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1974 Cincinnati Bengals: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (168 points scored, 117 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (115 points scored, 142 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown

283 points scored (10th of 26 teams), 259 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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:   224   353   2,511   ( 4)   6.44   18   13    445   1,978   (12)    4.4   14    4,489    ( 4)      31
Defense:   186   359   1,790   ( 4)   4.53   13    9    497   2,152   (22)    4.3   16    3,942    (11)      20

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
11  Wayne Clark          QB    14   6'2   203   27    4   U.S. International
13  Ken Riley            DB    14   6'0   182   27    6   Florida A&M
14  Ken Anderson         QB    13   6'1   211   25    4   Augustana (IL)
16  Horst Muhlmann       K     14   6'1   220   34    6   None
18  Charlie Joiner       WR    14   5'11  188   27    6   Grambling
19  Essex Johnson        RB     5   5'9   200   28    7   Grambling
20  Lemar Parrish        DB    13   5'11  185   26    5   Lincoln (Mo.)
22  Ken Sawyer           DB    12   6'0   192   22    R   Syracuse
23  Bernard Jackson      DB    14   6'0   178   24    3   Washington State
25  Chip Myers           WR    14   6'4   205   29    7   Northwestern Oklahoma State
26  Charlie Davis        RB    14   5'11  200   22    R   Colorado
29  Lyle Blackwood       DB    13   6'0   190   23    2   Texas Christian
32  Bob Jones            DB    14   6'1   194   23    2   Virginia Union
36  Lenvil Elliott       RB    10   6'0   205   23    2   Northeast Missouri State
37  Tommy Casanova       DB    14   6'2   195   24    3   Louisiana State
41  Dave Green           P     14   5'11  208   25    2   Ohio
42  Boobie Clark         RB     8   6'2   245   24    2   Bethune-Cookman
43  Ed Williams          RB    14   6'2   245   24    1   Langston
44  Doug Dressler        RB    13   6'3   228   26    4   Cal State-Chico
50  Vic Koegel           LB     6   6'0   215   21    R   Ohio State
51  Ken Avery            LB    13   6'1   227   30    8   Southern Mississippi
52  Doug Adams           LB    12   6'1   226   24    4   Ohio State
54  Bob Johnson          C     10   6'5   262   28    7   Tennessee
55  Jim LeClair          LB     8   6'2   235   24    3   North Dakota
56  Tim Kearney          LB    12   6'2   230   23    3   Northern Michigan
57  Evan Jolitz          LB    12   6'2   225   23    R   Cincinnati
58  Al Beauchamp         LB    14   6'2   232   30    7   Southern
60  Ron Pritchard        LB    14   6'1   230   27    6   Arizona State
62  Dave Lapham          OT    14   6'3   255   22    R   Syracuse
64  John Shinners        OG    13   6'2   255   27    6   Xavier
68  Bill Kollar          DT    14   6'3   255   21    R   Montana State
70  Ron Carpenter        DT    14   6'4   260   26    5   North Carolina State
71  Rufus Mayes          OT    14   6'5   258   26    6   Ohio State
72  Howard Fest          OT    14   6'6   256   28    7   Texas
73  Pat Matson           OG    14   6'1   245   30    9   Oregon
74  Mike Reid            DT    14   6'3   255   27    5   Penn State
75  Stan Walters         OT    14   6'6   262   26    3   Syracuse
76  Vern Holland         OT     3   6'5   268   26    4   Tennessee State
77  Bob Maddox           DE    14   6'5   232   25    1   Frostburg State
80  Ken Johnson          DE    13   6'5   256   27    4   Indiana
81  Al Chandler          TE    14   6'2   230   23    2   Oklahoma
82  Royce Berry          DE    13   6'3   250   28    6   Houston
83  Sherman White        DE    12   6'5   255   26    3   California
84  Bob Trumpy           TE    13   6'6   228   29    7   Utah
85  Isaac Curtis         WR    14   6'0   193   24    2   San Diego State
86  Johnnie McDaniel     WR    14   6'1   193   23    R   Lincoln (Mo.)
88  Bruce Coslet         TE    14   6'3   227   28    6   Pacific

