1969 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) |
| 5th place Western Division 4-9-1 .308 |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Tom Bass | Defensive Coordinator |
| Vince Costello | Linebackers |
| Jack Donaldson | Offensive Backs |
| Bill Johnson | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/10/1969 | N | Boston Patriots | 13-21 | L | Bowling Green, OH | Doyt L. Perry Stadium | 16900 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | N | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-23 | L | Jackson, MS | Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium | 24513 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1969 | H | Miami Dolphins | 28-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 25122 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 23-13 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28732 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1969 | H | Denver Broncos | 13-11 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 24020 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1969 | H | Miami Dolphins | 27-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 25335 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | H | San Diego Chargers | 34-20 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 26243 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-19 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27812 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1969 | A | San Diego Chargers | 14-21 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 52748 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | New York Jets | 7-21 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27927 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | H | Denver Broncos | 23-30 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27920 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 22-42 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 50934 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31-17 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27927 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | A | Houston Oilers | 31-31 | T | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45298 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | H | Boston Patriots | 14-25 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 27927 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | A | New York Jets | 7-40 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 62128 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | A | Buffalo Bills | 13-16 | L | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 35122 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1969 | A | Oakland Raiders | 17-37 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54427 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | A | Denver Broncos | 16-27 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 42198 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 51 | Ken Avery | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 3 |
| 85 | Marty Baccaglio | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Marin JC; San Jose State | 14 | 4 |
| 58 | Al Beauchamp | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Southern University | 13 | 13 |
| 66 | Bill Bergey | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 24 | Arkansas State | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Royce Berry | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 23 | Houston | 13 | 12 |
| 52 | Tim Buchanan | LB | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Arizona State; Hawaii | 14 | 0 |
| 64 | Justin Canale | LOG | 6-2 | 242 | 26 | Mississippi State | 8 | 4 |
| 79 | Steve Chomyszak | RDE-RDT-LDT | 6-5 | 270 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 12 |
| 23 | Al Coleman | LS | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 14 | 13 |
| 12 | Greg Cook | QB | 6-3 | 214 | 23 | Cincinnati | 11 | 11 |
| 88 | Bruce Coslet | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 23 | Pacific | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Eric Crabtree | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 63 | Guy Dennis | ROG | 6-2 | 254 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 8 |
| 72 | Howard Fest | ROT | 6-6 | 263 | 23 | Texas | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Jack Gehrke | WR | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | Utah | 10 | 0 |
| 28 | John Guillory | RCB | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Oakland CC; Stanford | 11 | 5 |
| 89 | Harry Gunner | RDE | 6-6 | 250 | 25 | Cisco JC; Oregon State | 14 | 3 |
| 57 | Ed Harmon | LB | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Louisville | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Bobby Hunt | RS | 6-1 | 188 | 29 | Auburn | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Bob Johnson | C | 6-5 | 258 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Essex Johnson | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 23 | Grambling State | 12 | 0 |
| 29 | Jim Johnson | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | South Carolina State | 11 | 1 |
| 47 | Charley King | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Purdue | 9 | 1 |
| 40 | Ronnie Lamb | RB | 6-2 | 227 | 26 | South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Dale Livingston | P | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Eastern Michigan; Western Michigan | 12 | 0 |
| 73 | Pat Matson | ROG | 6-1 | 246 | 25 | Oregon | 6 | 6 |
| 68 | Dave Middendorf | LOG | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Washington State | 12 | 2 |
| 16 | Horst Muhlmann | K | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | none | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Chip Myers | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 24 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 14 | 2 |
| 74 | Ernie Park | LOG | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | McMurry | 11 | 8 |
| 77 | Frank Peters | OT | 6-4 | 250 | 22 | Ohio University | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | Bill Peterson | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | San Jose State | 14 | 12 |
| 30 | Jess Phillips | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| 70 | Andy Rice | LDT-RDT | 6-3 | 268 | 29 | Texas Southern | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Ken Riley | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | Florida A&M | 14 | 9 |
| 18 | Paul Robinson | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 31 | Fletcher Smith | LCB | 6-2 | 182 | 26 | Tennessee State | 14 | 13 |
| 24 | Tommie Smith | WR | 6-4 | 190 | 25 | San Jose State | 2 | 0 |
| 83 | Bill Staley | RDT-RDE | 6-3 | 249 | 23 | Utah State | 11 | 11 |
| 41 | Terry Swanson | P | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Massachusetts | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Speedy Thomas | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | Laney JC; Utah | 14 | 12 |
