1976 Cincinnati Bengals: 10-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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: Click on the date to view the game summary. 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