1970 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

1st place American Football Conference Central Division 8-6-0 .571

Head Coach: Paul Brown

Vince Costello	Linebackers
Jack Donaldson	Offensive Backs
Bill Johnson	Offensive Line
Chuck Studley	Defensive Line
Bill Walsh	Receivers
Chuck Weber	Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/8/1970	H	Washington Redskins	27-12	W	Cincinnati, OH	Nippert Stadium	52299
Sat	8/15/1970	A	Miami Dolphins	10-20	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	56739
Sat	8/22/1970	A	St. Louis Cardinals	20-41	L	St. Louis, MO	Busch Memorial Stadium	15864
Sat	8/29/1970	H	Cleveland Browns	31-24	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57112
Sat	9/5/1970	A	Green Bay Packers	10-10	T	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47411
Sat	9/12/1970	H	Detroit Lions	14-31	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54509
Sun	9/20/1970	H	Oakland Raiders	31-21	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	56616
Sun	9/27/1970	A	Detroit Lions	3-38	L	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	58202
Sun	10/4/1970	H	Houston Oilers	13-20	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55094
Sun	10/11/1970	A	Cleveland Browns	27-30	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	83520
Sun	10/18/1970	H	Kansas City Chiefs	19-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57265
Sun	10/25/1970	A	Washington Redskins	0-20	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	50415
Mon	11/2/1970	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	38968
Sun	11/8/1970	A	Buffalo Bills	43-14	W	Buffalo, NY	War Memorial Stadium	43587
Sun	11/15/1970	H	Cleveland Browns	14-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60007
Sun	11/22/1970	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	34-7	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59276
Sun	11/29/1970	H	New Orleans Saints	26-6	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59342
Sun	12/6/1970	A	San Diego Chargers	17-14	W	San Diego, CA	San Diego Stadium	41461
Sun	12/13/1970	A	Houston Oilers	30-20	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	34435
Sun	12/20/1970	H	Boston Patriots	45-7	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60157
AFC Divisional Playoff
Sat	12/26/1970	A	Baltimore Colts	0-17	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	51127

