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14 for all the marbles engals shoot the works i Key combo: Curtis (left) and Anderson A look at Morris decided to pick basketball schedule The good and the bad for the engals Issac Curtis hauls in 70 yard scoring pass (top photo) but fumble by Boobie Clark (below) gave Cleveland TD a Wittenberg Troy News photos by Glen Eppleston at this point however An did not feel the game was control by the Bengals TROY DAILY NEWS Monday December 10 1973 reason a lot of our young people are performing well now is that they have had to play There anyone else Lately their experience has shown that it has begun to pay Brown observed When Brown started building the Bengals just six years ago he stated his goal was to build a within five years feel like we reached that goal last year when we were 8 6 But I think anyone can see the improvement in this team over last year quite happy with our he said How far the Bengals can go is one haJ this situation three years said Brown this team is different I think capable We went into this game with the idea that we were going to shoot the works I want to have to pull the game out of the 4 And the Bengals did shoot the works yesterday mostly through the air as Ken Anderson connected on 11 of 19 'passes for three touchdowns and 201 yards All three of touchdown passes came in the first half and went to Isaac Curtis who tied a team record for the most scoring paasses in a single game The longest of the three passes was a 70 yard bomb on the second play of a Bengal' drive in the second quarter just go out and do what you Brown said of the 70 yard bomb bombs just oratory But with Curtis if the bait is close I feel sure he'll suck it just wanted to throw the ball up and let him run to Anderson said three of the scoring passes were play action passes They were just the right call on the right coverage The offensive line was giving me good Anderson said just made it easy to pick out Anderson credited the duo of Curtis and Charlie Joiner with the success of the Bengal pass attack big thing is having two guys like Curtis and Joiner on two sides of the field tough to double up on one when you have two receivers of that Despite the commanding 24 3 lead at the beginning of the third quarter it temporarily looked as if always been so successful in the last moments of the game against Anderson said you play Cleveland you never feel the game is under control until the game is over" Essex Johnson was the top ground gainer of the day for the Bengals picking up 91 yards in 19 carries Clark carried the ball 22 times for Cincinnati but was held to 69 yards by the Cleveland defense The big ground gainer of the day was Curtis who caught five passes for 117 yards and three touchdowns Joiner snagged five passes for 70 yards The big thing on mind is next game with Houston was trailing Oakland 14 10 in the Brown remarked was just about no time left in the game and Houston drove to two yard line before they fumbled the ball how close they came to beating Oakland know this is like throwing water on a nice Brown said we just have to keep on CINCINNATI of you saw Bengals Browns game on television or were lucky enough to have tickets to the contest might have seen not only an exciting football game but could have wit nesseca strong hint of the future as their veteran coach Paul Brown calls them cer tainly shook the Cleveland Browns And perhaps their showing on na tional television will make football fans all over the country take notice If those three touchdown passes from Ken Anderson to Isaac Curtis impress people then nothing will Being a rookie Curtis is certainly a big surprise But he did come into the league this year with some outstand ing college credentials mainly great speed and great hands So maybe the development of An derson is even more surprising His is a story that has been told around the Cincinnati area many small college quarterback makes good in the big time But until yesterday maybe not that many people proba bly realized how good the 24 year old Bengal quarterback can be In probably what was the biggest pressure game of his career An derson connected on 11 of 19 attempts for 201 yards and three touchdowns And most important he engineered four scoring drives There was no doubt that he was in command at all times when the Bengal offense was on the field guess have to say it was the best game ever the quiet young quarterback said later least it was the best half had in the he noted referring to the first half when he hit Curtis with all three scoring tosses While Anderson may not lead the league in recognition he probably does in modesty He quickly gave all of the credit to his teammates offensive line gave me great protec tion I had all the time I wanted to pass And when you have two great outside receivers like we have now (Curtis and Charlie Joiner) it makes the quarterback look even better So give the credit to them not me" 'Anderson added Such modesty does not surprise Brown was said to have on picking Anderson as high as the third round in the college draft of 1971 Now a lot of those same people are scratching their heads wondering how Brown did it kind of an interesting story how we got Kenny said a happy Brown after big win had heard that he was doing good things over at little