1981 Cincinnati Bengals: 12-4-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 6-2-0 (204 points scored, 145 allowed) Road record: 6-2-0 (217 points scored, 159 allowed) Head Coach: Forrest Gregg 421 points scored (3rd of 28 teams), 304 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 332 550 3,995 ( 3) 6.83 30 12 493 1,973 (17) 4.0 19 5,968 ( 2) 24 Defense: 316 548 3,408 (22) 5.78 24 19 465 1,881 ( 9) 4.0 12 5,289 (12) 37
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Jim Breech K 16 5'6 157 25 3 California 12 Jack Thompson QB 8 6'3 217 25 3 Washington State 13 Ken Riley DB 16 6'0 183 34 13 Florida A&M 14 Ken Anderson QB 16 6'1 212 32 11 Augustana (IL) 15 Turk Schonert QB 4 6'1 185 24 1 Stanford 20 Elvis Peacock RB 3 6'1 208 24 3 Oklahoma 21 Oliver Davis DB 10 6'1 205 27 5 Tennessee State 24 Clarence Chapman DB 5 5'10 182 27 6 Eastern Michigan 25 John Simmons DB 11 5'11 192 22 R Southern Methodist 26 Bobby Kemp DB 16 6'0 186 22 R Cal State-Fullerton 27 Bryan Hicks DB 16 6'0 192 24 2 McNeese State 34 Louis Breeden DB 16 5'11 185 28 4 North Carolina Central 36 Jim Hargrove RB 15 6'2 228 23 1 Wake Forest 40 Charles Alexander RB 15 6'1 221 24 3 Louisiana State 42 Mike Fuller DB 15 5'9 182 28 7 Auburn 44 Ray Griffin DB 8 5'10 186 25 4 Ohio State 45 Archie Griffin RB 16 5'9 184 27 6 Ohio State 46 Pete Johnson RB 16 6'0 249 27 5 Ohio State 47 Greg Bright DB 4 6'0 208 24 2 Morehead State 49 Guy Frazier LB 16 6'2 215 22 R Wyoming 50 Glenn Cameron LB 16 6'2 228 28 7 Florida 51 Rick Razzano LB 16 5'11 227 25 2 Virginia Tech 52 Tom Dinkel LB 16 6'3 237 25 4 Kansas 53 Bo Harris LB 16 6'3 226 28 7 Louisiana State 55 Jim LeClair LB 14 6'2 234 31 10 North Dakota 57 Reggie Williams LB 16 6'1 228 27 6 Dartmouth 58 Blair Bush C 16 6'3 252 24 4 Washington 59 Jeff Schuh LB 16 6'2 228 23 R Minnesota 60 Blake Moore C 14 6'5 267 23 2 Wooster 62 Dave Lapham OG 13 6'4 262 29 8 Syracuse 65 Max Montoya OG 16 6'5 275 25 3 UCLA 67 Gary Burley DE 16 6'3 274 28 6 Pittsburgh 68 Mike Obrovac OT 6 6'6 275 26 1 Bowling Green 70 Bobby Whitten OG 1 6'3 265 22 R Kansas 71 Rod Horn DT 16 6'4 268 24 2 Nebraska 72 Mike St. Clair DE 16 6'5 250 28 6 Grambling 73 Eddie Edwards DE 14 6'5 256 27 5 Miami 74 Glenn Bujnoch OG 6 6'5 265 27 6 Texas A&M 75 Wilson Whitley DT 14 6'3 265 26 5 Houston 76 Brad Oates OG 5 6'6 275 28 6 Brigham Young 77 Mike Wilson OT 16 6'5 271 26 4 Georgia 78 Anthony Munoz OT 16 6'6 278 23 2 Southern California 79 Ross Browner DE 16 6'3 261 27 4 Notre Dame 80 Cris Collinsworth WR 16 6'5 192 22 R Florida 81 David Verser WR 16 6'1 200 23 R Kansas 83 M.L. Harris TE 15 6'5 238 27 2 Kansas State 84 Don Bass WR 6 6'2 220 25 4 Houston 85 Isaac Curtis WR 15 6'0 192 31 9 San Diego State 86 Steve Kreider WR 16 6'3 192 23 3 Lehigh 87 Pat McInally P 16 6'6 213 28 6 Harvard 89 Dan Ross TE 16 6'4 235 24 3 Northeastern
