back behind
Anderson. Let's see what they're going to do. Anderson rolls out to his right, looks
downfield. Now there's nobody there and he runs and gets to the nine and that's all.
He was pinned down by Joe Erman. Billy Brooks had drawn a couple of men over to the right
side. I believe that's where Anderson wanted to go. That's where he looked. Trumpy was
down in the end zone. So was Curtis. But Anderson couldn't find anybody and had to run. So it
will bring in Chris Barr. Four and a field goal attempt. Barr last week was just one
out of three against Denver. The ball will be placed down at the 16 yard line. It will
make it a 26 yard attempt. Barr did not have a good preseason by any means in the long
run. The ball is snapped down. This kick is up in the air and this one I believe is, yes
it is good. So this time he hits some 26 yards and there's time out on the field. The score
now the Bengal 17 and the Colts 7. Chris Barr who had missed eight of his last 11 field goal
attempts, hits one from 26 yards out and with 6.42 remaining in the second quarter here
at Memorial Stadium, it's the Bengal 17, the Baltimore Colts 7. So Stevens the deep man,
flanked by Laird and McCauley. Barr's kick is high. This time it will be Stevens taking
it at the 5. Up straight to the 10, to the 15, to the 20. Comes up at the 30. The 35
yard line still on his feet. A flag is down. He's in Bengal Field at the 49 yard line but
a flag was thrown back at the Colts 35 and let's see if we got a clip or something in
there. Chris Barr was the man in on the tackle and now let's see what the flag is going to
be. It apparently is going to be against the Colts and it's probably 15. It's a personal
foul against Baltimore. It'll take it from their own 36 yard line back to their 21. Stevens
got it back all the way to the Bengal's 49 yard line. Chris Barr got it. It didn't indicate
that it was clipping, just that it was a personal foul. That'll take it back to the Colts 21
or 22 yard line, make it. It's not a personal foul cause. I looked at him closer, he indicated
holding. No doubt he and Carr are split now and the Colts will be starting at their own
22. Leakes and Mitchell with a split in behind Burt Jones. Jones dropped that quick plant
caught by Carr and he's going to be dragged down by Kenny Riley at about the 35 yard line.
Burt Jones on that quick plant into Roger Carr, gained 13 in the play and the Colts
have that quick first down. For six minutes now left to play in this first half the Bengals
hold a 17 to 7 lead.
The pass protection by both teams has been good. Koy Bacon slacked Burt Jones once. That
was after he was chased out of the pocket and Bacon got him from behind. Double wing
formation now Mitchell out in the slot. They like to send him down field and all over.
Roosevelt leaks the only man back. Back to throw is Burt Jones still looking. Fires up
field. It's the question Riley intercepted. That's a 50 down to the 35. Fires out of a
30 to the 30 to the 20 and he's going to be knocked down. And it's picked up by a Bengal
who is on the ball on a pitcher's mound. That is back and let's see who got it. The Colts
are signaling as they got it. A Bengal had it and is recovered by the Baltimore Colts.
And Kenny Riley is really sick. He's run that ball all the way back to the 17 yard line.
I thought a Bengal had the ball but it was under him as he was lying on the ball and
when he came off a Colt got it. I couldn't tell who. Riley picked that ball off and was
deflected by the short receiver and looked as though he might go all the way but it was
knocked out of his hands way back to the 17 yard line and the Colts finally recovered
the ball at their own 12 right by the pitcher's mound. That's where the scramble for the ball
was. Riley just buried his head down on the grass after he saw that the Colts had recovered
the fumble. Pittsburgh has the field goal down as 14 to 10 in the third quarter. So
the Colts will have a first down back at their own 12 yard line after a lot of excitement.
Back to throw is Jones. He's going far down field. Riley and steps out of bounds. Roger
Carr at the Bengals 37 yard line. And Casanovas called for a personal foul down in the end
zone after he tackled it late but he had stepped out of bounds at the Bengals 37. And now let's
see how they will mark off that penalty. The play has been dead so I don't believe that
any foul. Now wait a minute. Now they're going all the way back to the line of scrimmage
and let's see what this one is for a consultation back there. Carr definitely stepped out of
bounds at the 37 in front of the Colts bench. He did go all the way down into the end zone
and Casanova hit him when he was about five yards in the end zone and a flag was thrown
down there. The officials are discussing it with the Bengals. This is a weird one. Roger
Carr got that step on Kenny Riley again but went out of bounds after he caught the ball.
A penalty is going to be against the Colts. Either that or they're going to be offsetting
penalties. This is one where we're just going to have to wait. It's a legal procedure called
against the Baltimore Colts. A personal foul against the Bengals that will nullify it.
So it is called a personal foul and they're offsetting penalties. Against Casanova down
in the end zone all the play was dead. So that will bring it back to the 12 yard line and
that excitement is over and it will remain first and dense. Well that nullifies the long
gainer. We've had a lot of excitement on two plays only for the ball to wind up right at
the 12 yard line. Riley had intercepted a pass and the Bengals were in great position
only to fumble it loose and another Bengal picked it up and then lost it and then another
one flopped on it and was lying on the ball but somehow it got out from under him and a
little recover. Now that's a pass history. All history has been a pass. First and tenth
back split. If he had a handoff and a quick pitch around the right side goes Lydell Mitchell.
Got some room. He comes up to the 20 and is going to be knocked down finally at the 23.
Mitchell tried to cut in and as he did so Jim LeClair the middle linebacker was over
there to pin him down but he gained about 11 on the play and will have a first down.
Lydell Mitchell on a sweep wide right. Got the blocking and a couple of men out in front
of him. Jim managed to gain 11 yards and that will be the first down. And Mitchell is one
of those type of ball players. One of the type of slashing runners who can hurt you
whether he's going inside or outside. He can hurt you on the sweep and yet at 6 feet and
190 pounds he has the power to go up the middle and pick up the yardage and hurt you inside
and out. So we're ready to go. Bert Jones back to throw. Look fires out on the flat
it's incomplete. Roosevelt couldn't get the pass which was low right down about his shoe
tops and he couldn't scoop it up. Casanova was over there to quickly cover him. Up to
23 now it will be second and tenth. Engels lead it 17 to 7 but 418 left to play in this
first half. Jones is now 6 for 13 for 122 yards on the afternoon and one touchdown and
two interceptions. Bill Culler has gone in to replace Bob Brown at the left tackle spot.
Second and tenth. Colts at their own 23. Jones fakes goes back to throw. Look fires up. Bill
it's complete. The man drops at the Colts 39 yard line. Can't see who it is going up high
to make the catch over there was Roger Carr. Carr the third year man from Louisiana Tech
was the man who caught that 68 yard touchdown pass and Bert Jones again had excellent protection
from his line. He completed that 16 yard play for the first down. Carr was immediately hit
by a couple of angles as he caught the ball but he made a good reaching catch. Culler
goes out. Bob Brown comes back in. Crowd begins to chant for the hometown Colts who trail
17 to 7. Doughty in motion. Handoff in the left side of the line. Bob Brown wrestles
down Roosevelt Leake for a loss. It was a Kloy Bacon. Kloy Bacon the right end was the
man who got over there and made the stop and there may be a loss on the play. Ron Carpenter
was right there to help out if needed. There was a loss of yard. Bacon nailed Leake and
it will be second and 11. That time it was Kloy Bacon who was off the ball quickly and
it's difficult sometimes watching them as quickly as they come off the ball to tell
whether it is Bob Brown or Kloy Bacon but that time it was Bacon. Three minutes now
the time remaining in this first half. The Colts want to get something up on the board
before it ends. They have a second and 11 at their own 38. Bert Jones gives the ball
on an end around. It's Lydell Mitchell. Now he's got the room over there comes up to the
35 and knocked down with a fine tackle at the 41 yard line and the man who got him was
Bernard Shack. They gave it to him on an end around play and he had a couple of blocks
over there but wound up after a lot of excitement a lot of running with just a three yard gain
out of the 41 and that will make it third and eight. Lydell Mitchell a running back
lined up out in the flank came around and took that hand off and he was almost hit for
a loss of about seven or eight yards by someone. That didn't catch him but he did manage to
get away. Now McFaulty goes in on the third down situation. Replaced his lead.
Bert Jones goes back to throw. Has plenty of time. Looks. Fires down the middle. Incomplete.
A flag is going to be thrown. It's going to be fast there. Burrs against Riley on Glenn
Dowdy. As they came around his neck at the Bengal 35 yard line. And that will give the
Colts a lease on life at the Bengal 35 with 2 0 4 less than a half. Boy Bert Jones had
all the time in the world to throw. Koy Bacon was trying to fight his way through David
Taylor but he couldn't. And Riley who had an interception which certainly set the Bengals
up in scoring position only lose the ball on a fumble. Now feels extra bad because he's
called for pass interference and he's the guy that lost Roger Carr on their touchdown
pass. Ever since Koy Bacon got that sack on Bert Jones early in the second quarter that
offensive line has worked up and they have given him excellent protection. Now the Colts
will have time to run off one play before we get to the two minute mark. They come out
in a double wing formation with only Leakes in behind Bert Jones. Jones back to throws.
Lips is on. Fires a quick out of the field. A quick out from Jones to Glenn Dowdy and
the Colts are on them over here now. A 13 yard gainer at the 22. There's time out on the
field. North Bengal 17 and the Colts 7.
