1970 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

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: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- 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

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Lewis 79 3,651 46.2 0 0 0 0 0 46.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Horst Muhlmann 4/4 5/7 9/11 3/9 4/6 25/37 33/33 108 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Marty Amsler 1.0 Ken Avery 2.0 1 5 0 Marty Baccaglio 0.5 Al Beauchamp 1 2 0 Bill Bergey 1.0 3 35 0 Royce Berry 6.0 Ron Carpenter 2.0 Steve Chomyszak 7.5 Ken Dyer 3 45 0 Kenny Graham 3 31 0 Willie Jones 1.0 Lemar Parrish 5 28 0 Mike Reid 5.0 Ken Riley 4 17 0 Nick Roman 1.0 Fletcher Smith 3 17 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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