1973 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1973 Cincinnati Bengals: 10-4-0
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Home record: 7-0-0 (180 points scored, 78 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (106 points scored, 153 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown

286 points scored (12th of 26 teams), 231 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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:   180   332   2,276   ( 8)   6.39   18   12    515   2,236   ( 7)    4.3   13    4,512    ( 5)      26
Defense:   182   338   1,898   (13)   4.98    9   18    459   1,807   ( 8)    3.9   15    3,705    ( 8)      34

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
12  Greg Cook            QB     1   6'3   215   26    2   Cincinnati
13  Ken Riley            DB    14   6'0   180   26    5   Florida A&M
14  Ken Anderson         QB    14   6'1   211   24    3   Augustana (IL)
15  Dave Lewis           P     14   6'2   225   28    4   Stanford
16  Horst Muhlmann       K     14   6'1   220   33    5   None
17  Mike Ernst           QB     1   6'1   190   23    2   Cal State-Fullerton
18  Charlie Joiner       WR     5   5'11  188   26    5   Grambling
19  Essex Johnson        RB    14   5'9   200   27    6   Grambling
20  Lemar Parrish        DB    14   5'11  185   25    4   Lincoln (Mo.)
23  Bernard Jackson      DB    14   6'0   173   23    2   Washington State
25  Chip Myers           WR     5   6'4   210   28    6   Northwestern Oklahoma State
26  Reece Morrison       RB     3   6'0   207   28    6   Southwest Texas State
29  Lyle Blackwood       DB     7   6'0   190   22    R   Texas Christian
32  Bob Jones            DB     9   6'1   194   22    R   Virginia Union
34  Neal Craig           DB    14   6'1   190   25    3   Fisk
35  Boobie Clark         RB    14   6'2   245   23    R   Bethune-Cookman
36  Lenvil Elliott       RB     6   6'0   200   22    R   Northeast Missouri State
37  Tommy Casanova       DB    10   6'2   202   23    2   Louisiana State
46  Joe Wilson           RB    13   6'2   245   23    R   Holy Cross
50  Tom DeLeone          C     14   6'2   252   23    2   Ohio State
51  Ken Avery            LB    14   6'1   227   29    7   Southern Mississippi
52  Doug Adams           LB    12   6'0   222   23    3   Ohio State
54  Bob Johnson          C     14   6'5   260   27    6   Tennessee
55  Jim LeClair          LB    10   6'2   226   23    2   North Dakota
56  Tim Kearney          LB    14   6'2   227   22    2   Northern Michigan
58  Al Beauchamp         LB    14   6'2   237   29    6   Southern
60  Ron Pritchard        LB    10   6'1   235   26    5   Arizona State
64  John Shinners        OG    14   6'2   254   26    5   Xavier
66  Bill Bergey          LB    14   6'2   243   28    5   Arkansas State
70  Ron Carpenter        DT    13   6'4   260   25    4   North Carolina State
71  Rufus Mayes          OT    13   6'5   260   25    5   Ohio State
72  Howard Fest          OT    14   6'6   262   27    6   Texas
73  Pat Matson           OG    14   6'1   245   29    8   Oregon
74  Mike Reid            DT    13   6'3   255   26    4   Penn State
75  Stan Walters         OT     4   6'6   270   25    2   Syracuse
76  Vern Holland         OT    14   6'5   270   25    3   Tennessee State
78  Lee Thomas           DE     9   6'5   246   27    3   Jackson State
79  Steve Chomyszak      DT    12   6'5   265   29    7   Syracuse
80  Ken Johnson          DE     9   6'5   265   26    3   Indiana
81  Al Chandler          TE    13   6'2   233   22    R   Oklahoma
82  Royce Berry          DE    14   6'3   250   27    5   Houston
83  Sherman White        DE    13   6'5   255   25    2   California
84  Bob Trumpy           TE    14   6'6   228   28    6   Utah
85  Isaac Curtis         WR    14   6'0   190   23    R   San Diego State
88  Bruce Coslet         TE    13   6'3   227   27    5   Pacific
89  Tim George           WR    12   6'5   225   22    R   Carson-Newman

