1979 Houston (2-2) 7 14 0 3 24 1979 Cincinnati (1-3) 2 7 7 7 23 1 11:26 Houston TD Nielsen 28 pass to Burrough (Fritsch) (8-73-3:20) 7-0 1 6:20 Cincinnati Safety Whitley 7-2 2 10:40 Cincinnati TD Thompson 16 pass to Ross (Bahr, C.) (13-93-6:22) 7-9 2 8:43 Houston TD Carpenter 5 run (Fritsch) (6-86-1:48) 14-9 2 0:34 Houston TD Nielsen 14 pass to Renfro (Fritsch) (8-99-3:14) 21-9 3 11:13 Cincinnati TD Anderson 16 pass to Griffin (Bahr, C.) (7-60-3:32) 21-16 4 7:44 Houston FG Fritsch 38 (8-45-3:22) 24-16 4 0:46 Cincinnati TD Anderson 38 pass to Curtis (Bahr, C.) (10-50-2:52) 24-23 Hou Cin First Downs 17 17 Rushes 36-169 28-111 Passes 24-15-256 29-16-299 Sacked 0-0 9-62 Fumble 4 1 Penalties 7-47 5-33 Turnovers 2 1 Time 27:38 32:22 Third Down 4-13 7-18 Fourth Down 0-0 3-3 Net Offense 425 348 Injuries: Pastorini(Hou-1)-wrist, Edwards(Cin-0)-ankle, Whitley(Cin-0)-stinger < Houston > < Cincinnati > Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Passing Att Cmp Yds Sk 25 In Td Rate Nielsen 23 14 242 0 2 0 2 125.6 Anderson 26 15 283 7 3 1 2 105.1 Pastorini 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 118.8 Thompson 3 1 16 2 0 0 1 91.7 Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Rushing Att Yds Ave FD 10 Lg TD Campbell 23 142 6.2 4 3 58 0 Griffin 12 42 3.5 1 0 8 0 Carpenter 9 24 2.7 1 0 5 1 Johnson 9 39 4.3 1 1 12 0 Wilson 1 3 3.0 1 0 3 0 Alexander 4 14 3.5 1 0 7 0 Nielsen 3 0 0.0 0 0 1 0 Anderson 2 13 6.5 2 0 8 0 36 169 4.7 6 3 58 1 Turner 1 3 3.0 0 0 3 0 28 111 4.0 5 1 12 0 Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Receiving No Dp Yds Ave FD 25 Lg TD Barber 6 0 65 10.8 2 0 15 0 Curtis 5 3 167 33.4 4 3 58 1 Renfro 3 0 54 18.0 2 0 20 1 Bass 4 0 61 15.3 4 0 17 0 Burrough 3 0 87 29.0 3 2 45 1 Griffin 4 1 39 9.8 2 0 16 1 Johnson 2 0 41 20.5 2 0 21 0 Johnson 2 1 16 8.0 1 0 12 0 Carpenter 1 0 9 9.0 0 0 9 0 Ross 1 1 16 16.0 1 0 16 1 Fumbles No Rec TD Fumbles No Rec TD Nielsen 1 0 0 Poole 1 1 0 Campbell 1 0 0 Harris 0 1 0 Renfro 1 0 0 Cobb 0 1 0 Barber 1 0 0 Gray 0 1 0 Fisher 0 1 0 Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Kick Returns No Yds Ave Lg TD Johnson 2 26 13.0 14 0 Turner 3 78 26.0 35 0 Coleman 1 23 23.0 23 0 Poole 2 41 20.5 23 0 Renfro 1 0 0.0 0 0 Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No Fc Yds Ave Lg TD Johnson 5 0 9 1.8 6 0 Lusby 4 0 30 7.5 16 0 Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Kicking Fg Lg Xp Pts Fritsch 1-1 38 3-3 6 Bahr 0-0 0 3-3 3 Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Punting No Yds Ave Tb 20 Bk Lg Parsley 6 234 39.0 1 2 0 58 McInally 7 288 41.1 1 3 0 50 Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Defense Tkl Sk Def Stf Hur FF INT Brazile 9 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Cobb 13 0 0 0 0 2 0-0 Wilson 7 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Browner 7 0 0 0 1 1 0-0 Bethea 5 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Burley 5 0 2 0 1 1 0-0 Stemrick 5 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 Griffin 4 0 2 0 0 0 0-0 Baker 4 2 0 0 1 0 0-0 LeClair 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Washington 4 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 Jauron 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Dorris 