1968 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) Scores, Roster, Stats , Coaches, Draft

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1968	H	Kansas City Chiefs	14-38	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	21682
Sat	8/10/1968	A	Denver Broncos	13-15	L	Denver, CO	University of Denver Stadium	13841
Sat	8/17/1968	H	Buffalo Bills	6-10	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	20111
Sun	8/25/1968	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	19-3	W	Morgantown, WV	Mountaineer Field	11500
Fri	8/30/1968	N	New York Jets	13-9	W	Memphis, TN	Liberty Bowl	24358
Fri	9/6/1968	A	San Diego Chargers	13-29	L	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	33687
Sun	9/15/1968	H	Denver Broncos	24-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	25049
Sun	9/22/1968	H	Buffalo Bills	34-23	W	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	24045
Sun	9/29/1968	H	San Diego Chargers	10-31	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	28642
Sun	10/6/1968	A	Denver Broncos	7-10	L	Denver, CO	Bears Stadium	41257
Sun	10/13/1968	A	Kansas City Chiefs	3-13	L	Kansas City, MO	Municipal Stadium	47096
Sun	10/20/1968	H	Miami Dolphins	22-24	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	25936
Sun	10/27/1968	A	Oakland Raiders	10-31	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	37803
Sun	11/3/1968	H	Houston Oilers	17-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	24012
Sun	11/10/1968	H	Kansas City Chiefs	9-16	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	25537
Sun	11/17/1968	A	Miami Dolphins	38-21	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	31747
Sun	11/24/1968	H	Oakland Raiders	0-34	L	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	27116
Sun	12/1/1968	A	Boston Patriots	14-33	L	Boston, MA	Fenway Park	17796
Sun	12/8/1968	A	New York Jets	14-27	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	61111

