1971 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

4th place American Football Conference Central Division 4-10-0 .286

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	8/7/1971	A	Miami Dolphins	27-10	W	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	64005
Sat	8/14/1971	A	Detroit Lions	31-24	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54365
Mon	8/23/1971	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	20-13	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55491
Sat	8/28/1971	H	St. Louis Cardinals	22-21	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55493
Sat	9/4/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	27-24	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55477
Sat	9/11/1971	A	Washington Redskins	17-17	T	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	39105
Sun	9/19/1971	H	Philadelphia Eagles	37-14	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55880
Sun	9/26/1971	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-21	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	48448
Sun	10/3/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	17-20	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sun	10/10/1971	H	Miami Dolphins	13-23	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60099
Sun	10/17/1971	H	Cleveland Browns	24-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60284
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Oakland Raiders	27-31	L	Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	54699
Sun	10/31/1971	A	Houston Oilers	6-10	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	37947
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Atlanta Falcons	6-9	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59604
Sun	11/14/1971	A	Denver Broncos	24-10	W	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	11/21/1971	H	Houston Oilers	28-13	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59390
Sun	11/28/1971	H	San Diego Chargers	31-0	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59580
Sun	12/5/1971	A	Cleveland Browns	27-31	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	82705
Sun	12/12/1971	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	13-21	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	60022
Sun	12/19/1971	A	New York Jets	21-35	L	New York, NY	Shea Stadium	63151

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
52	Doug Adams	MLB	6-0	222	22	Ohio State	11	0
14	Ken Anderson	QB	6-3	212	22	Augustana (Illinois)	11	4
51	Ken Avery	RLB	6-1	225	27	Southern Mississippi	14	11
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	27	Southern University	14	14
66	Bill Bergey	MLB	6-2	240	26	Arkansas State	14	14
82	Royce Berry	LDE	6-3	245	25	Houston	14	14
70	Ron Carpenter	RDE	6-4	261	23	North Carolina State	14	13
11	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	26	Brigham Young	10	10
79	Steve Chomyszak	RDT	6-5	270	27	Syracuse	14	14
23	Al Coleman	LS-RS	6-1	185	27	Jackson State; Tennessee State	4	0
88	Bruce Coslet	TE	6-3	226	25	Pacific	14	6
10	Eric Crabtree	WR	5-11	186	27	Pittsburgh	7	7
34	Neal Craig	LS-RCB	6-1	189	23	Fisk	12	7
63	Guy Dennis	C-ROG	6-2	254	24	Florida	14	0
44	Doug Dressler	RB	6-3	228	23	Marin JC; Chico State	14	4
29	Sandy Durko	RS	6-1	185	23	Southern California	14	12
27	Ken Dyer	RS	6-3	185	25	Arizona State	1	1
59	Larry Ely	MLB	6-1	230	24	Iowa	6	0
72	Howard Fest	LOG-LOT	6-6	263	25	Texas	14	11
35	Mike Haffner	WR	6-2	205	29	UCLA	3	0
26	Jimmy Harris	LCB	5-11	173	25	Houston; Howard Payne	2	0
76	Vern Holland	ROT	6-5	267	23	Tennessee State	14	14
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	25	Tennessee	14	14
19	Essex Johnson	RB	5-9	197	25	Grambling State	14	0
80	Ken Johnson	RDE	6-6	265	24	Indiana	9	1
78	Willie Jones	RDT	6-2	265	29	Kansas State	5	0
87	Mike Kelly	TE	6-4	215	23	Davidson	14	0
40	Ronnie Lamb	RB	6-2	227	28	South Carolina	12	0
58	Steve Lawson	LOG	6-3	265	22	Kansas	7	3
15	Dave Lewis	P	6-2	216	26	Stanford	14	0
83	Ed Marshall	WR	6-5	200	24	Ranger JC; Cameron	13	0
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	27	Oregon	14	14
71	Rufus Mayes	LOT	6-5	255	24	Ohio State	14	7
16	Horst Muhlmann	K	6-1	210	31	none	14	0
25	Chip Myers	WR	6-4	203	26	Northwestern Oklahoma State	10	7
20	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	24	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	14
53	Bill Peterson	RLB-LLB	6-3	228	26	San Jose State	14	3
30	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	24	Michigan State	14	10
74	Mike Reid	LDT	6-3	255	24	Penn State	14	14
13	Ken Riley	RCB	6-0	185	24	Florida A&M	13	13
18	Paul Robinson	RB	6-0	199	27	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	14	8
81	Nick Roman	LDE	6-3	237	24	Ohio State	12	0
31	Fletcher Smith	LS	6-2	182	28	Tennessee State	14	9
17	Speedy Thomas	WR	6-1	175	24	Laney JC; Utah	12	8
84	Bob Trumpy	TE-WR	6-6	226	26	Illinois; Utah	14	14
33	Fred Willis	FB	6-0	209	24	Boston College	14	6
75	Ernie Wright	LOT	6-4	268	32	Ohio State	7	7

