Pittsburgh Steelers

Vs.

Cincinnati Bengals

August 25, 1968

 

BENGALS TOPPLE STEELERS, 19 TO 3

 

Warren's Aerials Pace New Club to First Victory

 

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. Aug, 25 (AP) Dewey Warren set up three touchdowns with his sharp passing today to lead the Cincinnati Bengals to a 19-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

 

Warren, who completed 12 of 21 passes for 268 yards, drove the Bengals, a new American Football League team, to a touchdown the first time they had the ball and later set up two other scores with long completions of 71 and 45 yards to Bob Trumpy and Rod Sherman, respectively.

 

Paul Robinson ran over twice from 1 yard away for touchdowns, and Tom Smiley scored from the 2.

 

Pittsburgh's points came on a 33-yard field goal by Bill Shockley late in the first half.

 

 

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Final

Bengals

6

7

0

6

19

Steelers

0

3

0

0

3

 

Scoring Summary

 

First Quarter

CIN- Robinson 1 run (pass failed)

 

Second Quarter

CIN- Smiley 2 run (Robinson pass from Warren)

PITT- FG Shockley 33

 

Fourth Quarter

Robinson 1 run (run failed)

 

Att- 11,500

 

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