1972 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 3rd 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 | 8/5/1972 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1972 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-20 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55799 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1972 | H | Miami Dolphins | 17-35 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55808 | |
| Mon | 8/28/1972 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 34-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 44232 | |
| Sun | 9/3/1972 | N | Cleveland Browns | 27-21 | W | Columbus, OH | Ohio Stadium | 84816 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1972 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 14-44 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55804 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1972 | A | New England Patriots | 31-7 | W | Foxborough, MA | Schaefer Stadium | 60999 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1972 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54292 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1972 | A | Cleveland Browns | 6-27 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81564 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1972 | H | Denver Broncos | 21-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55812 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1972 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-16 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 79068 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1972 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 12-15 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 73385 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1972 | H | Houston Oilers | 30-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59409 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1972 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-40 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 50350 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1972 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-20 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59485 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1972 | H | Baltimore Colts | 19-20 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 49512 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1972 | A | Chicago Bears | 13-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55701 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1972 | H | New York Giants | 13-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59523 | |
| Sat | 12/9/1972 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59524 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1972 | A | Houston Oilers | 61-17 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 32482 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Doug Adams | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 222 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 4 |
| Ken Anderson | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 23 | Augustana (Illinois) | 13 | 13 |
| Ken Avery | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 28 | Southern Mississippi | 13 | 12 |
| Al Beauchamp | 58 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 28 | Southern University | 14 | 13 |
| Bill Bergey | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 27 | Arkansas State | 12 | 10 |
| Royce Berry | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Houston | 14 | 13 |
| Drew Buie | 89 | WR | 6-2 | 182 | 25 | Catawba | 4 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 70 | RDT-LDE | 6-4 | 261 | 24 | North Carolina State | 14 | 4 |
| Virgil Carter | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Brigham Young | 10 | 1 |
| Tommy Casanova | 37 | RS | 6-2 | 202 | 22 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Chomyszak | 79 | RDT | 6-5 | 270 | 28 | Syracuse | 13 | 10 |
| Steve Conley | 38 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Kansas | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 26 | Pacific | 10 | 2 |
| Neal Craig | 34 | LS | 6-1 | 189 | 24 | Fisk | 14 | 14 |
| Tom DeLeone | 50 | C | 6-2 | 252 | 22 | Ohio State | 13 | 0 |
| Guy Dennis | 63 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 254 | 25 | Florida | 13 | 2 |
| Doug Dressler | 44 | FB | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Marin JC; Chico State | 14 | 10 |
| Howard Fest | 72 | LOG-LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 26 | Texas | 14 | 13 |
| Vern Holland | 76 | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 24 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Bernie Jackson | 23 | RCB-LCB | 6-0 | 173 | 22 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Johnson | 54 | C | 6-5 | 258 | 26 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Essex Johnson | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 11 |
| Ken Johnson | 80 | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 265 | 25 | Indiana | 11 | 3 |
| Charlie Joiner | 18 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 25 | Grambling State | 6 | 4 |
| Tim Kearney | 56 | LB | 6-2 | 226 | 22 | Northern Michigan | 1 | 0 |
| Ernie Kellermann | 24 | LS-RS | 6-0 | 184 | 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Kelly | 87 | TE-WR | 6-4 | 215 | 24 | Davidson | 13 | 0 |
| Steve Lawson | 68 | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Kansas | 3 | 1 |
| Jim LeClair | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 234 | 22 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 15 | P | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Matson | 73 | ROG | 6-1 | 246 | 28 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| Rufus Mayes | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 25 | Ohio State | 6 | 4 |
| Reece Morrison | 26 | RB | 6-0 | 206 | 27 | Texas State | 6 | 0 |
| Horst Muhlmann | 16 | K | 6-1 | 210 | 32 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 25 | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 27 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 14 | 14 |
| Lemar Parrish | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Peterson | 53 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 27 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
| Jess Phillips | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 25 | Michigan State | 13 | 2 |
| Ron Pritchard | 60 | RLB-LLB | 6-1 | 236 | 25 | Arizona State | 7 | 3 |
| Al Randolph | 27 | S | 6-2 | 199 | 28 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Reid | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Riley | 13 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 25 | Florida A&M | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Robinson | 18 | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona | 4 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 17 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 25 | Laney JC; Utah | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Trumpy | 84 | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 27 | Illinois; Utah | 12 | 12 |
