1998 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

5th place American Football Conference Central Division 3-13-0 .188

Paul Alexander	Offensive Line
Jim Anderson	Running Backs
Ken Anderson	Offensive Coordinator
Louie Cioffi	Defensive Staff Assistant
Mark Duffner	Linebackers
John Garrett	Offensive Staff Assistant
Ray Horton	Defensive Backs
Tim Krumrie	Defensive Line
Dick LeBeau	Assistant Head Coach
Al Roberts	Special Teams
Kim Wood	Strength
Bob Wylie	Tight Ends

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score			Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Sat	8/8/1998	A	New York Giants	17-24	L		East Rutherford, NJ	Giants Stadium	51312
Mon	8/17/1998	H	Indianapolis Colts	27-30	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	41076
Sat	8/22/1998	H	Detroit Lions	33-19	W		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	42725
Fri	8/28/1998	A	Atlanta Falcons	0-17	L		Atlanta, GA	Georgia Dome	26269
Sun	9/6/1998	H	Tennessee Oilers	14-23	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	55848
Sun	9/13/1998	A	Detroit Lions	34-28	W	OT	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	66354
Sun	9/20/1998	H	Green Bay Packers	6-13	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	56346
Sun	9/27/1998	A	Baltimore Ravens	24-31	L		Baltimore, MD	Ravens Stadium	68154
Sun	10/11/1998	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	25-20	W		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	59979
Sun	10/18/1998	A	Tennessee Oilers	14-44	L		Nashville, TN	Vanderbilt Stadium	33288
Sun	10/25/1998	A	Oakland Raiders	10-27	L		Oakland, CA	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum	40089
Sun	11/1/1998	H	Denver Broncos	26-33	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	59974
Sun	11/8/1998	A	Jacksonville Jaguars	11-24	L		Jacksonville, FL	ALLTEL Stadium	67040
Sun	11/15/1998	A	Minnesota Vikings	3-24	L		Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	64232
Sun	11/22/1998	H	Baltimore Ravens	13-20	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	52571
Sun	11/29/1998	H	Jacksonville Jaguars	17-34	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	55432
Sun	12/6/1998	H	Buffalo Bills	20-33	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	54359
Sun	12/13/1998	A	Indianapolis Colts	26-39	L		Indianapolis, IN	RCA Dome	55179
Sun	12/20/1998	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	25-24	W		Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	52017
Sun	12/27/1998	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0-35	L		Cincinnati, OH	Cinergy Field	49826

