1976 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1976 Cincinnati Bengals: 10-4-0
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Home record: 6-1-0 (141 points scored, 66 allowed) Road record: 4-3-0 (194 points scored, 144 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Johnson

335 points scored (6th of 28 teams), 210 points allowed (7th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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:   187   360   2,191   (13)   5.52   21   15    481   2,109   (15)    4.4   15    4,300    (15)      35
Defense:   177   364   1,758   ( 3)   4.29   13   26    520   1,912   (11)    3.7   11    3,670    ( 5)      41

Team roster (starters in bold):

 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
10  Chris Bahr           K     14   5'9   170   23    R   Penn State
11  John Reaves          QB     3   6'3   202   26    5   Florida
13  Ken Riley            DB    14   6'0   183   29    8   Florida A&M
14  Ken Anderson         QB    14   6'1   210   27    6   Augustana (IL)
20  Lemar Parrish        DB    14   5'11  180   28    7   Lincoln (Mo.)
21  Melvin Morgan        DB    14   6'0   175   23    R   Mississippi Valley State
23  Bernard Jackson      DB    12   6'0   179   26    5   Washington State
24  Marvin Cobb          DB    14   6'0   191   23    2   Southern California
25  Chip Myers           WR    12   6'4   208   31    9   Northwestern Oklahoma State
30  Willie Shelby        RB    13   5'10  190   23    R   Alabama
32  Scott Perry          DB    12   6'0   185   22    R   Williams
33  Stan Fritts          RB    13   6'1   215   23    2   North Carolina State
35  Tony Davis           RB    14   5'10  210   23    R   Nebraska
36  Lenvil Elliott       RB    12   6'0   207   25    4   Northeast Missouri State
37  Tommy Casanova       DB    11   6'2   194   26    5   Louisiana State
42  Boobie Clark         RB    13   6'2   245   26    4   Bethune-Cookman
45  Archie Griffin       RB    14   5'9   191   22    R   Ohio State
50  Glenn Cameron        LB    14   6'2   230   23    2   Florida
51  Chris Devlin         LB     9   6'3   228   22    2   Penn State
53  Bo Harris            LB    14   6'3   228   23    2   Louisiana State
54  Bob Johnson          C     14   6'5   255   30    9   Tennessee
55  Jim LeClair          LB    14   6'2   237   26    5   North Dakota
57  Reggie Williams      LB    14   6'1   230   22    R   Dartmouth
60  Ron Pritchard        LB     6   6'1   226   29    8   Arizona State
62  Dave Lapham          OG    14   6'4   258   24    3   Syracuse
63  Greg Fairchild       OG    12   6'4   258   22    R   Tulsa
64  John Shinners        OG    13   6'2   259   29    8   Xavier
67  Gary Burley          DE    14   6'3   262   23    1   Pittsburgh
68  Bill Kollar          DT     9   6'4   256   23    3   Montana State
70  Ron Carpenter        DT    14   6'4   265   28    7   North Carolina State
71  Rufus Mayes          OT    14   6'5   268   28    8   Ohio State
72  Ron Hunt             OT    12   6'6   274   21    R   Oregon
74  Glenn Bujnoch        OG    14   6'5   260   22    R   Texas A&M
76  Vern Holland         OT    14   6'5   272   28    6   Tennessee State
78  Bob Brown            DT    14   6'5   280   37   11   Arkansas-Pine Bluff
79  Coy Bacon            DE    14   6'4   270   34    9   Jackson State
80  Ken Johnson          DE    13   6'5   262   29    6   Indiana
82  Billy Brooks         WR    12   6'3   215   23    R   Oklahoma
84  Bob Trumpy           TE    13   6'6   231   31    9   Utah
85  Isaac Curtis         WR    14   6'0   195   26    4   San Diego State
86  Johnnie McDaniel     WR    14   6'1   194   25    3   Lincoln (Mo.)
87  Pat McInally         P     14   6'6   200   23    1   Harvard
88  Bruce Coslet         TE    14   6'3   225   30    8   Pacific

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Ken Anderson         338  179   53.0  2,367   7.00  13.2  19   5.6   14   4.1    34   235    76.9
John Reaves           22    8   36.4     76   3.45   9.5   2   9.1    1   4.5     3    17    58.1
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Isaac Curtis           41    766   18.7    6
Boobie Clark           23    158    6.9    1
Lenvil Elliott         22    188    8.5    3
Bob Trumpy             21    323   15.4    7
Chip Myers             17    267   15.7    1
Billy Brooks           16    191   11.9    0
Archie Griffin         16    138    8.6    0
Johnnie McDaniel       12    232   19.3    1
Stan Fritts             9     75    8.3    0
Bruce Coslet            5     73   14.6    2
Tony Davis              4     29    7.2    0
Willie Shelby           1      3    3.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Boobie Clark          151    671    4.4    7
Archie Griffin        138    625    4.5    3
Lenvil Elliott         69    276    4.0    0
Stan Fritts            47    200    4.3    3
Tony Davis             36    178    4.9    1
Ken Anderson           31    134    4.3    1
Isaac Curtis            3     29    9.7    0
Willie Shelby           5      9    1.8    0
Billy Brooks            1    -13  -13.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Shelby          30    761   25.4    1
Lenvil Elliott          5     98   19.6    0
Tony Davis              4     21    5.2    0
Lemar Parrish           3     62   20.7    0
Archie Griffin          3     56   18.7    0
Ron Hunt                2     24   12.0    0
Melvin Morgan           1     14   14.0    0
Stan Fritts             1     10   10.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Willie Shelby          21    162    7.7    4    0
Lemar Parrish          20    122    6.1    2    0
Tommy Casanova         10     45    4.5    2    0
Marvin Cobb             3     14    4.7    2    0
Tony Davis              0      0      ?    3    0

