1976 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 2nd place American Football Conference Central Division 10-4-0 .714 |
| Head Coach: Bill Johnson |
| Howard Brinker | Linebackers |
| Jack Donaldson | Offensive Backs |
| Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
| Mike McCormack | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
| Charley Winner | Defensive Backs |
| Kim Wood | Strength |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 7/31/1976 | A | Green Bay Packers | 23-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50245 | |
| Sat | 8/7/1976 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 47117 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1976 | H | Detroit Lions | 26-14 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 47289 | |
| Sun | 8/22/1976 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 17-23 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 43784 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1976 | A | New Orleans Saints | 10-13 | L | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 60044 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1976 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 24-13 | W | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 46775 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1976 | H | Denver Broncos | 17-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53464 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1976 | A | Baltimore Colts | 27-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 50621 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1976 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 44103 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1976 | A | Cleveland Browns | 45-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 75817 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1976 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 49700 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1976 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-23 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48311 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1976 | A | Houston Oilers | 27-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45499 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1976 | H | Cleveland Browns | 21-6 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54776 | |
| Mon | 11/8/1976 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 20-12 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52480 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1976 | H | Houston Oilers | 31-27 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53243 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1976 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-24 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 46259 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1976 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-7 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55142 | |
| Mon | 12/6/1976 | A | Oakland Raiders | 20-35 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 52430 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1976 | A | New York Jets | 42-3 | W | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 31067 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 14 | Ken Anderson | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 27 | Augustana (Illinois) | 14 | 14 |
| 79 | Coy Bacon | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 33 | Jackson State | 14 | 14 |
| 10 | Chris Bahr | K | 5-10 | 170 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| 82 | Billy Brooks | WR | 6-3 | 202 | 23 | Oklahoma | 12 | 8 |
| 78 | Bob Brown | LDT | 6-5 | 268 | 37 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| 74 | Glenn Bujnoch | LOG-ROG-LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 265 | 23 | Texas A&M | 14 | 1 |
| 67 | Gary Burley | LDE | 6-3 | 282 | 24 | Wharton County JC; Pittsburgh | 14 | 11 |
| 50 | Glenn Cameron | RLB-MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 1 |
| 70 | Ron Carpenter | RDT | 6-4 | 261 | 28 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| 37 | Tommy Casanova | LS | 6-2 | 202 | 26 | Louisiana State | 11 | 10 |
| 42 | Boobie Clark | RB | 6-2 | 245 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 13 | 9 |
| 24 | Marvin Cobb | RS-LS-CB | 6-0 | 188 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 10 |
| 88 | Bruce Coslet | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 30 | Pacific | 14 | 1 |
| 85 | Isaac Curtis | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | California; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| 35 | Tony Davis | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Nebraska | 14 | 1 |
| 51 | Chris Devlin | RLB | 6-2 | 228 | 23 | Penn State | 9 | 0 |
| 36 | Lenvil Elliott | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Truman State | 12 | 0 |
| 63 | Greg Fairchild | LOG-ROG-C | 6-4 | 257 | 22 | Tulsa | 12 | 0 |
| 33 | Stan Fritts | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Murray State; North Carolina State | 13 | 4 |
| 45 | Archie Griffin | RB | 5-9 | 188 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bo Harris | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 23 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Vern Holland | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 28 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 72 | Ron Hunt | ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 21 | Oregon | 12 | 0 |
| 23 | Bernie Jackson | RS-LS | 6-0 | 173 | 26 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 12 | 8 |
| 54 | Bob Johnson | C | 6-5 | 258 | 30 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 80 | Ken Johnson | LDE-RDE | 6-6 | 265 | 29 | Indiana | 13 | 3 |
| 68 | Bill Kollar | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 24 | Montana State | 9 | 0 |
| 62 | Dave Lapham | ROG | 6-4 | 259 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 55 | Jim LeClair | MLB | 6-3 | 234 | 26 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Rufus Mayes | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 29 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Johnny McDaniel | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 2 |
| 87 | Pat McInally | P-WR | 6-6 | 210 | 23 | Harvard | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Melvin Morgan | RCB-LCB-FS | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | Gulf Coast JC; Mississippi Valley State | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Chip Myers | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 31 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 12 | 4 |
| 20 | Lemar Parrish | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 29 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Scott Perry | RCB | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Williams | 12 | 0 |
| 60 | Ron Pritchard | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 29 | Arizona State | 7 | 5 |
| 11 | John Reaves | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 26 | Florida | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Ken Riley | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Willie Shelby | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 23 | Alabama | 13 | 0 |
| 64 | John Shinners | LOG | 6-2 | 255 | 29 | Xavier (Ohio) | 13 | 13 |
| 84 | Bob Trumpy | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 31 | Illinois; Utah | 13 | 13 |
