1977 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1977 Cincinnati Bengals: 8-6-0
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Home record: 5-2-0 (141 points scored, 107 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (97 points scored, 128 allowed) Head Coach: Bill Johnson 238 points scored (14th of 28 teams), 235 points allowed (16th) NFL Averages: 17.2 points/game (240.5 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: 192 385 2,333 ( 7) 5.61 12 16 488 1,861 (18) 3.8 10 4,194 (13) 32 Defense: 196 351 2,227 (23) 5.92 14 16 525 1,897 (13) 3.6 15 4,124 (21) 39

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Chris Bahr K 14 5'9 168 24 2 Penn State 11 John Reaves QB 9 6'3 210 27 6 Florida 13 Ken Riley DB 14 6'0 185 30 9 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 14 6'1 212 28 7 Augustana (IL) 15 Mike Wells QB 7 6'5 225 26 1 Illinois 20 Lemar Parrish DB 11 5'11 183 29 8 Lincoln (Mo.) 21 Melvin Morgan DB 12 6'0 186 24 2 Mississippi Valley State 24 Marvin Cobb DB 14 6'0 191 24 3 Southern California 25 Tony Davis RB 14 5'10 210 24 2 Nebraska 30 Willie Shelby RB 14 5'11 198 24 2 Alabama 31 Jerry Anderson DB 14 5'11 198 24 R Oklahoma 32 Scott Perry DB 9 6'0 182 23 2 Williams 36 Lenvil Elliott RB 14 6'0 208 26 5 Northeast Missouri State 37 Tommy Casanova DB 11 6'2 196 27 6 Louisiana State 42 Boobie Clark RB 10 6'2 242 27 5 Bethune-Cookman 45 Archie Griffin RB 12 5'9 193 23 2 Ohio State 46 Pete Johnson RB 14 6'0 240 23 R Ohio State 50 Glenn Cameron LB 14 6'2 217 24 3 Florida 53 Bo Harris LB 14 6'3 221 24 3 Louisiana State 54 Bob Johnson C 14 6'5 256 31 10 Tennessee 55 Jim LeClair LB 14 6'2 238 27 6 North Dakota 57 Reggie Williams LB 14 6'1 228 23 2 Dartmouth 59 Ray Phillips LB 14 6'4 221 23 R Nebraska 60 Ron Pritchard LB 6 6'1 208 30 9 Arizona State 62 Dave Lapham OG 13 6'4 259 25 4 Syracuse 63 Greg Fairchild OG 13 6'4 257 23 2 Tulsa 64 John Shinners OG 12 6'2 259 30 9 Xavier 67 Gary Burley DE 14 6'3 265 24 2 Pittsburgh 71 Rufus Mayes OT 12 6'5 256 29 9 Ohio State 72 Ron Hunt OT 13 6'6 255 22 2 Oregon 73 Eddie Edwards DE 12 6'5 256 23 R Miami 74 Glenn Bujnoch OG 13 6'5 251 23 2 Texas A&M 75 Wilson Whitley DT 13 6'3 264 22 R Houston 76 Vern Holland OT 14 6'5 265 29 7 Tennessee State 78 Walter Johnson DT 14 6'3 265 34 13 Los Angeles State 79 Coy Bacon DE 12 6'4 265 35 10 Jackson State 80 Ken Johnson DE 10 6'5 258 30 7 Indiana 81 Jim Corbett TE 14 6'4 214 22 R Pittsburgh 82 Billy Brooks WR 14 6'3 202 24 2 Oklahoma 83 Steve Holden WR 6 6'0 200 26 5 Arizona State 84 Bob Trumpy TE 12 6'6 228 32 10 Utah 85 Isaac Curtis WR 8 6'0 192 27 5 San Diego State 86 Johnnie McDaniel WR 14 6'1 197 26 4 Lincoln (Mo.) 87 Pat McInally P 14 6'6 210 24 2 Harvard 88 Rick Walker TE 6 6'3 237 22 R UCLA 89 Mike Cobb TE 13 6'5 248 21 R Michigan State