Punting               Punts  Yards    Avg   TB  In20   Blk   Ret   Yards    Net
Pat McInally            76   2,999   39.5    6   12     0     41    323    33.6

Kicking                0-19   20-29   30-39   40-49     50+    Total     PAT    Pts
Chris Bahr              1/1     6/8     2/4     3/8     2/6    14/27    39/42    81

Defense                Sacks    Ints    Yards     TD
Coy Bacon              21.5                         
Bob Brown               1.0                         
Gary Burley             9.5                         
Ron Carpenter           7.5                         
Tommy Casanova                    5      109       2
Marvin Cobb                       3       55       0
Chris Devlin                      1        2       0
Bo Harris               1.5       2       -3       0
Bernard Jackson                   1        0       0
Ken Johnson             1.0                         
Bill Kollar             1.0                         
Jim LeClair                       1        9       0
Lemar Parrish                     2        0       0
Ron Pritchard           1.0       1        0       0
Ken Riley                         9      141       1
Reggie Williams         2.0       1       17       0

1976 Draft:

                                        NFL
Rnd  Ovr  Pos  Player                  Games   College
  1   11  WR   Billy Brooks              55    Oklahoma                  [pick acquired from PHI]
  1   24  RB   Archie Griffin            98    Ohio State              
  2   38  OG   Glenn Bujnoch            103    Texas A&M                 [pick acquired from PHI]
  2   51  K    Chris Bahr               210    Penn State              
  3   69  DB   Danny Reece               72    USC                       [pick acquired from PHI]
  3   82  LB   Reggie Williams          206    Dartmouth               
  4  106  RB   Tony Davis                89    Nebraska                  [pick acquired from KC]
  4  116  OG   Greg Fairchild            27    Tulsa                   
  5  138  RB   Willie Shelby             30    Alabama                   [pick acquired from SF]
  5  147  DB   Scott Perry               63    Williams                
  6  176  TE   Orlando Nelson                  Utah State              
  7  187  QB   Bob Bateman                     Brown                     [pick acquired from NE]
  7  192  DB   Pete Rome                       Miami (Ohio)              [pick acquired from GB]
  7  205  LB   Ken Kuhn                        Ohio State              
  8  232  OT   Ron Hunt                  28    Oregon                  
  9  259  WR   Lonnie Allgood                  Syracuse                
 10  287  K    Tom Klaban                      Ohio State              
 11  314  DB   Melvin Morgan             55    Mississippi Valley State  
 12  341  WR   Joe Dale Harris                 Alabama                 
 13  371  RB   Randy Walker                    Miami (Ohio)            
 14  398  P    Greg Coleman             162    Florida A&M             
 15  425  QB   Lynn Hieber                     Indiana (Pa.)           
 16  455  C    George Demopoulos               Miami                   
 17  482  OG   Scott Dannelley                 Ohio State

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Howard Fest in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Buccaneers selected Ricky Davis in expansion draft
03-30-1976	Seahawks selected Lyle Blackwood in expansion draft
04-02-1976	traded Charlie Joiner to Chargers for Coy Bacon
05-12-1976	traded Royce Berry, Brad Cousino and the rights to Tom Klaban to Bears for Chicago's #5 pick in the 1978 draft
06-02-1976	traded Orlando Nelson to Vikings for Minnesota's #7 pick in the 1977 draft
06-21-1976	traded Al Beauchamp to Cardinals for St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1977 draft
07-22-1976	traded Sherman White to Bills for Buffalo's #1 pick in the 1977 draft

1976 Regular Season Game Log:
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Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    vs Denver Broncos          W 17-7        1-0-0
09/19/76    at Baltimore Colts         L 27-28       1-1-0
09/26/76    vs Green Bay Packers       W 28-7        2-1-0
10/03/76    at Cleveland Browns        W 45-24       3-1-0
10/10/76    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 21-0        4-1-0
10/17/76    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 6-23        4-2-0
10/24/76    at Houston Oilers          W 27-7        5-2-0
10/31/76    vs Cleveland Browns        W 21-6        6-2-0
11/08/76    vs Los Angeles Rams        W 20-12       7-2-0
11/14/76    vs Houston Oilers          W 31-27       8-2-0
11/21/76    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 27-24       9-2-0
11/28/76    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     L 3-7         9-3-0
12/06/76    at Oakland Raiders         L 20-35       9-4-0
12/12/76    at New York Jets           W 42-3        10-4-0

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