1980 Cincinnati Bengals roster and stats

1980 Cincinnati Bengals: 6-10-0
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Home record: 3-5-0 (138 points scored, 163 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (106 points scored, 149 allowed) Head Coach: Forrest Gregg 244 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 312 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 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: 281 510 2,815 (21) 5.15 17 25 513 2,069 (12) 4.0 9 4,884 (19) 33 Defense: 284 491 3,124 (13) 5.94 22 20 469 1,680 ( 4) 3.6 13 4,804 ( 9) 42

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Jim Breech K 4 5'6 155 24 2 California 11 Sandro Vitiello K 2 6'2 197 22 R Massachusetts 12 Jack Thompson QB 14 6'3 217 24 2 Washington State 13 Ken Riley DB 16 6'0 183 33 12 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 13 6'1 208 31 10 Augustana (IL) 19 Ian Sunter K 10 6'1 215 27 2 None 21 Jim Browner DB 2 6'1 207 24 2 Notre Dame 22 Deacon Turner RB 12 5'11 210 25 3 San Diego State 23 Shafer Suggs DB 4 6'1 204 27 5 Ball State 27 Bryan Hicks DB 16 6'0 192 23 R McNeese State 28 Cleo Montgomery WR 14 5'8 183 25 1 Abilene Christian 30 Dick Jauron DB 10 6'0 190 30 8 Yale 34 Louis Breeden DB 16 5'11 185 27 3 North Carolina Central 35 Nathan Poole RB 16 5'9 205 23 2 Louisville 36 Jo Jo Heath DB 10 5'10 182 23 R Pittsburgh 40 Charles Alexander RB 16 6'1 226 23 2 Louisiana State 44 Ray Griffin DB 16 5'10 186 24 3 Ohio State 45 Archie Griffin RB 15 5'9 184 26 5 Ohio State 46 Pete Johnson RB 12 6'0 249 26 4 Ohio State 47 Greg Bright DB 16 6'0 208 23 R Morehead State 50 Glenn Cameron LB 14 6'2 228 27 6 Florida 51 Rick Razzano LB 14 5'11 227 24 1 Virginia Tech 52 Tom Dinkel LB 16 6'3 235 24 3 Kansas 53 Bo Harris LB 15 6'3 226 27 6 Louisiana State 55 Jim LeClair LB 16 6'2 234 30 9 North Dakota 56 Ron Simpkins LB 16 6'1 235 22 R Michigan 57 Reggie Williams LB 14 6'1 228 26 5 Dartmouth 58 Blair Bush C 16 6'3 250 23 3 Washington 59 Andrew Melontree LB 16 6'4 228 22 R Baylor 60 Blake Moore C 16 6'5 260 22 R Wooster 62 Dave Lapham OG 16 6'4 262 28 7 Syracuse 63 Mike White DT 15 6'5 267 23 2 Albany State 64 Bill Glass OG 15 6'4 261 22 R Baylor 65 Max Montoya OG 16 6'5 275 24 2 UCLA 67 Gary Burley DE 11 6'3 270 27 5 Pittsburgh 71 Rod Horn DT 7 6'4 268 23 R Nebraska 72 Mike St. Clair DE 10 6'5 250 27 5 Grambling 73 Eddie Edwards DE 16 6'5 261 26 4 Miami 74 Glenn Bujnoch OG 16 6'5 258 26 5 Texas A&M 75 Wilson Whitley DT 16 6'3 265 25 4 Houston 77 Mike Wilson OT 16 6'5 271 25 3 Georgia 78 Anthony Munoz OT 16 6'6 278 22 R Southern California 79 Ross Browner DE 15 6'3 261 26 3 Notre Dame 81 Jim Corbett TE 4 6'4 220 25 4 Pittsburgh 82 Alton Alexis WR 1 6'0 184 22 R Tulane 83 M.L. Harris TE 12 6'5 238 26 1 Kansas State 84 Don Bass WR 14 6'2 220 24 3 Houston 85 Isaac Curtis WR 15 6'0 192 30 8 San Diego State 86 Steve Kreider WR 16 6'3 192 22 2 Lehigh 87 Pat McInally P 16 6'6 212 27 5 Harvard 88 Mike Levenseller WR 8 6'1 184 24 3 Washington State 89 Dan Ross TE 16 6'4 235 23 2 Northeastern