4 2 0 0 0 0 0-0 Williams 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Perry 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Riley 3 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Jefferson 4 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 White 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Hunt 3 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Burk 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kennard 2 1 0 0 0 0 0-0 Kurnick 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bingham 2 0 1 2 0 0 0-0 Ruud 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Reinfeldt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0-0 Cameron 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Currier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Bush 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Culp 2 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Whitley 1 0 0 1 0 0 0-0 Murphy 1 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 Harris 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stensrud 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Edwards 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Stringer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Perry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0 Breeden 1 0 0 0 0 0 0-0
Play-By-Play Play-By-Play 1st Quarter KO 14:46 Hou Coleman ret of 23 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own27 14:33 Hou Pastori-Burrough 14 Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own41 13:42 Hou Campbell 12 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 Z Run 1 10 opp47 13:05 Hou Nielsen-Carpente 9 Bas Screen 4-3 Z Basic 2 1 opp38 12:28 Hou Campbell 2/F Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp36 11:48 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Run 2 8 opp34 11:44 Hou Nielsen-Barber 9 Bas S- 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp25 11:37 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Run 2 8 opp23 11:37 Hou Pen5(Team) Bas M-Seam 4-3 Z Basic 2 13 opp28 11:26 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 28/ Bas M-Seam/SG/PBK 4-3 Z Basic 7-0 KO 11:15 Cin Poole ret of 23 FMB --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own32 10:36 Cin Anderso-Johnson 12 Bas M-Cross/sec 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 own44 9:57 Cin Griffin -1 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 2 11 own43 9:49 Cin Anderso-Ross X Bas M-Hitch 3-3 sZ Basic 3 11 own43 9:08 Cin Anderso-Bass 15 Bas M-Slant 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1/Li 1 10 opp42 8:33 Cin Anderso-Johnson 4 Bas S-Flat 3-4 Z Run 2 6 opp38 7:51 Cin Griffin 2 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic/Ll 3 4 opp36 7:12 Cin Sk-Bethea -3 Bas S-Slant 3-4 tM Pass 4 7 opp39 7:05 Cin McInally 37,Johnson --- Pt-side --- WatchFake 1 10 own2 6:24 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Run 2 8 own4 6:24 Hou Pen2(Hayman) Bas S-Slant/NS 3-4 Z Run 2 10 own2 6:20 Hou Nielsen-Johnson X Bas S-Slant/NS 4-3 Z Basic 3 10 own2 6:11 Hou Nielsen -2 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass/Bz1 7-2 4 12 own20 6:01 Hou Parsley 50,Lusby 23 