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
33	Ashley Ambrose	LCB	5-10	187	28	Mississippi Valley State	15	15
71	Willie Anderson	ROT	6-5	340	23	Auburn	16	16
90	Michael Bankston	LDE	6-5	285	28	Sam Houston State	16	16
89	Marco Battaglia	TE	6-3	250	25	Rutgers	16	0
40	Myron Bell	S	5-11	207	27	Michigan State	16	1
36	Brandon Bennett	RB	5-11	220	25	South Carolina	14	1
21	Eric Bieniemy	RB	5-7	205	29	Colorado	16	0
66	Ken Blackman	ROG	6-6	317	26	Illinois	8	8
37	Roosevelt Blackmon	DB	6-1	185	24	Morris Brown	12	0
45	Michael Blair	RB	5-11	245	24	Ball State	2	0
8	Jeff Blake	QB	6-0	213	28	East Carolina	8	2
74	Rich Braham	LOG	6-4	305	28	West Virginia	12	12
65	Darrick Brilz	C	6-3	281	34	Oregon State	16	16
75	Anthony Brown	OG-OT	6-5	315	26	Utah	16	5
88	Steve Bush	TE-FB	6-3	264	24	Arizona State	12	2
32	Ki-Jana Carter	HB	5-10	222	25	Penn State	1	0
92	John Copeland	DE	6-3	282	28	Hinds CC; Alabama	5	0
6	Brad Costello	P	6-1	230	24	Michigan State; Boston University	3	0
98	Canute Curtis	LB	6-2	256	24	West Virginia	5	0
28	Corey Dillon	HB	6-1	225	24	Garden City CC; Dixie JC; Washington	15	15
80	David Dunn	WR	6-3	219	26	Bakersfield CC; Fresno State	1	0
95	Steve Foley	LB	6-3	261	23	Louisiana-Monroe	10	1
50	James Francis	LOLB	6-5	256	30	Baylor	14	14
84	Damon Gibson	WR	5-9	183	23	Iowa	16	0
63	Mike Goff	OG	6-5	312	22	Iowa	10	5
91	Billy Granville	LB	6-3	249	24	Duke	16	0
62	Brock Gutierrez		6-3	304	25	Central Michigan	1	0
27	Artrell Hawkins	RCB	5-10	191	23	Cincinnati	16	16
85	James Hundon	WR	6-1	173	27	San Francisco CC; Portland State	9	3
80	Willie Jackson	WR	6-1	211	27	Florida	8	0
11	Lee Johnson	P	6-2	200	37	Brigham Young	13	0
60	Rod Jones	OG	6-4	328	24	Kansas	6	2
10	Paul Justin	QB	6-4	211	30	Arizona State	5	3
15	Eric Kresser	QB	6-2	223	25	Florida; Marshall	2	0
94	Jevon Langford	DT-DE	6-3	285	24	Oklahoma State	14	1
34	Tremain Mack	S	6-0	193	24	Miami (Florida)	12	0
24	Ric Mathias	CB	5-10	180	23	Wisconsin-La Crosse	3	0
82	Tony McGee	TE	6-4	246	27	Michigan	16	16
44	Brian Milne	FB	6-3	254	25	Penn State	14	14
29	Kelvin Moore	S	6-0	203	23	Santa Monica JC; Iowa State; Morgan State	4	0
31	Greg Myers	FS	6-1	202	26	Colorado State	16	16
12	Neil O'Donnell	QB	6-3	228	32	Maryland	13	11
64	Rod Payne	C	6-4	305	24	Michigan	6	0
9	Doug Pelfrey	K	5-11	185	28	Kentucky	16	0
81	Carl Pickens	WR	6-2	206	28	Tennessee	16	16
97	Andre Purvis	NT-DE	6-4	308	25	North Carolina	9	0
20	Thomas Randolph	CB	5-9	185	28	Kansas State	16	1
57	Adrian Ross	LB	6-2	249	23	Colorado State	14	1
77	Kevin Sargent	LOT	6-6	293	29	Eastern Washington	16	16
23	Corey Sawyer	CB	5-11	177	27	Florida State	3	0
86	Darnay Scott	WR	6-1	200	26	San Diego State	13	13
35	Sam Shade	SS	6-0	204	25	Alabama	16	14
58	Scott Shaw	OG	6-4	297	24	Michigan State	2	0
56	Brian Simmons	LILB	6-3	243	23	North Carolina	14	12
96	Clyde Simmons	RDE	6-5	290	34	Western Carolina	16	16
51	Takeo Spikes	RILB	6-2	241	22	Auburn	16	16
52	Jimmy Sprotte	LB	6-2	236	24	Arizona	5	0
70	Glen Steele	DT	6-4	299	24	Michigan	10	0
93	Mike Thompson	NT	6-4	295	27	Wisconsin	10	0
59	Greg Truitt	C	6-0	235	33	Penn State	11	0
53	Tom Tumulty	LB	6-3	247	25	Pittsburgh	4	4
67	Kimo Von Oelhoffen	NT	6-3	301	27	Hawaii; Walla Walla CC; Boise State	16	16
87	Stepfret Williams	WR	6-0	170	25	Louisiana-Monroe	5	0
55	Reinard Wilson	ROLB	6-2	267	25	Florida State	16	15