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Anderson         329  179   54.4  2,428   7.38  13.6  18   5.5   12   3.6    24   163    81.2
Greg Cook              3    1   33.3     11   3.67  11.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    45.1
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Isaac Curtis           45    843   18.7    9
Boobie Clark           45    347    7.7    0
Bob Trumpy             29    435   15.0    5
Essex Johnson          28    356   12.7    3
Charlie Joiner         13    214   16.5    0
Bruce Coslet            9    123   13.7    0
Chip Myers              7     77   11.0    0
Tim George              2     28   14.0    0
Lenvil Elliott          1     12   12.0    1
Reece Morrison          1      4    4.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Essex Johnson         195    997    5.1    4
Boobie Clark          254    988    3.9    8
Lenvil Elliott         22    122    5.5    1
Ken Anderson           26     97    3.7    0
Joe Wilson             10     39    3.9    0
Reece Morrison          3     11    3.7    0
Dave Lewis              3     -7   -2.3    0
Isaac Curtis            2    -11   -5.5    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bernard Jackson        21    520   24.8    0
Joe Wilson              8    173   21.6    0
Lemar Parrish           7    143   20.4    0
Dave Lewis              2     40   20.0    0
Bruce Coslet            1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Lemar Parrish          25    200    8.0    1    0
Tommy Casanova         15    119    7.9    6    0
Lyle Blackwood          4     12    3.0    5    0
Dave Lewis              1      2    2.0    2    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Dave Lewis              68   2,790   41.0    0    0     0      0      0    41.0

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Horst Muhlmann          5/5     6/7     5/9     4/6     1/4    21/31    31/32    94

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Ken Avery                         1       15       0
Al Beauchamp            2.0       3        4       0
Bill Bergey             1.5       3       50       0
Royce Berry             4.0                         
Ron Carpenter          10.0                         
Tommy Casanova                    4       33       0
Steve Chomyszak         1.0                         
Neal Craig                        2       52       0
Bernard Jackson                   1        0       0
Ken Johnson             2.0                         
Lemar Parrish                     2       10       0
Mike Reid              13.0                         
Ken Riley               1.0       2        2       0
Sherman White           7.5

1973 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   15  WR   Isaac Curtis             167    San Diego State         
  2   43  TE   Al Chandler               85    Oklahoma                
  3   68  WR   Tim George                20    Carson-Newman           
  5  121  RB   Bob McCall                 8    Arizona                 
  6  146  DB   Bob Jones                 51    Virginia Union          
  7  171  DE   Bob Maddox                28    Frostburg State         
  8  199  RB   Joe Wilson                25    Holy Cross              
  9  224  OG   John Dampeer                    Notre Dame              
 10  249  RB   Lenvil Elliott           101    N.E. Missouri State     
 11  277  DB   William Montgomery              Morehouse               
 12  302  RB   Boobie Clark              94    Bethune-Cookman         
 13  327  DT   Brooks West                     Texas-El Paso           
 14  355  DB   Hurles Scales             15    North Texas             
 15  380  QB   Ted McNulty                     Indiana                 
 16  405  RB   Harry Unger                     Auburn                  
 17  433  QB   Wayne Estabrook                 Whittier

Traded draft picks: #4 to CLE via BAL (Andy Dorris)

Transactions:

04-10-1973	traded Mike Kelly to Saints for Washington's #6 pick in the 1974 draft
06-05-1973	traded Drew Buie to Saints for ?
07-09-1973	traded Speedy Thomas to Eagles for Jerry Ellison
07-27-1973	Greg Cook retired
08-10-1973	traded Steve Lawson to Vikings for Minnesota's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
08-22-1973	traded Bill Peterson to Patriots for New England's #4 pick in the 1974 draft
09-07-1973	claimed Randy Mattingly on waivers from Bills
09-07-1973	traded Jess Phillips to Saints for New Orleans' #3 and #5 picks in the 1974 draft
09-10-1973	claimed Tim Van Galder on waivers from ?

Playoff Results:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result
12/23/73    at Miami Dolphins          L 16-34

1973 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/16/73    at Denver Broncos          L 10-28       0-1-0
09/23/73    vs Houston Oilers          W 24-10       1-1-0
09/30/73    at San Diego Chargers      W 20-13       2-1-0
10/07/73    at Cleveland Browns        L 10-17       2-2-0
10/14/73    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 19-7        3-2-0
10/21/73    vs Kansas City Chiefs      W 14-6        4-2-0
10/28/73    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 13-20       4-3-0
11/04/73    at Dallas Cowboys          L 10-38       4-4-0
11/11/73    at Buffalo Bills           W 16-13       5-4-0
11/18/73    vs New York Jets           W 20-14       6-4-0
11/25/73    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 42-24       7-4-0
12/02/73    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 27-0        8-4-0
12/09/73    vs Cleveland Browns        W 34-17       9-4-0
12/16/73    at Houston Oilers          W 27-24       10-4-0

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