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
78	Dan Archer	OT	6-5	245	24	Oregon	8	0
85	Marty Baccaglio	DE	6-3	245	24	Marin JC; San Jose State	3	0
38	Estes Banks	FB	6-1	210	23	Colorado	14	3
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	24	Southern University	14	11
85	Danny Brabham	LLB	6-4	236	27	Arkansas	9	2
55	Frank Buncom	RLB	6-1	236	29	East Los Angeles JC; Southern California	12	12
79	Steve Chomyszak	DT	6-5	270	24	Syracuse	10	0
52	Paul Elzey	MLB	6-3	235	22	Toledo	5	1
50	Bernie Erickson	MLB	6-1	237	24	Abilene Christian	5	3
72	Howard Fest	ROT	6-6	263	22	Texas	14	14
43	Curt Frazier	RS	5-11	183	23	Contra Costa JC; Fresno State	14	1
41	White Graves	LS	6-0	185	26	Louisiana State	2	1
76	Jim Griffin	LDE	6-3	258	26	Grambling State	14	13
89	Harry Gunner	RDE	6-6	250	24	Cisco JC; Oregon State	14	14
69	Sherrill Headrick	MLB	6-2	223	31	Texas Christian	8	7
34	Ken Herock	TE	6-2	230	27	West Virginia	13	2
56	Mike Hibler	MLB	6-1	235	22	Stanford	11	2
20	Bobby Hunt	RS-LS	6-1	188	28	Auburn	14	13
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	22	Tennessee	14	14
19	Essex Johnson	HB	5-9	197	22	Grambling State	14	0
74	Willie Jones	DE	6-2	265	26	Kansas State	1	0
44	Rex Keeling	K-DB	6-3	220	25	Samford	1	0
77	Bobby Kelly	OT	6-3	261	28	New Mexico State	4	0
65	Bill Kindricks	RDT	6-4	265	22	Alabama A&M	9	3
47	Charley King	RCB	6-0	185	25	Purdue	14	14
40	Ronnie Lamb	FB	6-2	227	25	South Carolina	6	4
11	Dale Livingston	P-K	6-0	210	23	Eastern Michigan; Western Michigan	12	0
57	John Matlock	C	6-4	250	24	Miami (Florida)	12	0
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	24	Oregon	14	13
82	Ed McCall	WR	6-3	205	25	Miles	1	0
66	Wayne McClure	RLB-MLB-LLB	6-2	225	22	Mississippi	13	4
42	Warren McVea	SE	5-10	182	22	Houston	12	6
68	Dave Middendorf	LOG	6-3	258	23	Washington State	14	13
53	John Neidert	LB	6-2	230	22	Louisville	8	0
64	Pete Perreault	ROG-LOG	6-3	246	29	Boston University	14	2
53	Bill Peterson	TE	6-3	228	23	San Jose State	7	0
30	Jess Phillips	LS-RS	6-1	208	21	Michigan State	14	13
81	Dennis Randall	LDE	6-6	243	23	Oklahoma State	13	1
70	Andy Rice	LDT	6-3	268	28	Texas Southern	14	14
18	Paul Robinson	HB	6-0	199	24	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	14	14
27	Saint Saffold	SE-FL	6-4	202	24	San Jose State	14	7
37	Bill Scott	LCB	6-0	188	24	Idaho	14	1
23	Rod Sherman	FL	6-0	192	24	UCLA; Pasadena CC; Southern California	13	12
45	Tommie Smiley	FB	6-1	235	24	Arizona; Lamar	8	7
31	Fletcher Smith	LCB	6-2	182	25	Tennessee State	14	13
48	Phil Spiller	DB	6-0	195	23	Orange Coast JC; Los Angeles State	4	0
83	Bill Staley	RDT	6-3	249	22	Utah State	12	11
15	John Stofa	QB	6-3	210	26	Buffalo	10	7
84	Bob Trumpy	TE-FL-SE	6-6	226	23	Illinois; Utah	14	12
16	Dewey Warren	QB	6-0	206	23	Tennessee	7	4
22	Teddy Washington	FB	5-11	210	23	Colorado; San Diego State	1	0
86	Andre White	TE	6-5	225	24	Florida A&M	3	2
6	Monk Williams	FL	5-7	155	23	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	2	0
75	Ernie Wright	LOT	6-4	268	29	Ohio State	14	14
14	Sam Wyche	QB	6-4	213	23	Furman	3	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Bob Johnson	C	Tennessee
2	28	Bill Staley	DE	Utah State
2	55	Tommie Smiley	RB	Lamar
3	56	Gary Davis	QB	Vanderbilt
3	82	Paul Robinson	RB	Arizona
3	83	Dale Livingston	K	Western Michigan
4	84	Jess Phillips	DB	Michigan State
4	109	Warren McVea	RB	Houston
5	112	Dave Middendorf	G	Washington State
5	138	Al Beauchamp	LB	Southern University
6	139	Howard Fest	T	Texas
6	143	Billy Kindricks	T	Alabama A&M
6	145	John Neidert	LB	Louisville
6	155	Dewey Warren	QB	Tennessee
6	156	Essex Johnson	DB	Grambling State
6	158	Elmo Maples	FL	Southern University
6	160	Sid Ellis	DB	Jackson State
6	163	Monk Williams	RB	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
6	165	Jim Johnson	DB	South Carolina State
7	166	Steve Smith	TE	Miami (Florida)
7	192	Wes Bean	LB	Grambling State
8	193	Harry Gunner	LB	Oregon State
8	219	Ed Brantley	T	North Texas
9	220	Phil Johnson	DB	Long Beach State
9	246	Steve Hanrahan	DT	Weber State
10	247	Wayne Patrick	RB	Louisville
10	273	Jim Russell	E	North Texas
11	274	Wally Scott	DB	Arizona
11	300	Jeff Banks	LB	Pacific
12	301	Bob Trumpy	TE	Utah
12	327	Harold Jones	T	Grambling State
13	328	Jimmy Bivens	LB	Texas Southern
13	354	Teddy Washington	RB	San Diego State
14	355	Les Webster	RB	Iowa State
14	381	Steve Lewicke	E	Texas-El Paso
15	382	Harvey Palmore	G	Morgan State
15	408	Joe Mira	LB	Miami (Florida)
16	409	Jim Williams	DB	Alcorn State
16	435	Brown Marks	LB	Indiana
17	436	Don Manning	LB	UCLA
17	462	Jimmy Smith	TE	Jackson State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	20	49	70	76
Opponents Totals	70	68	73	108

TEAM STATS	TOP	1st Downs	FDR	FDP	FDX	3rd Down Efficiency	4th Down Efficiency	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		171	85	73	13	/ %	/ %	55	586
Opponents Totals		275	116	140	19	/ %	/ %	62	632

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Dale Livingston	0	20	20	100.0	0	13	26	50.0	0	59
Paul Robinson	9	0	0		0	0	0		0	54
Essex Johnson	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Warren McVea	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Bob Trumpy	3	0	0		0	0	0		0	18
Rod Sherman	1	4	4	100.0	0	0	1	0.0	0	10
Estes Banks	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Al Beauchamp	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Jim Griffin	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Bobby Hunt	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Charley King	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Tommie Smiley	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Harry Gunner	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	2
Dewey Warren	0	0	0		1	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	25	24	24	100.0	1	13	27	48.1	1	215
Opponents Totals	39	37	39	94.9	0	18	35	51.4	2	329