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College	Notes
1	13	Takeo Spikes	LB	Auburn
1	17	Brian Simmons	LB	North Carolina
2	43	Artrell Hawkins	DB	Cincinnati
3	75	Steve Foley	LB	Louisiana-Monroe
3	78	Mike Goff	G	Iowa
4	105	Glen Steele	DT	Michigan
6	167	Jason Tucker	WR	Texas Christian
7	202	Marcus Parker	RB	Virginia Tech
7	222	Damian Vaughn	TE	Miami (Ohio)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	26	90	66	80	6
Opponents Totals	113	143	99	97	0

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals	28:31	271	92	148	31	76/224 33.9%	11/29 37.9%	69	620
Opponents Totals	31:29	310	142	152	16	89/200 44.5%	4/9 44.4%	127	1012

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	PTS
Doug Pelfrey	0	21	21	100.0	0	2	19	27	70.4	78
Darnay Scott	7	0	0		0	0	0	0		42
Carl Pickens	5	0	0		1	1	0	0		32
Corey Dillon	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		30
Damon Gibson	4	0	0		0	0	0	0		24
Brandon Bennett	2	0	0		0	0	0	0		12
Marco Battaglia	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
James Hundon	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Tremain Mack	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Tony McGee	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Brian Milne	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Corey Sawyer	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Sam Shade	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Stepfret Williams	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		6
Paul Justin	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		2
Neil O'Donnell	0	0	0		0	2	0	0		0
Jeff Blake	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Lee Johnson	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Scott Shaw	0	0	0		0	1	0	0		0
Team Totals	31	21	21	100.0	2	9	19	27	70.4	268
Opponents Totals	53	51	51	100.0	1	2	27	31	87.1	452

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Doug Pelfrey	19	27	70.4	1/1	4/4	6/7	6/10	2/5
Team Totals	19	27	70.4	1/1	4/4	6/7	6/10	2/5
Opponents Totals	27	31	87.1	0/1	5/6	12/12	8/10	2/2

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Corey Dillon	262	1130	4.3	66	4	56	4	2	2
Brandon Bennett	77	243	3.2	17	2	15	0	0	1
Jeff Blake	15	103	6.9	18	0	6	0	0	0
Eric Bieniemy	17	56	3.3	9	0	5	0	0	0
Brian Milne	10	41	4.1	10	1	5	0	0	0
Neil O'Donnell	13	34	2.6	10	0	3	0	0	2
Darnay Scott	2	10	5.0	8	0	1	0	0	0
Damon Gibson	1	9	9.0	9	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Blair	1	4	4.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ki-Jana Carter	2	4	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Carl Pickens	2	4	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Justin	1	2	2.0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Brad Costello	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eric Kresser	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	405	1639	4.0	66	7	92	4	2	5
Opponents Totals	558	2612	4.7	67t	23	142	13	4	5

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Neil O'Donnell	343	212	61.8	127	2216	6.5	10.5	76t	15	4.4	4	1.2	30	217	1999	94	24	8	90.2
Jeff Blake	93	51	54.8	39	739	7.9	14.5	67t	3	3.2	3	3.2	15	79	660	29	9	4	78.2
Paul Justin	63	34	54.0	26	426	6.8	12.5	41	1	1.6	3	4.8	7	60	366	18	8	1	60.7
Eric Kresser	21	10	47.6	9	164	7.8	16.4	37	1	4.8	2	9.5	0	0	164	7	3	0	50.6
Doug Pelfrey	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	521	307	58.9	202	3545	6.8	11.5	76t	20	3.8	12	2.3	53	360	3185	148	44	13	82.7
Opponents Totals	406	233	57.4	160	3350	8.3	14.4	73t	23	5.7	13	3.2	28	199	3151	152	44	14	89.8

