Bengals 24-21 Cardinals (31 Aug, 1997) Box Score

Arizona Cardinals

0-1, 0-1 away

	1	2	3	4	T
ARI					21
CIN					24

Cincinnati Bengals

1-0, 1-0 home

Arizona Passing


Kent Graham
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
20/36	248	6.9	0	1	0-0	65.5
20/36	248	6.9	0	1	0-0	65.5

Cincinnati Passing


Jeff Blake
team

C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	SACKS	RTG
24/35	252	7.2	1	1	4-22	86.8
24/35	230	7.2	1	1	4-22	86.8

Arizona Rushing


Leeland McElroy
Larry Centers
Kent Graham
Cedric Smith
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
17	52	3.1	1	17
11	20	1.8	1	6
1	2	2.0	0	2
1	1	1.0	1	1
30	75	2.5	3	17

Cincinnati Rushing


Ki-Jana Carter
Jeff Blake
Eric Bieniemy
team

CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
19	76	4.0	2	15
4	6	1.5	0	5
2	5	2.5	0	3
25	87	3.5	2	15

Arizona Receiving


Frank Sanders
Rob Moore
Larry Centers
Anthony Edwards
team

REC	YDS	AVG	LONG
6	105	17.5	27
7	96	13.7	37
5	32	6.4	11
2	15	7.5	10
20	248	12.4	37

Cincinnati Receiving


Carl Pickens
Darnay Scott
Ki-Jana Carter
Tony McGee
Brian Milne
Gunnard Twynner
Marco Battaglia
Eric Bieniemy
team

REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
8	79	9.9	1	15
5	75	15.0	0	27
2	40	20.0	0	35
2	28	14.0	0	23
2	22	11.0	0	20
1	4	4.0	0	4
1	2	2.0	0	2
3	2	0.7	0	6
24	252	10.5	1	35

Arizona Fumbles


Larry Centers
team

FUM	LOST	REC
1	1	0
1	1	0

Cincinnati Fumbles


John Copeland
team

FUM	LOST	REC
0	0	1
0	0	1

Arizona Defense



Jamir Miller
Eric Hill
Eric Swann
Tom Knight
Brent Alexander
Matt Darby
Simeon Rice
Aeneas Williams
Michael Bankston
Mike Caldwell
Bernard Wilson
Tito Paul
Kwamie Lassiter
Ronald McKinnon
Cedric Smith
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
7	7	1	0	0	0	0
6	5	0	0	0	0	0
5	5	2	0	0	0	0
5	5	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	1	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	1	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
50	46	4	0	1	0	0

Cincinnati Defense



Greg Myers
Tom Tumulty
Ricardo McDonald
Jimmy Spencer
James Francis
Ashley Ambrose
Reinard Wilson
John Copeland
Tremain Mack
Dan Wilkinson
Steve Tovar
Kimo Von von Oelhoffen
Andre Collins
Jevon Langford
Bo Orlando
Corey Sawyer
team

TACKLES				MISC
TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HTS	TD
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	8	0	0	0	0	0
8	6	0	0	0	0	0
4	4	0	0	2	0	0
4	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	3	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	2	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	0	0	0	0	0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0
53	46	0	0	3	0	0

Arizona Interceptions


Aeneas Williams
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	0	0
1	0	0

Cincinnati Interceptions


Jimmy Spencer
team

INT	YDS	TD
1	-2	0
1	-2	0

Arizona Kick Returns


Kevin Bouie
Cedric Smith
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
3	69	23.0	26
1	21	21.0	21
4	90	22.5	26

Cincinnati Kick Returns


Gunnard Twynner
Corey Dillon
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
2	42	21.0	22
2	41	20.5	23
4	83	20.8	23

Arizona Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
No Arizona Punt Returns

Cincinnati Punt Returns


Greg Myers
team

NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
4	41	10.3	17	0
4	41	10.3	17	0

Arizona Kicking


Kevin Butler
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3
0/0	0.0	0	3/3	3

Cincinnati Kicking


Doug Pelfrey
team

FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
1/1	100.0	38	1/1	4
1/1	100.0	38	1/1	4

Arizona Punting


Jeff Feagles
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	256	42.7	0	0	51
6	256	42.7	0	0	51

Cincinnati Punting


Lee Johnson
team

NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
6	239	39.8	2	2	60
6	239	39.8	2	2	60

5:00 AM, 31 August 1997

Attendance: 53,644

Referees:
Walt Coleman

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Philadelphia	12	3	.800	402	283
Washington	10	5	.667	432	348
Dallas	7	8	.467	324	404
New York	2	13	.133	215	362

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