1974 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 7-7-0 .500

Head Coach: Paul Brown

Howard Brinker	Linebackers
Jack Donaldson	Offensive Backs
Bill Johnson	Offensive Line
Chuck Studley	Defensive Line
Bill Walsh	Receivers
Chuck Weber	Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1974	H	Miami Dolphins	19-13	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	37925
Sat	8/10/1974	H	Philadelphia Eagles	35-21	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	31731
Sat	8/17/1974	A	Atlanta Falcons	13-7	W	OT	Atlanta, GA	Grant Field	44127
Mon	8/26/1974	H	Detroit Lions	27-14	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54682
Sun	9/1/1974	N	Cleveland Browns	17-21	L		Columbus, OH	Ohio Stadium	36326
Fri	9/6/1974	A	Green Bay Packers	24-26	L		Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	46605
Sun	9/15/1974	H	Cleveland Browns	33-7	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	53113
Sun	9/22/1974	H	San Diego Chargers	17-20	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	51178
Sun	9/29/1974	A	San Francisco 49ers	21-3	W		San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	49895
Sun	10/6/1974	H	Washington Redskins	28-17	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	56175
Sun	10/13/1974	A	Cleveland Browns	34-24	W		Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	70897
Sun	10/20/1974	A	Oakland Raiders	27-30	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	51821
Sun	10/27/1974	H	Houston Oilers	21-34	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55434
Sun	11/3/1974	A	Baltimore Colts	24-14	W		Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	35110
Sun	11/10/1974	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-10	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	57532
Sun	11/17/1974	A	Houston Oilers	3-20	L		Houston, TX	Astrodome	44054
Sun	11/24/1974	H	Kansas City Chiefs	33-6	W		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	49777
Mon	12/2/1974	A	Miami Dolphins	3-24	L		Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	71962
Sun	12/8/1974	H	Detroit Lions	19-23	L		Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	45159
Sat	12/14/1974	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-27	L		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	42878

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	25	Ohio State	12	6
14	Ken Anderson	QB	6-3	212	25	Augustana (Illinois)	13	13
51	Ken Avery	MLB	6-1	225	30	Southern Mississippi	13	5
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	30	Southern University	14	14
82	Royce Berry	LDE	6-3	245	28	Houston	13	2
29	Lyle Blackwood	LS-LCB	6-1	189	23	Blinn JC; Texas Christian	13	3
70	Ron Carpenter	RDT-RDE	6-4	261	26	North Carolina State	14	14
37	Tommy Casanova	RS	6-2	202	24	Louisiana State	14	14
81	Al Chandler	TE	6-2	233	24	Oklahoma	14	0
42	Boobie Clark	RB	6-2	245	25	Bethune-Cookman	8	8
11	Wayne Clark	QB	6-2	203	27	U.S. International	14	1
88	Bruce Coslet	TE	6-3	226	28	Pacific	14	1
85	Isaac Curtis	WR	6-0	192	24	California; San Diego State	14	14
26	Charlie Davis	RB	5-11	200	22	Colorado	14	9
44	Doug Dressler	RB	6-3	228	26	Marin JC; Chico State	13	4
36	Lenvil Elliott	RB	6-0	207	23	Truman State	10	2
72	Howard Fest	LOG-C	6-6	263	28	Texas	14	14
41	Dave Green	P	5-11	200	25	Ohio University	14	0
76	Vern Holland	ROT	6-5	267	26	Tennessee State	3	2
23	Bernie Jackson	LS	6-0	173	24	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State	14	13
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	28	Tennessee	10	10
19	Essex Johnson	RB	5-9	197	28	Grambling State	5	2
80	Ken Johnson	LDE	6-6	265	27	Indiana	13	13
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	27	Grambling State	14	10
57	Evan Jolitz	LB	6-2	225	23	Xavier (Ohio); Cincinnati	12	0
32	Bob Jones	CB	6-1	194	23	Virginia Union	14	0
56	Tim Kearney	LB	6-2	226	24	Northern Michigan	12	0
50	Vic Koegel	LB	6-0	215	22	Ohio State	6	0
68	Bill Kollar	RDT-LDT	6-4	256	22	Montana State	14	3
62	Dave Lapham	LOT	6-4	259	22	Syracuse	14	0
55	Jim LeClair	MLB	6-3	234	24	Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota	8	3
77	Bob Maddox	RDE	6-5	245	25	Frostburg State; McDaniel; Frostburg State	14	0
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	30	Oregon	14	8
71	Rufus Mayes	LOT	6-5	255	27	Ohio State	14	14
86	Johnny McDaniel	WR	6-1	197	23	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	1
16	Horst Muhlmann	K	6-1	210	34	none	14	0
25	Chip Myers	WR	6-4	203	29	Northwestern Oklahoma State	14	3
20	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	27	Lincoln (Missouri)	13	13
60	Ron Pritchard	RLB	6-1	236	27	Arizona State	14	14
74	Mike Reid	LDT	6-3	255	27	Penn State	14	14
13	Ken Riley	RCB	6-0	185	27	Florida A&M	14	13
22	Ken Sawyer	S	6-0	192	22	Syracuse	12	0
64	John Shinners	ROG-LOG	6-2	255	27	Xavier (Ohio)	13	10
84	Bob Trumpy	TE	6-6	226	29	Illinois; Utah	13	13
75	Stan Walters	ROT	6-6	270	26	Syracuse	14	12
82	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	26	Laney JC; California	12	12
43	Ed Williams	RB	6-1	245	24	Langston	14	3