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 opp47 5:07 Cin Griffin -4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Basic/Ll 2 14 own49 4:27 Cin Sk-Brazile -8 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Pass/Bz1 3 22 own41 4:19 Cin Anderso-Curtis X Bas L-Hitch 4-1 M Pass/Bz1 4 22 own41 4:10 Cin McInally 47,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own18 3:33 Hou Nielsen-Barber 13 2T1 M-Hitch/sec 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 own31 2:57 Hou Campbell 2 2T1 Stretch-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 8 own33 2:46 Hou Nielsen-Carpente X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Basic 3 8 own33 2:09 Hou Campbell 6 3W1 Draw 3-4 Z Pass 4 2 own39 2:02 Hou Pen8(White) --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own7 1:54 Cin Griffin 4 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 Z Run 2 6 own11 1:54 Cin Pen5(Dorris) Bas S-Slant 4-3 sZ Basic/Li 2 1 own16 1:12 Cin Johnson 4 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1 1 10 own20 0:35 Cin Anderso-Griffin 9 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Key-Johnson 2 1 own29 0:00 Cin Anderson 5 Bas M-Cross 4-3 Z Basic 2nd Quarter 1 10 own34 14:56 Cin Anderso-Johnson X Bas S-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own34 14:50 Cin Griffin 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 tM Pass 3 5 own39 14:15 Cin Griffin 8 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 sZ Pass 1 10 own47 13:22 Cin Anderso-Bass 15 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp38 12:43 Cin Anderso-Bass 14 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 tM Basic/Lr 1 10 opp24 12:05 Cin Griffin 5 Bas Pitch-R 4-3 MoBasic/Bz1 2 5 opp19 11:31 Cin Sk-Dorris -9 Bas M-Seam 4-3 M Run/Ll 3 14 opp28 10:46 Cin Johnson 12 Bas Draw 4-2 dZ Pass/Bz1 4 2 opp16 10:40 Cin Thompso-Ross 16/TD Bas S-Out 5-3 Z Basic/Ll 7-9 KO 10:31 Hou Johnson ret of 14 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own14 9:54 Hou Nielsen-Barber 15 2T1 M-Hitch 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 own29 9:38 Hou Campbell 58 2T1 Pitch-L 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 opp13 9:30 Hou Nielsen-Wilson X 2T1 Screen 3-4 Z Basic 2 10 opp13 8:53 Hou Carpenter 3 2T1 OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 7 opp10 8:49 Hou Cin Pen5(Burley) 3W1 M-Fade 3-4 Z Basic 3 2 opp5 8:43 Hou Carpenter 5/TD 3W1 Pitch-L 3-4 tM Basic 14-9 KO 8:38 Cin Turner ret of 16 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own23 8:30 Cin Thompso-Curtis X Bas B-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 own23 7:49 Cin Johnson 3 Bas Trap-R 4-3 M Basic 3 7 own26 7:12 Cin Johnson 7 Bas Dive 3-3 M Pass/Lo 4 0 own33 7:07 Cin Pen15(Culp) --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 6:29 Hou Nielsen-Barber 7 Bas B-Fly/PBK/sec 3-4 Z Pass 2 3 own22 5:54 Hou Campbell 0 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Basic 3 3 own22 5:18 Hou Nielsen 1/F 3W1 S-Hitch 3-4 sZ Basic 4 2 own23 5:09 Hou Parsley 43,Lusby 16 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 50 4:34 Cin Sk-Dorris -8 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 M Basic 2 18 own42 4:31 Cin Thompso-Curtis X Bas M-Fly 