1975 Cincinnati Bengals: 11-3-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-1-0 (192 points scored, 127 allowed) Road record: 5-2-0 (148 points scored, 119 allowed) Head Coach: Paul Brown 340 points scored (9th of 26 teams), 246 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 255 433 3,241 ( 1) 6.94 23 14 499 1,819 (17) 3.6 20 5,060 ( 2) 34 Defense: 175 389 1,729 ( 2) 4.16 11 22 473 2,194 (18) 4.6 15 3,923 ( 8) 44
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 11 John Reaves QB 7 6'3 210 25 4 Florida 13 Ken Riley DB 14 6'0 182 28 7 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 13 6'1 211 26 5 Augustana (IL) 18 Charlie Joiner WR 14 5'11 189 28 7 Grambling 19 Essex Johnson RB 12 5'9 200 29 8 Grambling 20 Lemar Parrish DB 11 5'11 185 27 6 Lincoln (Mo.) 23 Bernard Jackson DB 14 6'0 178 25 4 Washington State 24 Marvin Cobb DB 13 6'0 185 22 R Southern California 25 Chip Myers WR 13 6'4 205 30 8 Northwestern Oklahoma State 27 Ricky Davis DB 14 6'1 182 22 R Alabama 29 Lyle Blackwood DB 14 6'0 192 24 3 Texas Christian 33 Stan Fritts RB 13 6'1 215 22 R North Carolina State 36 Lenvil Elliott RB 14 6'0 205 24 3 Northeast Missouri State 37 Tommy Casanova DB 11 6'2 195 25 4 Louisiana State 38 Champ Henson RB 6 6'3 240 22 R Ohio State 41 Dave Green K 14 5'11 208 26 3 Ohio 42 Boobie Clark RB 14 6'2 245 25 3 Bethune-Cookman 43 Ed Williams RB 14 6'2 245 25 2 Langston 50 Glenn Cameron LB 14 6'2 230 22 R Florida 51 Chris Devlin LB 14 6'3 222 21 R Penn State 52 Brad Cousino LB 14 6'0 220 22 R Miami (Ohio) 53 Bo Harris LB 12 6'3 230 22 R Louisiana State 54 Bob Johnson C 14 6'5 255 29 8 Tennessee 55 Jim LeClair LB 14 6'2 235 25 4 North Dakota 58 Al Beauchamp LB 14 6'2 232 31 8 Southern 60 Ron Pritchard LB 14 6'1 230 28 7 Arizona State 62 Dave Lapham OG 13 6'3 258 23 2 Syracuse 64 John Shinners OG 14 6'2 255 28 7 Xavier 65 Maulty Moore DT 13 6'5 265 29 4 Bethune-Cookman 68 Bill Kollar DT 14 6'3 250 22 2 Montana State 70 Ron Carpenter DT 14 6'4 260 27 6 North Carolina State 71 Rufus Mayes OT 14 6'5 265 27 7 Ohio State 72 Howard Fest OG 14 6'6 262 29 8 Texas 75 Al Krevis OT 3 6'6 263 23 R Boston College 76 Vern Holland OT 14 6'5 268 27 5 Tennessee State 78 Bob Brown DT 14 6'5 290 36 10 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80 Ken Johnson DE 14 6'5 260 28 5 Indiana 83 Sherman White DE 14 6'5 250 27 4 California 84 Bob Trumpy TE 11 6'6 228 30 8 Utah 85 Isaac Curtis WR 14 6'0 193 25 3 San Diego State 86 Johnnie McDaniel WR 14 6'1 193 24 2 Lincoln (Mo.) 88 Bruce Coslet TE 14 6'3 227 29 7 Pacific 89 Jack Novak TE 14 6'4 242 22 R Wisconsin
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 377 228 60.5 3,169 8.41 13.9 21 5.6 11 2.9 32 247 93.9 John Reaves 51 25 49.0 297 5.82 11.9 2 3.9 3 5.9 2 9 55.8 Stan Fritts 4 2 50.0 31 7.75 15.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 76.0 Dave Green 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Isaac Curtis 44 934 21.2 7 Boobie Clark 42 334 8.0 0 Charlie Joiner 37 726 19.6 5 Chip Myers 36 527 14.6 3 Essex Johnson 25 196 7.8 1 Bob Trumpy 22 276 12.5 1 Lenvil Elliott 20 196 9.8 3 Bruce Coslet 10 117 11.7 0 Ed Williams 10 96 9.6 1 Stan Fritts 6 63 10.5 2 Jack Novak 2 34 17.0 0 Champ Henson 1 -2 -2.