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
89	Marty Amsler	DE	6-5	257	28	Indiana; Evansville	3	0
51	Ken Avery	RLB	6-1	225	26	Southern Mississippi	14	13
85	Marty Baccaglio	LDE-RDE	6-3	245	26	Marin JC; San Jose State	14	0
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	26	Southern University	14	14
66	Bill Bergey	MLB	6-2	240	25	Arkansas State	14	14
82	Royce Berry	LDE	6-3	245	24	Houston	14	14
70	Ron Carpenter	RDE	6-4	261	22	North Carolina State	14	14
11	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	25	Brigham Young	13	11
79	Steve Chomyszak	RDT	6-5	270	26	Syracuse	14	14
23	Al Coleman	RS-LS	6-1	185	26	Jackson State; Tennessee State	11	7
76	Frank Cornish	DT	6-6	285	26	Grambling State	1	0
88	Bruce Coslet	TE	6-3	226	24	Pacific	14	4
10	Eric Crabtree	WR	5-11	186	26	Pittsburgh	14	7
63	Guy Dennis	ROG-C	6-2	254	23	Florida	14	3
44	Doug Dressler	RB	6-3	228	22	Marin JC; Chico State	14	0
21	Paul Dunn	WR	6-0	210	22	San Diego CC; U.S. International	5	0
29	Sandy Durko	RS	6-1	185	22	Southern California	1	1
27	Ken Dyer	RS	6-3	185	24	Arizona State	12	6
59	Larry Ely	MLB	6-1	230	23	Iowa	11	0
72	Howard Fest	ROT-LOT	6-6	263	24	Texas	14	2
33	Kenny Graham	LS	6-0	201	29	Sacramento CC; Washington State	5	5
28	John Guillory	LCB-RCB	5-10	190	25	Oakland CC; Stanford	7	0
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	24	Tennessee	14	14
19	Essex Johnson	RB	5-9	197	24	Grambling State	13	0
78	Willie Jones	LDT	6-2	265	28	Kansas State	10	5
87	Mike Kelly	TE	6-4	215	22	Davidson	12	0
40	Ronnie Lamb	RB	6-2	227	27	South Carolina	14	0
15	Dave Lewis	P	6-2	216	25	Stanford	14	0
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	26	Oregon	14	12
71	Rufus Mayes	LOG	6-5	255	23	Ohio State	14	14
65	Wayne McClure	LLB	6-2	225	24	Mississippi	14	0
16	Horst Muhlmann	K	6-1	210	30	none	14	0
25	Chip Myers	WR	6-4	203	25	Northwestern Oklahoma State	14	8
20	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	23	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	10
53	Bill Peterson	RLB	6-3	228	25	San Jose State	14	1
30	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	23	Michigan State	14	14
74	Mike Reid	LDT	6-3	255	23	Penn State	9	9
13	Ken Riley	RCB	6-0	185	23	Florida A&M	14	14
18	Paul Robinson	RB	6-0	199	26	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	14	14
81	Nick Roman	RDE	6-3	237	23	Ohio State	4	0
31	Fletcher Smith	LS-LCB	6-2	182	27	Tennessee State	14	11
17	Speedy Thomas	WR	6-1	175	23	Laney JC; Utah	14	13
84	Bob Trumpy	TE	6-6	226	25	Illinois; Utah	11	10
67	Mike Wilson	ROT	6-1	243	23	Dayton	14	12
75	Ernie Wright	LOT	6-4	268	31	Ohio State	14	14
14	Sam Wyche	QB	6-4	213	25	Furman	14	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	7	Mike Reid	DT	Penn State
2	32	Ron Carpenter	DT	North Carolina State
3	60	Chip Bennett	LB	Abilene Christian
4	85	Joe Stephens	G	Jackson State
4	104	Billie Hayes	DB	San Diego State
6	137	Sandy Durko	DB	Southern California
7	163	Lemar Parrish	DB	Lincoln (Missouri)
8	188	Bill Trout	DT	Miami (Florida)
9	216	Bill Bolden	RB	UCLA
10	241	Nick Roman	DE	Ohio State
11	266	Sam Wallace	LB	Grambling State
12	294	Tom Truesdell	DT	Ohio Wesleyan
13	319	Paul Dunn	WR	U.S. International
14	344	Joe Johnson	WR	Johnson C. Smith
15	372	Marvin Weeks	DB	Alcorn State
16	397	Larry Ely	LB	Iowa
17	422	Dick Smith	RB	Washington State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	56	111	85	60
Opponents Totals	49	82	52	72

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		210	100	97	13	/ %	/ %	71	831
Opponents Totals		236	87	131	18	/ %	/ %	81	784

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Horst Muhlmann	0	33	33	100.0	25	37	67.6	0	108
Paul Robinson	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Jess Phillips	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Essex Johnson	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Lemar Parrish	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Royce Berry	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Virgil Carter	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Eric Crabtree	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Speedy Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Trumpy	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Wyche	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Al Beauchamp	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bruce Coslet	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chip Myers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	34	33	34	97.1	25	37	67.6	0	312
Opponents Totals	31	31	31	100.0	12	24	50.0	1	255