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	23	Bill Kollar	DT	Montana State
2	48	Charlie Davis	RB	Colorado
3	61	Dave Lapham	G	Syracuse
3	73	Evan Jolitz	LB	Cincinnati
4	87	Mike Boryla	QB	Stanford
4	98	Daryl White	G	Nebraska
4	103	Dick Williams	WR	Abilene Christian
5	114	Haskel Stanback	RB	Tennessee
5	127	Richard Bishop	DT	Louisville
6	152	Robin Sinclair	DB	Washington State
6	153	Bill Bryant	DB	Grambling State
7	177	Ken Sawyer	DB	Syracuse
8	202	Johnny McDaniel	WR	Lincoln (Missouri)
9	231	Eddie Johnson	DE	Southern Methodist
10	256	Chuck Herd	WR	Penn State
11	281	Ed Kezirian	T	UCLA
12	306	Rudy McClinon	DB	Xavier (Ohio)
13	335	Ted Jornov	LB	Iowa State
14	360	Mike Phillips	T	Cornell
15	385	Isaac Jackson	RB	Kansas State
16	410	Darryl Bishop	DB	Kentucky
17	439	Jim Smith	RB	North Carolina Central

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	50	95	60	78
Opponents Totals	37	63	70	89

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		260	115	131	14	72/172 41.9%	/ %	78	653
Opponents Totals		256	127	109	20	84/207 40.6%	/ %	77	640

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Horst Muhlmann	0	32	35	91.4	11	18	61.1	0	65
Isaac Curtis	10	0	0		0	0		0	60
Boobie Clark	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ed Williams	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Lemar Parrish	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ken Anderson	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Doug Dressler	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Lenvil Elliott	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Trumpy	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Wayne Clark	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Essex Johnson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Charlie Joiner	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bob Maddox	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Chip Myers	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Ron Carpenter	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
(Team)	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0
Team Totals	36	32	36	88.9	11	18	61.1	1	283
Opponents Totals	30	28	30	93.3	17	22	77.3	0	259

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Horst Muhlmann	11	18	61.1	1/1	2/2	5/9	3/6	0/0
Team Totals	11	18	61.1	1/1	2/2	5/9	3/6	0/0
Opponents Totals	17	22	77.3	1/	8/	3/	5/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Davis	72	375	5.2	29	0
Lenvil Elliott	68	345	5.1	26	1
Ken Anderson	43	314	7.3	20	2
Boobie Clark	99	312	3.2	22	5
Doug Dressler	72	255	3.5	17	2
Ed Williams	58	238	4.1	18	3
Isaac Curtis	8	62	7.8	20	0
Essex Johnson	19	44	2.3	11	0
Charlie Joiner	4	20	5.0	8	0
Wayne Clark	1	8	8.0	8t	1
Johnny McDaniel	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	445	1978	4.4	29	14
Opponents Totals	497	2152	4.3	54	16

