1972 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1972 Cincinnati Bengals: 8-6-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (136 points scored, 104 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (163 points scored, 125 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown

299 points scored (13th of 26 teams), 229 points allowed (5th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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:   219   384   2,321   ( 9)   5.69   10   11    491   1,996   (14)    4.1   16    4,317    ( 9)      29
Defense:   167   350   1,737   ( 4)   4.48   11   20    406   1,815   (12)    4.5   11    3,552    ( 3)      29

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
11  Virgil Carter        QB    10   6'1   198   26    5   Brigham Young
13  Ken Riley            DB    12   6'0   180   25    4   Florida A&M
14  Ken Anderson         QB    13   6'1   211   23    2   Augustana (IL)
15  Dave Lewis           P     14   6'2   218   27    3   Stanford
16  Horst Muhlmann       K     14   6'1   220   32    4   None
17  Speedy Thomas        WR    11   6'1   170   25    4   Utah
18  Paul Robinson        RB     4   6'0   198   27    5   Arizona
18  Charlie Joiner       WR     6   5'11  188   25    4   Grambling
19  Essex Johnson        RB    14   5'9   197   26    5   Grambling
20  Lemar Parrish        DB    14   5'11  184   24    3   Lincoln (Mo.)
23  Bernard Jackson      DB    14   6'0   173   22    R   Washington State
24  Ernie Kellermann     DB    14   6'0   183   28    7   Miami (Ohio)
25  Chip Myers           WR    14   6'4   210   27    5   Northwestern Oklahoma State
26  Reece Morrison       RB     6   6'0   207   27    5   Southwest Texas State
27  Al Randolph          DB     2   6'2   205   28    7   Iowa
30  Jess Phillips        RB    13   6'1   205   25    5   Michigan State
33  Fred Willis          RB     5   6'0   212   24    2   Boston College
34  Neal Craig           DB    14   6'1   190   24    2   Fisk
37  Tommy Casanova       DB    14   6'2   202   22    R   Louisiana State
38  Steve Conley         RB     1   6'2   225   23    R   Kansas
40  Pete Watson          TE     2   6'1   210   22    R   Tufts
44  Doug Dressler        RB    14   6'3   226   24    3   Cal State-Chico
50  Tom DeLeone          C     13   6'2   252   22    R   Ohio State
51  Ken Avery            LB    13   6'1   230   28    6   Southern Mississippi
52  Doug Adams           LB    14   6'0   227   22    2   Ohio State
53  Bill Peterson        LB    14   6'3   226   27    5   San Jose State
54  Bob Johnson          C     14   6'5   260   26    5   Tennessee
55  Jim LeClair          LB    14   6'2   226   22    R   North Dakota
56  Tim Kearney          LB     1   6'2   227   21    R   Northern Michigan
58  Al Beauchamp         LB    14   6'2   237   28    5   Southern
60  Ron Pritchard        LB     7   6'1   235   25    4   Arizona State
63  Guy Dennis           OG    13   6'2   255   25    4   Florida
66  Bill Bergey          LB    12   6'2   243   27    4   Arkansas State
68  Steve Lawson         OG     3   6'3   265   23    2   Kansas
70  Ron Carpenter        DT    14   6'4   260   24    3   North Carolina State
71  Rufus Mayes          OT     6   6'5   260   24    4   Ohio State
72  Howard Fest          OT    14   6'6   262   26    5   Texas
73  Pat Matson           OG    14   6'1   245   28    7   Oregon
74  Mike Reid            DT    14   6'3   250   25    3   Penn State
75  Stan Walters         OT     8   6'6   270   24    R   Syracuse
76  Vern Holland         OT    14   6'5   270   24    2   Tennessee State
79  Steve Chomyszak      DT    13   6'5   270   28    6   Syracuse
80  Ken Johnson          DE    11   6'5   265   25    2   Indiana
82  Royce Berry          DE    14   6'3   250   26    4   Houston
83  Sherman White        DE    13   6'5   255   24    R   California
84  Bob Trumpy           TE    12   6'6   228   27    5   Utah
87  Mike Kelly           TE    13   6'4   222   24    3   Davidson
88  Bruce Coslet         TE    10   6'3   220   26    4   Pacific
89  Drew Buie            WR     4   6'2   185   25    4   Catawba

