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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:

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