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Two minutes remaining here in the first half at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. The Bengals
lead the Baltimore Coast by a score of 17 to 7. The Pittsburgh Steelers have now taken
a 17 to 14 lead over the Cleveland Browns in the third quarter. The Atlanta Falcons
leading Detroit 10 to nothing in the second period. St. Louis Cardinals have added another
field goal and now lead the Green Bay Packers 9 to nothing in the first quarter. And the
Philadelphia Eagles lead the New York Giants 13 to nothing. That is in the fourth period.
The ball is at the Bengals' 23-yard line now as they've respotted it. With two minutes
to go in the half, the Coast have it there in the first down. Again, Bert Jones getting
excellent protection. Doughty-wide in the slot as Carr. Now Mitchell goes out in motion
to the right side leaving only Leekston behind. Bert Jones back to throw. Fires one down,
wobbled and Riley dives and can't come up with it. Somebody got a hand on the ball and
Kenny Riley diving for it almost intercepted it. But it's incomplete. At the 23 now it'll
be second and 10. That time the Bengals were closing in on Jones and somebody deflected
that pass and turned it into a wobbler. It only took four seconds, 156 left in the first
half. The Bengals lead it 17 to 7. Bert Jones is 8 out of 16 this afternoon. He's been
intercepted twice and has one touchdown pass. Again it's a double wing formation. Jones
with the ball goes back to his left, goes back to throw. Fires out and a flat incomplete.
Poorly thrown pass by Jones. Doughty coming back off on the left flat at about the 12
or 13-yard line was angling back as he was breaking out with a fast throw and too far
in front of him. And now it'll be third and 10 at the 23. That stops the clock with one
minute and 53 seconds remaining. The close 23 yards away from Pader, they trail 17 to
7. We've had a lot of excitement, a lot of action here in the second period.
The Alesteeners after spotting the Browns, 14 points to come back for a 17-14 lead. Both
backs in behind Jones. Now Mitchell again goes in motion out far side of both receivers
left side. Back to throw as Jones lobs it down into the end zone. Touchdown to Roger
Carr. Bernard Jackson just got over there a fraction of a second late. Went up in the
air for the ball, couldn't get a hand on it. And a second touchdown reception by Roger
Carr. Jones lobs that one up in the air. And Roger Carr took it in and now it's a
17 to 13 ball game. So the Colts score with a minute and 47 seconds left in the half.
Now the Bengals will have the clock and an opportunity to do something about it after
we have Tony Lindhart's extra point attempt. The ball is snapped, the kick is tipped up
in the air and it is good. So it's now 17 to 14. The Bengals lead is set to 3 points
for the minute and 47 seconds left to go. The Colts took that ball after 12 and moved
88 yards down the field of score. That's where they recover the fumble after Riley crossed
it up after picking off of Earth Jones' pass. So Roger Carr is at a 68 yarder and a 23 yarder
for touchdowns. I thought that Bernard Jackson was going to get over there in time to deflect
the pass but it came down into Carr's arms just beyond his fingertips. Well you can either
look at it as a 13 plays 78 yard drive or an 11 plays 60 yard drive depending on whether
you want to say they started at the 12 or the 22. Now they restart at the 12. That's
where they got the ball back. So it went 88 yards. So it will be Elliott and Shelby, the
deep man and Tony Lindhart gets set to kick off. Now the Bengals will like to come back
and do something more on the board before this first half ends. 17 to 14 we got ourselves
a ball game. Lindhart's kick is a low driver that Tony Davis stopped and picked up at about
the 25, comes up to the 30, gets to the 35 to about the 37 yard line before he goes down.
The ball skidded low along the grass. Tony Davis stopped it, picked it up at his feet.
Ray Oldham, one of the men in the tackle, but the Bengals will have the ball at their
own 36 and there's a minute and 42 seconds left to go.
Now see if the Bengals can move downfield quickly to get in position for something.
Then Curtis and Brooks off to the left side. Elliott and Pritzker to the running back.
Anderson gives the ball off a big haul. Elliott breaks in the clear at the 50 to the 45 and
all the way down to the close 40 yard line before he's going to be stopped down there
standing up. A quick burst through the left side. Elliott, pulled down, loose flare.
Later on this afternoon Los Angeles and Minnesota, Philadelphia leads New York 13 to nothing
and the Redskins lead Seattle 24 to nothing. And here we go.
Back to throw, dump it on the planet caught by Elliott. At the 40 he does not get out
of bounds or maybe he does on a far side of the field at about the 38 yard line after
a gain of only a couple of yards. Dan White, the linebacker over on that side.
Elliott was the release man. He got two on the plate of the 38 that did stop the clock
as he got out of bounds and that will bring up a second and eight. The Colts secondary
course will be playing it very deep and very loosely as they want to cut off the long one.
But the Bengals with an opportunity to make use of the clock, the sidelines and two time
outs remaining. They'd like to move that ball down and at the very worst come out of it
and they'll have to go to the field goal before the first half ends. They're at the Colts 38.
Brooks goes left, right side comes Curtis.
Anderson with the ball, rolls out to his right. Look, now he's going to run, he's going to be dropped
at the 39 yard line. He was just dropped over there by Brett Cook.
Rolled out to his right and look, but there was no one there.
Now the Bengals will go without benefit of huddle.
The clock has stopped while they wait for the Baltimore players to get back.
It stopped at 117. Now the Bengals will have a third and eight.
Anderson back to throw. Look, steps up in the pocket.
Now he's going to the far side of the field. He's down to the 40. Faces at the 35.
Knocked down right there at the 35 yard line and he was really knocked down hard.
I don't know if Anderson is going to get up or not. He was hurt. Then he tried to pick up that extra yard.
Stan White, the linebacker, really drilled him over there and Anderson was down flat on the ground.
Like he took a bump in the chest.
It's 59 seconds as the clock has stopped. The Bengals will have a fourth and about five.
Chris Barr is going in for a field goal attempt. Barr is in there.
It is fourth down with 59 seconds left. Anderson's still being administered to on the far side of the field.
I think that he had the wind knocked out and he got a real shot in the chest.
He may have a little trouble breathing or bringing out a stretcher.
Now he's getting up to his feet, I believe.
He may have caught that shot by Stan White, that forearm in the neck. Now Anderson is up to his feet.
Very groggy, however. Walking off under his own par, I think he had the breath knocked out of him.
Ron Hunt and Bruce Coslitt helping him off the field.
He may have taken a shot in the throat, Bill, when he came around, it was almost like a neck-tie tackle.
Yeah, because you went right straight backwards. So it will be a field goal attempt of some 52 yards if Barr misses it.
The Baltimore Colts are going to have a pretty good field position.
The ball will be spotted down in the dirt by Cobb at the 42.
All right, the lines are down. The ball is snapped. There's the kick. It is plenty long.
And is it good? Chris Barr drills it from 52 yards out. And oh, did he kick that ball. That would have been good from 60.
Chris Barr with a 52-yard field goal. He is 2 for 2 in the afternoon.
But now it gives the Baltimore Colts time to make use of the clock. 55 seconds are left.
And Barr will kick it. He said 51 officially. That was 52, wasn't it?
It looked more like 52 to me.
51 is the official yardage, but that makes the score 20 to 14 Bengals now.
It doesn't make any difference whether it's 51 or 52. It still adds three points on the scoreboard.
So Chris Barr sets the kickoff. And Stevens, the deep man, are going to let this one bounce along.
It bounces in. I have the Stevens. He catches it and rolls back into the end zone.
He's going to down it back there so it will come back out to the 20.
That took about eight seconds off the clock. They've got 51 left. They'll have it at the 20.
That ball bounced along the ground. A Colt touched it.
And Stevens tried to scoop it up at about the three-yard line.
But the ball went back into the end zone. It was down for a save.
Some of you may wonder why it was not a free ball. Why he wouldn't have to run it.
Nobody had possession of it. It was just a muff, not a fumble.
The rules of a fumble do not pertain. So the Colts will start at their own 20 with a first and tenth.
And they'll get a lot of plays runoff here in the final 51 seconds.
Twenty to 14 Bengals now as Chris Barr really drilled that field goal.
He's hit two of them, 26 and 52.
Doughty comes in motion on the near side. A handoff. It's Leakes trying left side.
He's got a yard. And that's all as he tried left tackle.
He was really wrapped up by Glenn Cameron, who's in there at a linebacker's spot now.
That was Lydell Mitchell trying to run and he got nothing at all.
He thought the Bengals might be looking for paths and they could toss him up with a run.
But it's a 21 to become second and nine. And the Colts are making no effort to stop the clock.
Twenty-eight seconds of time left here in the first half.
Kenny Anderson is seated next to Dr. George Ballou on the far side of the field now,
drinking a glass of water, shaking his head occasionally, but he appears to be all right.
The Bengals have four linebackers in there and three defensive linemen.
The clock down to 13. Steve Jones will elect to put it up in the air here in the last gas effort in this first half.
No he's not. He's going to hand off the Lydell Mitchell, who breaks up to about the 29-yard line
before he's hauled down by Koi Bacon. And that will bring the first half to an end.
Once again our score at halftime here at Memorial Stadium is the Bengals 20 and the Colts 14.
Bill Samp and Jimmy Crumb back at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
The Bengals will kick off to start the second half.
They'll be going left to right as we look here at the stadium.
Kenny Anderson came back out onto the field with his teammates here in the second half.
John Reese has been warming up.
Bill will have to wait and see whether Anderson plays or not.
So Chris Ballou drilled that 52-yard field goal just before intermission.
Gets set to kick off. There's the kick.
At the high line it'll come to Howard Stevens, a yard deep in the end zone.