4-2 sZ Basic 3 18 own42 3:54 Cin Anderso-Curtis 14 Bas M-Slant 4-1 dZ Pass/Bz1 4 4 opp44 3:48 Cin McInally 38,Johnson- --- Pt-side --- WatchFake 1 10 own1 2:58 Hou Carpenter 5 Bas Dive 3-4 Z Basic 2 5 own6 2:22 Hou Campbell 4 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Pass 3 1 own10 2:22 Hou Pen5(Browner) 2T2 QbSneak 5-2 Z Run 1 10 own15 2:00 Hou Campbell 3 3W1 Trap-L/SG 5-2 Z Basic 2 7 own18 1:34 Hou Nielsen-Johnson 20 3W1 M-Slant 5-2 Z Pass 1 10 own38 1:04 Hou Nielsen-Burrough 45 3W1 L-/PBK 5-2 Z Pass 1 10 opp17 0:55 Hou Campbell 3 3W1 Sweep-R 5-2 Z Basic 2 7 opp14 0:48 Hou Nielsen-Johnson X 3W1 M-Fade 5-2 Z Basic 3 7 opp14 0:34 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 14/TD 3W1 M-Cross/SG 5-2 sZ Pass 21-9 KO 0:26 Cin Poole ret of 18 --- KO-angle --- Return 1 10 own32 0:00 Cin Griffin 5 Bas Sweep-R 3-2 dZ Pass 3rd Quarter KO 14:45 Cin Turner ret of 35 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own40 14:12 Cin Anderso-Griffin 9 Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-3 sZ Basic 2 1 own49 13:30 Cin Johnson 1 Bas Trap-L 4-3 M Pass 3 0 50 12:51 Cin Anderson 8 Bas Dive 4-3 MoBasic/Li 1 10 opp42 12:38 Cin Anderso-Curtis 21 Bas M-Fly 4-3 Z Basic 1 10 opp21 11:59 Cin Johnson 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 tM Basic 2 8 opp19 11:23 Cin Griffin 3 Bas Pitch-L 4-3 M Pass 3 5 opp16 11:13 Cin Anderso-Griffin 16/T Bas Screen 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz2/Li 21-16 KO 11:07 Hou Johnson ret of 12 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own15 10:29 Hou Campbell 5 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 5 own20 10:14 Hou Nielsen-Barber 14/F Bas S-Slant 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 opp34 10:06 Cin Anderso-Curtis X Bas L-Slant 4-3 Z Basic 2 10 opp34 9:27 Cin Johnson 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Pass 3 7 opp31 8:53 Cin Sk-Baker -4 Bas S-Hitch 3-3 sZ Pass 4 11 opp35 8:48 Cin McInally 35,Johnson --- Pt-side --- LetRoll 1 10 own20 8:13 Hou Campbell 2 2T1 OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 8 own22 8:05 Hou Hou Pen10(Towns) 3W1 Draw 3-4 Z Pass 2 18 own12 7:53 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 20 3W1 S-Flat 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 own32 7:53 Hou Pen5(Towns) Bas Trap-L/PA 3-4 Z Basic/Bz2 1 15 own27 7:12 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas Pitch-R 3-4 Z Basic 2 13 own29 6:23 Hou Campbell 4 Bas OffTkl-L 3-4 Z Basic 3 9 own33 6:11 Hou Nielsen-Renfro 20/F 3W1 M-Seam/SG 3-4 Z Basic 1 10 own47 5:33 Cin Anderso-Bass 17 Bas M-Hitch 4-3 sZ Basic 1 10 opp36 5:33 Cin Pen5(Wilson) Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1/Lo 1 15 opp41 5:00 Cin Sk-Washington -5 Bas S-Out 4-3 Z Basic/Bz1/Lo 2 20 opp46 4:21 Cin Griffin 4 Bas Trap-L 3-3 Z Pass 3 16 opp42 4:11 Cin Hou Pen5(Baker) Bas M-Hitch 3-2 dZ Pass/Lo 3 11 opp37 4:04 Cin Anderso-INT-Stemrick Bas M-Slant 3-2 Z Pass/Bz1/Li 1 10 own27 3:56 Hou Nielsen-Johnson X Bas M-Out 4-3 Z Pass 2 10 own27 3:11 Hou Campbell 13 Bas Stretch-R 4-3 Z Pass 1 10 own40 2:21 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas Trap-R 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own42 1:43 Hou Campbell 