1970 Cincinnati Bengals: 8-6-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (182 points scored, 98 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (130 points scored, 157 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown
312 points scored (7th of 26 teams), 255 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team)
Team stats and rankings:
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Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers
Offense: 172 339 1,870 (21) 5.05 12 11 461 2,057 ( 4) 4.5 8 3,927 (16) 23
Defense: 209 428 2,635 (25) 5.78 18 23 418 1,543 ( 9) 3.7 11 4,178 (20) 39
Team roster (starters in bold):
# Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Eric Crabtree WR 14 5'11 182 25 5 Pittsburgh 11 Virgil Carter QB 13 6'1 200 24 3 Brigham Young 13 Ken Riley DB 14 6'0 184 23 2 Florida A&M 14 Sam Wyche QB 14 6'4 210 25 3 Furman 15 Dave Lewis P 14 6'2 210 25 1 Stanford 16 Horst Muhlmann K 14 6'1 210 30 2 None 17 Speedy Thomas WR 14 6'1 178 23 2 Utah 18 Paul Robinson RB 14 6'0 200 25 3 Arizona 19 Essex Johnson RB 13 5'9 200 24 3 Grambling 20 Lemar Parrish DB 14 5'11 185 22 R Lincoln (Mo.) 21 Paul Dunn RB 5 6'0 210 22 R U.S. International 23 Al Coleman DB 11 6'1 183 25 3 Tennessee State 25 Chip Myers WR 14 6'4 200 25 3 Northwestern Oklahoma State 27 Ken Dyer DB 12 6'3 186 24 2 Arizona State 28 John Guillory DB 7 5'10 190 25 2 Stanford 29 Sandy Durko DB 1 6'1 185 22 R Southern California 30 Jess Phillips RB 14 6'1 210 23 3 Michigan State 31 Fletcher Smith DB 14 6'2 180 27 5 Tennessee State 33 Kenny Graham DB 5 6'0 205 28 7 Washington State 40 Ron Lamb RB 14 6'2 230 27 3 South Carolina 44 Doug Dressler RB 14 6'3 220 22 R Cal State-Chico 51 Ken Avery LB 14 6'1 225 26 4 Southern Mississippi 53 Bill Peterson LB 14 6'3 230 25 3 San Jose State 54 Bob Johnson C 14 6'5 265 24 3 Tennessee 58 Al Beauchamp LB 14 6'2 236 26 3 Southern 59 Larry Ely LB 11 6'1 230 22 R Iowa 63 Guy Dennis OG 14 6'2 255 23 2 Florida 65 Wayne McClure LB 14 6'1 225 28 2 Mississippi 66 Bill Bergey LB 14 6'2 240 25 2 Arkansas State 67 Mike Wilson OG 14 6'1 240 23 2 Dayton 70 Ron Carpenter DE 14 6'4 260 22 R North Carolina State 71 Rufus Mayes OT 14 6'5 255 22 2 Ohio State 72 Howard Fest OT 14 6'6 268 24 3 Texas 73 Pat Matson OG 14 6'1 245 26 5 Oregon 74 Mike Reid DT 9 6'3 258 23 R Penn State 75 Ernie Wright OT 14 6'4 270 30 11 Ohio State 78 Willie Jones DT 10 6'2 260 28 3 Kansas State 79 Steve Chomyszak DT 14 6'5 265 26 4 Syracuse 81 Nick Roman DE 4 6'3 230 23 R Ohio State 82 Royce Berry DE 14 6'3 248 24 2 Houston 84 Bob Trumpy TE 11 6'6 225 25 3 Utah 85 Marty Baccaglio DE 14 6'3 245 26 3 San Jose State 87 Mike Kelly TE 12 6'4 215 22 R Davidson 88 Bruce Coslet TE 14 6'3 230 24 2 Pacific 89 Marty Amsler DE 3 6'5 255 28 3 Evansville
Per Per
Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating
Virgil Carter 278 143 51.4 1,647 5.92 11.5 9 3.2 9 3.2 21 154 66.9
Sam Wyche 57 26 45.6 411 7.21 15.8 3 5.3 2 3.5 10 73 73.1
Dave Lewis 4 3 75.0 39 9.75 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 105.2