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	15	Vern Holland	T	Tennessee State
2	41	Steve Lawson	G	Kansas
3	67	Ken Anderson	QB	Augustana (Illinois)
4	93	Fred Willis	RB	Boston College
5	110	Art May	DE	Tuskegee
7	171	Neal Craig	DB	Fisk
8	197	Freddie Herring	DB	Tennessee State
9	223	Gary Gustafson	LB	Montana State
10	249	Jack Stambaugh	G	Oregon
11	275	Ed Marshall	WR	Cameron
12	301	Rod Hayden	DE	Memphis
13	327	Dave Knapman	TE	Central Washington
14	353	Irvin Mallory	DB	Virginia Union
15	379	Bob Thomas	RB	Arizona State
16	405	Mark Debevc	LB	Ohio State
17	432	Sam Pearson	DB	Western Kentucky

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	58	64	91	71
Opponents Totals	44	71	48	102

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		236	109	115	12	/ %	/ %	82	921
Opponents Totals		213	93	102	18	/ %	/ %	72	722

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Horst Muhlmann	0	31	31	100.0	20	36	55.6	91
Fred Willis	7	0	0		0	0		42
Essex Johnson	6	0	0		0	0		36
Bruce Coslet	4	0	0		0	0		24
Bob Trumpy	3	0	0		0	0		18
Eric Crabtree	2	0	0		0	0		12
Lemar Parrish	2	0	0		0	0		12
Speedy Thomas	2	0	0		0	0		12
Ken Anderson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Al Beauchamp	1	0	0		0	0		6
Doug Dressler	1	0	0		0	0		6
Chip Myers	1	0	0		0	0		6
Jess Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		6
Paul Robinson	1	0	0		0	0		6
Virgil Carter	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		1
Team Totals	32	32	32	100.0	20	36	55.6	284
Opponents Totals	32	31	32	96.9	14	22	63.6	265