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Horst Muhlmann	25	37	67.6	4/4	5/7	9/11	3/9	4/6
Team Totals	25	37	67.6	4/4	5/7	9/11	3/9	4/6
Opponents Totals	12	24	50.0	3/	3/	3/	2/	1/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Jess Phillips	163	648	4.0	76t	4
Paul Robinson	149	622	4.2	26t	6
Essex Johnson	65	273	4.2	26	2
Virgil Carter	34	246	7.2	73	2
Sam Wyche	19	118	6.2	23	2
Doug Dressler	18	77	4.3	17	0
Ronnie Lamb	6	35	5.8	16	0
Eric Crabtree	3	23	7.7	16	0
Dave Lewis	2	8	4.0	7	0
Speedy Thomas	2	7	3.5	13	0
Team Totals	461	2057	4.5	76t	16
Opponents Totals	418	1543	3.7	36	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Virgil Carter	278	143	51.4	126	1647	5.9	11.5	56t	9	3.2	9	3.2	21	154	1493	66.9
Sam Wyche	57	26	45.6	29	411	7.2	15.8	51t	3	5.3	2	3.5	10	73	338	73.1
Dave Lewis	4	3	75.0	1	39	9.8	13.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	39	105.2
Team Totals	339	172	50.7	156	2097	6.2	12.2	56t	12	3.5	11	3.2	31	227	1870	68.4
Opponents Totals	428	209	48.8	196	2885	6.7	13.8	87t	18	4.2	23	5.4	28	250	2635	62.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chip Myers	32	542	16.9	56t	1
Jess Phillips	31	124	4.0	17	1
Bob Trumpy	29	480	16.6	53t	2
Speedy Thomas	21	257	12.2	27	2
Eric Crabtree	19	231	12.2	29	2
Paul Robinson	17	175	10.3	27	1
Essex Johnson	15	190	12.7	51t	2
Bruce Coslet	8	98	12.3	24	1
Team Totals	172	2097	12.2	56t	12
Opponents Totals	209	2885	13.8	87t	18

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Lemar Parrish	5	28	5.6	19
Ken Riley	4	17	4.3	14
Ken Dyer	3	45	15.0	22
Bill Bergey	3	35	11.7	26
Kenny Graham	3	31	10.3	31
Fletcher Smith	3	17	5.7	17
Ken Avery	1	5	5.0	5
Al Beauchamp	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	23	180	7.8	31
Opponents Totals	11	150	13.6	37

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Lewis	79	3651	46.2	63	0	9	392	3079	39.0
Team Totals	79	3651	46.2	63	0	9	392	3079	39.0
Opponents Totals	80	3505	43.8	61	1		327

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lemar Parrish	23	15	194	8.4	79t	1
Essex Johnson	7	1	72	10.3	36	0
Speedy Thomas	4	10	20	5.0	11	0
Kenny Graham	1	2	41	41.0	41	0
Paul Robinson	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Fletcher Smith	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	37	28	327	8.8	79t	1
Opponents Totals	48	11	392	8.2	63t	2

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lemar Parrish	16	482	30.1	95t	1
Paul Robinson	14	363	25.9	36	0
Doug Dressler	4	48	12.0	22	0
Essex Johnson	3	68	22.7	31	0
Ronnie Lamb	2	41	20.5	21	0
Team Totals	39	1002	25.7	95t	1
Opponents Totals	33	774	23.5	51	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Steve Chomyszak	7.5
Royce Berry	6.0
Mike Reid	5.0
Ken Avery	2.0
Ron Carpenter	2.0
Marty Amsler	1.0
Bill Bergey	1.0
Willie Jones	1.0
Nick Roman	1.0
Marty Baccaglio	0.5
(TEam)	1.0
Team Totals	28.0	250.0
Opponents Totals	31.0	227.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Al Beauchamp	0	0	0	1	1	25	1
Bill Bergey	0	0	0	1	1	18	0
Royce Berry	0	0	0	4	4	66	2
Ron Carpenter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Virgil Carter	5		1	0	1	-3	0
Steve Chomyszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Eric Crabtree	1		1	0	1	0	0
Doug Dressler	2		2	0	2	0	0
Bob Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Essex Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Willie Jones	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kelly	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ronnie Lamb	1		0	1	1	0	0
Lemar Parrish	2		1	1	2	0	0
Jess Phillips	5		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Riley	0	0	0	2	2	9	0
Paul Robinson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Fletcher Smith	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Speedy Thomas	1		1	0	1	-1	0
Bob Trumpy	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ernie Wright	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Sam Wyche	3		1	0	1	-4	0
Team Totals	22	12	10	16	26	113	3
Opponents Totals	28	16	11	12	23		0