1979 Cincinnati (1-0) 10 7 0 0 17 1979 Denver (0-1) 0 0 7 0 7 1 9:37 Cincinnati TD Griffin 84 interception return (Bahr, C.) (0-0-0:00) 7-0 1 3:25 Cincinnati FG Bahr 30 (6-46-4:03) 10-0 2 1:55 Cincinnati TD Anderson 50 pass to Curtis (Bahr, C.) (6-82-2:39) 17-0 3 7:39 Denver TD Morton 7 pass to Upchurch (Turner) (14-89-7:13) 17-7 Cin Den First Downs 11 22 Rushes 26-84 38-199 Passes 16-12-165 26-17-161 Sacked 5-34 4-21 Fumble 1 1 Penalties 5-40 5-21 Turnovers 0 4 Time 27:14 32:46 Third Down 5-12 5-12 Fourth Down 0-0 1-2 Net Offense 215 339 Injuries: Whitley(Cin-1)-knee, Odoms(Den-3)-ankle < Cincinnati > < Denver > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Anderson 15 12 165 3 1 0 1 134.7 Morton 25 16 155 3 0 3 1 55.0 Thompson 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 39.6 Weese 1 1 6 1 0 0 0 91.7 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Griffin 9 40 4.4 0 0 8 0 Lytle 8 48 6.0 2 1 19 0 Johnson 14 32 2.3 1 0 8 0 Keyworth 6 45 7.5 2 2 17 0 Anderson 3 12 4.0 0 0 5 0 Armstrong 7 42 6.0 2 1 11 0 26 84 3.2 1 0 8 0 Jensen 7 30 4.3 1 0 5 0 Preston 4 22 5.5 3 0 7 0 Canada 3 7 2.3 0 0 4 0 Weese 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 Morton 2 2 1.0 0 0 3 0 38 199 5.2 10 4 19 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Griffin 4 0 46 11.5 3 0 23 0 Upchurch 5 0 49 9.8 4 0 12 1 Curtis 2 0 65 32.5 2 1 50 1 Moses 4 0 52 13.0 3 0 16 0 Ross 2 0 15 7.5 1 0 10 0 Jensen 2 0 15 7.5 1 0 12 0 Johnson 2 0 16 8.0 1 0 9 0 Odoms 2 0 25 12.5 2 0 14 0 Bass 1 0 13 13.0 1 0 13 0 Preston 2 0 16 8.0 1 0 10 0 Brooks 1 0 10 10.0 1 0 10 0 Armstrong 1 0 7 7.0 1 0 7 0 Keyworth 1 0 -3 -3.0 0 0 0 0 Lytle 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Lusby 1 1 0 Morton 1 0 0 Burley 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Turner 2 59 29.5 33 0 Pane 3 48 16.0 25 0 Upchurch 1 20 20.0 20 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Lusby 3 1 39 13.0 14 0 Upchurch 6 0 40 6.7 11 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Bahr 1-2 30 2-2 5 Turner 0-0 0 1-1 1 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg McInally 6 251 41.8 0 2 0 48 Prestridge 4 174 43.5 0 0 0 47 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Williams 9 1 2 0 0 0 1-11 Swenson 9 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 LeClair 9 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Carter 6 1 0 0 1 0 0-0 Cobb 7 0 1 0 0 0 1-4 Chavous 5 3 0 0 1 0 0-0 Riley 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Gradishar 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Burley 6 0 0 0 1 0 0-0 Foley 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards 5 0 0 1 0 1 0-0 Jackson 5 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Griffin 4 0 0 0 0 0 1-84 Thompson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Browner 4 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jackson 2 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 White 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Brown 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cameron 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Rizzo 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Harris 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kurnick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Ryan 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Whitley 1 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Manor 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Burk 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Breeden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jauron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Browner 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Lusby 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:45 Cin Turner ret of 33 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 14:37 Cin Griffin 0 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Run 2 10 own31 14:32 Cin Cin Pen10(Donahue)/o Bas M-Out 3-4 Z Pass 2 20 own21 13:52 Cin Johnson 4 Bas Trap-R 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 3 16 own25 13:21 Cin Sk-Chavous -2 Bas S-Out 3-2 Z Pass 4 18 own23 13:14 Cin McInally 40,Upchurch --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own46 12:37 Den Jensen 4 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Dbl-Moses 2 6 50 12:00 Den Morton-Odoms 11 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Basic 1 10 opp39 11:17 Den Keyworth 17 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Run 1 10 opp22 10:30 Den Armstrong 11 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Basic 1 10 opp11 9:48 Den Sk-Williams -11 Bas M-Hitch/PBK 3-4 tM Basic/Bz1/Li 2 21 opp22 9:37 Den Morton-INT-Griffin/T Bas S-Hitch/PBK 3-4 M Pass 7-0 KO 9:31 Den Pane ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 8:52 Den Canada 4 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Run 2 6 own21 8:15 Den Sk-Whitley -2 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 3 8 own19 7:35 