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Anderson         328  213   64.9  2,667   8.13  12.5  18   5.5   10   3.0    36   292    95.7
Wayne Clark           22    9   40.9     98   4.45  10.9   0   0.0    3  13.6     1     1    15.2
Dave Green             2    1   50.0     22  11.00  22.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    89.6
Lenvil Elliott         1    1  100.0     17  17.00  17.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0   118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Chip Myers             32    383   12.0    1
Isaac Curtis           30    633   21.1   10
Doug Dressler          29    196    6.8    0
Charlie Joiner         24    390   16.2    1
Boobie Clark           23    194    8.4    1
Bob Trumpy             21    330   15.7    2
Charlie Davis          19    171    9.0    0
Lenvil Elliott         18    187   10.4    1
Ed Williams            13     98    7.5    1
Essex Johnson           8     85   10.6    1
Johnnie McDaniel        2     79   39.5    0
Bruce Coslet            2     24   12.0    0
Bernard Jackson         1     22   22.0    0
Al Chandler             1      9    9.0    0
Bob Johnson             1      3    3.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Charlie Davis          72    375    5.2    0
Lenvil Elliott         68    345    5.1    1
Ken Anderson           43    314    7.3    2
Boobie Clark           99    312    3.2    5
Doug Dressler          72    255    3.5    2
Ed Williams            58    238    4.1    3
Isaac Curtis            8     62    7.8    0
Essex Johnson          19     44    2.3    0
Charlie Joiner          4     20    5.0    0
Wayne Clark             1      8    8.0    1
Johnnie McDaniel        1      5    5.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Bernard Jackson        29    682   23.5    0
Charlie Davis          12    243   20.2    0
Johnnie McDaniel        3     64   21.3    0
Doug Dressler           3     32   10.7    0
Lemar Parrish           2     36   18.0    0
Ed Williams             2     33   16.5    0
Tommy Casanova          1     48   48.0    0
Lyle Blackwood          1     17   17.0    0
Lenvil Elliott          1      2    2.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tommy Casanova         24    265   11.0    2    0
Lemar Parrish          18    338   18.8    1    2
Lyle Blackwood         10     29    2.9    3    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Dave Green 66 2,701 40.9 0 0 0 0 0 40.9 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Horst Muhlmann 1/1 2/2 5/9 3/6 0/0 11/18 32/35 65 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Doug Adams 0.5 Ken Avery 1.0 Al Beauchamp 1 34 0 Royce Berry 2.0 Ron Carpenter 13.0 Tommy Casanova 1.0 2 26 0 Bernard Jackson 1 17 0 Ken Johnson 1.0 Bill Kollar 3.0 Ron Pritchard 2.0 Mike Reid 7.0 Ken Riley 5 33 0 Sherman White 5.5

1974 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 23 DT Bill Kollar 109 Montana State 2 48 RB Charlie Davis 20 Colorado 3 61 OG Dave Lapham 140 Syracuse [pick acquired from NO] 3 73 LB Evan Jolitz 12 Cincinnati 4 87 QB Mike Boryla 23 Stanford [pick acquired from NE] 4 98 OG Darryl White 10 Nebraska 4 103 WR Richard Williams 2 Abilene Christian [pick acquired from MIN] 5 114 RB Haskel Stanback 83 Tennessee [pick acquired from NO] 5 127 DT Richard Bishop 89 Louisville 6 152 DB Robin Sinclair Washington State 6 153 DB Bill Bryant 42 Grambling [pick acquired from WAS via NO] 7 177 DB Ken Sawyer 12 Syracuse 8 202 WR John McDaniel 96 Lincoln 9 231 DE Ed Johnson SMU 10 256 TE Chuck Herd Penn State 11 281 OT Ed Kezirian UCLA 12 306 DB Rudy McClinon Xavier 13 335 LB Ted Jornov Iowa State 14 360 OT Mike Phillips Cornell 15 385 RB Isaac Jackson Kansas State 16 410 DB Darryl Bishop Kentucky 17 439 RB Jim Smith North Carolina Central

Traded draft picks: none


Transactions:

01-09-1974traded Virgil Carter to Chargers for Wayne Clark
03-01-1974traded Reece Morrison (acq. 3/7/1974) to Chargers for the rights to Wayne Clark and $1 cash
03-07-1974traded a draft pick to Eagles for Dennis Wirgowski
03-08-1974traded Mike Boryla to Eagles for Philadelphia's #6 pick in the 1975 draft and #1 pick in the 1976 draft
07-1974traded Clint Longley to Cowboys for Dallas' #5 pick in the 1975 draft
07-10-1974traded Bill Bergey to Eagles for Philadelphia's #1 pick in the 1977 draft and #1 and #2 picks in the 1978 draft
07-31-1974traded Steve Chomyszak to Bills for Buffalo's #4 pick in the 1975 draft
08-14-1974traded Dave Lewis to Patriots for cash
08-21-1974traded Haskel Stanback and Tom DeLeone to Falcons for Atlanta's #3 pick in the 1975 draft
09-10-1974Lions claimed Tim George on waivers


1974 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/15/74 vs Cleveland Browns W 33-7 1-0-0 09/22/74 vs San Diego Chargers L 17-20 1-1-0 09/29/74 at San Francisco 49ers W 21-3 2-1-0 10/06/74 vs Washington Redskins W 28-17 3-1-0 10/13/74 at Cleveland Browns W 34-24 4-1-0 10/20/74 at Oakland Raiders L 27-30 4-2-0 10/27/74 vs Houston Oilers L 21-34 4-3-0 11/03/74 at Baltimore Colts W 24-14 5-3-0 11/10/74 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-10 6-3-0 11/17/74 at Houston Oilers L 3-20 6-4-0 11/24/74 vs Kansas City Chiefs W 33-6 7-4-0 12/02/74 at Miami Dolphins L 3-24 7-5-0 12/08/74 vs Detroit Lions L 19-23 7-6-0 12/14/74 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-27 7-7-0

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