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Boobie Clark 167 594 3.6 4 Stan Fritts 94 375 4.0 8 Lenvil Elliott 71 308 4.3 1 Ken Anderson 49 188 3.8 2 Essex Johnson 58 177 3.1 1 Ed Williams 35 136 3.9 2 Champ Henson 11 38 3.5 0 John Reaves 6 13 2.2 2 Bruce Coslet 1 1 1.0 0 Johnnie McDaniel 1 -2 -2.0 0 Isaac Curtis 6 -9 -1.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Bernard Jackson 25 587 23.5 0 Lenvil Elliott 13 272 20.9 0 Lemar Parrish 4 114 28.5 0 Johnnie McDaniel 3 69 23.0 0 Brad Cousino 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Lyle Blackwood 23 123 5.3 0 0 Lemar Parrish 13 83 6.4 1 0 Tommy Casanova 11 60 5.5 2 0 Marvin Cobb 1 1 1.0 3 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 14 LB Glen Cameron 159 Florida 2 39 OT Al Krevis 13 Boston College 3 55 DE Gary Burley 117 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from ATL] 3 64 QB Gary Sheide Brigham Young 3 77 LB Bo Harris 103 LSU [pick acquired from MIN] 4 97 RB Stan Fritts 26 North Carolina State [pick acquired from BUF] 5 120 WR Pat McInally 149 Harvard 5 122 TE Jeff West 123 Cincinnati [pick acquired from DAL] 6 142 QB Tom Shuman Penn State [pick acquired from PHI] 6 145 DB Rollen Smith Arkansas 7 170 LB Chris Devlin 30 Penn State 8 195 DB Ricky Davis 38 Alabama 9 220 OG Greg Dubinetz 15 Yale 9 227 WR Lofell Williams Virginia Union [pick acquired from BUF] 10 245 DB Rocky Felker Mississippi State 11 276 DB Marvin Cobb 79 USC 12 301 TE Jack Novak 35 Wisconsin 13 326 LB Ron Rosenberg Montana 14 351 DT Frank Haywood North Carolina State 15 376 K Greg Enright Southern Oregon State 16 401 WR John Tuttle Kansas State 17 432 DB Elvin Charity Yale
Traded draft picks: #4 to MIN (Champ Henson)
Transactions:
| 04-19-1975 | traded Ken Avery to Chiefs for Kansas City's #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 06-11-1975 | traded Al Chandler to 49ers for San Francisco's #5 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 06-17-1975 | traded Horst Muhlmann to Eagles for Philadelphia's #3 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 07-1975 | Mike Reid retired |
| 07-03-1975 | traded Stan Walters and Wayne Clark to Eagles for John Reaves and Philadelphia's #2 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-02-1975 | placed Royce Berry on injured reserve |
| 09-08-1975 | traded Doug Dressler to Patriots for New England's #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Pat Matson to Packers for Green Bay's #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 12/28/75 at Oakland Raiders L 28-31
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs Cleveland Browns W 24-17 1-0-0 09/28/75 at New Orleans Saints W 21-0 2-0-0 10/05/75 at Houston Oilers W 21-19 3-0-0 10/12/75 vs New England Patriots W 27-10 4-0-0 10/19/75 vs Oakland Raiders W 14-10 5-0-0 10/26/75 at Atlanta Falcons W 21-14 6-0-0 11/02/75 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 24-30 6-1-0 11/09/75 at Denver Broncos W 17-16 7-1-0 11/17/75 vs Buffalo Bills W 33-24 8-1-0 11/23/75 at Cleveland Browns L 23-35 8-2-0 11/30/75 vs Houston Oilers W 23-19 9-2-0 12/07/75 at Philadelphia Eagles W 31-0 10-2-0 12/13/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-35 10-3-0 12/21/75 vs San Diego Chargers W 47-17 11-3-0