1979 Cincinnati Bengals: 4-12-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (193 points scored, 149 allowed) Road record: 0-8-0 (144 points scored, 272 allowed) Head Coach: Homer Rice 337 points scored (13th of 28 teams), 421 points allowed (28th) NFL Averages: 20.1 points/game (321.0 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: 228 426 2,310 (24) 4.72 17 15 560 2,329 (11) 4.2 23 4,639 (23) 29 Defense: 275 492 3,692 (27) 7.05 27 20 528 2,219 (16) 4.2 22 5,911 (28) 44
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Chris Bahr K 16 5'9 172 26 4 Penn State 12 Jack Thompson QB 9 6'3 217 23 R Washington State 13 Ken Riley DB 13 6'0 183 32 11 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 15 6'1 208 30 9 Augustana (IL) 21 Jim Browner DB 16 6'1 209 23 R Notre Dame 22 Deacon Turner RB 16 5'11 210 24 2 San Diego State 24 Marvin Cobb DB 14 6'0 188 26 5 Southern California 28 Scott Burk DB 16 6'2 193 23 R Oklahoma State 29 Vaughn Lusby DB 16 5'10 178 23 R Arkansas 30 Dick Jauron DB 16 6'0 184 29 7 Yale 32 Scott Perry DB 14 6'0 180 25 4 Williams 34 Louis Breeden DB 10 5'11 187 26 2 North Carolina Central 35 Nathan Poole RB 16 5'9 210 22 R Louisville 40 Charles Alexander RB 16 6'1 221 22 R Louisiana State 44 Ray Griffin DB 12 5'10 183 23 2 Ohio State 45 Archie Griffin RB 16 5'9 184 25 4 Ohio State 46 Pete Johnson RB 16 6'0 259 25 3 Ohio State 50 Glenn Cameron LB 15 6'2 230 26 5 Florida 51 Tom Ruud LB 16 6'2 226 26 5 Nebraska 52 Tom Dinkel LB 16 6'3 246 23 2 Kansas 53 Bo Harris LB 15 6'3 226 26 5 Louisiana State 54 Bob Johnson C 5 6'5 223 33 12 Tennessee 55 Jim LeClair LB 16 6'2 234 29 8 North Dakota 57 Reggie Williams LB 12 6'1 228 25 4 Dartmouth 58 Blair Bush C 12 6'3 252 22 2 Washington 59 Howie Kurnick LB 15 6'2 219 22 R Cincinnati 62 Dave Lapham OG 16 6'4 258 27 6 Syracuse 63 Mike White DT 16 6'5 266 22 R Albany State 65 Max Montoya OG 11 6'5 278 23 R UCLA 66 Mark Donahue OG 16 6'3 251 23 2 Michigan 67 Gary Burley DE 16 6'3 269 26 4 Pittsburgh 70 Barney Cotton OG 13 6'5 261 23 R Nebraska 72 Mack Mitchell DE 13 6'7 253 27 5 Houston 73 Eddie Edwards DE 14 6'5 256 25 3 Miami 74 Glenn Bujnoch OG 15 6'5 255 25 4 Texas A&M 75 Wilson Whitley DT 14 6'3 265 24 3 Houston 76 Vern Holland OT 16 6'5 267 31 9 Tennessee State 77 Mike Wilson OT 16 6'5 280 24 2 Georgia 79 Ross Browner DE 16 6'3 261 25 2 Notre Dame 81 Jim Corbett TE 10 6'4 217 24 3 Pittsburgh 82 Billy Brooks WR 4 6'3 202 26 4 Oklahoma 83 Rick Walker TE 10 6'3 235 24 3 UCLA 84 Don Bass WR 16 6'2 218 23 2 Houston 85 Isaac Curtis WR 16 6'0 192 29 7 San Diego State 86 Steve Kreider WR 15 6'3 192 21 R Lehigh 87 Pat McInally P 16 6'6 209 26 4 Harvard 88 Mike Levenseller WR 12 6'1 180 23 2 Washington State 89 Dan Ross TE 16 6'4 238 22 R Northeastern
