Preseason Week 1: Dallas Cowboys at Cincinnati Bengals

August 05, 1972
72°
Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati, OH) Attendance: 50,403 (67%)
Dallas Cowboys 0 0 0 0 - 0
Cincinnati Bengals 14 31 56 3 - 104

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-DAL 22 (7:05) 11-Joseph Carr pass complete to 89-Steven Cybulski for 22 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 7 DAL 0
(Qtr 1) Cincinnati Bengals: 3-4-CIN 18 (2:17) 27-Barry Dunavant ran for 82 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 14 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Cincinnati Bengals: 4-2-DAL 22 (14:23) 3-Edward Delgado 39 yard field goal is GOOD. CIN 17 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-1-DAL 0 (12:55) 24-Malcom Luna ran for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 24 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 13 (11:21) 11-Joseph Carr pass complete to 19-Oscar Benedict for 87 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 31 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 31 (5:23) 11-Joseph Carr pass complete to 10-Travis Stevenson for 69 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 38 DAL 0
(Qtr 2) Cincinnati Bengals: 3-6-DAL 48 (3:37) 11-Joseph Carr pass complete to 15-John Hicks for 48 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 45 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 49 (12:52) 2-James Calvin pass complete to 87-Matthew Stults for 51 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 52 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 24 (11:12) 2-James Calvin pass complete to 13-Jose Hammond for 76 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 59 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-DAL 11 (10:52) 27-Barry Dunavant ran for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 66 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 44 (9:27) 27-Barry Dunavant ran for 56 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 73 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 2-4-DAL 4 (8:06) 44-Donald Sangster ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. DAL 91-Mel Lunsford was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CIN 80 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 1-10-CIN 48 (6:48) 44-Donald Sangster ran for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 87 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 2-20-CIN 23 (5:37) 2-James Calvin pass complete to 13-Jose Hammond for 77 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. CIN 94 DAL 0
(Qtr 3) Cincinnati Bengals: 3-1-CIN 48 (0:07) 2-James Calvin pass complete to 13-Jose Hammond for 52 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 3-Edward Delgado. DAL 82-Benjamin Hall was injured on the play. He looks like he should be able to return. CIN 101 DAL 0
(Qtr 4) Cincinnati Bengals: 4-18-DAL 23 (5:19) 3-Edward Delgado 40 yard field goal is GOOD. CIN 104 DAL 0

Team Statistics

Cincinnati Bengals Dallas Cowboys
First Downs 10 12
- Rushing 6 3
- Passing 4 9
- Penalty 0 0
Total Net Yards 956 179
- Offensive Plays 59 81
- Yards Per Play 16.20 2.21
Net Rushing Yards 348 50
- Rushing Attempts 37 15
- Yards Per Rush 9.41 3.33
Net Passing Yards 608 129
- Att/Comp/Int 22 / 19 / 0 53 / 24 / 5
- Gross Passing Yards 608 240
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 13 / 111
- Yards Per Pass Play 27.64 1.95
- Yards Per Completion 32.00 10.00
Fumbles/Lost 3 / 0 4 / 3
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 12 5 / 20
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 4.9 10.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 48 5 / 40
Punt Returns/Yards 4 / 31 3 / 16
Kick Returns/Yards 1 / 20 6 / 176
Int Returns/Yards 5 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 4 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 3 / 1 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 41 OWN 27
Time of Possession 28:47 31:11

Drive Charts

Cincinnati Bengals

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 9:46 2:46 OWN 28 5 72 Touchdown
1 3:32 1:28 OWN 12 3 88 Touchdown
1 0:30 1:11 OPP 30 3 8 Field Goal
2 14:13 1:20 OPP 11 3 11 Touchdown
2 11:20 0:12 OWN 13 1 87 Touchdown
2 8:52 1:15 OPP 41 3 9 Missed FG
2 5:22 0:11 OWN 31 1 69 Touchdown
2 4:59 1:31 OWN 48 3 52 Touchdown
2 0:26 0:26 OWN 35 3 34 Missed FG
3 15:00 2:18 OWN 35 4 65 Touchdown
3 11:11 0:12 OWN 24 1 76 Touchdown
3 10:51 0:03 OPP 11 1 11 Touchdown
3 9:27 0:10 OWN 44 1 56 Touchdown
3 8:44 0:40 OPP 8 2 8 Touchdown
3 7:21 0:44 OWN 33 2 67 Touchdown
3 6:12 0:46 OWN 33 2 67 Touchdown
3 4:47 2:12 OWN 44 3 9 Punt
3 1:21 1:21 OWN 39 3 61 Touchdown
4 13:36 2:05 OWN 7 3 5 Punt
4 11:09 5:54 OWN 26 9 51 Field Goal
4 2:30 2:02 OWN 6 3 5 Punt