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass 4 3 own24 7:28 Den Prestridge 47,Lusby --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own41 6:48 Cin Johnson -1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 11 own40 6:05 Cin Anderso-Curtis 15 Bas M-Fly 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 opp45 5:23 Cin Anderso-Griffin 23 Bas Screen 3-4 Z Run 1 10 opp22 4:43 Cin Griffin 3 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Run 2 7 opp19 4:07 Cin Anderso-Ross 5 Bas S-Slant 3-4 M Run/Bz1 3 2 opp14 3:25 Cin Johnson 1 Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Run/Bz3 4 1 opp13 3:21 Cin FG Bahr 30/G --- FG --- Block 10-0 KO 3:05 Den Pane ret of 25 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own28 2:12 Den Lytle 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 7 own31 2:07 Den Morton-Lytle X Bas S-Out/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Basic 3 7 own31 1:31 Den Jensen 3 Bas Draw 4-2 Z Pass/Bz1 4 4 own34 1:25 Den Prestridge 40,Lusby --- Pt-deep --- faircatch 1 10 own26 0:46 Cin Anderson 5 Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Run 2 5 own31 0:12 Cin Sk-Chavous -4 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Run/Li 3 9 own27 0:00 Cin Sk-Carter -11 Bas L-Out 4-3 tM Pass/Li 2nd Quarter 4 20 own16 14:54 Cin McInally 48,Upchurch --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own45 14:46 Den Pen/Offset Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 own45 13:50 Den Morton-Upchurch 12 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Basic 1 10 opp43 12:56 Den Keyworth 7 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 M Pass 2 3 opp36 12:17 Den Sk-Browner -5 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 M Pass 3 8 opp41 11:36 Den Weese 3 Bas Bootleg 4-2 M Pass/Bz2 4 5 opp38 11:25 Den Canada 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Pass/Li 1 10 own37 11:20 Cin Thompso-Johnson X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Run 2 10 own37 10:26 Cin Griffin 8 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 2 own45 10:26 Cin Pen5(Ross) Bas S-Cross 3-4 tM Run/Bz3 3 7 own40 9:50 Cin Sk-Swenson -11 Bas M-Seam 3-4 tM Pass/Bz2 4 18 own29 9:45 Cin McInally 44,Upchurch --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own31 9:03 Den Jensen 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 own35 8:27 Den Weese-Preston 6 Bas S-Slant/PBK/sec 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own41 7:46 Den Morton-Jensen 12 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp47 7:10 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Basic 2 5 opp42 6:27 Den Armstrong 4 Bas Dive 3-4 tM Pass 3 1 opp38 6:22 Den Preston 3 2T2 Dive 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp35 5:43 Den Morton-Moses 16 Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp19 4:46 Den Morton 3 Bas S-Out/PBK 4-3 M Basic 2 7 opp16 4:34 Den Morton-INT-Williams Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own18 3:54 Cin Johnson 1 Bas Trap-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 9 own19 3:46 Cin Griffin 4 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Basic 3 5 own23 3:09 Cin Anderso-Brooks 10 3W1 S-Cross 4-3 tM Pass/Li 1 10 own33 3:04 Cin Anderso-Johnson 7 Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 M Pass 2 3 own40 2:10 Cin Anderso-Ross 10 Bas S-Slant 4-3 tM Run/Bz2 1 10 50 2:00 Cin Anderso-Curtis 50/TD Bas M-Hitch 3-4 M Pass 17-0 KO 1:55 Den Upchurch ret of 20 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own22 1:41 Den Lytle 19 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own41 1:14 Den Jensen 4 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 6 own45 0:50 Den Preston 7 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp48 0:45 Den Morton-Jensen X Bas M-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp48 0:34 Den Lytle 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 opp43 0:28 Den Morton-Armstron 7 Bas Screen 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp36 0:20 Den Morton -1/F Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own37 0:00 Cin Johnson 3 Bas Trap-R 3-4 Z Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:52 Den Pane ret of 11 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own11 14:16 Den Morton-Upchurch 9 Bas S-Hitch/PBK/sec 4-3 Z Run 2 1 own20 13:46 Den Sk-Browner -3 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 3 4 own17 13:08 Den Armstrong 9 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 tM Pass 1 10 own26 12:34 Den Jensen 5 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 M Basic 2 5 own31 11:51 Den Keyworth 17 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 1 10 own48 11:18 Den Morton-Moses 11 Bas S-Hitch/PBK/sec 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp41 10:39 Den Keyworth 5 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 M Basic 2 5 opp36 10:00 Den Morton-Odoms 14 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 M Pass 1 10 opp22 9:56 Den Morton-Odoms X