| 57 | Reggie Williams | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 230 | 22 | Dartmouth | 14 | 8 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Billy Brooks | WR | Oklahoma |
| 1 | 24 | Archie Griffin | RB | Ohio State |
| 2 | 38 | Glenn Bujnoch | G | Texas A&M |
| 2 | 51 | Chris Bahr | K | Penn State |
| 3 | 69 | Danny Reece | DB | Southern California |
| 3 | 82 | Reggie Williams | LB | Dartmouth |
| 4 | 106 | Tony Davis | RB | Nebraska |
| 4 | 116 | Greg Fairchild | G | Tulsa |
| 5 | 138 | Willie Shelby | DB | Alabama |
| 5 | 147 | Scott Perry | DB | Williams |
| 6 | 176 | Orlando Nelson | TE | Utah State |
| 7 | 187 | Bob Bateman | QB | Brown |
| 7 | 192 | Pete Rome | DB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 7 | 205 | Ken Kuhn | LB | Ohio State |
| 8 | 232 | Ron Hunt | T | Oregon |
| 9 | 259 | Lonnie Allgood | WR | Syracuse |
| 10 | 287 | Tom Klaban | K | Ohio State |
| 11 | 314 | Melvin Morgan | DB | Mississippi Valley State |
| 12 | 340 | Joe Dale Harris | WR | Alabama |
| 13 | 371 | Randy Walker | RB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 14 | 398 | Greg Coleman | P | Florida A&M |
| 15 | 425 | Lynn Hieber | QB | Indiana (Pennsylvania) |
| 16 | 455 | George Demopoulos | C | Miami (Florida) |
| 17 | 482 | Scott Dannelley | G | Ohio State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 91 | 85 | 91 | 68 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 63 | 49 | 54 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 238 | 114 | 110 | 14 | 71/186 38.2% | / % | 79 | 700 | |
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 116 | 103 | 15 | 61/201 30.3% | / % | 90 | 768 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bahr | 0 | 39 | 42 | 92.9 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 0 | 81 |
| Boobie Clark | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Isaac Curtis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Tommy Casanova | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Lenvil Elliott | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Stan Fritts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Tony Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chip Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 42 | 39 | 42 | 92.9 | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 1 | 335 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 210 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Bahr | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 2 | 51 | 1/1 | 6/8 | 2/4 | 3/8 | 2/6 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 27 | 51.9 | 2 | 51 | 1/1 | 6/8 | 2/4 | 3/8 | 2/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 2/ | 5/ | 3/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boobie Clark | 151 | 671 | 4.4 | 24 | 7 |
| Archie Griffin | 138 | 625 | 4.5 | 77t | 3 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 69 | 276 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stan Fritts | 47 | 200 | 4.3 | 13 | 3 |
| Tony Davis | 36 | 178 | 4.9 | 16 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 31 | 134 | 4.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Isaac Curtis | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 481 | 2109 | 4.4 | 77t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 520 | 1912 | 3.7 | 29 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 338 | 179 | 53.0 | 145 | 2367 | 7.0 | 13.2 | 85t | 19 | 5.6 | 14 | 4.1 | 34 | 235 | 2132 | 76.9 |
| John Reaves | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 13 | 76 | 3.5 | 9.5 | 19 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 3 | 17 | 59 | 58.1 |
| Team Totals | 360 | 187 | 51.9 | 158 | 2443 | 6.8 | 13.1 | 85t | 21 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.2 | 37 | 252 | 2191 | 75.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 364 | 177 | 48.6 | 161 | 2202 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 68t | 13 | 3.6 | 26 | 7.1 | 46 | 444 | 1758 | 50.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Curtis | 41 | 766 | 18.7 | 85t | 6 |
| Boobie Clark | 23 | 158 | 6.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 22 | 188 | 8.5 | 29t | 3 |
| Bob Trumpy | 21 | 323 | 15.4 | 48t | 7 |
| Chip Myers | 17 | 267 | 15.7 | 63 | 1 |
| Billy Brooks | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny McDaniel | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Stan Fritts | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 32 | 2 |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 187 | 2443 | 13.1 | 85t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2202 | 12.4 | 68t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Riley | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 53t | 1 |
| Tommy Casanova | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 33t | 2 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Harris | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Devlin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 330 | 12.7 | 53t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 102 | 6.8 | 29 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 76 | 2999 | 39.5 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 323 | 2556 | 33.6 |
| Team Totals | 76 | 2999 | 39.5 | 61 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 323 | 2556 | 33.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 3287 | 38.2 | 74 | 343 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 21 | 4 | 162 | 7.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 20 | 2 | 122 | 6.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 10 | 2 | 45 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 54 | 13 | 343 | 6.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 7 | 323 | 7.9 | 69t | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 30 | 761 | 25.4 | 97t | 1 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 22 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 21 | 5.3 | 12 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 | |
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 23 | 0 | |
| Ron Hunt | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Stan Fritts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 49 | 1046 | 21.3 | 97t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 1616 | 24.5 | 53 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Coy Bacon | 22.0 | |
| Gary Burley | 10.0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 5.5 | |
| Bob Brown | 2.0 | |
| Bo Harris | 1.5 | |
| Ron Pritchard | 1.0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 1.0 | |
| Bill Kollar | 1.0 | |
| Reggie Williams | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 46.0 | 444.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 37.0 | 252.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Burley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 | |
| Boobie Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tony Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greg Fairchild | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stan Fritts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Archie Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bo Harris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vern Holland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Lapham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Shelby | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 30 | 116 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 36 | 0 |
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