Dallas Cowboys

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 5:14 OWN 25 9 35 Punt
1 7:00 3:28 OWN 25 5 29 Punt
1 2:04 1:34 OWN 25 3 -2 Interception
2 14:19 0:06 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 12:53 1:32 OWN 25 3 20 Interception
2 11:08 2:16 OWN 22 5 14 Fumble
2 7:37 2:15 OWN 39 5 13 Punt
2 5:11 0:13 OWN 25 3 0 Interception
2 3:27 3:01 OWN 28 5 10 Punt
3 12:42 1:31 OWN 25 4 1 Punt
3 10:59 0:08 OWN 16 1 0 Interception
3 10:48 1:21 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 9:17 0:33 OWN 28 2 -8 Fumble
3 8:04 0:43 OWN 30 3 -8 Punt
3 6:37 0:25 OWN 23 3 0 Punt
3 5:26 0:38 OWN 25 3 -10 Punt
3 2:35 1:14 OWN 8 3 7 Punt
3 0:00 1:24 OWN 25 5 34 Punt
4 11:31 0:22 OWN 39 3 0 Punt
4 5:15 2:45 OWN 25 9 37 Punt
4 0:28 0:28 OPP 50 2 -3 Interception

Rushing Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Barry Dunavant 15 169 11.27 82 3 3
Donald Sangster 6 90 15.00 52 2 2
Malcom Luna 6 45 7.50 28 1 1
Sam Cunningham 1 16 16.00 16 1 0
Grover Romo 3 13 4.33 5 0 0
Lawrence Mullins 3 9 3.00 11 1 0
Morton Wilkinson 1 6 6.00 6 0 0
Douglas Lopez 1 2 2.00 2 0 0
Charles Harris 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Thomas Estes 6 35 5.83 9 0 0
John McDonnell 2 12 6.00 10 1 0
Shane Simonds 1 3 3.00 3 0 0
Richard Wagaman 6 0 0.00 5 0 0

Passing Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Joseph Carr 14 11 312 0 / 0 4 87 0 158.33
James Calvin 8 8 296 0 / 0 4 77 0 158.33

Dallas Cowboys

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Shane Simonds 23 12 126 3 / 22 0 19 3 28.80
Frank Barnes 30 12 114 10 / 89 0 25 2 23.47

Receiving Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jose Hammond 5 223 44.60 77 3
Oscar Benedict 1 87 87.00 87 1
John Hicks 2 80 40.00 48 1
Travis Stevenson 2 76 38.00 69 1
Matthew Stults 3 66 22.00 51 1
Steven Cybulski 2 40 20.00 22 1
Charles Harris 1 15 15.00 15 0
Douglas Lopez 2 13 6.50 7 0
Gerald Passmore 1 8 8.00 8 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Billy Good 5 62 12.40 25 0
Scott Willis 5 56 11.20 19 0
Jessie Cotton 3 31 10.33 18 0
John Hernandez 3 30 10.00 10 0
Richard Wagaman 1 13 13.00 13 0
Robert Olivar 1 13 13.00 13 0
John McDonnell 2 12 6.00 7 0
Thomas Estes 1 9 9.00 9 0
Charles Hunter 1 9 9.00 9 0
Benjamin Hall 1 4 4.00 4 0
Sean Buckner 1 1 1.00 1 0