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Chip Myers 32 542 16.9 1 Jess Phillips 31 124 4.0 1 Bob Trumpy 29 480 16.6 2 Speedy Thomas 21 257 12.2 2 Eric Crabtree 19 231 12.2 2 Paul Robinson 17 175 10.3 1 Essex Johnson 15 190 12.7 2 Bruce Coslet 8 98 12.2 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Jess Phillips 163 648 4.0 4 Paul Robinson 149 622 4.2 6 Essex Johnson 65 273 4.2 2 Virgil Carter 34 246 7.2 2 Sam Wyche 19 118 6.2 2 Doug Dressler 18 77 4.3 0 Ron Lamb 6 35 5.8 0 Eric Crabtree 3 23 7.7 0 Dave Lewis 2 8 4.0 0 Speedy Thomas 2 7 3.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Lemar Parrish 16 482 30.1 1 Paul Robinson 14 363 25.9 0 Doug Dressler 4 48 12.0 0 Essex Johnson 3 68 22.7 0 Ron Lamb 2 41 20.5 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lemar Parrish 23 194 8.4 15 1 Essex Johnson 7 72 10.3 1 0 Speedy Thomas 4 20 5.0 10 0 Kenny Graham 1 41 41.0 2 0 Paul Robinson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Fletcher Smith 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1970 Draft:NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 7 DT Mike Reid 64 Penn State 2 32 DT Ron Carpenter 97 North Carolina State 3 60 LB Chip Bennett Abilene Christian 4 85 OG Joe Stephen Jackson State 4 104 DB Billie Hayes 14 San Diego State [pick acquired from KC] 6 137 DB Sandy Durko 40 USC 7 163 DB Lemar Parrish 166 Lincoln (Mo.) 8 188 DT Bill Trout Miami 9 216 RB Bill Bolden UCLA 10 241 LB Nick Roman 52 Ohio State 11 266 OT Sam Wallace Grambling 12 294 DE Tom Truesdell Ohio Wesleyan 13 319 WR Paul Dunn 5 U.S. International 14 344 WR Joe Johnson Johnson C. Smith 15 372 DB Marvin Weeks Alcorn A&M 16 397 LB Larry Ely 29 Iowa 17 422 RB Dick Smith Washington State
Traded draft picks: #5 to HOU via NYJ (Ron Saul)
Transactions:
| 01-21-1970 | traded Bill Staley and Harry Gunner to Bears for Rufus Mayes |
| 05-20-1970 | traded Andy Rice to Chargers for Gary Kirner |
| 07-02-1970 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Chiefs for Caesar Belser |
| 08-04-1970 | traded Cincinnati's #5 pick in the 1971 draft to Chargers for Kenny Graham |
| 08-24-1970 | traded an unspecified draft pick to Oilers for Glen Woods |
| 08-26-1970 | claimed Bob Davis on waivers from Giants |
| 08-26-1970 | traded a draft pick to Bills for Virgil Carter |
| 08-31-1970 | placed Chip Bennett on injured reserve |
| 09-16-1970 | placed Chip Bennett on injured reserve |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Bill Dusenberry on waivers from Oilers |
| 09-16-1970 | claimed Marty Amsler on waivers from Bears |
| 10-01-1970 | Dolphins claimed Frank Cornish on waivers |
| 10-26-1970 | traded Dave Middendorf to Jets for the Jets' #5 pick in the 1971 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/26/70 at Baltimore Colts L 0-17
1970 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/20/70 vs Oakland Raiders W 31-21 1-0-0 09/27/70 at Detroit Lions L 3-38 1-1-0 10/04/70 vs Houston Oilers L 13-20 1-2-0 10/11/70 at Cleveland Browns L 27-30 1-3-0 10/18/70 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 19-27 1-4-0 10/25/70 at Washington Redskins L 0-20 1-5-0 11/02/70 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10-21 1-6-0 11/08/70 at Buffalo Bills W 43-14 2-6-0 11/15/70 vs Cleveland Browns W 14-10 3-6-0 11/22/70 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 34-7 4-6-0 11/29/70 vs New Orleans Saints W 26-6 5-6-0 12/06/70 at San Diego Chargers W 17-14 6-6-0 12/13/70 at Houston Oilers W 30-20 7-6-0 12/20/70 vs Boston Patriots W 45-7 8-6-0
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