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Horst Muhlmann	20	36	55.6	6/6	5/8	4/9	4/10	1/3
Team Totals	20	36	55.6	6/6	5/8	4/9	4/10	1/3
Opponents Totals	14	22	63.6	5/	4/	4/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Fred Willis	135	590	4.4	36	7
Essex Johnson	85	522	6.1	86t	4
Jess Phillips	94	420	4.5	31	0
Paul Robinson	49	213	4.3	17	1
Doug Dressler	54	204	3.8	13	1
Ken Anderson	22	125	5.7	16	1
Virgil Carter	8	42	5.3	19	0
Ronnie Lamb	5	13	2.6	7	0
Sandy Durko	1	7	7.0	7	0
Dave Lewis	6	6	1.0	9	0
Eric Crabtree	1	1	1.0	1	0
Speedy Thomas	2	-1	-0.5	0	0
Team Totals	462	2142	4.6	86t	14
Opponents Totals	446	1778	4.0	63	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Virgil Carter	222	138	62.2	77	1624	7.3	11.8	90t	10	4.5	7	3.2	13	122	1502	86.2
Ken Anderson	131	72	55.0	55	777	5.9	10.8	44	5	3.8	4	3.1	23	159	618	72.6
Dave Lewis	10	3	30.0	7	18	1.8	6.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	22	-4	39.6
Fred Willis	2	1	50.0	1	8	4.0	8.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	8	60.4
Team Totals	365	214	58.6	140	2427	6.6	11.3	90t	15	4.1	11	3.0	40	303	2124	79.8
Opponents Totals	355	157	44.2	171	2382	6.7	15.2	74t	19	5.4	27	7.6	30	254	2128	53.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bob Trumpy	40	531	13.3	44	3
Chip Myers	27	286	10.6	20	1
Fred Willis	24	223	9.3	29	0
Speedy Thomas	22	327	14.9	90t	2
Jess Phillips	22	125	5.7	19	1
Bruce Coslet	21	356	17.0	71t	4
Doug Dressler	19	145	7.6	26	0
Essex Johnson	14	258	18.4	67t	2
Eric Crabtree	14	102	7.3	12	2
Paul Robinson	8	47	5.9	16	0
Ed Marshall	2	18	9.0	10	0
Mike Kelly	1	9	9.0	9	0
Team Totals	214	2427	11.3	90t	15
Opponents Totals	157	2382	15.2	74t	19

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lemar Parrish	7	105	15.0	65t	1
Al Beauchamp	6	53	8.8	18t	1
Ken Riley	5	22	4.4	21	0
Sandy Durko	4	46	11.5	25	0
Bill Bergey	1	16	16.0	16	0
Bill Peterson	1	16	16.0	16	0
Al Coleman	1	15	15.0	15	0
Neal Craig	1	0	0.0	0	0
Fletcher Smith	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	27	273	10.1	65t	2
Opponents Totals	11	219	19.9	48t	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Lewis	72	3229	44.8	56	8
Doug Dressler	1	34	34.0	34	0
Team Totals	73	3263	44.7	56	8	304	2799	38.3
Opponents Totals	73	2988	40.9	59		145

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lemar Parrish	12	9	93	7.8	47	0
Sandy Durko	6	11	14	2.3	7	0
Speedy Thomas	4	4	10	2.5	7	0
Essex Johnson	3	5	28	9.3	14	0
Team Totals	25	29	145	5.8	47	0
Opponents Totals	41	8	304	7.4	67	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Paul Robinson	18	335	18.6	37
Lemar Parrish	13	296	22.8	30
Fred Willis	4	81	20.3	32
Jess Phillips	2	49	24.5	31
Ronnie Lamb	2	42	21.0	25
Essex Johnson	2	40	20.0	21
Doug Dressler	1	20	20.0	20
Mike Kelly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	43	863	20.1	37
Opponents Totals	39	1024	26.3	80

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Reid	12.0
Ron Carpenter	5.0
Steve Chomyszak	4.5
Bill Bergey	2.0
Royce Berry	1.5
Al Beauchamp	1.0
Nick Roman	1.0
(Team)	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	254.0
Opponents Totals	40.0	303.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ken Anderson	5		2	0	2	-9	0
Ken Avery	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Royce Berry	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Virgil Carter	5		3	0	3	-6	0
Steve Chomyszak	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bruce Coslet	3		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Dressler	1		0	0	0	0	0
Sandy Durko	1		0	0	0	0	0
Howard Fest	0	0	2	0	2	1	0
Essex Johnson	1		0	0	0	0	0
Ken Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Mike Kelly	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Dave Lewis	2		1	0	1	0	0
Ed Marshall	1		0	0	0	0	0
Pat Matson	0	0	3	0	3	4	0
Chip Myers	1		0	0	0	0	0
Lemar Parrish	1		0	2	2	14	1
Jess Phillips	3		2	0	2	0	0
Ken Riley	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Paul Robinson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Nick Roman	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fletcher Smith	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Speedy Thomas	1		0	0	0	0	0
Fred Willis	3		1	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	29	13	16	12	28	4	1
Opponents Totals	21	12	6	12	18		0