Blocking Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Cybulski 10 9 0 0
Jeffery Scott 0 2 0 0
Russell Roland 0 2 0 0
Thomas Bender 1 1 0 0
Carl Bateman 0 2 0 0
Kyle Ingram 1 1 0 0
Christopher Griffin 1 1 0 0
James Jones 0 2 0 0
Nicholas Robinson 1 1 0 0
Frank Lezama 0 2 0 0
Ronald Avery 2 4 0 2
Bradley Cooper 22 24 0 1
Aaron Lee 0 2 0 0
Gregory Givens 14 22 0 1
James Hall 19 24 0 1
William Lantigua 16 25 0 3
Thomas Hill 0 2 0 0
Herbert Poore 4 2 0 0
Morton Wilkinson 5 8 0 1
Sam Cunningham 1 2 0 1
George Dix 0 2 0 0
Edward Delgado 0 1 0 0
Barry Dunavant 5 2 0 0
Alberto Williams 0 3 0 0
Paul Vaughan 23 17 0 0
Lawrence Mullins 11 25 0 0
Angel Fincher 21 15 0 0
John Hicks 0 5 0 0
Phillip Gilbert 14 14 0 0
Malcom Luna 1 2 0 0
Travis Stevenson 0 5 0 0
Micheal Huggins 23 13 0 1
Charles Cunningham 20 11 0 0
Matthew Stults 8 25 0 2
Douglas Lopez 10 8 0 1
Donald Sangster 22 8 0 2
Paul James 0 1 0 0
Grover Romo 7 8 0 1
Gerald Passmore 0 3 0 0
Matthew Ruby 24 32 0 1
Jose Hammond 0 10 0 0
Tony Munguia 9 0 0 0
Charles Harris 21 16 0 0
Lloyd Hernandez 0 1 0 0
Oscar Benedict 0 9 0 0
William Allen 0 1 0 0
Daniel Harris 0 2 0 0
Bobbie Beckett 0 1 0 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Harry Turner 31 16 3 5
John Smith 43 11 2 2
Jessie Cotton 12 1 2 2
Richard Wagaman 8 7 1 1
Robert Olivar 41 4 1 1
Roger Brown 22 2 1 2
Jeffrey Tobin 31 20 1 0
Michael Burkett 57 14 1 1
Micheal Sharp 2 1 0 0
Frank Kee 6 1 0 0
Bryan Williams 5 4 0 0
James Moody 0 6 0 0
Allen Lepe 3 4 0 0
Billy Good 0 5 0 0
John Mixon 6 1 0 0
Robert Alvarado 7 3 0 0
Daniel Richburg 4 1 0 0
Luis Dubois 1 2 0 0
Steve Maldonado 0 2 0 0
Charles Taylor 64 15 0 0
Henry Pritt 2 2 0 0
Rolando Stewart 0 2 0 0
Jim Leyba 0 2 0 0
Mel Lunsford 1 4 0 1
Richard Morris 31 17 0 0
Marlon Dinan 2 3 0 0
Charles Hunter 30 16 0 0
Scott Willis 1 13 0 0
John McDonnell 9 7 0 0
Benjamin Hall 0 3 0 0
John Hernandez 3 2 0 0
Charles Dempsey 7 15 0 0
Thomas Estes 4 5 0 0
Albert Barnett 0 7 0 0
Sean Bode 27 14 0 0
David Francis 24 16 0 2
Justin Robinson 1 0 0 0

Interception Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
William Allen 1 1 1.00 0
Ricky Kraatz 2 0 0.00 0
George Dix 1 0 0.00 0
Nicholas Robinson 1 0 0.00 0

Dallas Cowboys

Fumble Stats

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Barry Dunavant 1 0 0 0
David Johnson 1 1 0 0
Grover Romo 1 1 0 0
Micheal Huggins 0 1 0 0
Daniel Harris 0 0 2 0
Paul James 0 1 0 0
Aaron Lee 0 0 1 0
Carl Bateman 0 0 1 0
Alberto Williams 0 1 0 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Shane Simonds 3 1 0 0
Frank Barnes 1 0 0 0
Sam Moore 0 0 1 0
Harry Turner 0 0 1 0

Punting

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Javier White 3 142 47.33 43.33 50 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Donald Banks 9 397 44.11 40.89 50 0
Shane Simonds 4 90 22.50 22.50 34 1

Kicking

Cincinnati Bengals

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Edward Delgado 2 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 0 40 14 / 14

Dallas Cowboys

Punt Return

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Donald Sangster 3 27 9.0 10 0
Grover Romo 1 4 4.0 4 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
John McDonnell 1 9 9.0 9 0
Benjamin Hall 2 7 3.5 6 0

Kick Return

Cincinnati Bengals

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Donald Sangster 1 20 20.0 0

Dallas Cowboys

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Benjamin Hall 3 92 30.7 0
John Hernandez 2 49 24.5 0
Scott Willis 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats