1971 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1971 Cincinnati Bengals: 4-10-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (152 points scored, 107 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (132 points scored, 158 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown 284 points scored (11th of 26 teams), 265 points allowed (9th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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: 214 365 2,124 (15) 5.24 15 11 462 2,142 ( 6) 4.6 14 4,266 ( 6) 23 Defense: 157 335 2,128 (13) 5.83 19 27 446 1,778 (13) 4.0 11 3,906 (12) 39

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Eric Crabtree WR 7 5'11 185 26 6 Pittsburgh 11 Virgil Carter QB 10 6'1 200 25 4 Brigham Young 13 Ken Riley DB 13 6'0 184 24 3 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 11 6'1 202 22 R Augustana (IL) 15 Dave Lewis P 14 6'2 210 26 2 Stanford 16 Horst Muhlmann K 14 6'1 210 31 3 None 17 Speedy Thomas WR 12 6'1 178 24 3 Utah 18 Paul Robinson RB 14 6'0 200 26 4 Arizona 19 Essex Johnson RB 14 5'9 195 25 4 Grambling 20 Lemar Parrish DB 14 5'11 185 23 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Al Coleman DB 4 6'1 183 26 4 Tennessee State 25 Chip Myers WR 10 6'4 200 26 4 Northwestern Oklahoma State 26 Jim Harris DB 2 5'11 173 25 2 Howard Payne 27 Ken Dyer DB 1 6'3 190 25 3 Arizona State 29 Sandy Durko DB 14 6'1 185 23 2 Southern California 30 Jess Phillips RB 14 6'1 210 24 4 Michigan State 31 Fletcher Smith DB 14 6'2 180 28 6 Tennessee State 33 Fred Willis RB 14 6'0 215 23 R Boston College 34 Neal Craig DB 12 6'1 185 23 R Fisk 35 Mike Haffner WR 3 6'2 205 29 4 UCLA 40 Ron Lamb RB 12 6'2 230 28 4 South Carolina 44 Doug Dressler RB 14 6'3 220 23 2 Cal State-Chico 51 Ken Avery LB 14 6'1 225 27 5 Southern Mississippi 52 Doug Adams LB 11 6'0 223 21 R Ohio State 53 Bill Peterson LB 14 6'3 230 26 4 San Jose State 54 Bob Johnson C 14 6'5 265 25 4 Tennessee 58 Al Beauchamp LB 14 6'2 236 27 4 Southern 59 Larry Ely LB 6 6'1 230 23 2 Iowa 63 Guy Dennis OG 14 6'2 255 24 3 Florida 66 Bill Bergey LB 14 6'2 240 26 3 Arkansas State 68 Steve Lawson OG 7 6'3 265 22 R Kansas 70 Ron Carpenter DE 14 6'4 260 23 2 North Carolina State 71 Rufus Mayes OT 14 6'5 255 23 3 Ohio State 72 Howard Fest OT 14 6'6 268 25 4 Texas 73 Pat Matson OG 14 6'1 245 27 6 Oregon 74 Mike Reid DT 14 6'3 258 24 2 Penn State 75 Ernie Wright OT 7 6'4 270 31 12 Ohio State 76 Vern Holland OT 14 6'5 270 23 R Tennessee State 78 Willie Jones DT 5 6'2 260 29 4 Kansas State 79 Steve Chomyszak DT 14 6'5 265 27 5 Syracuse 80 Ken Johnson DE 9 6'5 262 24 1 Indiana 81 Nick Roman DE 12 6'3 230 24 2 Ohio State 82 Royce Berry DE 14 6'3 248 25 3 Houston 83 Ed Marshall WR 13 6'5 200 24 R Cameron 84 Bob Trumpy TE 14 6'6 225 26 4 Utah 87 Mike Kelly TE 14 6'4 215 23 2 Davidson 88 Bruce Coslet TE 14 6'3 230 25 3 Pacific

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Virgil Carter 222 138 62.2 1,624 7.32 11.8 10 4.5 7 3.2 13 122 86.2 Ken Anderson 131 72 55.0 777 5.93 10.8 5 3.8 4 3.1 23 159 72.6 Dave Lewis 10 3 30.0 18 1.80 6.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 22 39.6 Fred Willis 2 1 50.0 8 4.00 8.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 60.4

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Bob Trumpy             40    531   13.3    3
Chip Myers             27    286   10.6    1
Fred Willis            24    223    9.3    0
Speedy Thomas          22    327   14.9    2
Jess Phillips          22    125    5.7    1
Bruce Coslet           21    356   17.0    4
Doug Dressler          19    145    7.6    0
Essex Johnson          14    258   18.4    2
Eric Crabtree          14    102    7.3    2
Paul Robinson           8     47    5.9    0
Ed Marshall             2     18    9.0    0
Mike Kelly              1      9    9.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Fred Willis           135    590    4.4    7
Essex Johnson          85    522    6.1    4
Jess Phillips          94    420    4.5    0
Paul Robinson          49    213    4.3    1
Doug Dressler          54    204    3.8    1
Ken Anderson           22    125    5.7    1
Virgil Carter           8     42    5.2    0
Ron Lamb                5     13    2.6    0
Sandy Durko             1      7    7.0    0
Dave Lewis              6      6    1.0    0
Eric Crabtree           1      1    1.0    0
Speedy Thomas           2     -1   -0.5    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Paul Robinson          18    335   18.6    0
Lemar Parrish          13    296   22.8    0
Fred Willis             4     81   20.2    0
Jess Phillips           2     49   24.5    0
Ron Lamb                2     42   21.0    0
Essex Johnson           2     40   20.0    0
Doug Dressler           1     20   20.0    0
Mike Kelly              1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Lemar Parrish          12     93    7.8    9    0
Sandy Durko             6     14    2.3   11    0
Speedy Thomas           4     10    2.5    4    0
Essex Johnson           3     28    9.3    5    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Lewis 72 3,229 44.8 0 0 0 0 0 44.8 Doug Dressler 1 34 34.0 0 0 0 0 0 34.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Horst Muhlmann 6/6 5/8 4/9 4/10 1/3 20/36 31/31 91 Virgil Carter 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ken Avery 6 53 1 Al Beauchamp 1.0 Bill Bergey 2.0 1 16 0 Royce Berry 1.5 Ron Carpenter 5.0 Steve Chomyszak 4.5 Al Coleman 1 15 0 Neal Craig 1 0 0 Sandy Durko 4 46 0 Lemar Parrish 7 105 1 Bill Peterson 1 16 0 Mike Reid 12.0 Ken Riley 5 22 0 Nick Roman 1.0 Fletcher Smith 1 0 0

1971 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 15 OT Vern Holland 131 Tennessee State 2 41 OG Steve Lawson 64 Kansas 3 67 QB Ken Anderson 192 Augustana (Il.) 4 93 RB Fred Willis 77 Boston College 5 110 DE Art May 11 Tuskegee [pick acquired from NYJ] 7 171 DB Neal Craig 79 Fisk 8 197 DB Fred Herring Tennessee State 9 223 LB Gary Gustafson Montana State 10 249 OG Jack Stambaugh Oregon 11 275 WR Ed Marshall 33 Cameron (Ok.) 12 301 DE James Hayden Memphis 13 327 TE David Knapman Central Washington 14 353 DB Irvin Mallory 2 Virginia Union 15 379 RB Bob Thomas 48 Arizona State 16 405 LB Mark Debevc Ohio State 17 432 DB Sam Pearson Western Kentucky

Traded draft picks: #5 to SD (Phil Asack), #6 to BUF (Bill McKinley)

Transactions:

04-17-1971	Patriots signed Glen Woods as a free agent
05-10-1971	traded Sam Wyche to Redskins for Henry Dyer
07-23-1971	Jets claimed Fred Herring on waivers
07-27-1971	Bears claimed Henry Dyer on waivers
08-01-1971	traded Mike Wilson to Rams for an undisclosed pick in the 1972 draft
08-03-1971	claimed Dan Kecman on waivers from Broncos
08-05-1971	Browns claimed Charlie Brinkman on waivers
09-08-1971	Bills claimed Chip Bennett on waivers
09-13-1971	placed Greg Cook on injured reserve
09-14-1971	Patriots claimed Irv Mallory on waivers
09-15-1971	Patriots claimed Art May on waivers
11-03-1971	Patriots claimed Eric Crabtree on waivers

1971 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/71    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 37-14       1-0-0
09/26/71    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 10-21       1-1-0
10/03/71    at Green Bay Packers       L 17-20       1-2-0
10/10/71    vs Miami Dolphins          L 13-23       1-3-0
10/17/71    vs Cleveland Browns        L 24-27       1-4-0
10/24/71    at Oakland Raiders         L 27-31       1-5-0
10/31/71    at Houston Oilers          L 6-10        1-6-0
11/07/71    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 6-9         1-7-0
11/14/71    at Denver Broncos          W 24-10       2-7-0
11/21/71    vs Houston Oilers          W 28-13       3-7-0
11/28/71    vs San Diego Chargers      W 31-0        4-7-0
12/05/71    at Cleveland Browns        L 27-31       4-8-0
12/12/71    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 13-21       4-9-0
12/19/71    at New York Jets           L 21-35       4-10-0

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