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Carl Pickens	82	1023	12.5	67t	5	48	15	2	2
Darnay Scott	51	817	16.0	70t	7	34	12	4	0
Corey Dillon	28	178	6.4	41	1	4	2	1	0
Eric Bieniemy	27	153	5.7	15	0	6	0	0	0
Brian Milne	26	124	4.8	18	0	5	0	0	0
Tony McGee	22	363	16.5	40	1	17	5	1	0
Damon Gibson	19	258	13.6	76t	3	11	3	1	0
James Hundon	10	112	11.2	17	1	4	0	0	0
Marco Battaglia	10	47	4.7	16	1	2	0	0	1
Brandon Bennett	8	153	19.1	55	0	5	4	1	0
Willie Jackson	7	165	23.6	47	0	6	3	1	0
Stepfret Williams	6	81	13.5	19t	1	5	0	0	0
Ki-Jana Carter	6	25	4.2	8	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Bush	4	39	9.8	18	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Blair	1	7	7.0	7	0	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	307	3545	11.5	76t	20	148	44	13	4
Opponents Totals	233	3350	14.4	73t	23	152	44	14	2

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Sam Shade	3	33	11.0	32	0
Artrell Hawkins	3	21	7.0	12	0
Ashley Ambrose	2	0	0.0	0	0
Corey Sawyer	1	58	58.0	58t	1
Brian Simmons	1	18	18.0	18	0
Adrian Ross	1	11	11.0	11	0
John Copeland	1	3	3.0	3	0
Thomas Randolph	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	13	144	11.1	58t	1
Opponents Totals	12	206	17.2	56	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Lee Johnson	69	3083	44.7	69	1	8	14	9	6	428	2495	35.6
Brad Costello	10	495	49.5	73	1	3	0	1	1	75	360	32.7
Team Totals	81	3578	44.2	73	2	11	14	10	7	503	2855	35.3
Opponents Totals	64	2850	44.5	72	0	4	29			234	2536	39.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Damon Gibson	27	19	218	8.1	65t	1	1	1	3
Stepfret Williams	2	3	16	8.0	10	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	29	22	234	8.1	65t	1	1	1	3
Opponents Totals	36	15	503	14.0	87t	1

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Lee Johnson	47	3128	66.6	0	11	35	886	0	1	0
Brad Costello	12	740	61.7	1	0	11	313	0	0	0
Doug Pelfrey	4	178	44.5	1	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team Totals	63	4046	64.2	2	13	46	1199	0	3	0
Opponents Totals						72	1710	1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Tremain Mack	45	0	1165	25.9	97t	1	29	5	2
Damon Gibson	17	0	372	21.9	30	0	13	0	0
Eric Bieniemy	5	0	87	17.4	22	0	1	0	1
Brandon Bennett	3	0	61	20.3	21	0	2	0	0
Stepfret Williams	1	0	20	20.0	20	0	1	0	0
Marco Battaglia	1	0	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	72	0	1710	23.8	97t	1	46	5	3
Opponents Totals	46		1199	26.1	51	0

SACKS	NO	YDS
Reinard Wilson	6.0
Clyde Simmons	5.0
Michael Bankston	4.5
Brian Simmons	3.0
Steve Foley	2.0
Takeo Spikes	2.0
Myron Bell	1.0
Artrell Hawkins	1.0
Andre Purvis	1.0
Sam Shade	1.0
Jevon Langford	0.5
Mike Thompson	0.5
Tom Tumulty	0.5
Team Totals	28.0	199.0
Opponents Totals	53.0	360.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Willie Anderson	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Michael Bankston	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
Marco Battaglia	1		3	0	3	0	0
Brandon Bennett	1		1	0	1	0	0
Eric Bieniemy	1		0	0	0	0	0
Michael Blair	1		1	0	1	0	0
Jeff Blake	1		0	0	0	0	0
Corey Dillon	2		0	0	0	0	0
Damon Gibson	3		1	0	1	0	0
Billy Granville	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Artrell Hawkins	0	0	0	1	1	25	0
Tremain Mack	2		1	0	1	0	0
Brian Milne	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Greg Myers	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Neil O'Donnell	6		1	0	1	-2	0
Carl Pickens	2		0	0	0	0	0
Sam Shade	0	0	0	2	2	55	1
Brian Simmons	0	0	0	1	1	22	0
Greg Truitt	1		0	0	0	-12	0
Team Totals	21	11	10	7	17	93	1
Opponents Totals	12	7	5	10	15		5