Cincinnati
0
7
10
3
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20
Houston
0
3
3
0
—
6
Second Quarter
Cin_Chase 32 pass from Burrow (McPherson kick), 3:29. Drive: 7 plays, 81 yards, 3:24. Key Plays: Burrow 18 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-8; Burrow 23 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-4. Cincinnati 7, Houston 0.
Hou_FG Fairbairn 37, 1:17. Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards, 2:12. Key Plays: T.Smith kick return to Houston 27; Stroud 13 pass to Hutchinson; Stroud 15 pass to Schultz; Stroud 18 pass to Hutchinson. Cincinnati 7, Houston 3.
Third Quarter
Cin_FG McPherson 51, 12:28. Drive: 4 plays, 8 yards, 2:02. Key Play: Burrow 7 pass to Iosivas on 3rd-and-9. Cincinnati 10, Houston 3.
Cin_Chase 18 pass from Burrow (McPherson kick), 3:03. Drive: 8 plays, 52 yards, 4:26. Key Plays: Burrow 16 pass to Perine on 3rd-and-7; C.Brown 11 run. Cincinnati 17, Houston 3.
Hou_FG Fairbairn 45, :35. Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 2:28. Key Plays: Marks kick return to Houston 31; Stroud 11 run; Stroud 21 pass to Boutte. Cincinnati 17, Houston 6.
Fourth Quarter
Cin_FG McPherson 57, 12:16. Drive: 8 plays, 33 yards, 3:19. Key Plays: Meyers kick return to Cincinnati 28; Burrow 23 pass to T.Higgins on 3rd-and-5. Cincinnati 20, Houston 6.
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Cin
Hou
FIRST DOWNS
12
22
Rushing
3
3
Passing
9
15
Penalty
0
4
THIRD DOWN EFF
5-15
5-17
FOURTH DOWN EFF
0-0
0-4
TOTAL NET YARDS
267
374
Total Plays
59
78
Avg Gain
4.5
4.8
NET YARDS RUSHING
85
60
Rushes
23
18
Avg per rush
3.696
3.333
NET YARDS PASSING
182
314
Sacked-Yds lost
5-25
4-39
Gross-Yds passing
207
353
Completed-Att.
20-31
30-56
Had Intercepted
0
0
Yards-Pass Play
5.056
5.233
KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB
5-1-1
3-0-0
PUNTS-Avg.
8-43.125
5-41.4
Punts blocked
0
0
FGs-PATs blocked
0-0
0-0
TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE
109
125
Punt Returns
3-19
3-32
Kickoff Returns
3-90
4-93
Interceptions
0-0
0-0
PENALTIES-Yds
12-78
9-83
FUMBLES-Lost
0-0
1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION
30:49
29:11
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Cincinnati, C.Brown 20-80, Perine 2-6, Burrow 1-(minus 1). Houston, Stroud 3-29, Noel 1-13, Montgomery 6-10, Marks 8-8.
PASSING_Cincinnati, Burrow 20-31-0-207. Houston, Stroud 30-55-0-353, Kroeger 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING_Cincinnati, Chase 7-75, Higgins 5-95, C.Brown 3-2, All 2-5, Perine 1-16, Iosivas 1-7, Young 1-7. Houston, Schultz 12-140, Marks 5-27, Boutte 3-37, Hutchinson 3-37, Moreau 2-34, Wayne 2-33, Montgomery 2-14, Noel 1-31.
PUNT RETURNS_Cincinnati, Meyers 3-19. Houston, Noel 3-32.
KICKOFF RETURNS_Cincinnati, Meyers 3-90. Houston, Marks 2-40, Noel 1-31, T.Smith 1-22.
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS_Cincinnati, Knight 4-8-0, D.Hill 4-6-0, Battle 4-4-0, Turner 4-1-0, Cook 3-1-0, Allen 3-0-1, Carter 2-3-0, C.Johnson 2-1-2, J.Davis 2-1-0, Lawrence 2-1-0, Stewart 2-0-1, Slaton 2-0-0, Mafe 1-1-0, T.Davis 1-0-0, Jenkins 1-0-0, Murphy 1-0-0, Howell 0-1-0. Houston, Al-Shaair 6-6-0, Anderson 4-4-1, Lassiter 4-1-0, Blankenship 3-2-0, Pitre 3-1-0, L.Hall 2-1-1, Rankins 2-1-1, Stingley 2-1-0, Togiai 1-5-0, Hansen 1-3-0, Harsh 1-1-.5, Hunter 1-0-1, J.Smith 1-0-0, Edwards 0-4-.5.
INTERCEPTIONS_Cincinnati, None. Houston, None.
MISSED FIELD GOALS_Houston, Fairbairn 58.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Adrian Hill, Ump Roy Ellison, HL Danny Short, LJ Julian Mapp, FJ Tra Boger, SJ Glen Fucik, BJ Greg Steed, Replay Bob Hubbell.