National Football League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cincinnati 37, Minnesota 8
When: 1:00 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2005
Where: Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio
Temperature: 74°
Head Official: Bill Carollo
Attendance: 65763
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Minnesota 00088
Cincinnati 14137337
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 14:08
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 7 - Minnesota 0
Chad OchoCinco 70 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
1st Quarter - 7:19
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 14 - Minnesota 0
T.J. Houshmandzadeh 12 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
2nd Quarter - 5:02
Cincinnati FG Cincinnati 17 - Minnesota 0
Shayne Graham 40 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 3:19
Cincinnati FG Cincinnati 20 - Minnesota 0
Shayne Graham 29 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:12
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 27 - Minnesota 0
Matt Schobel 8 yd. pass from Carson Palmer (Shayne Graham kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:06
Cincinnati TD Cincinnati 34 - Minnesota 0
T.J. Houshmandzadeh 16 yd. run (Shayne Graham kick)
4th Quarter - 5:41
Cincinnati FG Cincinnati 37 - Minnesota 0
Shayne Graham 30 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:17
Minnesota TD Cincinnati 37 - Minnesota 8
Daunte Culpepper 5 yd. run (Marcus Robinson pass from Daunte Culpepper)
TEAMS
Team Stats
  Minnesota Cincinnati
1st Downs 21 26
Rushing 4 9
Passing 13 16
Penalty 4 1
3rd Down Conversions 5-9 8-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Punts-Average 3-46.7 3-41.7
Return Yards 106 71
Punts-Returns 1-5 2-15
Kickoffs-Returns 8-101 1-18
Int-Returns 1-0 5-38
Penalties-Yards 7-49 17-115
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0
Time of Possession 21:20 38:40
Total Net Yards 304 504
Total Plays 53 79
Average Gain 5.7 6.4
Net Yards Rushing 77 167
Rushes 14 39
Average/Rush 5.5 4.3
Net Yards Passing 227 337
Comp-Att 21-37 27-40
Yards/Pass 5.8 8.4
Sacked-Yards Lost 2-9 0-0
Had Intercepted 5 1
Touchdowns 1 4
Rushing 1 1
Passing 0 3
Other 0 0
Extra Points 1-1 4-4
Field Goals 0-0 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency 1-2-50% 3-7-43%
Goal To Go Efficiency 1-1-100% 1-1-100%
Safeties 0 0
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota Vikings (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Culpepper 21/37 236 0 5
Cincinnati Bengals (0-0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Palmer 27/40 337 3 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
M. Bennett 3 36 12.0 0 23
M. Moore 8 29 3.6 0 14
D. Culpepper 2 10 5.0 1 5
M. Williams 1 2 2.0 0 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD LG
R. Johnson 22 90 4.1 0 11
C. Perry 9 47 5.2 0 21
T. Houshmandzadeh 2 24 12.0 1 16
J. Johnson 2 3 1.5 0 3
C. Palmer 4 3 0.8 0 6
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
T. Taylor 7 75 10.7 0 19
N. Burleson 3 48 16.0 0 19
T. Williamson 2 44 22.0 0 23
M. Robinson 2 40 20.0 0 21
J. Wiggins 3 17 5.7 0 10
M. Moore 2 7 3.5 0 5
J. Kleinsasser 1 6 6.0 0 6
M. Bennett 1 -1 -1.0 0 -1
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD LG
C. OchoCinco 7 139 19.9 1 70
T. Houshmandzadeh 5 55 11.0 1 19
C. Henry 4 45 11.2 0 15
M. Schobel 2 36 18.0 1 28
C. Perry 4 33 8.2 0 11
T. Perry 1 13 13.0 0 13
R. Kelly 2 7 3.5 0 5
K. Walter 1 6 6.0 0 6
R. Johnson 1 3 3.0 0 3
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
W. Offord 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. O'Neal 3 27 0
K. Kaesviharn 1 6 0
T. James 1 5 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Smith 1.0 5.0
C. Powell 1.0 4.0
Tackles
  TK AST
A. Winfield 9 0
C. Chavous 6 1
P. Williams 4 4
K. Newman 3 0
D. Sharper 3 0
K. Irvin 3 0
R. Davis 3 3
L. Johnstone 2 0
F. Smoot 2 1
N. Harris 2 1
S. Johnson 2 1
B. Williams 2 1
D. Thomas 2 1
D. Scott 2 3
E. Henderson 2 4
K. Williams 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
D. O'Neal 7 2
T. James 3 0
K. Ratliff 3 0
O. Thurman 3 3
K. Kaesviharn 2 0
B. Simmons 2 0
J. Smith 2 0
C. Powell 2 0
M. Williams 2 1
L. Johnson 2 1
D. Pollack 1 0
I. Ohalete 1 0
R. Geathers 1 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Bennett 2
Fumbles
  NO.
C. Henry 1