Comes out to the 10, to the 15. Gets up to about the 20, 22, 23-yard line as Scott Perry rides him down.
Also in on to slow him up, Reggie Williams was over there.
Along with Willie Shelby and Scott Perry finally dump Stevens at the 23-yard line and the Colts go from there.
Bengals lead it 20 to 14.
The difference in the ball game has been the two field goals by Chris Barr.
Bert Jones in the first half of the ball game threw two touchdown passes.
He was 9 for 18 and he had two intercepted.
So ready to go. They have Glenn Doughty and Roger Carr out wide.
The backs are in at eye. Now Doughty goes in motion.
Handoff into the line, getting a little running room and coming out to about the 28-yard line as Lydell Mitchell went around the right side and cut back in.
Bob Brown hauled him down. He gained about 5 on the play.
The Colts running game in the first half was pretty well restricted.
They had just 47 yards. The Bengals on the other hand gained 102.
So it's a 5-yard gain by Lydell Mitchell on the first play and it will be second and five.
Bengals defensive unit the same.
Colts bring Doughty to the near side. To the far side goes Carr.
Leakes and Mitchell running backs. Bert Jones is quarterback.
Again Doughty comes in motion to the line and no farther.
Into the line goes Leakes and he ran into a stone wall led by Bob Brown who hit him first.
Really slowed him up and you could hear those shoulder pads hit all the way up here.
Right away quickly in on top of it were Pritchard and LeClaire.
Put Leakes down after a 1-yard gain and he was put down very, very roughly.
So now McCauley goes in to replace Leakes as the Colts look at a third and four.
Bengals lead at 20 to 14. We're just into the third quarter of play.
The backs are split behind Jones. They like to send those backs out.
Jones goes back to throw. Fires upfield.
He's got us a 35-yard line by Leitell Mitchell and he's down right there but that isn't up for the first down.
Bo Harris was over there so were Jim LeClaire.
But Bert Jones really drilled that ball.
It's a gain of six and the Colts have the first down and retain possession.
I was watching Bert Jones during his pregame warm-up particularly when we were down on the field
and he was talking with Tommy Casanova.
He had one of the assistant coaches down there that he was throwing to and he can really put the mustard on that thing.
He fires it and it's like a 30-30 rifle show coming out of there.
Now ironically the Bengals' first touchdown game when Casanova intercepted one by Jones
and ran it back 31 yards for a touchdown.
Colts with their own 35 come out of the double wing.
Bert Jones goes back to throw.
Look, fires a quick out that is tipped. Incomplete.
Receiver almost got to a dowdy and a man who tipped it up in the air back there was Bo Harris
and it popped up in the air.
Curries went for it so did Dowdy but it fell incomplete.
Good defensive play by Bo Harris who had really dropped back deep about 20 yards downfield.
So with the 35 now back in Colts territory it becomes second and tenth.
Bengals lead it 20 to 14.
We're just into the third quarter of play, two minutes and ten seconds of a laugh.
Throughout the first half Jones had excellent protection
and he got excellent protection as he waited a while to throw that one.
Again Carr goes right, Dowdy comes to the near side.
Second and tenth, Colts with their own 35.
They're out in the dust part of the diamond.
Back to throw, the blitz is on.
Fires a quick pass, the hook is caught by Carr.
He's at the 40.
At the 35, the 30 is out in the middle of the field.
He'll go all the way.
Casanova hits it and gets into the touchdown.
The third touchdown passed to Carr.
He took that hook right out at the 40 yard line
and the next left the rest of the 40 yards to score on a 65 yard pass play.
Byrd Jones all the way down there to congratulate him.
The Bengals have the blitz on.
There weren't any linebackers there.
The third touchdown passed for the afternoon from Jones to Carr.
And quickly on the first period the Colts have tied it up
and can take the lead now on Tony Lenhart's extra point.
There was nobody to have much of a chance after he caught that ball out at the 40.
That middle area was wide open.
Casanova and Jackson gave the chance but they couldn't get to it.
So Truffaut and Lenhart will attempt the extra point.
All is placed.
The kick is up in the air and it is good.
So there's time out on the field.
The score is now the Colts 21 and the Bengals 20.
Boys, what do you think you'd like to be when you grow up?
Daddy, when I grow up, I want to be like you. I want to be a man of my own.
Now that's an interesting idea.
Daddy, when I grow up, I want to do what you do. I want to be a man of my own.
Now I'm flattered by that.
A man of my own makes you living.
You're worth the best you can.
Well, you're right about that boys.
The Marathon Man, of which I have to be one, does make you living doing his work.
So if you like hard work and long hours, why don't you just come on down to the station and I'll start breaking you boys in.
But before I do, tell me again how Marathon Man makes you living.
How Marathon Man makes you living.
Uh huh.
Come on, let's begin.
The answer is nothing more gratifying than hard work is your boys.
Uh, Morris? That's right.
Roger Carr, the third year man out of Louisiana Tech, is really having himself an afternoon.
He now has six receptions for 198 yards and three touchdowns.
He ran 40 yards right down the middle after he caught that one.
It appears that John Reeves is going to play. He has the helmet on. Kenny Anderson is standing over there by Coach Bill Johnson.
But Linhardt will kick off and the deep men are Shelby and Elliott.
The Bengals trail again, 21 to 20. The Colts grab the 7-0 lead.
The Bengals came back to tie it up and have led since that time.
Linhardt has a strange approach to that ball. He puts it high in the air. It'll be Elliott taking it at the free.
Lin goes straight up to the 15 to the 20. Gets to about the 25 yard line and that's all.
He got a good smack right over there and went down. Hit hard by Ray Oldham.
The Bengals will be starting out at their own 25.
But John Reeves taking over his quarterback for Ken Anderson, who is really shaken up on a jarring tackle by Stan White near the end of the first half.
And Anderson either has a mighty sore chest, collarbone, or perhaps neck.
A lot of crowd really buzzing here as the Colts have taken a 21 to 20 lead.
The Colts go left. To the near side comes Curtis.
Ritz the shallow man, Griffin the deep man in the eye.
John Reeves is the quarterback. First time in two regular season games now that Reeves has played.
Back to throw. Sets up a screen to Griffin on the far side.
Archie is up to the 29 to the 30 yard line maybe and that's about all.
Jim Schiensky, the middle linebacker, over there to make the stop.
It's a five yard gain and the screen pass left to Griffin.
The Bengals will have a second and five. Schiensky was there and had a couple of helpers.
As they started out about at the 26, make it a four yard gain and call it second and six.
The Colts crowd has really come to life as the Colts just took two minutes and 11 seconds to score.
Curtis fireside, near side, Brooks. Back split this time behind Reeves.
Second and six.
Reeves on a long count. Takes the ball, goes back to throw.
Fires out on the flat. A flag is down. Brooks catches it and goes out of bounds at the 41.
Lloyd Mumford was over there covering and pushed him out.
The flag was thrown in the Bengals backfield. Now the officials will gather to talk it over.
Illegal procedure against the Bengals.
Nobody had moved. They may not have had seven men up on the line of scrimmage.
So it nullifies that gainer out to about the 40 yard line and the penalty will move it back to the 25 and it will become second and 11.
That's the third illegal procedure penalty the Bengals have had on the afternoon.
John Shinners comes in with a play.
The announcement that Roger Carr has tied a Colts touchdown record with his free touchdown pass.
The Bengals have scored on Casanova's interception, a pass from Anderson to Trumpy and two crisp-fire field goals.
Now the Bengals look at a second and 11. They have Brooks and Curtis split.
Cornerback's about seven yards off that line of scrimmage.
Straight back to throw and Reeves now fires upfield.
Fritz has it at the 30. The 35 is up to the 40 and gets to about the 44 yard line before Darrell Luce.
The linebacker over on that side can haul him down.
Fritz with the safety valve. As Reeves dropped back he just dumped it straight up over the line and Fritz ran it all the way back out to the 44, a 19 yard gain and a first down.
Kenny Anderson shaken up near the end of the first half.
He is over on the fire sideline but John Reeves is taking over the quarterbacking duties.
Reeves did it a couple of times last year.
Led the Bengals to a win in the game against Houston when Anderson was sidelined.
Now slot formation left with Curtis in the slot. The back split behind Reeves.
Hand off, Griffin runs into his own block or Shinners who is pulling and is knocked down behind the line of scrimmage and then quickly bounced down by a coach to down him.
But he ran into Shinners and it's going to be a loft of a couple of yards on the play back to the 42.
Shinners was pulling out to come out and pick a man up wide or Buzhnak and Archie either got there too quick or Buzhnak didn't get away quick enough because it's a loft of two and now it will be second and 12.
Colts played it 21-20 here in the third quarter. We played about four and a half minutes.
Curtis far side, Brooks split nearside.
And a Colts expecting pass here on second and 12. Reeves goes back to throw.
Still looking, fires downfield. Oh, Brooks who was open down at about the 35 yard line.
Brooks stopped to come back and Reeves taking plenty of time over through him.
Two Colts were trying quickly to get back there. He really had him but Reeves overthrew him.
So it comes back to the 42 and it becomes third and 12.
He had to step that time in fact two or three steps on both Lloyd Mumford number 42 and on Darrell Luce the linebacker number 58 and those were two men who were trying to get back to cover when they saw that Brooks was loose.
Brooks is hooked and stopped. Now Pittsburgh leads Cleveland 24-14 in the fourth quarter.
Third and 12. Bengals at their own 42.
Colts leave it up to that front four and drop everybody else back in that zone.
Reeves back to throw as Reeves. He's hit from behind and dragged down by John Dutton.
He's circled around from his right end spot. He can't wait forever.
Nobody got open downfield. Reeves finally was pinned down by Dutton.
First time a Bengals quarterback has been sacked this afternoon.
It's back at the 34 for a loss of eight and that will bring Pat McAnally into punt.
McAnally did not punt particularly well in the first half of the ballgame. Two punts for just 35 yards.
Now's the time when you really need a boomer.
Macaulay Laird of the shallow men, Howard Stevens the deep man. The line of scrimmage is the 34.
McAnally gets off a terrible boot right off the side of his foot.
It will bounce at the Colts 40 and then dribbles down to the 38.
They thought it was out of bounds at the 43. A miserable punt by McAnally and the Colts have excellent field position.
Time out of the field. Score, Colts 21, Bengals 20.
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I hate to have my picture taken.
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The report from the Cincinnati Panthers is that Kenny Anderson was only shaken up.
He could have come back into play, but the Cincinnati Brain Trust decided that John Reeves would come in and do it.
So the Colts start at the 37 after only a 28-yard boot by McInerley.
Bert Jones hands off Lydell Mitchell on a sweep to the right.
He's going to get a couple of yards and that's about all, maybe not even that much.
Over there quickly Bob Brown.
Brown's training to play over there and Brown gets up with that infield dirt all over his uniform.
It's a gain of only a yard on the play.
And the Bengals are really restricted, the Colts running game, to...
Philadelphia 28-7 over the Giants at the final and here's a real surprise.
In the fourth quarter, the New England Patriots now lead the Miami Dolphins 30-14.
Pittsburgh Senors lead Cleveland 24-14 in the fourth quarter.
Colts are second and 9 for the Colts at the 38.
They bring out Roger Carr to the left, bring Doughty out to the right.
Backs in an eye.
Hand off the flag on the play. Doughty was going forward.
Bunging straight up the middle of the ball is Lydell Mitchell.
Doughty was going forward toward the line of scrimmage when the ball was snapped.
No, they decided to bring him out in motion or what, but he forgot momentarily what the situation should be.
And it's an illegal motion against the Baltimore Colts.
That'll cost them five and move them back to the 33 and it'll be second and 14.
Kenny Anderson is standing over the sidelines.
The report was he was just shaken up.
John Reeves to start of the second half and of course we don't know if Anderson will play or not.
The scull against Glenn Doughty as we said.
So it'll be second and 14 for the Colts back at the 33.
And it's out with eight minutes 58 seconds to go here in the third quarter at Baltimore.
The Colts lead the Bengals by 1.21 to 20.
Now the backs are split in the second and 14 situation.
Bert Jones goes back to throw.
Looks, fires down the middle.
Doughty can't hold on to it down at the Bengals 43.
He did a deep flat in.
Kenny Roddy was covering him there.
Doughty discussed it with himself.
He had his hands on the ball down about knee high but could not hold on to it.
So again Bert Jones had ample protection.
And it comes back to the 33 and now it'll be third and 14.
You know that LA takes on Minnesota in just a few minutes.
Well that game should get underway.
Jim Marshall will tie George Bland's record of having competed in 224 straight games.
He has not missed a game for 17 years.
That is an amazing guy.
Ron Carpenter has gone out this time and Bill Kohler has replaced him.
So Bob Brown stays in.
Bert Jones goes back to throw.
He's going to be pushed out of the pocket this time.
Running upfield looks and is knocked down way back at the 23 yard line by Kenny Johnson.
He got him from behind and Bert Jones is shaken up a little bit now.
Kenny Johnson hit Jones from behind.
He came down back at about the 23.
So Jones is gingerly up on his feet.
So David Lee will go into boot.
It's a loss of 10 in the play.
He's running away from Kenny Johnson.
But Johnson circling around from behind got him.
Just when it looked as though he might want to unload that ball and throw it.
So David Lee will boot to Willie Shelby and Lamar Perrys with Marvin Cobb the short man.
Both lead at 21-20.
We're still not quite midway through this third period.
There's the snap back to Lee.
Gets the kick away.
This one is not particularly long.
Let it bounce at the Bengals 45 yard line.
It just dropped dead right about there.
Rolls down to maybe the 43.
Marvin Cobb really hustled to get out of the way.
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Bengals have a first and Channiser own 43.
Reeves and a quarterback again.
Brooks and Curtis both split.
Curtis goes in motion to the line of scrimmage and stops.
The handoff, Glenville Elliott around the outside gets to the 45.
A knockdown in the front of the Colts bench at about the 47 yard line.
Curtis in motion on that side toward the line of scrimmage.
Stopped of course and the ball was snapped.
And then he's one of the blockers on that side.
Glenville Elliott got it out to the 48 yard line.
It's a game of about five.
Joe Herman was the man who got over to finally knock Elliott down.
And it's second and five.
In the first half of the ball game, Archie Griffin carried six times for 17 yards.
Mitchell was the leading ball carrier for Baltimore, nine carries for 40.
But they only had seven other yards rushing in addition to those 40.
The Bengals were the second and five at their own 48.
Slot formation, both wide men to the left.
Reeves fakes the handoff, goes back to throw, fires down the middle.
Incomplete.
It was intended down there for Curtis.
Jackie Wallace came up in the safety spot, almost intercepted the ball.
Got there about the same time as Curtis did.
A good play.
The ball is going to have to be a little thrown a little bit quicker just as Curtis makes his cut.
Throw up to 48.
It will become third and five.
Wallace, who intercepted three passes last week against New England,
came out of that confrontation holding his both hands in the air, shaking his head.
But he thought he should have had it.
Goslund and Myers have gone into the ball game now.
The Bengals go with a couple of tight ends.
Reeves back to throw, fires down field.
It's incomplete.
Reeves was hit just as he unloaded that ball.
It went away from the intended receiver.
Joe Erman hit him just as he got rid of the ball.
And the coach defensive unit has stopped the Bengals again.
And McInerney will have to go into the booth.
Coach leads 21-20.
We've got 8-09 left here in the third period.
There's a lot of yardage gained by both clubs in that first half.
Bengals have 237 and the Colts have 211.
So McInerney coming off just a poor 28-yard booth will try again.
There's the snap.
This is a good high spiral over charge the far side of the field.
Stevens will let it bounce and it goes out of bounds at about the 5-yard line.
Kicked it away from Stevens.
That was the beauty.
47 yards out of bounds on the 5.
Time out on the field.
Score, Coach, 21 Bengals, 20.
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Three games in the National Conference are now final.
The Washington Redskins meet the Seattle Seahawks 31 to 7.
The Philadelphia Eagles over the New York Giants 20 to 7.
And the Detroit Lions down the Atlanta Falcons by a score of 24 to 10.
That's the ninth straight win for Detroit over Atlanta.
Oh, the Colts will be starting out at their own five yard line now.
Bert Jones who is shaken up slightly on their last series is in there.
Hand off is Lydell Mitchell over right tackle.
He's got about four as he comes out of the nine yard line.
He's down, dragged him down.
Long I believe with Carpenter.
Got it out to about the nine yard line so it will be second and six.
The Bengals will be home next Sunday to play the Green Bay Packers.
Two weeks from today they'll be at Cleveland to take on the Browns
who are putting up a stubborn battle this afternoon against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Steelers led 17-14 in the third quarter or fourth quarter.
Two and six Colts at their own nine.
Hand off again as Lydell Mitchell tries to tiptoe his way in
and he gets to the 10 yard line through the right side and that's about all.
All kinds of Bengals are around there to greet him.
Bob Brown, Ron Carpenter, three or four others.
Kenny Johnson the left end.
Gain out to the 12 yard line.
Got three in the play so bring up the third down and three yards to go for the first down.
And the team the Bengals face next Sunday back at Riverfront Stadium.
The Green Bay Packers in the third quarter this afternoon
are losing to the St. Louis Cardinals 12 to nothing.
O'Car has been the real thorn in the side of the Bengals.
Comes out to the near side. The far side is Dowdy.
Third and three. Jones with the ball back to throw.
Looks, fires out in the flat. Intercepted by Pritchard.
He has him and is out of bounds at about the 10 yard line.
Cut right in front of Glenn Dowdy and picked off that pass.
Ron Pritchard really picked up Dowdy swinging out into that
or Lydell Mitchell swinging out into that left flat
and just stepped right in front of it.
The 14 yard line and picked it away.
And the Bengals are in superb field condition.
What more can you say? Great play by Pritchard who really hugged Mitchell.
So a great turn of events.
Wondering if on third and three if the Colts would try to pass.
They did and that's the third one that's been intercepted.
Both wide men to the right side.
John Reeves the quarterback. Gives it off to Fritz.
Fritz head down. Fights his way down maybe to the 11 for about
three hard-pawed yards through the right side.
Ran right over Lapham and Holland on that right side.
There were all kinds of Colts around in on the tackle.
Last man up off the stack is Mike Barnes who is the left tackle.
Putting the ball down just shy of the 11 yard line it will be second and seven.
Bengals trail by one. 21 to 20.
Here on the third quarter we're just a little over halfway through.
Chip Myers swings out wide to the left.
He's replaced Bill Brooks like Curtis comes out to the right.
Strong side right formation. The back split in behind Reeves.
Fritz up the middle. Fights his way down to the eighth.
Has he got about three more yards.
Joe Erman the right tackle was the man who made the stop on Fritz down at the eighth.
And now it'll bring up the third down and about four yards to go for the first down.
Oh they put the ball right down at the nine yard line.
So make a third down now and about five yards to go for the first down.
And this is where those yards become extremely difficult to get.
They're high up there trying to get them inside, outside, through the air.
They're all tough to get.
Full crowd noisy down at that end of the field.
See if the Bengals can go to the air and try and get the touchdown.
John Reeves goes back to throw.
Fires down at the two yard line.
Is complete and going out of the end zone for the touchdown is Linville Elliott who came out of the back field.
Jim Schiaenski was there to drag him down.
But Reeves hit Elliott for a nine yard touchdown pass and that puts the Bengals out on top again.
Now by a score of 26 to 21.
And Jim I certainly didn't expect it to be an offensive battle like this.
Two good defensive ball clubs.
But we've had a lot of points scored.
Yes we have.
And we still have 15, 20, we still have 20 minutes and 11 seconds to go.
Five minutes, 11 seconds this period.
15 minutes in the fourth period.
Fitchers interception set it up at the 14.
There's the extra point at 10 by a bar.
It is up and it's right on through.
So there's time out on the field.
Score now Bengals 27, Nicole's 21.
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Chris Barr kicked that ball about four yards deep into the end zone and Bruce Laird elected not to return it, so it comes out to the 20.
And the Colts who score just two minutes and 11 seconds into this third period now find themselves trailing 27 to 21.
Double wing back formation, Jones rolling out to his right, goes back to throw, fires up field, incomplete and almost intercepted again.
Abengal was the closest man to it as one of the linebackers.
Let's see which one it is, Bo Harris.
And that ball may have hit Harris so hard in the numbers that it about obliterated him because it was right into his chest.
Another former LSU man going after Burt Jones passes.
It's like old home week out there with Tommy Casanova and Burt Jones and Bo Harris.
But all that camaraderie that may exist between these players before the game is forgotten once that whistle blows.
Raymond Chester, the tight end, probably was the intended pass receiver.
Doughty goes out to the right side now and Roger Carr comes left.
Abengal's back on top, 27-21, Burt Jones back to throw. Out on the flat, it's incomplete.
Tended out there for Lydell Mitchell and Kenny Anderson really cut it, or rather Kenny Riley really cut his legs out from under him.
Lydell Mitchell a little slow getting up.
But he's up on his feet. That pass was way high and that really leaves the pass receiver in a most vulnerable position when he goes high up into the air.
And Riley just undercut him and knocked him flat.
Back at the 20 now quickly it becomes third and 10.
Ron Pritchard's interception, set it up at the 14-yard line and on a third and five play, John Reeves hit Lenville Elliott.
So again Burt Jones goes back to throw.
Looks, fires up, built, it's incomplete.
Intended for Carr, who is running toward the sidelines at about the 42.
Richard had dropped back to cover him and Kenny Riley was over there too so they were giving Roger Carr double coverage on that one.
But the Bengals stop him three times back at the 20 and now David Lee will have to boot.
You don't think of a linebacker being able to move quite that swift but Ron Pritchard and Ken Riley both, particularly Pritchard was step-for-step with Carr that time.
Riley was pretty much one-on-one with him on the first half and Carr caught a couple.
Let's see if the Bengals continue to do that.
Shelby and Parish are the deep men. A snap is high but Lee jumps and comes down with it.
And then gets off a good driving spiral.
Parish will take the Bengals 28, he's up to the 30.
He loosed a couple of men and goes down at about the 38.
And a Bengal player is hurting down on the field.
Reggie Williams, but he's getting up and Reggie was shaken up on that play.
Forrest Blue, down there to make the stop but the Bengals have good field position out at their 39.
David Lee really had to jump to get that high pass from center.
But then he really drilled the ball all the way back to the Bengals 29.
That was about a 51-yard boot.
Bengals lead at 27-21 in one whale of a football game here at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
Gellied and Pritz are the running backs and Brooks and Curtis are split.
Now Curtis comes in motion.
And off into the line goes Pritz and he fights his way forward for about three or four yards and his stop standing up.
And pushed back by Fred Cook.
But his penetration carried him up over the 41 to perhaps the 42-yard line.
A gain of about three as he sliced in between guard and right tackle.
At the 41 a couple of yards, then little bit second and eighth.
Three games are now final in the AFC.
The Pittsburgh Steelers 31, Cleveland Browns 14, the Oilers over the Buffalo Bills 13-3.
And the San Diego Chargers blank the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23 to nothing.
A slot formation right.
Brooks wide, Curtis in the slot.
Bengals with a second and eighth at their own 41.
Reeves fakes and goes back to thrill.
Looks now is going to be hit.
Too long again going downfield.
Curtis and Brooks were both covered.
Nailed by Joe Erman back at the 34-yard line for a loss of seven.
Reeves have time and time and a little more time.
But finally it closed down.
They're going to be at the 35-yard line and that is about the fifth time this afternoon
the Bengals quarterbacks have been dropped.
So it will bring up a third down situation now and about 14 yards to go.
Final score, Houston 15, Buffalo 3.
In the third quarter, Dallas 24, Lawrence nothing.
The Bengals go with three wide receivers now, only one running back.
Brooks, Curtis, Myers and McDaniel are all in the ball game.
Back to throw is Reeves.
Brooks fires out and a flat over the head of Ike Curtis.
Would have been a first down in midfield but Reeves threw the ball too high.
And they'll send McAnally in to boot.
Last time McAnally really drilled one that went out of bounds at the close five-yard line.
The line of scrimmage is the Bengals 35.
That was a 47-yarder. McAnally only averaged 35 yards in the first half.
Snap back from center is a good one.
McAnally gets a good high.
Spiral away over the far side, Stevens ropes.
He takes the ball and is hit immediately at the 19.
Right down to cover him was Melvin Morgan.
And he no sooner had that ball than Morgan,
the rookie from Mississippi Valley, was right in there on top of him
and dropped him right about at the 19 or 20-yard line.
So that was a 45-yard boot by McAnally.
It was away from Stevens.
He had to drift off to his right to pull it down.
Right at the 20, the Colts will start out again there, first and 10,
just as they did in the last series.
Bengals have a 27-21 lead.
A game that's all the Colts come right out and score on the first series.
The second half to take a 21-20 lead.
Baxter and I, Doughty and Carr are split on both sides.
Now Doughty comes in motion.
And a quick pitch around the left side comes Lydell Mitchell.
He gets up over the 25 to about the 27-yard line
before Kenny Riley can bring him down.
Yet a wave of interference out in front of him on his sweep left.
Doughty, who was going in motion toward the line of scrimmage,
stopped and was also part of the interference,
just as Ike Curtis is on a same particular play for the Bengals.
It was a 7-yard pick up and it'll be second and three.
And as the play was whistled at, David Taylor, who was leading up in front
and trying to throw it down to a block.
Taylor and Tommy Kassanova were exchanging dirty glances and a few elbows.
Split this time back down and Bob Brown jumped across
but got back into the line goes Mitchell.
He squeezed through and got out to the 30.
All of a sudden he came out of nowhere.
He was pinched in there by Bob Brown and Ron Carpenter,
but he came out of the stack and made it out to the 30-yard line
and has the first down.
It looked as though he were stopped.
I think Brown and Carpenter are trying to figure out how he got away.
The ball is just up over the 30 and it is the first down.
Bob Brown jumped across the line of scrimmage fairly far but didn't make contact
and managed to get back and the play ran right there.
Again, Dowdy comes in motion to the near side and Bert Jones goes back to throw.
Now he's being chased, gets away from one man coming, runs up to the 35.
Pritchard hits him a fumble and his kick into the backfield
and now Kenny Roddy is going to fall out and will have it.
Oh, Pritchard really banged Bert Jones and separated him from the ball
and then somebody kicked it and Kenny Roddy, instead of trying to pick it up,
just decided to be safe and fell on the ball at the Bengals 47-yard line.
Boy, Bert Jones lost that ball immediately when he was hit by Pritchard
and that ball really flew around and finally Riley recovered at the 47-yard line.
Wow, we have had a lot of action, Jim, in this ball game of all types this afternoon.
I tell you, Bert Jones has to know that he got popped and got popped good that time
because Ron Pritchard put every bit of what he's got into it.
The Bengals start out at their own 48-yard line.
Fakes back to throw, quick slant down the middle.
Myers dropped it at the 40 and there was no one near him.
Right into Chip's hands and you won't see that very often.
The quarterback over there, Nelson Muncie, is falling down.
Oh, that would have been a big gainer.
That would have been all the way down to the close 30-yard line or so,
but Chip couldn't hold on to it and it becomes second and 10 at the 48
and he was really disgusted with himself.
And as you say, that's not the kind of thing you see happen very often with Chip Myers.
We've talked about his maturity, his experience of being Mr. Clutch.
That doesn't happen too often.
Split in behind, John Reeves this time.
Curtis split out to the right side.
Hand off into the line goes out and he comes up over the 50 and down into cold territory
and he's made about the 47-yard line, gained about five on that play in through the left side.
Big Mike Barnes was the man along with Dutton who dragged him down.
Call it a five-yard gain at the close 47 and it will be third and five.
Reeves has completed three out of eight for 32 yards.
Two-a-minute 17 here in the third quarter. Slot formation right with Myers in the slot.
Wide is Bill Brooks.
Now Myers or Curtis goes in motion over the far side of the field.
Reeves goes back to throw.
Pass is the first to intercept the bar line and John Dutton is knocked down at the 45.
No, it's Fred Cook.
They try to set up a screen pass out on the right side.
It was knocked up in the air and Fred Cook came down with a ball at the bangle 43.