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Anderson         301  171   56.8  1,918   6.37  11.2   7   2.3    7   2.3    18   155    74.0
Virgil Carter         82   47   57.3    579   7.06  12.3   3   3.7    4   4.9     6    37    71.1
Fred Willis            1    1  100.0     16  16.00  16.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Chip Myers             57    792   13.9    3
Bob Trumpy             44    500   11.4    2
Doug Dressler          39    348    8.9    1
Essex Johnson          29    420   14.5    2
Speedy Thomas          17    171   10.1    1
Jess Phillips          10     50    5.0    0
Fred Willis             9     46    5.1    0
Charlie Joiner          8    133   16.6    0
Bruce Coslet            5     48    9.6    1
Drew Buie               1      5    5.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Essex Johnson         212    825    3.9    4
Doug Dressler         128    565    4.4    6
Jess Phillips          48    207    4.3    1
Fred Willis            42    127    3.0    0
Paul Robinson          21     94    4.5    0
Ken Anderson           22     94    4.3    3
Virgil Carter          12     57    4.8    2
Dave Lewis              1     15   15.0    0
Steve Conley            3      8    2.7    0
Reece Morrison          1      2    2.0    0
Charlie Joiner          1      2    2.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bernard Jackson        21    509   24.2    0
Lemar Parrish          15    348   23.2    0
Charlie Joiner          5     88   17.6    0
Tommy Casanova          1     34   34.0    0
Dave Lewis              1     15   15.0    0
Essex Johnson           1     13   13.0    0
Guy Dennis              1     11   11.0    0
Mike Kelly              1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tommy Casanova         30    289    9.6   19    1
Lemar Parrish          15    141    9.4    2    1
Essex Johnson           2      7    3.5    0    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Dave Lewis              66   2,777   42.1    0    0     0      0      0    42.1

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Horst Muhlmann          6/7    6/10    9/12     5/8     1/3    27/40    30/31   111

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Doug Adams                        3       44       0
Ken Avery               2.0                         
Al Beauchamp                      1        8       0
Royce Berry             5.5                         
Ron Carpenter           2.0                         
Tommy Casanova          1.0       5      108       0
Steve Chomyszak         4.0                         
Neal Craig                        2       76       1
Bernard Jackson                   1        0       0
Ken Johnson             2.0                         
Lemar Parrish                     5       90       2
Ron Pritchard           1.0                         
Mike Reid              12.0                         
Ken Riley                         3        0       0
Sherman White           4.5

1972 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1    2  DE   Sherman White            158    California              
  2   29  DB   Tommy Casonova            71    LSU                     
  3   54  LB   Jim LeClair              158    North Dakota            
  4   81  DB   Bernard Jackson          118    Washington State        
  5  106  C    Tom DeLeone              176    Ohio State              
  7  158  RB   Steve Conley               8    Kansas                  
  8  185  WR   Dan Kratzer                1    Missouri Valley         
  9  210  OT   Stan Walters             153    Syracuse                
 10  237  DB   Brian Foster                    Colorado                
 11  261  TE   Kent Pederson                   California-Santa Barbara  
 12  289  DB   Frederick Wegis                 Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo  
 13  314  QB   James Hamilton                  Arizona State           
 14  341  WR   Steve Porter                    Indiana                 
 15  366  DT   Hosea Minnieweather             Jackson State           
 16  393  WR   John Wiegmann                   Cal Poly-Pomona         
 17  418  K    David Green               76    Ohio

Traded draft picks: #6 to CHI (Bob Pifferini)

Transactions:

05-09-1972	traded Ernie Wright to Chargers for Bob Bruggers
08-07-1972	traded Ron Lamb to Dolphins for Les Shy
08-17-1972	claimed Mike Taliaferro on waivers from Bills
09-05-1972	placed Sandy Durko on injured reserve
09-06-1972	claimed Daryl Johnson on waivers from Patriots
09-08-1972	claimed Dennis Pete on waivers from Raiders
09-08-1972	claimed Tim Beamer on waivers from Bills
09-13-1972	claimed Drew Buie on waivers from Raiders
10-24-1972	traded Paul Robinson and Fred Willis to Oilers for Charlie Joiner and Ron Pritchard
10-24-1972	traded Cincinnati's #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Colts for John Shinners
11-03-1972	Cardinals claimed Steve Conley on waivers

1972 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/17/72    at New England Patriots    W 31-7        1-0-0
09/24/72    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 15-10       2-0-0
10/01/72    at Cleveland Browns        L 6-27        2-1-0
10/08/72    vs Denver Broncos          W 21-10       3-1-0
10/15/72    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 23-16       4-1-0
10/22/72    at Los Angeles Rams        L 12-15       4-2-0
10/29/72    vs Houston Oilers          W 30-7        5-2-0
11/05/72    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 17-40       5-3-0
11/12/72    vs Oakland Raiders         L 14-20       5-4-0
11/19/72    vs Baltimore Colts         L 19-20       5-5-0
11/26/72    at Chicago Bears           W 13-3        6-5-0
12/03/72    vs New York Giants         W 13-10       7-5-0
12/09/72    vs Cleveland Browns        L 24-27       7-6-0
12/17/72    at Houston Oilers          W 61-17       8-6-0

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