0 3W1 Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic 3 8 own42 1:36 Hou Nielsen-Johnson X 3W1 M-Slant/SG 4-3 Z Pass/Bz1 4 8 own42 1:31 Hou Parsley 58,Lusby 0 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own20 0:37 Cin Anderso-Curtis 36 Bas M-Fly 4-3 M Basic 1 10 opp44 0:00 Cin Johnson 7 Bas Dive 4-3 sZ Pass/Li 4th Quarter 2 3 opp37 14:22 Cin Alexander 2 Bas Quick-L 4-3 sZ Basic/Ll 3 1 opp35 14:15 Cin Anderso-Bass X Bas L-Hitch 4-3 sZ Run/Bz1/Ll 4 1 opp35 14:05 Cin Johnson 0 2T2 OffTkl-L 4-3 sZ Run-Johnson,P./Bz1/ 1 10 own35 13:15 Hou Campbell 2 2T1 Pitch-L 4-3 Z Basic 2 8 own37 13:10 Hou Nielsen-Campbell X 2T1 S-Hitch/sec 4-3 Z Pass 3 8 own37 12:31 Hou Campbell 0 3W1 Draw/SG 3-4 Z Pass/Bz1 4 8 own37 12:23 Hou Parsley 37,Lusby 13 --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own39 12:20 Cin Anderso-Johnson X Bas S-Out 4-3 sZ Basic 2 10 own39 11:48 Cin Sk-Baker -10 Bas M-Slant 4-2 sZ Basic 3 20 own29 11:13 Cin Sk-Washington -7 3W2 M-Slant 3-2 dZ Pass/Bz1/Li 4 27 own22 11:06 Cin McInally 50,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- Return 1 10 own34 10:59 Hou Nielsen-Carpente X Bas Screen 3-4 Z Basic 2 10 own34 10:53 Hou Campbell 9 Bas Stretch-R 3-4 Z Pass 3 1 own43 10:15 Hou Wilson 3 3RB Dive 5-2 sZ Basic 1 10 own46 9:40 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas Trap-R 5-2 Z Run-Campbell 2 8 own48 9:00 Hou Nielsen-Johnson 21 Bas S-Slant 5-2 Z Run-Campbell 1 10 opp31 8:26 Hou Carpenter 2 Bas Pitch-L 5-2 Z Run-Campbell 2 8 opp29 8:20 Hou Nielsen-Barber 7 Bas M-Hitch 5-2 Z Basic 3 1 opp22 7:44 Hou Nielsen 1 3RB QbSneak 5-2 Z Run-Campbell 4 0 opp21 7:40 Hou FG Fritsch 38/G --- FG --- Block 24-16 KO 7:27 Cin Turner ret of 27 --- KO-deep --- Return 1 10 own35 7:21 Cin Cin Pen10(Donahue) Bas Pitch-R 3-4 sZ Pass/Bz1 1 20 own25 6:45 Cin Griffin 8 Bas OffTkl-R 4-2 sZ Pass 2 12 own33 5:53 Cin Griffin 3 Bas OffTkl-L 4-2 sZ Pass 3 9 own36 5:49 Cin Anderso-Griffin X 3W2 M-Slant/SG/sec 3-2 Z Pass/Bz1/Li 4 9 own36 5:38 Cin McInally 44,Johnson --- Pt-deep --- WatchFake 1 10 own22 5:33 Hou Nielsen-Burrough X Bas L-/PBK 3-4 Z Basic 2 10 own22 4:37 Hou Campbell 1 Bas OffTkl-R 3-4 Z Pass 3 9 own23 3:44 Hou Campbell 6 Bas Pitch-L 3-4 Z Basic 4 3 own29 3:38 Hou Parsley 21,Lusby 0 --- Pt-side --- Return 1 10 50 3:32 Cin Anderso-Bass X Bas M-Cross 4-2 dZ Pass 2 10 50 2:55 Cin Alexander 7 Bas Draw 4-2 dZ Pass/Bz1 3 3 opp43 2:34 Cin Alexander 3 Bas Pitch-R 4-2 sZ Pass/Lo 1 10 opp40 2:28 Cin Anderso-Curtis X Bas M-Hitch/sec 4-2 ZoPass/Lo 2 10 opp40 2:00 Cin Alexander 2 Bas Pitch-L 4-2 Z Pass/C 3 8 opp38 1:36 Cin Turner 3 Bas Trap-R 3-3 dZ Pass/C 4 5 opp35 1:28 Cin Anderso-Griffin 5 Bas Screen 3-3 sZ Pass/Bz1/Li/C 1 10 opp30 1:06 Cin Sk-Kennard -8 Bas M-Hitch 3-3 dZ Pass/C 2 18 opp38 0:59 Cin Anderso-Curtis X Bas M-Slant 3-3 dZ Pass/Bz1/C 3 18 opp38 0:46 Cin Anderso-Curtis 38/TD Bas M-Hitch 3-3 dZ Pass 24-23 KO 0:40 Hou Renfro ret of 0 --- KO-onside --- Watch Onside 1 10 own48 0:33 Hou Campbell 2 Bas Trap-L 4-3 Z Run 2 8 50 0:25 Hou Carpenter 1 Bas OffTkl-L 4-3 Z Run 3 7 opp49 0:17 Hou Campbell 4 Bas OffTkl-R 4-3 Z Pass 4 3 opp45 0:10 Hou Parsley 28,Lusby 0 --- Pt-pooch --- Return 1 10 own17 0:00 Cin Anderso-Curtis 58 5WR Hail/SG 3-1 dZ Prevent Game