So they get it back on an interception after the Bengals have recovered the ball on a fumble
and a close and business at the bangle 43.
Now the Bengals defense will get the stern call.
The 27-21 ball game. The Bengals out in front.
A minute and three seconds left in the third quarter.
Doughty and Roger Karr split.
Deeks and Mitchell are the running backs.
They're in an eye.
Handoff goes to the second man Mitchell and he gets maybe a couple of yards as he tries the right side.
Ron Pritchard who's right there really knocked his feet right out from under him.
It's a handshake from Koi Bacon.
A gain of a couple of yards on the play to the 41.
Well, they give them only one, they say.
Now actually it's closer to a two-yard gain for statistical purposes it is.
We'll call it second and eighth.
Down in the about 30 seconds remaining here in the third quarter.
Bengals lead it 27-21.
The Bengals got it on a fumble.
Colts get it right back on an interception.
Now they send Lydell Mitchell in motion over to the right side.
Bert Jones goes back to throw.
Looks, fires off and a flat is cut on the 30-yard line.
Down to the 25. Bernard Jackson after him.
Donny Castle-Earlville will finally haul him out of bounds inside the stand about the eighth.
He was bled out in the wide receiver, run away from a man well out into the field,
and got it all the way down to the eight-yard line.
Good better running by Mitchell after he caught the pass.
And it will be first and goal.
One out of bounds finally by Casanova after he eluded Riley and Jackson.
The ball just inside the nine. First and goal for the Colts.
They send Roger Carr out to the right.
Put Lydell Mitchell on the wing and Leakes directly in behind Bert Jones.
Quick pitch around the right side.
Leakes gets to the five-yard line and is going to be shoved back by about three or four Bengals.
They gained about four on the plays.
Sweep with everybody out in front leading the way.
Carpenter, Casanova, and Kenny Johnson all over there.
And they've come to the end of the third quarter.
Goers, Bengals 27, Colts 21.
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Starting the final 15 minutes of play, the Bengals leading by a score of 27 to 21.
But that, dear friends, is subject to change.
Because right now the Baltimore Colts have the ball second down, goal to go, at the Bengals five-yard line.
We have had enough action here in one game this afternoon to cover four or five games.
And these fans, when they traded ends of the field, when they came back down to our right,
the fans gave these Baltimore Colts a standing ovation.
So here we go.
Second and goal about five and a half yards away.
Roger Cole goes out of her car, goes out to the left, bring Dowdy out to the right.
Bert Jones, the quarterback, gives the handoff into the line.
Lydell Mitchell, he's all the way down to about the one-yard line as he rolled in over that right side.
Running hard, Kenny Johnson there on the tackle.
There are about three other Bengals helping drag him down.
Lydell Mitchell just a straight slam and over tackle.
Now they'll bring two tight ends and bring McCauley in to replace Mitchell.
The ball is just inside the two-yard line.
It'll be third and goal.
Now the Bengals' defense will really be called on.
Bert Jones signals for quiet as they come out of the huddle.
McCauley and Roosevelt leaks in behind him.
Handoff into the line.
Into the touchdown.
Roosevelt leaks.
The big hole opens up on the left side of the goal line over the right side of the Bengals' line.
They went into the touchdown that ties it up.
Roosevelt leaks.
Two-yard run.
And in the seesaw game, the Colts tie it up again.
This has been some kind of offensive football game this afternoon.
Bengals led 20-14 at the half.
Colts just done moved 43 yards in five plays.
The pass interception set it up.
The kick by Lyd hired us up and it's good.
That puts the Colts out in front.
So there's time out on the field to score Colts 28, Bengals 27.
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Well, in the last two minutes of that third quarter, we had all sorts of activity with about a minute fifty to go.
Bert Jones fumbled. Cincinnati recovered with about a minute three to go.
Fred Cook intercepted. John Reeves passed.
And then fourteen minutes and fourteen seconds, just about forty seconds into the fourth quarter, the cold score.
Lenhart's kick over the far side of the field. It'll be Willie Shelby at the three.
Shelby comes straight up to the ten, to the fifteen, to the twenty, breaks away at the thirty.
At the thirty-five, forty, forty-three yard line, and a flag is down as the Colts are all over Shelby out there.
A flag is down, and let's see whether it's going to be a grabbing the face mask or what it may be.
Shinner is indicating a personal foul called against the Baltimore Colts.
Willie Shelby burst into a hole, and there were just a couple of men back there.
Tony Lenhart, the man who kicked off, was one of those who slowed him up.
And a flag through right in the melee, and it's going to be a fifteen yard walk off against the Colts,
taken from the Bengals forty-three all the way down to the Colts forty-one yard line.
Personal foul of some type.
Just a personal foul, that's it. No further delineation.
Somebody in there with a shot of some kind. So the Bengals in great field position,
down at the Colts forty-one yard line. Personal foul was against Sanders Shriver.
Curtis and Myers are the wide receivers. This stadium is noisy at the live.
Let's see what John Reeves does on play number one. Reeves going back to fast.
Look, fires down the middle. Curtis and Crumpey can't hold on to it.
Crumpey was alone. He had curled down there at the twenty-five, and Reeves just drew the ball.
Off the mark. Would have been a quick first down.
Back to the forty-one, and it will be second in stand.
Now there's a penalty flag down, and this one's against Cincinnati. Looks like a long one.
Now the Bengals are only moving back enough to indicate that it might be a five yard play.
Let's see if the Colts will decline it.
Now it is going to be at the ten yard penalty, apparently holding. Let's get the signal right here.
Dave Lapham, illegal use of the hands is the call, and that puts the ball back, as they would say up in Canada, to fifty-one.
The Bengals forty-nine yard line, and it will be first down in twenty.
Curtis and Myers both split on opposite sides. Reeves with the ball, drops back to throw. Reeves looking.
Now he's going to be hit and dropped back at about the forty-three. Couldn't find anybody.
Tried to run, and John Dutton got him from behind. Reeves goes down again.
Reeves has been knocked down about three or four times here in this second half.
Second and twenty-five, back of the Bengals forty-four.
Reeves with the ball, gives off in the drop play, straight up the middle, all the way down into Colts territory at about the forty-seven or forty-eight yard line comes Lenville Elliott.
Joe Herman finally hauled him down. It's going to be the Colts forty-eight, so the play is good for about eight yards.
And now it will be third down and about seventeen. Bengals quarterbacks have been sacked about a half a dozen times this afternoon.
Chris Barr kicked a fifty-two yard field goal near the end of the first half, but this is beyond field goal range now.
Bengals trailed in the ball game by one, twenty-eight to twenty-seven. Both Myers and Curtis lined up on the near side.
Fake back to throw. Reeves fires down the middle, a dive and Myers comes up with the ball at the twenty-eight yard line.
No, they say he trapped it.
Now the Colts are arguing. Let's see, what did they rule? Oh, they did rule no catch. They say Myers trapped the ball in a dive.
So it will come back to the forty-eight yard line and McInerney will have to go into booth.
There was a linebacker back there, Stan White, and Reeves had to throw the ball far enough in front of him to elude him.
And Myers had to dive and they say he trapped. So McInerney will punt with a line of scrimmage to Colts forty-eight.
Snap back from center. McInerney gets a boomer away that he aims for the clapping corner and it goes way on back into the end zone.
In fact, it lands beyond the end line. So it will come out to the twenty. There's time out of the field. Score, Colts twenty-eight, Bengals twenty-seven.
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Now the Bengals have to hold the coast down here in their own territory and try to get that ball back again.
Twelve and a half minutes to go as the Colts start out at their own twenty.
Dowdy and Carr both wide, Mitchell and Leakes are the running backs.
And off comes the light, L. Mitchell drives the left side and he's knocked down at about the twenty-two.
A slicing tackle from the outside by Bo Harris, the left side linebacker.
Harris sliced in and hit him right at the twenty.
And Leakes forward momentum, carried him two more yards out to the twenty-two.
It'll be second and eight, a good defensive play by Harris.
LSU men have been a big factor in this ball game this afternoon.
Burt Jones, the Colt quarterback from there, Casanova intercepted one of his passes and rounded back 31 yards for a touchdown.
Now the backs are in and eyes, second and eight Colts at their own twenty-two.
And off, L. Mitchell breaks out to the thirty, to the thirty-three yard line with Casanova and Leclerc finally wrestles him down at the thirty-seven.
Came in through the Bengals' left side again that time.
Jerry Burley has not played at all today and regular action for the Bengals because of that sprained ankle.
He's only about 85 percent.
He's one of the Bengals' better pass rushers.
That's hurting in that department.
It's a quick gain of 16 for Mitchell.
The Colts have a first down.
Kenny Anderson over on the far sideline.
He's warming up once again.
He's back behind the bench warming up with Billy Brooks.
Casanova may have been shaken up a little bit on that play.
Marvin Cobb has gone in at the strong safety spot.
Comes over to left where they line up with a tight right formation.
And off, it's Lidell Mitchell and he gets maybe a couple of yards as he tries the right side.
Bo Harris was again there in to up end him along with Bob Brown.
And as he catapulted out of that group, Jim Leclerc pinned him right down at the forty.
So as they did on the preceding series of plays, gained two on the first down and have a second and eight.
Kenny Anderson is warming up over behind the Bengals' bench.
Anderson took a real shot in the upper chest or throat.
Near the end of the first half and was really shaken up.
Casanova being administered to by Dr. Blu.
Trainer Mara Pollard, second and eight.
Colts out at their own forty.