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ken Anderson	328	213	64.9	105	2667	8.1	12.5	77t	18	5.5	10	3.0	36	292	2375	95.7
Wayne Clark	22	9	40.9	10	98	4.5	10.9	19	0	0.0	3	13.6	1	1	97	15.2
Lenvil Elliott	1	1	100.0	0	17	17.0	17.0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	17	118.8
Dave Green	2	1	50.0	1	22	11.0	22.0	22	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	22	89.6
Team Totals	353	224	63.5	116	2804	7.9	12.5	77t	18	5.1	13	3.7	37	293	2511	89.7
Opponents Totals	359	186	51.8	164	2110	5.9	11.3	64	13	3.6	9	2.5	36	320	1790	71.4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chip Myers	32	383	12.0	22	1
Isaac Curtis	30	633	21.1	77t	10
Doug Dressler	29	196	6.8	23	0
Charlie Joiner	24	390	16.3	65t	1
Boobie Clark	23	194	8.4	23	1
Bob Trumpy	21	330	15.7	41	2
Charlie Davis	19	171	9.0	32	0
Lenvil Elliott	18	187	10.4	28t	1
Ed Williams	13	98	7.5	19t	1
Essex Johnson	8	85	10.6	27t	1
Johnny McDaniel	2	79	39.5	60	0
Bruce Coslet	2	24	12.0	18	0
Bernie Jackson	1	22	22.0	22	0
Al Chandler	1	9	9.0	9	0
Bob Johnson	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team Totals	224	2804	12.5	77t	18
Opponents Totals	186	2110	11.3	64	13

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Ken Riley	5	33	6.6	19
Tommy Casanova	2	26	13.0	26
Al Beauchamp	1	34	34.0	34
Bernie Jackson	1	17	17.0	17
Team Totals	9	110	12.2	34
Opponents Totals	13	140	10.8	40

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Green	66	2701	40.9	53	0	10	457	2044	31.0
Team Totals	66	2701	40.9	53	0	10	457	2044	31.0
Opponents Totals	81	3061	37.8	58	1		632

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Lemar Parrish	18	1	338	18.8	90t	2
Tommy Casanova	24	2	265	11.0	74	0
Lyle Blackwood	10	3	29	2.9	11	0
Team Totals	52	6	632	12.2	90t	2
Opponents Totals	41	5	457	11.1	69	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bernie Jackson	29	682	23.5	45
Charlie Davis	12	243	20.3	28
Johnny McDaniel	3	64	21.3	24
Doug Dressler	3	32	10.7	18
Lemar Parrish	2	36	18.0	21
Ed Williams	2	33	16.5	22
Tommy Casanova	1	48	48.0	48
Lyle Blackwood	1	17	17.0	17
Lenvil Elliott	1	2	2.0	2
Team Totals	54	1157	21.4	48
Opponents Totals	55	1198	21.8	59

SACKS	NO	YDS
Ron Carpenter	13.0
Mike Reid	7.0
Sherm White	5.5
Bill Kollar	3.0
Royce Berry	2.0
Ron Pritchard	2.0
Ken Avery	1.0
Tommy Casanova	1.0
Ken Johnson	1.0
Doug Adams	0.5
Team Totals	36.0	320.0
Opponents Totals	37.0	293.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ken Anderson	3		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Avery	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Al Beauchamp	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ron Carpenter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tommy Casanova	3		0	0	0	-10	0
Boobie Clark	3		0	0	0	0	0
Isaac Curtis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Davis	3		0	0	0	0	0
Doug Dressler	5		0	0	0	0	0
Lenvil Elliott	3		2	0	2	0	0
Bernie Jackson	1		2	1	3	0	0
Essex Johnson	1		1	0	1	0	0
Ken Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Charlie Joiner	3		0	0	0	0	0
Lemar Parrish	0	0	1	1	2	47	1
Mike Reid	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Ken Riley	1		0	0	0	0	0
John Shinners	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Bob Trumpy	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Stan Walters	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Sherm White	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Team Totals	27	18	9	11	20	37	1
Opponents Totals	23	11	10	18	28		1