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:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

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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