1978 Cincinnati Bengals: 4-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-5-0 (181 points scored, 152 allowed) Road record: 1-7-0 (71 points scored, 132 allowed) Head Coaches: Bill Johnson (0-5-0), Homer Rice (4-7-0) 252 points scored (21st of 28 teams), 284 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 18.3 points/game (293.3 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: 250 470 2,741 (10) 5.40 14 30 526 2,131 (18) 4.1 10 4,872 (11) 49 Defense: 193 396 2,236 ( 3) 5.21 14 20 607 2,396 (20) 3.9 16 4,632 (10) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Chris Bahr K 16 5'9 170 25 3 Penn State 11 John Reaves QB 9 6'3 210 28 7 Florida 13 Ken Riley DB 16 6'0 185 31 10 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 12 6'1 210 29 8 Augustana (IL) 16 Rob Hertel QB 3 6'2 192 23 R Southern California 21 Melvin Morgan DB 15 6'0 186 25 3 Mississippi Valley State 22 Deacon Turner RB 16 5'11 212 23 R San Diego State 24 Marvin Cobb DB 16 6'0 191 25 4 Southern California 25 Tony Davis RB 14 5'10 210 25 3 Nebraska 30 Dick Jauron DB 16 6'0 190 28 6 Yale 32 Scott Perry DB 13 6'0 182 24 3 Williams 34 Louis Breeden DB 16 5'11 185 25 1 North Carolina Central 36 Lenvil Elliott RB 10 6'0 208 27 6 Northeast Missouri State 42 Boobie Clark RB 14 6'2 245 28 6 Bethune-Cookman 44 Ray Griffin DB 15 5'10 186 22 R Ohio State 45 Archie Griffin RB 16 5'9 193 24 3 Ohio State 46 Pete Johnson RB 16 6'0 240 24 2 Ohio State 50 Glenn Cameron LB 15 6'2 217 25 4 Florida 51 Chris Devlin LB 1 6'2 228 24 3 Penn State 51 Tom Ruud LB 7 6'2 230 25 4 Nebraska 52 Tom Dinkel LB 16 6'3 246 22 R Kansas 53 Bo Harris LB 8 6'3 221 25 4 Louisiana State 54 Bob Johnson C 13 6'5 256 32 11 Tennessee 55 Jim LeClair LB 16 6'2 238 28 7 North Dakota 56 Tom DePaso LB 12 6'2 222 22 R Penn State 57 Reggie Williams LB 16 6'1 228 24 3 Dartmouth 58 Blair Bush C 16 6'3 254 21 R Washington 59 Ray Phillips LB 2 6'3 221 24 2 Nebraska 59 Ron Shumon LB 13 6'1 225 22 R Wichita State 62 Dave Lapham OG 16 6'4 259 26 5 Syracuse 66 Mark Donahue OG 15 6'3 261 22 R Michigan 67 Gary Burley DE 16 6'3 265 25 3 Pittsburgh 68 Dave Pureifory DE 7 6'1 255 29 7 Eastern Michigan 71 Rufus Mayes OT 9 6'5 256 30 10 Ohio State 72 Ron Hunt OT 3 6'6 255 23 3 Oregon 73 Eddie Edwards DE 16 6'5 256 24 2 Miami 74 Glenn Bujnoch OG 16 6'5 251 24 3 Texas A&M 75 Wilson Whitley DT 16 6'3 264 23 2 Houston 76 Vern Holland OT 16 6'5 265 30 8 Tennessee State 77 Mike Wilson OT 9 6'5 280 23 1 Georgia 78 Ted Vincent DT 16 6'4 262 22 R Wichita State 79 Ross Browner DE 11 6'3 262 24 R Notre Dame 81 Jim Corbett TE 16 6'3 221 23 2 Pittsburgh 82 Billy Brooks WR 15 6'3 202 25 3 Oklahoma 83 Dennis Law WR 14 6'1 182 23 R East Tennessee State 84 Don Bass TE 16 6'2 218 22 R Houston 85 Isaac Curtis WR 16 6'0 192 28 6 San Diego State 87 Pat McInally P 16 6'6 210 25 3 Harvard 88 Rick Walker TE 15 6'3 237 23 2 UCLA
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 319 173 54.2 2,219 6.96 12.8 10 3.1 22 6.9 30 237 58.0 John Reaves 144 74 51.4 790 5.49 10.7 3 2.1 8 5.6 8 61 51.6 Rob Hertel 4 1 25.0 9 2.25 9.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Archie Griffin 3 2 66.7 21 7.00 10.5 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 126.4