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 275 166 60.4 1,778 6.47 10.7 6 2.2 13 4.7 24 174 66.9 Jack Thompson 234 115 49.1 1,324 5.66 11.5 11 4.7 12 5.1 13 113 60.9 Steve Kreider 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dan Ross               56    724   12.9    4
Isaac Curtis           43    610   14.2    3
Charles Alexander      36    192    5.3    0
Don Bass               32    409   12.8    6
Archie Griffin         28    196    7.0    0
Pete Johnson           21    172    8.2    1
Pat McInally           18    269   14.9    2
Steve Kreider          17    272   16.0    0
Deacon Turner          12     73    6.1    1
M.L. Harris            10    137   13.7    0
Jim Corbett             3     28    9.3    0
Mike Levenseller        2     30   15.0    0
Nathan Poole            2     -4   -2.0    0
Anthony Munoz           1     -6   -6.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Pete Johnson          186    747    4.0    6
Charles Alexander     169    702    4.2    2
Archie Griffin         85    260    3.1    0
Deacon Turner          30    130    4.3    0
Ken Anderson           16    122    7.6    0
Jack Thompson          18     84    4.7    1
Cleo Montgomery         1     12   12.0    0
Mike Levenseller        1      6    6.0    0
Nathan Poole            5      6    1.2    0
M.L. Harris             1      0    0.0    0
Pat McInally            1      0    0.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cleo Montgomery        44    843   19.2    0
Deacon Turner           9    173   19.2    0
Bryan Hicks             5     87   17.4    0
Jo Jo Heath             3     51   17.0    0
Ron Simpkins            3      8    2.7    0
Jim Browner             2     10    5.0    0
Steve Kreider           1     19   19.0    0
Nathan Poole            1      8    8.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Cleo Montgomery        31    223    7.2    7    0
Jo Jo Heath             6     29    4.8    1    0
Greg Bright             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 83 3,390 40.8 12 21 2 45 476 31.5 Jim Breech 2 67 33.5 1 1 0 1 2 22.5 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Ian Sunter 0/0 7/7 3/7 1/5 0/1 11/20 15/15 48 Jim Breech 0/0 2/2 1/2 1/3 0/0 4/ 7 11/12 23 Sandro Vitiello 0/0 0/0 0/2 0/0 0/0 0/ 2 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Louis Breeden 7 91 0 Greg Bright 1.0 1 5 0 Ross Browner 8.0 Glenn Cameron 1.0 3 43 0 Tom Dinkel 1.0 Eddie Edwards 12.0 Ray Griffin 1.0 2 80 2 Bo Harris 2.0 Bryan Hicks 1.0 1 8 0 Dick Jauron 1 11 0 Ken Riley 3 9 0 Ron Simpkins 1.0 Mike St. Clair 5.0 Wilson Whitley 2.0 2 8 0 Reggie Williams 2.0

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 OT Anthony Munoz 185 USC 2 31 LB Kirby Criswell 6 Kansas 3 59 DT Rod Horn 23 Nebraska 4 86 OG Bill Glass 15 Baylor 5 113 DB Bryan Hicks 39 McNeese State 6 141 DB Jo Jo Heath 27 Pittsburgh 6 159 LB Andrew Melontree 16 Baylor [pick acquired from TB] 7 167 LB Ron Simplins 91 Michigan [pick acquired from SF] 7 168 OT Gary Don Johnson Baylor 8 196 RB Mark Lyles Florida State 9 224 DB Greg Bright 20 Morehead State 10 252 K Sandro Vitello 2 Massachusetts 11 281 WR Alton Alexis 1 Tulane 12 308 QB Mike Wright Vanderbilt

Traded draft picks: none

Transactions:

01-1980	traded Tony Davis to Buccaneers for Tampa's #6 pick in the 1980 draft
03-20-1980	traded Scott Perry to 49ers for San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1981 draft
08-26-1980	claimed Fred Anderson on waivers from Steelers
09-02-1980	Seahawks claimed Fred Anderson on waivers

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    L 12-17       0-1-0
09/14/80    at Miami Dolphins          L 16-17       0-2-0
09/21/80    vs Pittsburgh Steelers     W 30-28       1-2-0
09/28/80    vs Houston Oilers          L 10-13       1-3-0
10/05/80    at Green Bay Packers       L 9-14        1-4-0
10/12/80    at Pittsburgh Steelers     W 17-16       2-4-0
10/19/80    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 14-0        3-4-0
10/26/80    at Houston Oilers          L 3-23        3-5-0
11/02/80    vs San Diego Chargers      L 14-31       3-6-0
11/09/80    at Oakland Raiders         L 17-28       3-7-0
11/16/80    vs Buffalo Bills           L 0-14        3-8-0
11/23/80    at Cleveland Browns        L 7-31        3-9-0
11/30/80    at Kansas City Chiefs      W 20-6        4-9-0
12/07/80    vs Baltimore Colts         W 34-33       5-9-0
12/14/80    at Chicago Bears           W 17-14 (OT)  6-9-0
12/21/80    vs Cleveland Browns        L 24-27       6-10-0

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