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

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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