Bas S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp22 9:16 Den Armstrong 3 Bas Sweep-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 7 opp19 8:24 Den Lytle 6 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic 4 1 opp13 7:50 Den Preston 6 2T2 Dive 4-3 tMiBasic/Li 1 7 opp7 7:46 Den Morton-Moses X Bas S-Hitch/PBK 4-3 M Pass 2 7 opp7 7:39 Den Morton-Upchurch 7/TD Bas Dive/A 4-3 M Basic 17-7 KO 7:23 Cin Turner ret of 26 --- KO-deep --- Watch Onside 1 10 own29 6:41 Cin Griffin 7 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 M Pass 2 3 own36 6:35 Cin Cin Pen10(Holland) Bas Trap-R 3-4 tM Run/Bz2/Li 2 13 own26 6:29 Cin Anderso-Griffin X Bas S-Cross/sec 3-4 sZ Basic/Li 3 13 own26 6:24 Cin Anderso-Brooks X Bas M-Fly 3-4 M Pass/Bz2/Lo 4 13 own26 6:16 Cin McInally 44,Upchurch --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own41 5:37 Den Lytle 2 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 8 own43 4:56 Den Preston 6 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 2 own49 4:17 Den Keyworth -1 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Run 4 3 own48 4:07 Den Prestridge 41,Lusby --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own24 3:56 Cin Anderso-Bass 13 Bas M-Out 4-3 M Basic/Bz2 1 10 own37 3:18 Cin Griffin 6 Bas Draw 4-3 M Run/Bz2 2 4 own43 3:12 Cin Den Pen5(Manor) Bas Pitch-R 4-3 M Run/Bz2/Li 1 10 own48 2:34 Cin Johnson 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/Lo 2 7 opp49 1:55 Cin Anderson 5 Bas S-Hitch 4-3 tM Basic 3 2 opp44 1:55 Cin Pen5(Team) Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Run/Bz2/Li 3 7 opp49 1:49 Cin Anderso-Griffin 7 Bas M-Out/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp42 1:07 Cin Griffin 2 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run-Johnson,P. 2 8 opp40 0:31 Cin Johnson 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run-Johnson,P. 3 7 opp39 0:00 Cin Anderso-Johnson 9 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 sZ Pass 4th Quarter 1 10 opp30 14:08 Cin Johnson 8 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run 2 2 opp22 13:30 Cin Johnson 3 Bas Dive 4-3 Z Run/Li 1 10 opp19 13:25 Cin Anderso-Johnson X Bas S-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 opp19 12:47 Cin Johnson 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass/Lo 3 8 opp17 12:13 Cin Sk-Chavous -6 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Pass/Lo 4 14 opp23 12:05 Cin FG Bahr 40/M --- FG --- Block 1 10 own23 12:05 Den Pen5(Team) Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Basic 1 15 own18 11:27 Den Keyworth 0 Bas Sweep-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 15 own18 10:52 Den Morton-Preston 10 Bas Screen/sec 4-3 Z Basic 3 5 own28 10:08 Den Morton-Keyworth -3 Bas Screen 4-3 sZ Basic 4 8 own25 10:01 Den Prestridge 46,Lusby --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own43 9:13 Cin Johnson 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 2 9 own44 8:20 Cin Johnson 2 Bas Dive 4-3 M Basic 3 7 own46 7:31 Cin Johnson 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 M Basic/Li 4 4 own49 7:24 Cin McInally 41,Upchurch --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own17 6:46 Den Morton-Moses 11 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own28 6:39 Den Lytle 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 6 own32 6:11 Den Lytle 5 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 1 own37 5:49 Den Lytle 4 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Run 1 10 own41 5:49 Den Pen5(Howard) Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic 1 15 own36 5:38 Den Morton-Moses 14 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Pass 2 1 50 5:15 Den Morton-Upchurch 10 Bas S-Hitch 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp40 5:00 Den Morton-INT-Cobb Bas S-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own35 4:07 Cin Anderson 2 Bas L-Fly 6-2 Z Run 2 8 own37 3:16 Cin Johnson 1 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Run 3 7 own38 2:28 Cin Anderso-Griffin 8 Bas M-Slant/sec 4-3 Z Run 1 10 own46 2:24 Cin Cin Pen10(Lapham) Bas L-Cross/sec 4-3 Z Run 1 20 own36 2:14 Cin Griffin 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Pass 2 16 own40 2:08 Cin Anderso-Griffin 8 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Run 3 8 own48 2:00 Cin Griffin 6 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Basic/Li 4 2 opp46 1:55 Cin Pen6(Chavous) --- Pt-pooch --- Return 1 10 own6 1:32 Den Jensen 5 Bas Dive 3-4 dZ Pass 2 5 own11 1:32 Den Jensen 5 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Pass 1 10 own11 1:16 Den Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 3-4 Z 2 10 own16 0:54 Den Morton-Jensen 3 Bas Screen 3-4 dZ Pass 3 7 own19 0:54 Den Morton-Upchurch 11 Bas S-Slant 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 1 10 own19 0:36 Den Spiked Ball Bas Spiked Ball 3-4 Z 2 10 own30 0:27 Den Armstrong 5 Bas Sweep-L 3-4 Z Pass 3 5 own35 0:00 Den Canada 2 Bas Sweep-R 4-1 dZ Pass Game