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	BL	LG	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Dale Livingston	13	26	50.0	2	49	4/6	5/7	3/6	1/6	0/1
Rod Sherman	0	1	0.0	0		0/0	0/0	0/1	0/0	0/0
Team Totals	13	27	48.1	2	49	4/6	5/7	3/7	1/6	0/1
Opponents Totals	18	35	51.4			2/	6/	4/	4/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Paul Robinson	238	1023	4.3	87t	8
Essex Johnson	26	178	6.8	41t	3
Tommie Smiley	63	146	2.3	11	1
Warren McVea	9	133	14.8	80t	1
Estes Banks	34	131	3.9	20	0
Sam Wyche	12	74	6.2	21	0
Ronnie Lamb	17	44	2.6	17	0
Saint Saffold	1	21	21.0	21	0
Dewey Warren	4	17	4.3	12	0
Dale Livingston	1	11	11.0	11	0
Rex Keeling	1	10	10.0	10	0
Jess Phillips	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bobby Hunt	1	5	5.0	5t	1
Teddy Washington	1	4	4.0	4	0
Rod Sherman	1	3	3.0	3	0
John Stofa	10	1	0.1	13	0
Bob Trumpy	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Team Totals	421	1807	4.3	87t	14
Opponents Totals	473	2097	4.4		13

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
John Stofa	177	85	48.0	87	896	5.1	10.5	60	5	2.8	5	2.8	17	140	756	60.8
Dewey Warren	80	47	58.8	29	506	6.3	10.8	45t	1	1.3	4	5.0	10	69	437	60.7
Sam Wyche	55	35	63.6	18	494	9.0	14.1	80t	2	3.6	2	3.6	11	68	426	89.5
Rex Keeling	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	313	167	53.4	135	1896	6.1	11.4	80t	8	2.6	11	3.5	38	277	1619	65.7
Opponents Totals	411	212	51.6	189	2903	7.1	13.7		25	6.1	10	2.4	32	283	2620	84.6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Trumpy	37	639	17.3	80t	3
Rod Sherman	31	374	12.1	27t	1
Paul Robinson	24	128	5.3	68t	1
Warren McVea	21	264	12.6	55t	2
Tommie Smiley	19	86	4.5	17	0
Saint Saffold	16	172	10.8	25	0
Ken Herock	6	75	12.5	22	0
Ronnie Lamb	4	77	19.3	60	0
Estes Banks	4	15	3.8	13	1
Andre White	2	18	9.0	11	0
Essex Johnson	1	33	33.0	33	0
Bill Peterson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Sam Wyche	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	167	1896	11.4	80t	8
Opponents Totals	212	2903	13.7		25

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jess Phillips	3	26	8.7	23	0
Al Beauchamp	2	35	17.5	18	1
Charley King	1	32	32.0	32t	1
Harry Gunner	1	20	20.0	20	0
Fletcher Smith	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bobby Hunt	1	15	15.0	15	0
Sherrill Headrick	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	10	144	14.4	32t	2
Opponents Totals	11	79	7.2		0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dale Livingston	70	3036	43.4	66	0	2
Fletcher Smith	8	230	28.8	45	0	0
Rex Keeling	6	170	28.3	35	0	0
Team Totals	84	3436	40.9	66	0	2	252	3144	37.4
Opponents Totals	63	2782	44.2				196

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Essex Johnson	22	2	111	5.0	45
Phil Spiller	2	4	51	25.5	40
Jess Phillips	2	1	16	8.0	11
Monk Williams	2	0	14	7.0	13
Charley King	1	0	3	3.0	3
Paul Robinson	1	0	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	30	7	196	6.5	45
Opponents Totals	41		252	6.1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Warren McVea	14	310	22.1	30	0
Essex Johnson	14	266	19.0	31	0
Estes Banks	6	106	17.7	25	0
Monk Williams	5	112	22.4	33	0
Phil Spiller	5	91	18.2	28	0
Bill Peterson	3	80	26.7	30	0
Paul Robinson	3	58	19.3	22	0
Jess Phillips	1	23	23.0	23	0
Wayne McClure	1	11	11.0	11	0
Dennis Randall	1	11	11.0	11	0
Saint Saffold	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	54	1068	19.8	33	0
Opponents Totals	40	977	24.4		1

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Estes Banks	2		0	0	0	0	0
Frank Buncom	0	0	0	1	1	24	0
Paul Elzey	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Howard Fest	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jim Griffin	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Harry Gunner	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Herock	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bobby Hunt	0	0	0	1	1	31	0
Bob Johnson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Essex Johnson	4		4	0	4	0	0
Billy Kindricks	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Charley King	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Ronnie Lamb	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pat Matson	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Warren McVea	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dave Middendorf	0	0	3	0	3	0	0
Paul Robinson	4		2	0	2	0	0
Saint Saffold	1		0	0	0	0	0
Tommie Smiley	3		1	0	1	-11	0
Phil Spiller	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bill Staley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
John Stofa	5		1	0	1	-16	0
Bob Trumpy	1		0	0	0	0	0
Dewey Warren	2		2	0	2	-6	0
Sam Wyche	2		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	27	10	17	9	26	32	1
Opponents Totals	19	9	10	10	20		0

Tom Bass	Defensive Secondary
Jack Donaldson	Defensive Line
Rick Forzano	Offensive Backs
Bill Johnson	Offensive Line
Bill Walsh	Offensive Ends