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Ken Anderson 479 300 62.6 3,754 7.84 12.5 29 6.1 10 2.1 25 140 98.4 Jack Thompson 49 21 42.9 267 5.45 12.7 1 2.0 2 4.1 7 61 50.3 Turk Schonert 19 10 52.6 166 8.74 16.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 4 82.3 Steve Kreider 3 1 33.3 13 4.33 13.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 47.9
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Dan Ross 71 910 12.8 5 Cris Collinsworth 67 1,009 15.1 8 Pete Johnson 46 320 7.0 4 Isaac Curtis 37 609 16.5 2 Steve Kreider 37 520 14.1 5 Charles Alexander 28 262 9.4 1 Archie Griffin 20 160 8.0 1 M.L. Harris 13 181 13.9 2 David Verser 6 161 26.8 2 Pat McInally 6 68 11.3 0 Jim Hargrove 1 0 0.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Pete Johnson 274 1,077 3.9 12 Ken Anderson 46 320 7.0 1 Charles Alexander 98 292 3.0 2 Archie Griffin 47 163 3.5 3 Jim Hargrove 16 66 4.1 1 Turk Schonert 7 41 5.9 0 Steve Kreider 1 21 21.0 0 David Verser 2 11 5.5 0 Don Bass 1 9 9.0 0 Pat McInally 1 -27 -27.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD David Verser 29 691 23.8 0 Clarence Chapman 8 171 21.4 0 Archie Griffin 6 119 19.8 0 Ray Griffin 2 31 15.5 0 Mike Fuller 1 34 34.0 0 John Simmons 1 10 10.0 0 Tom Dinkel 1 0 0.0 0 Bobby Kemp 1 0 0.0 0 Rick Razzano 0 0 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Mike Fuller 23 177 7.7 13 0 John Simmons 5 24 4.8 6 0 Bryan Hicks 1 4 4.0 0 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 10 WR David Verser 52 Kansas 2 37 WR Cris Collinsworth 107 Florida 3 64 DB John Simmons 72 SMU 4 93 LB Guy Frazier 74 Wyoming 5 120 TE Benjie Pryor Pittsburgh 6 146 K Rex Robinson 3 Georgia 7 176 LB Jeff Schuh 87 Minnesota 8 202 DB Bobby Kemp 95 Cal State-Fullerton 9 229 OT Jim Hannula 15 Northern Illinois 9 230 RB Samoa Samoa Washington State [pick acquired from SF] 10 258 RB Hubert Simpson Tennessee 11 285 DB Robert Jackson 90 Central Michigan 12 312 QB Mark O'Connell Ball State
Traded draft picks: none
Transactions:
| 06-19-1981 | traded cash to Patriots for Mel Lunsford |
| 12-17-1981 | Packers claimed Brad Oates on waivers |
Playoff Results: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result 01/03/82 vs Buffalo Bills W 28-21 01/10/82 vs San Diego Chargers W 27-7 Super Bowl XVI 01/24/82 at San Francisco 49ers L 21-26
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 vs Seattle Seahawks W 27-21 1-0-0 09/13/81 at New York Jets W 31-30 2-0-0 09/20/81 vs Cleveland Browns L 17-20 2-1-0 09/27/81 vs Buffalo Bills W 27-24 (OT) 3-1-0 10/04/81 at Houston Oilers L 10-17 3-2-0 10/11/81 at Baltimore Colts W 41-19 4-2-0 10/18/81 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 34-7 5-2-0 10/25/81 at New Orleans Saints L 7-17 5-3-0 11/01/81 vs Houston Oilers W 34-21 6-3-0 11/08/81 at San Diego Chargers W 40-17 7-3-0 11/15/81 vs Los Angeles Rams W 24-10 8-3-0 11/22/81 vs Denver Broncos W 38-21 9-3-0 11/29/81 at Cleveland Browns W 41-21 10-3-0 12/06/81 vs San Francisco 49ers L 3-21 10-4-0 12/13/81 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-10 11-4-0 12/20/81 at Atlanta Falcons W 30-28 12-4-0