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 323 166 51.4 2,145 6.64 12.9 11 3.4 11 3.4 28 197 69.7 John Reaves 59 24 40.7 383 6.49 16.0 0 0.0 5 8.5 2 17 27.7 Archie Griffin 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 1 3 158.3 Pat McInally 1 1 100.0 4 4.00 4.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 83.3 Marvin Cobb 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Billy Brooks           39    772   19.8    4
Lenvil Elliott         29    238    8.2    1
Archie Griffin         28    240    8.6    0
Isaac Curtis           20    338   16.9    2
Bob Trumpy             18    251   13.9    1
Pat McInally           17    258   15.2    3
Johnnie McDaniel       12    148   12.3    0
Tony Davis              9     83    9.2    0
Jim Corbett             7    127   18.1    1
Boobie Clark            7     33    4.7    0
Pete Johnson            5     49    9.8    0
Rick Walker             1     13   13.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Pete Johnson          153    585    3.8    4
Archie Griffin        137    549    4.0    0
Lenvil Elliott         65    269    4.1    0
Boobie Clark           68    226    3.3    1
Ken Anderson           26    128    4.9    2
Tony Davis             27     81    3.0    2
Tommy Casanova          1     20   20.0    0
Glenn Bujnoch           1      4    4.0    1
Pat McInally            1      4    4.0    0
Marvin Cobb             1      0    0.0    0
John Reaves             5      0    0.0    0
Jim Corbett             1     -1   -1.0    0
Billy Brooks            2     -4   -2.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Willie Shelby          19    403   21.2    0
Archie Griffin          9    192   21.3    0
Jerry Anderson          8    129   16.1    0
Tony Davis              3     42   14.0    0
Steve Holden            2     42   21.0    0
Lenvil Elliott          1     23   23.0    0
Lemar Parrish           1     23   23.0    0
Marvin Cobb             1     15   15.0    0
Pete Johnson            1     11   11.0    0
Greg Fairchild          1      6    6.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Tony Davis             19    220   11.6    6    0
Willie Shelby          11     54    4.9    3    0
Lemar Parrish           4     30    7.5    0    0
Steve Holden            3     14    4.7    0    0
Tommy Casanova          1      6    6.0    1    0
Marvin Cobb             1      4    4.0    0    0
Jerry Anderson          1      0    0.0    0    0
Reggie Williams         1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Pat McInally 67 2,802 41.8 3 16 1 37 267 36.4 Chris Bahr 2 88 44.0 0 2 0 1 -7 47.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Chris Bahr 1/1 10/11 4/8 4/6 0/1 19/27 25/26 82 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Coy Bacon 5.5 Gary Burley 9.5 Tommy Casanova 0.5 1 0 0 Marvin Cobb 2 37 0 Eddie Edwards 4.5 Bo Harris 2.0 2 17 0 Ken Johnson 1.0 Walter Johnson 2.0 Jim LeClair 1.0 2 8 0 Melvin Morgan 1 0 0 Lemar Parrish 3 95 1 Ken Riley 2 14 0 Reggie Williams 0.5 3 67 1

1977 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 DE Eddie Edwards 170 Miami [pick acquired from BUF] 1 8 DT Wilson Whitley 82 Houston [pick acquired from PHI] 1 22 TE Mike Cobb 62 Michigan State 2 49 RB Pete Johnson 110 Ohio State 3 76 RB Mike Voight 14 North Carolina 4 85 TE Rick Walker 119 UCLA [pick acquired from TB] 4 103 OT Mike Wilson 174 Georgia 4 105 DB Jerry Anderson 16 Oklahoma [pick acquired from STL] 5 133 LB Ray Phillips 69 Nebraska 6 160 QB Tom Duniven 1 Texas Tech 7 187 DB Louis Breeden 134 North Carolina Central 7 194 TE Jim Corbett 44 Pittsburgh [pick acquired from MIN] 8 214 OG Jose St. Victor Syracuse 9 245 WR Willie Zachary Central State (Oh.) 10 272 P Bob Bialik Hillsdale 11 292 OG Joel Parrish Georgia [pick acquired from SD] 11 299 DB Carl Allen 79 Southern Mississippi 12 326 WR Alex Percival Morehouse

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

01-1977	traded Bernard Jackson to Broncos for Denver's #3 and #7 picks in the 1978 draft
01-01-1977	traded Charlie Davis to Buccaneers for Tampa's #4 pick in the 1977 draft
03-01-1977	traded Chip Myers to Chargers for San Diego's #11 pick in the 1977 draft
09-08-1977	placed Louis Breeden on injured reserve

1977 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/18/77    vs Cleveland Browns        L 3-13        0-1-0
09/25/77    vs Seattle Seahawks        W 42-20       1-1-0
10/02/77    at San Diego Chargers      L 3-24        1-2-0
10/09/77    at Green Bay Packers       W 17-7        2-2-0
10/17/77    at Pittsburgh Steelers     L 14-20       2-3-0
10/23/77    vs Denver Broncos          L 13-24       2-4-0
10/30/77    vs Houston Oilers          W 13-10 (OT)  3-4-0
11/06/77    at Cleveland Browns        W 10-7        4-4-0
11/13/77    at Minnesota Vikings       L 10-42       4-5-0
11/20/77    vs Miami Dolphins          W 23-17       5-5-0
11/27/77    vs New York Giants         W 30-13       6-5-0
12/04/77    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 27-7        7-5-0
12/10/77    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 17-10       8-5-0
12/18/77    at Houston Oilers          L 16-21       8-6-0

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