| 84 | Bob Trumpy | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 24 | Illinois; Utah | 14 | 13 |
| 43 | Clem Turner | RB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Cincinnati | 14 | 2 |
| 67 | Mike Wilson | RB | 6-1 | 243 | 22 | Dayton | 3 | 0 |
| 75 | Ernie Wright | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 30 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 14 | Sam Wyche | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 24 | Furman | 7 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Greg Cook | QB | Cincinnati |
| 2 | 31 | Bill Bergey | LB | Arkansas State |
| 3 | 57 | Speedy Thomas | SE | Utah |
| 4 | 83 | Clem Turner | RB | Cincinnati |
| 5 | 109 | Guy Dennis | G | Florida |
| 6 | 135 | Ken Riley | DB | Florida A&M |
| 7 | 161 | Royce Berry | DE | Houston |
| 8 | 187 | Tim Buchanan | LB | Hawaii |
| 9 | 213 | Mike Stripling | RB | Tulsa |
| 10 | 239 | Steve Howell | TE | Ohio State* |
| 11 | 265 | Mark Stewart | DB | Georgia |
| 12 | 291 | Lonnie Paige | DT | North Carolina Central |
| 13 | 316 | Chuck Benson | SE | Southern Illinois |
| 14 | 343 | Mike Wilson | RB | Dayton |
| 15 | 369 | Bill Shoemaker | K | Stanford |
| 16 | 395 | Bill Schmitt | LB | Missouri |
| 17 | 421 | Terry Story | T | Georgia Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 92 | 72 | 68 | |
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 130 | 68 | 91 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 172 | 66 | 95 | 11 | / % | / % | 50 | 556 | |
| Opponents Totals | 278 | 135 | 130 | 13 | / % | / % | 72 | 824 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 0 | 80 |
| Bob Trumpy | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Eric Crabtree | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Paul Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chip Myers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Greg Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Harry Gunner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 33 | 32 | 33 | 97.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 1 | 280 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 46 | 52.2 | 1 | 367 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 2 | 50 | 6/6 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/6 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 24 | 66.7 | 2 | 50 | 6/6 | 5/5 | 3/4 | 1/3 | 1/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 46 | 52.2 | 7/ | 6/ | 4/ | 4/ | 3/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Phillips | 118 | 578 | 4.9 | 83 | 3 |
| Paul Robinson | 160 | 489 | 3.1 | 24 | 4 |
| Greg Cook | 25 | 148 | 5.9 | 30 | 1 |
| Sam Wyche | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 22 | 1 |
| Clem Turner | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Dale Livingston | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 16t | 1 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 363 | 1523 | 4.2 | 83 | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 523 | 2651 | 5.1 | 80 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Cook | 197 | 106 | 53.8 | 80 | 1854 | 9.4 | 17.5 | 78t | 15 | 7.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 29 | 195 | 1659 | 88.3 |
| Sam Wyche | 108 | 54 | 50.0 | 50 | 838 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 80t | 7 | 6.5 | 4 | 3.7 | 28 | 180 | 658 | 82.3 |
| Dale Livingston | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 15 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 97.9 |
| Jack Gehrke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 308 | 163 | 52.9 | 130 | 2720 | 8.8 | 16.7 | 80t | 22 | 7.1 | 15 | 4.9 | 57 | 375 | 2345 | 86.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 396 | 205 | 51.8 | 170 | 2866 | 7.2 | 14.0 | 71 | 24 | 6.1 | 21 | 5.3 | 16 | 180 | 2686 | 73.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Crabtree | 40 | 855 | 21.4 | 73t | 7 |
| Bob Trumpy | 37 | 835 | 22.6 | 80t | 9 |
| Speedy Thomas | 33 | 481 | 14.6 | 62 | 3 |
| Paul Robinson | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 25 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 50 | 2 |
| Clem Turner | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Tommie Smith | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39t | 1 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 163 | 2720 | 16.7 | 80t | 22 |
| Opponents Totals | 205 | 2866 | 14.0 | 71 | 24 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Smith | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Bobby Hunt | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 66 | 0 |
| Bill Peterson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Bergey | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 58 | 0 |
| Harry Gunner | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70t | 1 |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| John Guillory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 362 | 17.2 | 70t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 239 | 15.9 | 53 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dale Livingston | 70 | 2769 | 39.6 | 55 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Terry Swanson | 12 | 459 | 38.3 | 55 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Horst Muhlmann | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Ronnie Lamb | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 85 | 3295 | 38.8 | 55 | 2 | 6 | 297 | 2878 | 34.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 2275 | 41.4 | 57 | 1 | 135 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Johnson | 17 | 6 | 85 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 3 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Guillory | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley King | 0 | 0 | 35 | 35L | 0 | |
| Jack Gehrke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 23 | 10 | 135 | 5.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 297 | 7.6 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Riley | 14 | 334 | 23.9 | 40 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 | |
| John Guillory | 8 | 170 | 21.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 74 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Clem Turner | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Harry Gunner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 1165 | 21.2 | 74 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 1065 | 27.3 | 105t | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| Royce Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Cook | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | |
| Jack Gehrke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Guillory | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gunner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| Ernie Park | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paul Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Clem Turner | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 30 | 25 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 68 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 26 | 3 |
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