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Isaac Curtis 47 737 15.7 3 Archie Griffin 35 284 8.1 3 Pete Johnson 31 236 7.6 0 Billy Brooks 30 506 16.9 2 Don Bass 27 447 16.6 4 Pat McInally 15 189 12.6 0 Jim Corbett 12 187 15.6 0 Rick Walker 12 126 10.5 2 Lenvil Elliott 12 100 8.3 0 Boobie Clark 11 73 6.6 0 Deacon Turner 11 50 4.5 0 Dennis Law 5 81 16.2 0 Tony Davis 2 23 11.5 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Pete Johnson 180 762 4.2 7 Archie Griffin 132 484 3.7 0 Deacon Turner 84 333 4.0 0 Boobie Clark 40 187 4.7 0 Ken Anderson 29 167 5.8 1 Lenvil Elliott 29 75 2.6 0 Tony Davis 21 57 2.7 2 John Reaves 6 50 8.3 0 Tom Dinkel 1 20 20.0 0 Isaac Curtis 1 1 1.0 0 Rob Hertel 1 0 0.0 0 Dennis Law 1 -1 -1.0 0 Don Bass 1 -4 -4.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ray Griffin 37 787 21.3 0 Don Bass 7 138 19.7 0 Archie Griffin 4 94 23.5 0 Tony Davis 3 51 17.0 0 Dennis Law 2 30 15.0 0 Deacon Turner 1 24 24.0 0 Jim Corbett 1 15 15.0 0 Louis Breeden 1 12 12.0 0 Boobie Clark 1 11 11.0 0 Ted Vincent 1 2 2.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dennis Law 25 106 4.2 4 0 Tony Davis 22 130 5.9 8 0 Louis Breeden 6 -12 -2.0 1 0 Dick Jauron 3 32 10.7 2 0 Don Bass 3 8 2.7 0 0 |
1978 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 DE Ross Browner 138 Notre Dame [pick acquired from PHI] 1 16 C Blair Bush 246 Washington 2 35 DB Ray Griffin 88 Ohio State [pick acquired from PHI] 2 45 RB Deacon Turner 44 San Diego State 3 72 DT Ted Vincent 44 Wichita State 3 83 WR Don Bass 55 Houston [pick acquired from DEN] 4 99 WR Dennis Law 14 East Tennessee State 5 126 LB Tom Dinkel 102 Kansas 5 131 QB Rob Hertel 3 USC [pick acquired from CHI] 6 155 RB Steve Geise Penn State 7 182 DB Joe Branson Livingstone 7 193 OT Dan Bass Elon [pick acquired from DEN] 8 211 OT Bill Miller Western Illinois 9 238 LB Ron Shumon 21 Wichita State 10 267 LB Tom DePaso 12 Penn State 11 292 RB Calvin Prince Louisville [pick acquired from STL] 11 294 OG Mark Donahue 31 Michigan 12 323 WR Kim Featsent Kent State
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 03-20-1978 | Bob Trumpy retired |
| 06-26-1978 | traded Lemar Parrish and Coy Bacon to Redskins for Washington's #1 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 07-06-1978 | placed Mike Wilson on injured reserve |
| 07-08-1978 | traded Ron Pritchard to Raiders for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-18-1978 | Tommy Casanova retired |
| 07-27-1978 | Chris Devlin retired |
| 08-09-1978 | Chris Devlin unretired |
| 08-23-1978 | traded Mike Cobb to Bears for Chicago's #4 pick in the 1979 draft |
| 08-29-1978 | claimed Dave Pureifory on waivers from Patriots |
| 08-29-1978 | Buccaneers claimed Jerry Anderson on waivers |
| 08-29-1978 | Chiefs claimed John McDaniel on waivers |
| 08-29-1978 | Falcons claimed Willie Shelby on waivers |
| 10-25-1978 | placed Ron Hunt on injured reserve |
1978 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/03/78 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 23-24 0-1-0 09/10/78 at Cleveland Browns L 10-13 (OT) 0-2-0 09/17/78 vs Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-28 0-3-0 09/24/78 vs New Orleans Saints L 18-20 0-4-0 10/01/78 at San Francisco 49ers L 12-28 0-5-0 10/09/78 at Miami Dolphins L 0-21 0-6-0 10/15/78 vs New England Patriots L 3-10 0-7-0 10/22/78 at Buffalo Bills L 0-5 0-8-0 10/29/78 vs Houston Oilers W 28-13 1-8-0 11/05/78 at San Diego Chargers L 13-22 1-9-0 11/13/78 vs Oakland Raiders L 21-34 1-10-0 11/19/78 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 6-7 1-11-0 11/26/78 at Houston Oilers L 10-17 1-12-0 12/03/78 vs Atlanta Falcons W 37-7 2-12-0 12/11/78 at Los Angeles Rams W 20-19 3-12-0 12/17/78 vs Cleveland Browns W 48-16 4-12-0