Augustana College (in Rock Island Ill) so we sent Bill Walsh quarterback coach) over to take a look at him He worked Kenny out and came back really impressed So we followed him up and ran some intelligence tests We found out that Kenny was some thing like in the upper half of the top one per cent in the country on that test So naturally we were im pressed Brown recalled a boy with a background at a small college is a risk for a young pro team like we had So I sent my son Mike over to see him He came back just as excited about him as everyone else He had size (6 3 210) a great arm and he seemed to play with a lot of confidence Mike saw him the day right before the draft so when he things might take the usual Brown turn The Browns took the ball on their first drive of the second half and marched in for a score that a six yard pass to Gloster Richardson from Mike Phipps Three plays later Booby Clark fumbled the ball on the 15 and Van Green picked it up and ran for the score pulling the Browns within seven points keep wondering if the game is going to take one of those goofy Brown remarked of the surge by Cleveland fumble bothered said Clark I just tried to keep my head up and come back Sure the' fumble gave them a spark but we just kept on pulling and went down to get another reaction to the fumble was mudh the same as really shook us up But we decided we had to get another score played Cleveland so many times we know there are only a few things they can do A few times called the wrong plays and had things blow up in our faces But we JUSl UalluU UiC llgiiv piayo tvuaj Cincinnati added another touchdown about five minutes later that on a one yard run by Clark and tacked on a field goal midway in the fourth period to keep the Browns more than two touchdowns back Even derson under came back we the Bengal coach went on knew we take nim in the first round since we were quite sure nobody else was going to pick him that early Other clubs knew about him but we figure he would go real early When the second round came up we thought very hard about picking him then We almost did but then decided to wait until the third round But I also told my people that better not miss himor else Well we got him in the third round And right after that I found out that Atlanta was ready to take him And they had the draft pick right after ours We were just lucky I Brown said Anderson has played a lot for a 24 year old Injuries to Greg Cook and Virg Carter have put him right in the center ring But that pressure into duty is what Brown feels has made the youngster such a good quarter back (Muhlmann kick) Muhlmann 10 Richardson 6 pass from Phipps (Cockroft kick) Green 15 fumble recovery (Cock roft kick Clark 1 run (Muhlmann kick) Muhlmann 45 58266 the future By United Press International Monday Xavier at Michigan Pepperdine (Calif) at Dayton airmont St (WVa) at Steubenville Grove City (Pa) at Mount Union Otterbein at indlay Tuesday Shaw Mich at Ashland Malone at Tiffin Wheeling at Ohio Dominican Kenyon at Wittenberg Wednesday Ball State at Bowling Green Wright State at Cincinnati Bluffton at Heidelberg Earlham (Ind) at Defiance Hiram at Wooster Urbana at Walsh Alliance (Pa) at Steubenville Taylor (Ind) at Wilmington Ohio Northern at Oberlin Thursday St rancis (Pa) at Cleveland St San rancisco 'St ai Youngstown St riday Cedarville at Marion (Ind) Geneva (Pa) at Malone Ohio Dominican at Wilberforce Tiffin at Oberlin Baldwin Wallace at Wabash (Ind) Wooster at Adrian (Mich) Saturday Ohio State at Missouri Dayton at Michigan Xavier at St Bonaventure Miami at Cincinnati LSU (New Orleans) at Toledo Cleveland St at Buffalo Steubenville at' Gannon (Pa Wright St at Cumberland (Kv) Akron at By RANK GRAY Troy News Sports Writer Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals made it official yesterday going for all the The Bengals moved one step closer to all the marbles yesterday as they toasted the Browns 34 17 at Riverfront Stadium The only obstacle now standing between the Bengals and a Central Division title in the American ootball Conference is the Houston Oilers The Bengals meet the Oilers in the Astrodome If the Bengals win next Sunday they will clinch first place in the Central Division and leave Pitts burgh in a wild card spot because the Bengals have a better in conference record than the Steelers Yardstick pf those unanswerable high is But with youngsters like Curtis (22) Booby Clark (22) Sherman White (24) Mike Reid (25) Ken Riley (25) Lemar Parrish (25) Rufus Mayes (25) Charlie Joiner (25) Vern Holland (25) Bernard Jackson (23) Neal Craig (25) Tommy Cananova (22) Ron Carpenter (25) and several others coming along the Bengals might just be the super team of the future rule it out keep your eye on Ken Anderson a quarterback who might give national TV audiences some more thrills on future Sunday afternoons Ohio college BW Wi we 4 iw BLfiBBl' BM BB 1 JEW Bi if EBmEht Bll BBBwBBHBk BB I Bi mKICM wHiM 'Ji B' ''aBBBf Bbora iim B'wpw i in Cleve Cinn irst downs 10 1 21 Rushes yards 23 78 46 173 Passing yards 70 201 Return yards 7 21 Passes 13 27 2 11 19 0 Punts 4 445 4 415 umbles lost 4 1 2 1 Penalties yards 6 81 5 48 Cleveland 0 3 14 Cincinnati 71410 Curtis 9 pass from Anderson (Muhlmann kick) Cockroft 40 Curtis 70 pass from kick) Curtis 20 pass from Anderson They playing for nothing i.