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 339 189 55.8 2,340 6.90 12.4 16 4.7 10 2.9 46 324 80.7 Jack Thompson 87 39 44.8 481 5.53 12.3 1 1.1 5 5.7 16 178 42.4 Steve Kreider 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 9 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Don Bass 58 724 12.5 3 Archie Griffin 43 417 9.7 2 Dan Ross 41 516 12.6 1 Isaac Curtis 32 605 18.9 8 Pete Johnson 24 154 6.4 1 Charles Alexander 11 91 8.3 0 Louis Breeden 8 214 26.8 1 Jim Corbett 3 34 11.3 0 Steve Kreider 3 20 6.7 0 Deacon Turner 2 18 9.0 0 Pat McInally 1 24 24.0 0 Rick Walker 1 14 14.0 1 Nathan Poole 1 -10 -10.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Pete Johnson 243 865 3.6 14 Archie Griffin 140 688 4.9 0 Charles Alexander 88 286 3.2 1 Ken Anderson 28 235 8.4 2 Jack Thompson 21 116 5.5 5 Deacon Turner 28 86 3.1 1 Don Bass 4 35 8.8 0 Pat McInally 1 18 18.0 0 Tom Dinkel 2 14 7.0 0 Steve Kreider 2 0 0.0 0 Nathan Poole 1 -3 -3.0 0 Isaac Curtis 2 -11 -5.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Deacon Turner 55 1,149 20.9 0 Nathan Poole 7 128 18.3 0 Vaughn Lusby 6 92 15.3 0 Jim Browner 6 87 14.5 0 Howie Kurnick 4 60 15.0 0 Ross Browner 2 29 14.5 0 Ray Griffin 1 15 15.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Vaughn Lusby 32 260 8.1 4 0 Mike Levenseller 8 46 5.8 2 0 Dick Jauron 1 10 10.0 2 0 Scott Burk 1 0 0.0 1 0 |
1979 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 QB Jack Thompson 51 Washington State 1 12 RB Charles Alexander 102 LSU [pick acquired from WAS] 2 30 TE Dan Ross 104 Northeastern 3 59 OG Barney Cotton 45 Nebraska 4 84 DT James White 51 Albany State (Ga.) 4 91 DB Vaughn Lusby 18 Arkansas [pick acquired from CHI] 5 113 DE Casey Merrill 97 California-Davis 6 139 WR Steve Kreider 114 Lehigh 7 168 OT Max Montoya 223 UCLA 8 194 LB Howie Kurnick 15 Cincinnati 9 223 DB Scott Burk 16 Oklahoma State 10 250 RB Nathan Poole 62 Louisville 11 278 DE Ken Bungarda 15 Missouri 12 304 DB Jim Browner 18 Notre Dame
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 07-01-1979 | traded Melvin Morgan to 49ers for a #7 pick in the 1980 draft |
| 08-28-1979 | traded Lenvil Elliott to 49ers for first rights to the 49ers' waived players |
| 08-28-1979 | claimed Mack Mitchell on waivers from Browns |
| 10-09-1979 | placed Jim Corbett on injured reserve |
| 11-13-1979 | placed Louis Breeden on injured reserve |
1979 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/02/79 at Denver Broncos L 0-10 0-1-0 09/09/79 at Buffalo Bills L 24-51 0-2-0 09/16/79 vs New England Patriots L 14-20 0-3-0 09/23/79 vs Houston Oilers L 27-30 (OT) 0-4-0 09/30/79 at Dallas Cowboys L 13-38 0-5-0 10/07/79 vs Kansas City Chiefs L 7-10 0-6-0 10/14/79 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 34-10 1-6-0 10/21/79 at Cleveland Browns L 27-28 1-7-0 10/28/79 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 37-13 2-7-0 11/04/79 at Baltimore Colts L 28-38 2-8-0 11/11/79 vs San Diego Chargers L 24-26 2-9-0 11/18/79 at Houston Oilers L 21-42 2-10-0 11/25/79 vs St. Louis Cardinals W 34-28 3-10-0 12/02/79 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17-37 3-11-0 12/09/79 at Washington Redskins L 14-28 3-12-0 12/16/79 vs Cleveland Browns W 16-12 4-12-0