Bert Jones with the ball. Hands off the Lidell Mitchell.
He's knocked down by Ron Carpenter behind the line of scrimmage.
Carpenter came booming through there and knocked his feet out from under him for a loss of a yard or two.
Make it one back at the thirty-nine and now it will be third and nine.
Sterling defensive play by Ron Carpenter.
John Brown was there to pounce right at him.
Cardinals lead the Packers fifteen to nothing now in the third quarter.
After spotting Cleveland fourteen points, the Steeners came roaring back for a thirty-one to fourteen victory.
Rams and Vikings are scoreless in the second period.
Third and nine. Bert Jones back to throw.
Looks, fires up the middle, a dive and a catch out at the forty-eight yard line by Lidell Mitchell.
And I believe that he's going to be short of what he needed for a first down at all fence and where they spot the ball.
They put it down and the crowd doesn't like it. They're going to bring in the chains to measure.
Pitcher was with Mitchell, but Bert Jones really threw a bullseye and Jones really stood in amongst good pressure that time.
So the chains have to come across all the way from the far side of the field. It's going to be very, very close.
From here, Phil, it looks like it might be just inches short, but we'll wait until they pull the six down to see.
It is not. It is a first down.
Got a big third and nine play and the Coast made it.
Rather a third and eleven.
So the Coast are out at their own forty-eight yard line now.
Bengals have lost the opportunity to hold them deep and force them from punt well back in their territory.
Roger Carr on the far side, near side dowdy. Carr has got three touchdown passes.
Handoff Mitchell tries the right side and spins up to midfield.
And that is all. Again, it's Bo Harris cutting in from that left side line backing spot to knock him down.
Got help from a couple of others. Ron Carpenter was there along with LeClair.
It was a two yard gain. So for the third time in the series on first down, they pick up two yards on the first down play and have a second and eight.
The ball right at midfield. Coast lead at twenty-eight to twenty-seven with nine minutes and a handful of seconds.
Now just nine minutes remaining.
Carr and Dowdy again split, this time on opposite sides of the field.
Baxter and Ivey and Bert Jones give the second man Mitchell. He's through for about five, eight, nine yards all the way down to the Bengals' forty-one yard line.
Broke a couple of tackles en route. Finally Bernard Jackson pulled him down from a pre-safety spot. They're going to stay at the Bengals' forty-two yard line.
And he's got the first down at forty-two. Needed eight and made it.
So the Colts holding on to the football, running off precious time on that clock.
Twenty-eight, twenty-seven, they hold a one point lead. Fifty thousand, three hundred seventy-four fans in attendance here this afternoon at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore.
So we're ready to go. The handoff this time to Mitchell, he's hit from behind but his momentum carries him up down inside the forty to about the thirty-eight yard line.
Ron Pritchard was the man who made the tackle on him.
They'll put it at the thirty-eight yard line so he made about four on this play and it'll be second and six.
Good blocking by the Colts offensive line. David Taylor and George Coons to tackles. Robert Pratt and Elmer Calle at the guards and Ken Mendel and all the center.
Ball in the dirt part of the infield at the thirty-eight second and sixth Colts. They lead by one.
And they split both wide receivers. This time Bert Jones goes back to throw and he's going to be hit and dragged down back at the forty-nine yard line by Koi Bacon who got him for the second time.
Bacon was right in on Jones immediately and threw him all the way back at the Bengals forty-nine yard line, a loss of about eleven yards on the play.
They're going to put it at the forty-eight yard line so make it a loss of ten and it'll bring up third and sixteen.
Jones drifted that way and all of a sudden Bacon was right in front of his face and he tried to reverse field and go back the other way but Bacon got hold of his jersey and dragged him down.
Lydell Mitchell is over the one hundred yard mark and rushing twenty-four carries for a hundred and two.
Little over four yards to pop. Here's a big third down play and the Bengals have got to hold and get their hands back on the ball. Seven fifteen remain.
That double wing formation. Only McCauley is in behind Bert Jones and Jones goes back to throw.
Look, fires down the middle and pops down at the thirty-two yard line and maybe a first down. Thought down there by Glenn Doughty. Lamar Perry shot him to drag him down. Let's see whether they have the first down or not.
Very close.
That's twice now and big third down play is that Bert Jones has looked to a spot almost knowing exactly where he wants to put that ball the last time he had the first down just by inches.
And it's going to be just as close this time. They're bringing in the yard markers from the far side of the field. This time I believe it's going to be a wee bit short.
It is by a couple of inches.
They have not sent in their punters so I guess the Colts are going for it. The ball is down at the Bengals thirty-two and Bert Jones on two big third down situations is hit clutch passes. It's going to be fourth and just a couple of inches.
Don McCauley in the backfield with Roosevelt leaps.
Let's see if Bert Jones will keep and just try to drive dive over the heap. Into the line and he got the first down. It's McCauley he's down at the thirty.
Got a couple of yards on the play and that will be a Colts first down. It'll enable them to hold onto the ball. Six forty-one is the time remaining and they're really chewing up the clock. The Bengals have had the ball for just one series here in this fourth quarter.
The Colts have held the ball for almost six minutes now here in this drive. They took it over with twelve thirty-one to go back on their own twenty yard line. They're going to measure it. It doesn't look like it's even close.
And we now have six forty-one remaining and the clock stopped. It isn't even close. It's a good yard over. I don't know why they brought the chains in.
Big third down clutch pass to Glenn Doughty, the former Michigan tailback, who is the wide receiver here.
Bert Jones has hit fourteen for twenty-nine this afternoon. He has been intercepted three times. Fourteen for twenty-nine for three hundred and two yards.
Doughty and Carr split out. The Bengals are really going to have to dig in and hold here quickly and get their hands back on the ball. Doughty comes in motion. Look for them to run that way. They do.
Running out the left side is Mitchell. Reggie Williams hits him and then he's really put down for good by LeClaire.
Reggie Williams is in the linebacking spot now, number fifty-seven, a rookie from Dartmouth. They've got four linebackers in there.
LeClaire is out. Now LeClaire is in. Bo Harris is in. He may have replaced Ron Pritchard. The ball is right at the thirty. There is no gain on that wide sweep to the left and it becomes second and ten.
Reggie Williams has replaced Pritchard. I don't know if Pritchard was shaken up or what the situation may be. Wide men both ways.
Bert Jones with the ball. Hands off. Mitchell around the outside and he's got nothing. Ron Carpenter grabbed hold of his jersey and then Marvin Cobb was there to pin him down for good. He got nothing at all.
So now Bert Jones looks at another big third down play. This is third and ten.
So Roosevelt leaks, comes out, McCauley goes in. That's lead at twenty-eight, twenty-seven. Clock running five-fourteen. Time remaining.
It's going to be an interesting thrill to see what Jones goes through this time. This is a third, big third down play he's looked at.
Third and sixteen the last time. Prior to that it was third and nine.
Mitchell comes in motion off the right. Both wide receivers to the left. Jones goes back to throw. He's being chased. Now he's going to run at the thirty and goes out of bounds at about the twenty-eight.
Reggie Williams came over there to force him out of bounds. Now it will be fourth down and they will have about seven yards to go for the first down.
He made just two yards on the play and that is all. In goes Tony Lindhart. The field goal man will be about a forty-six yard attempt.
Both lead by one. They're trying to up the lead to four to put the Bengals in position where they'd have to have a touchdown.
The ball will be spotted just over the thirty-five. It's got a thirty-six, a forty-six yard attempt. Ball to snap back. There's a kick and it's blocked.
And it's picked up by a called who loses it. Now everybody scrambles forward and the Bengals will have it at about the thirty-six yard line.
Somebody in the middle of the line blocked that ball. The Bengals have four minutes and forty-two seconds to do something about the situation as it now stands.
When time is back in they will have the ball first and center their own thirty-six yard line. They trail by one point, twenty-eight, twenty-seven.
Four minutes and forty-two seconds in which to put some points on the board. Kenny Anderson back in the quarterback now for the first time in his second half.
Slot formation out to the right side. Running backs Elliott and Fritz.
Make into the line goes Elliott and he has got nothing. He's going to be stopped right there at the thirty-six yard line standing up as they try to have to lay handoff.
Joe Erman there to drag him down. Four and a half minutes is the time showing on the clock. There was no gain in the play and it'll be second and tenth.
Kenny Anderson shaken up by that blow from Stan White here at the end of the first half.
Is in now for the first time in the second half. It's been replaced by John Reeves. Reeves hits three out of ten.
One to touchdown pass, nine yards to Lenville Elliott.
Now Mike Curtis comes in motion over to the near side. Anderson with the ball goes back to throw.
Looking, fires out on the flat caught by Fritz. At the forty, the forty-five and out of bounds at about the Bengals forty-nine yard line and has the first down.
The ball is going to be right out of midfield. It's good for about fourteen yards. The Bengals have got to work it down far enough to get that field goal shot at the very least.
They trail by one twenty-eight twenty-seven and we're just under four minutes. The clock stops as Fritz was knocked out of bounds on the far side of the field.
The ball is at the cold fifty or rather at the fifty yard line. It belongs to both of them. First and ten.
Brooks near side, Curtis far side. Anderson fakes back to throw. Quick slant. Incomplete. Brooks was hit just as the ball got there and he was belted hard by Nelson Munsey and the ball went flying.
It was about an eight yard slant pass. So it'll bring in second and ten. Bouchenot goes out. John Shinners comes in with a play.
Good defensive play by Lloyd Mumford. Played a number of years with the Miami Dolphins before coming here to the Baltimore Colts.
And New England knocked off Miami very handily this afternoon. Bengals trail by one have got to get it down into field goal range. They have a second and ten at midfield.
Anderson goes back to throw. Look, now he's going to be hit and dragged down back at the thirty-nine yard line. And the man who got through and got to him was number sixty-three Mike Barnes.
That may have been the biggest play of the ball game for the Colts. Anderson could not elude him. It's an eleven yard loss and it'll be third down now and twenty-one.
And the Colts have sacked bingo quarterbacks. I believe that's about the seventh time this afternoon.
Now the Bengals will be going with all kinds of wide receivers. Elliott goes out. They bring in John McDaniel.
Chip Myers is in. So are Brooks and Curtis. Only one man in behind. The Colts will rush through the front four and drop everybody else back.
Anderson back to throw. Look, now he's going to be hit and dropped. It's a fumble recovered back at the thirty-two yard line.
They had eight men back. There was no room to pass. Anderson was hit and dropped the ball. And this crowd up on his feet cheering.
Baltimore Colts defensive unit Joe Urban was the man who got him and McAnally will have to boot it.
And the Bengals are going to have to make one final stand and get that ball back. They trail by one at twenty-eight, twenty-seven.
Block running it down to two twenty-seven. Pat McAnally needs a long boot. Gets one away. It's not particularly good.
James Stevens takes it at the twenty-nine. Comes up to the thirty to thirty-five spun down at the thirty-six yard line by Glenn Cameron.
So the Colts will be at their own thirty-seven. The Bengals have had this ball just two series of plays here in the fourth quarter and have not been able to move it.
Bert Jones has had good protection from his offensive line. It's been the secondary of Baltimore that has kept things pretty well bottled up and Bengals quarterbacks have had to take a long time to look and see.
Bengals are going to have to get this ball back quickly. Colts at their own thirty-eight with the first down. Colts lead it by one twenty-eight, twenty-seven.
And off goes to Roosevelt Leakes. Around the right side, cuts back and he gets a couple of yards and that's about all. Roosevelt Leakes started out wide left spun in. Koi Bacon turned the play in.
And then there were about three other Bengals there to stop it up and the Colts may be able to let this clock run down to the two minute warning now before they have to run off another play.
Another clock to stop at two twenty-eight. The Bengals call the time out to stop it after a gain of one yard. The Colts will have a second and nine. Time out on the field. Score, Colts twenty-eight, Bengals twenty-seven.
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Golds will have a second and
nine at their own 39 yard line.
The Bengals have expended one
time out.
And off this time to Mitchell,
he spins forward for maybe three
yards as he tries the right side
gets out to about the 43 yard
line. Now the Bengals, you know,
Cincinnati calls another time
out stops it with 224 left. They
gain about four in a play. It'll
bring up a third down and about
five.
Locker stopped with 224 left and
the Bengals have just one time
out remaining. The Coast have a
slim one point lead 28 to 27 and
then what has been one exciting
football game here at Memorial
Stadium in Baltimore. The Bengals
stop them here and force them to
punt. Bengals will have the ball
one more time, but they probably
will have a long way to go.
Golds defense against the pass
has been excellent. Bengals
quarterbacks, both Reeves and
Anderson have had difficulty
finding receivers and have had to
wait long enough. So they've been
dropped about seven times.
Ball is out of the cold 43 yard
line. Jim LeClair has gone over
to check defensive signals on the
far side line with Chuck Studley
and Charlie Winter. Let's see if
the Coast will risk putting the
ball in the air here in a third
and five of their own 43. Bert
Jones has converted many a big
third down play. They go into a
passing formation, a double wing
with only McCauley in behind
Bert Jones. Jones is going to
pass, rolls out to his right,
now going to run, still looks up
field. Now it's going to be
hitting drop back at about the
41. Maybe got up to the 43. And
the Bengals have expended their
third time out here and have
used them all. And the Coast
will have to punt and David Lee
goes in to do it. I'm surprised
with only 16 seconds the Bengals
took a time out because the
clock would have stopped with
the exchange of teams as they're
going to punt. So now we need a
long run back. An odd score out
on the Coast. The Bears lead San
Francisco seven to five. So San
Francisco has scored a field
goal and a safety. St. Louis
leads Green Bay in a second half
22 to nothing. It's a loss of a
couple of yards on the play as
they put the ball back at the
41. And when time is back in,
David Lee will boot it away. Lee
has punted well today. The first
half of the game he kicked just
two for 51 yards. He hasn't
maintained that average here in
the second half but nevertheless
has punted well. As I mentioned
before the Bengals have had the
ball for just two series of
plays here in this fourth
quarter. Well if wishful thinking
would help a snap right over his
head would be the ideal thing
right here.
Parish and Shelby are the deep
men. The snap is a good on this
time and he gets a good spiral
away over toward the far side
line that goes out of bounds way
down and about the Bengals 11
yard line. A great boot by Lee.
It was two minutes and nine
seconds. The Bengals have about
89 yards to go for a touchdown.
Any distance inside that for a
possible field goal attempt.
The Bengals have just no time
outs remaining. They've used
them all. So of course they're
going to have to throw the ball
use the sidelines get upfield
column two plays at a time. A
great clutch boot by David Lee.
The Bengals have the ball if
they say the 12.
You can run in a lot of plays in
two minutes nine seconds but the
Bengals don't have the benefits
of any time out to throw in
Brooks comes out of the near
side. Curtis is in the slot
Anderson back to throw a quick
snap to Curtis at the 25 at the
30. Now he's going to reverse
himself at the 30 yard. I'm
still on his feet and get that
to about the 37 or 38. Curtis
retreated about five or six
yards after he caught that
plant. And that brings us up to
the two minute warning. So
there's time out on the field
score. Code 28 Bengals 27.
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Turn the ball out of their own
36 yard line. They've got 24
yards in the play. Remember they
don't have any timeouts left.
They're two minutes to go. Like
to work that ball down of course
to get it in position for a last
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Denver leads the Jets 13 to three
in the second quarter.
The Bengals come out. Curtis
comes out on the slot. Looks wide
left. As Chip Myers in are all
kinds of wide men. Back to
Throw Anderson. Fires out in a
flat incomplete. Over there for
Curtis. Right on top of was
their fifth defensive back Ray
Oldham that they have in the
ballgame. Oldham came right up
over Curtis shoulder and knocked
that ball away. Bengals have
four wide receivers in the game
Curtis McDaniel Myers and Brooks.
So the Bengals at their own 36
have a second and 10. The clock
stops with a minute fifty five
left. The Bengals will have to
use a quick one because they
won't be able to get men down
field very likely because the
coast are dropping eight men
back into that zone. Anderson
back to throw. Looks now has
plenty of time. Still looks.
Fires upfield. Is caught at the
forty three yard line by Curtis
and he's going to be knocked
down at the Bengals forty four.
Gained about eight in the play
and that will bring up a third
and two. Let's pause fifteen
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And of course for the run with
the ball and was knocked down
at the forty six yard line. He
may have made the first down
but the clock is running the
call for slow getting back on
the play before this one and the
officials stopped the clock
while they got back. Now it
will stop the clock as they may
be forced to measure. Let's see
now they're going to say that it
is the third down but there is
about one to go. But now they're
bringing in the chains to measure
now brings up points down on
about a yard to go at the forty
three balls at the Bengals forty
six. Crumpy and conflict. Two
tight ends go back and the
official fell down or may have
been knocked down as the Bengals
came up the line of scrimmage
like John Chinners just ran over
him as he had his microphone
out there the spotting the ball
very carefully. The Bengals of
course have to pick up the first
down at fourth and one.
Spotting the ball and spotting
it exactly. The Bengals are in
their own territory at their own
forty six. They've got to make
the first down. Let's see if
they want to spend a little time
here in a running play. Let's
see what they're going to do.
The Colts are jammed in their
shoulder high Anderson keeps the
ball. I don't know if he made it
or not.
I'll have to wait and see.
I'm out of call the Colts and
stop them I believe.
Oh we haven't had a measurement
yet. The clock is stopped with a
minute 13. Both have about 20
men out on the field are going
to bring in the change to
measure. There's so many folks
around we can't see the ball.
That can't have failed off the
little yards on a deeper play.
The Bengals are going to have to
go for the ball. They don't have
any time out remaining. I
really think the Bengals use
their time out too wisely.
Stop the clock once with two
sixteen to go. They only would
have run off 16 seconds and
would have been down to the two
minute warning. Jones could just
flop on the ball a couple of
times and that's all it'll take.
He goes down one. The Bengals
are unable to stop the clock.
The Colts appear to be winners
by a point here at 28 27 Bengals
move the ball off their own 12
and then we're unable to make a
first down. They had a third and
two and fourth and about one
unable to make and the Colts can
just run off the clock. A lot of
dirty white Bengal jerseys on
that defensive unit. Again Jones
just goes down to the ground.
It'll bring up a third down and
they can just about let the
clock run right down to the
fair enough. Colts raising their
hands and victory just years over
on the sideline. The Bengals
are going to win 17 down to 16
to 15 and the Colts are going to
win by one point here and the
Bengals are sitting here
hopeless or helpless and unable
to do anything about it. The
five seconds two teams are
walking off the field and the
Colts have won it here by one
point. Our spotters today have
been Gene Shields and John Lloyd
technical director was Paul
Eichholz and the executive
producer is Jim Hampton. This is
Phil Samper. Once again our
spotter here at Baltimore's
Memorial Stadium was the Colts
28 and the Bengals 27. This is
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