| Stan Walters | 75 | LOT | 6-6 | 270 | 24 | Syracuse | 8 | 8 |
| Pete Watson | 40 | TE | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Tufts | 2 | 0 |
| Sherm White | 83 | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 24 | Laney JC; California | 13 | 12 |
| Fred Willis | 33 | RB | 6-0 | 209 | 25 | Boston College | 5 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 2 | Sherm White | DE | California |
| 2 | 29 | Tommy Casanova | DB | Louisiana State |
| 3 | 54 | Jim LeClair | LB | North Dakota |
| 4 | 81 | Bernie Jackson | DB | Washington State |
| 5 | 106 | Tom DeLeone | C | Ohio State |
| 7 | 158 | Steve Conley | RB | Kansas |
| 8 | 185 | Dan Kratzer | WR | Missouri Valley |
| 9 | 210 | Stan Walters | T | Syracuse |
| 10 | 237 | Brian Foster | DB | Colorado |
| 11 | 261 | Kent Pederson | TE | UC Santa Barbara |
| 12 | 289 | Rick Wegis | DB | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 13 | 314 | James Hamilton | QB | Arkansas State |
| 14 | 341 | Steve Porter | WR | Indiana |
| 15 | 366 | Hosea Minnieweather | DT | Jackson State |
| 16 | 393 | John Wiegmann | WR | Cal Poly (Pomona) |
| 17 | 418 | Dave Green | K | Ohio University |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 36 | 62 | 99 | 102 | 299 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 79 | 42 | 71 | 229 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 112 | 122 | 21 | 79/196 40.3% | / % | 76 | 738 | |
| Opponents Totals | 207 | 98 | 92 | 17 | 46/170 27.1% | / % | 69 | 581 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 27 | 40 | 67.5 | 0 | 111 |
| Doug Dressler | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Neal Craig | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sherm White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 30 | 31 | 96.8 | 27 | 40 | 67.5 | 1 | 299 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 1 | 229 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 27 | 40 | 67.5 | 3 | 51 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 9/12 | 5/8 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 40 | 67.5 | 3 | 51 | 6/7 | 6/10 | 9/12 | 5/8 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 29 | 69.0 | 4/ | 7/ | 8/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex Johnson | 212 | 825 | 3.9 | 19 | 4 |
| Doug Dressler | 128 | 565 | 4.4 | 43t | 6 |
| Jess Phillips | 48 | 207 | 4.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Fred Willis | 42 | 127 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 21 | 94 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 22 | 94 | 4.3 | 18 | 3 |
| Virgil Carter | 12 | 57 | 4.8 | 14 | 2 |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Conley | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Reece Morrison | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 491 | 1996 | 4.1 | 43t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 1815 | 4.5 | 41 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 301 | 171 | 56.8 | 123 | 1918 | 6.4 | 11.2 | 65t | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 2.3 | 18 | 155 | 1763 | 74.0 |
| Virgil Carter | 82 | 47 | 57.3 | 31 | 579 | 7.1 | 12.3 | 36 | 3 | 3.7 | 4 | 4.9 | 6 | 37 | 542 | 71.1 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 118.8 |
| Team Totals | 384 | 219 | 57.0 | 154 | 2513 | 6.5 | 11.5 | 65t | 10 | 2.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 24 | 192 | 2321 | 73.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 350 | 167 | 47.7 | 163 | 2033 | 5.8 | 12.2 | 68t | 11 | 3.1 | 20 | 5.7 | 38 | 296 | 1737 | 52.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Myers | 57 | 792 | 13.9 | 42 | 3 |
| Bob Trumpy | 44 | 500 | 11.4 | 38 | 2 |
| Doug Dressler | 39 | 348 | 8.9 | 33 | 1 |
| Essex Johnson | 29 | 420 | 14.5 | 65t | 2 |
| Speedy Thomas | 17 | 171 | 10.1 | 18 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 9 | 46 | 5.1 | 10 | 0 |
| Charlie Joiner | 8 | 133 | 16.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 5 | 48 | 9.6 | 17 | 1 |
| Drew Buie | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 219 | 2513 | 11.5 | 65t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 167 | 2033 | 12.2 | 68t | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Casanova | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 33t | 2 |
| Doug Adams | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 63t | 1 |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 326 | 16.3 | 63t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 70 | 6.4 | 28 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lewis | 66 | 2777 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 2505 | 38.0 | |
| Team Totals | 66 | 2777 | 42.1 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 152 | 2505 | 38.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 84 | 3559 | 42.4 | 62 | 0 | 437 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Casanova | 30 | 19 | 289 | 9.6 | 66t | 1 |
| Lemar Parrish | 15 | 2 | 141 | 9.4 | 51t | 1 |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 47 | 21 | 437 | 9.3 | 66t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 16 | 152 | 5.8 | 54 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Jackson | 21 | 509 | 24.2 | 62 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 15 | 348 | 23.2 | 45 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |
| Dave Lewis | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Guy Dennis | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
| Mike Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1018 | 22.1 | 62 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 984 | 22.4 | 34 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Reid | 12.0 | |
| Royce Berry | 5.5 | |
| Sherm White | 4.5 | |
| Steve Chomyszak | 4.0 | |
| Ken Avery | 2.0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 2.0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 2.0 | |
| Tommy Casanova | 1.0 | |
| Ron Pritchard | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 4.0 | |
| Team Totals | 38.0 | 296.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24.0 | 192.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20 | 0 | |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bergey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -6 | 0 | |
| Steve Chomyszak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Conley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Dressler | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -19 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Walters | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sherm White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Willis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 17 | -48 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 37 | 1 |
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