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1972 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) 3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 8-6-0 .571

Head Coach: Paul Brown

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

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

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
52	Doug Adams	MLB	6-0	222	23	Ohio State	14
14	Ken Anderson	QB	6-3	212	23	Augustana (Illinois)	13
57	Ken Avery	RLB	6-1	225	28	Southern Mississippi	13
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	28	Southern University	14
66	Bill Bergey	MLB	6-2	240	27	Arkansas State	12
82	Royce Berry	LDE	6-3	245	26	Houston	14
70	Ron Carpenter	RDT-LDE	6-4	261	24	North Carolina State	14
11	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	27	Brigham Young	10
79	Steve Chomyszak	RDT	6-5	270	28	Syracuse	13
88	Bruce Coslet	TE	6-3	226	26	Pacific	10
34	Neal Craig	LS	6-1	189	24	Fisk	14
63	Guy Dennis	LOG-ROG	6-2	254	25	Florida	13
44	Doug Dressler	RB	6-3	228	24	Marin JC; Chico State	14
72	Howard Fest	LOG	6-6	263	26	Texas	14
76	Vern Holland	ROT	6-5	267	24	Tennessee State	14
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	26	Tennessee	14
19	Essex Johnson	RB	5-9	197	26	Grambling State	14
80	Ken Johnson	LDE-RDE	6-6	265	25	Indiana	11
87	Mike Kelly	TE	6-4	215	24	Davidson	13
68	Steve Lawson	OG	6-3	265	23	Kansas	3
15	Dave Lewis	P	6-2	216	27	Stanford	14
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	28	Oregon	14
71	Rufus Mayes	LOT	6-5	255	25	Ohio State	6
16	Horst Muhlmann	K	6-1	210	32	none	14	0
25	Chip Myers	WR	6-4	203	27	Northwestern Oklahoma State	14	14
20	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	25	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	14
53	Bill Peterson	RLB	6-3	228	27	San Jose State	14
30	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	25	Michigan State	13
74	Mike Reid	LDT	6-3	255	25	Penn State	14
13	Ken Riley	RCB	6-0	185	25	Florida A&M	12
18	Paul Robinson	RB	6-0	199	28	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	4
17	Speedy Thomas	WR	6-1	175	25	Laney JC; Utah	11
84	Bob Trumpy	TE	6-6	226	27	Illinois; Utah	12
40	Pete Watson	TE	6-1	210	22	Tufts	2
33	Fred Willis	RB	6-0	209	25	Boston College	5
89	Drew Buie	WR	6-2	182	25	Catawba	4
37	Tommy Casanova	RS	6-2	202	22	Louisiana State	14
38	Steve Conley	RB	6-2	225	23	Arizona Western JC; Kansas	1
50	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	22	Ohio State	13	0
23	Bernie Jackson	LCB	6-0	173	22	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State	14
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	25	Grambling State	6
24	Ernie Kellermann	LS-RS	6-0	184	29	Miami (Ohio)	14
55	Jim LeClair	LLB	6-3	234	22	North Dakota	14
26	Reece Morrison	RB	6-0	206	27	Texas State	6
60	Ron Pritchard	RLB-LLB	6-1	236	25	Arizona State	7
75	Stan Walters	LOT	6-6	270	24	Syracuse	8
83	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	24	Laney JC; California	13	13
27	Al Randolph	S	6-2	199	28	Iowa	2
56	Tim Kearney	LB	6-2	226	22	Northern Michigan	1

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Sherm White	1	2	DE	California
Tommy Casanova	2	29	DB	Louisiana State
Jim LecCair	3	54	LB	North Dakota
Bernie Jackson	4	81	DB	Washington State
Tom DeLeone	5	106	C	Ohio State
Steve Conley	7	158	RB	Kansas
Dan Kratzer	8	185	WR	Missouri Valley
Stan Walters	9	210	T	Syracuse
Brian Foster	10	237	DB	Colorado
Kent Pederson	11	261	TE	UC Santa Barbara
Rick Wegis	12	289	DB	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
James Hamilton	13	314	QB	Arkansas State
Steve Porter	14	341	WR	Indiana
Hosea Minnieweather	15	366	DT	Jackson State
John Wiegmann	16	393	WR	Cal Poly (Pomona)
Dave Green	17	418	K	Ohio University

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	36	62	99	102
Opponents Totals	37	79	42	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Horst Muhlmann	27	40	67.5	6/7	6/10	9/12	5/8	1/3
Team Totals	27	40	67.5	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	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Lewis	66	2777	42.1	60	6	152	2505	38.0
Team Totals	66	2777	42.1	60	6	152	2505	38.0
Opponents Totals	84	3559	42.4	62		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	YDS	AVG	LG
Bernie Jackson	21	509	24.2	62
Lemar Parrish	15	348	23.2	45
Charlie Joiner	5	88	17.6	25
Tommy Casanova	1	34	34.0	34
Dave Lewis	1	15	15.0	15
Essex Johnson	1	13	13.0	13
Guy Dennis	1	11	11.0	11
Mike Kelly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	46	1018	22.1	62
Opponents Totals	44	984	22.4	34

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