1971 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 4th place American Football Conference Central Division 4-10-0 .286 |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Vince Costello | Linebackers |
| Jack Donaldson | Offensive Backs |
| Bill Johnson | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Receivers |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/7/1971 | A | Miami Dolphins | 27-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 64005 | |
| Sat | 8/14/1971 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54365 | |
| Mon | 8/23/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 20-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55491 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1971 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 22-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55493 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1971 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55477 | |
| Sat | 9/11/1971 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-17 | T | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 39105 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1971 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-14 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55880 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1971 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48448 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1971 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1971 | H | Miami Dolphins | 13-23 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60099 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1971 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60284 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1971 | A | Oakland Raiders | 27-31 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 54699 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1971 | A | Houston Oilers | 6-10 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 37947 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1971 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 6-9 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59604 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1971 | A | Denver Broncos | 24-10 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51200 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1971 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59390 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1971 | H | San Diego Chargers | 31-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59580 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1971 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-31 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 82705 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1971 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-21 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60022 | |
| Sun | 12/19/1971 | A | New York Jets | 21-35 | L | New York, NY | Shea Stadium | 63151 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 52 | Doug Adams | MLB | 6-0 | 222 | 22 | Ohio State | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | Ken Anderson | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 22 | Augustana (Illinois) | 11 | 4 |
| 51 | Ken Avery | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 27 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 11 |
| 58 | Al Beauchamp | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| 66 | Bill Bergey | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Arkansas State | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Royce Berry | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | Ron Carpenter | RDE | 6-4 | 261 | 23 | North Carolina State | 14 | 13 |
| 11 | Virgil Carter | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Brigham Young | 10 | 10 |
| 79 | Steve Chomyszak | RDT | 6-5 | 270 | 27 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 23 | Al Coleman | LS-RS | 6-1 | 185 | 27 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | Bruce Coslet | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 25 | Pacific | 14 | 6 |
| 10 | Eric Crabtree | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 7 | 7 |
| 34 | Neal Craig | LS-RCB | 6-1 | 189 | 23 | Fisk | 12 | 7 |
| 63 | Guy Dennis | C-ROG | 6-2 | 254 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| 44 | Doug Dressler | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 23 | Marin JC; Chico State | 14 | 4 |
| 29 | Sandy Durko | RS | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Southern California | 14 | 12 |
| 27 | Ken Dyer | RS | 6-3 | 185 | 25 | Arizona State | 1 | 1 |
| 59 | Larry Ely | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 24 | Iowa | 6 | 0 |
| 72 | Howard Fest | LOG-LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 25 | Texas | 14 | 11 |
| 35 | Mike Haffner | WR | 6-2 | 205 | 29 | UCLA | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Jimmy Harris | LCB | 5-11 | 173 | 25 | Houston; Howard Payne | 2 | 0 |
| 76 | Vern Holland | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 23 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| 54 | Bob Johnson | C | 6-5 | 258 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 19 | Essex Johnson | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| 80 | Ken Johnson | RDE | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | Indiana | 9 | 1 |
| 78 | Willie Jones | RDT | 6-2 | 265 | 29 | Kansas State | 5 | 0 |
| 87 | Mike Kelly | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 23 | Davidson | 14 | 0 |
| 40 | Ronnie Lamb | RB | 6-2 | 227 | 28 | South Carolina | 12 | 0 |
| 58 | Steve Lawson | LOG | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | Kansas | 7 | 3 |
| 15 | Dave Lewis | P | 6-2 | 216 | 26 | Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| 83 | Ed Marshall | WR | 6-5 | 200 | 24 | Ranger JC; Cameron | 13 | 0 |
| 73 | Pat Matson | ROG | 6-1 | 246 | 27 | Oregon | 14 | 14 |
| 71 | Rufus Mayes | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | Ohio State | 14 | 7 |
| 16 | Horst Muhlmann | K | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | none | 14 | 0 |
| 25 | Chip Myers | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 26 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 10 | 7 |
| 20 | Lemar Parrish | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 14 |
| 53 | Bill Peterson | RLB-LLB | 6-3 | 228 | 26 | San Jose State | 14 | 3 |
| 30 | Jess Phillips | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 10 |
| 74 | Mike Reid | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 14 |
| 13 | Ken Riley | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | Florida A&M | 13 | 13 |
| 18 | Paul Robinson | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona | 14 | 8 |
| 81 | Nick Roman | LDE | 6-3 | 237 | 24 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| 31 | Fletcher Smith | LS | 6-2 | 182 | 28 | Tennessee State | 14 | 9 |
| 17 | Speedy Thomas | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 24 | Laney JC; Utah | 12 | 8 |
| 84 | Bob Trumpy | TE-WR | 6-6 | 226 | 26 | Illinois; Utah | 14 | 14 |
| 33 | Fred Willis | FB | 6-0 | 209 | 24 | Boston College | 14 | 6 |
| 75 | Ernie Wright | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 32 | Ohio State | 7 | 7 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 15 | Vern Holland | T | Tennessee State |
| 2 | 41 | Steve Lawson | G | Kansas |
| 3 | 67 | Ken Anderson | QB | Augustana (Illinois) |
| 4 | 93 | Fred Willis | RB | Boston College |
| 5 | 110 | Art May | DE | Tuskegee |
| 7 | 171 | Neal Craig | DB | Fisk |
| 8 | 197 | Freddie Herring | DB | Tennessee State |
| 9 | 223 | Gary Gustafson | LB | Montana State |
| 10 | 249 | Jack Stambaugh | G | Oregon |
| 11 | 275 | Ed Marshall | WR | Cameron |
| 12 | 301 | Rod Hayden | DE | Memphis |
| 13 | 327 | Dave Knapman | TE | Central Washington |
| 14 | 353 | Irvin Mallory | DB | Virginia Union |
| 15 | 379 | Bob Thomas | RB | Arizona State |
| 16 | 405 | Mark Debevc | LB | Ohio State |
| 17 | 432 | Sam Pearson | DB | Western Kentucky |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 58 | 64 | 91 | 71 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 71 | 48 | 102 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 236 | 109 | 115 | 12 | / % | / % | 82 | 921 | |
| Opponents Totals | 213 | 93 | 102 | 18 | / % | / % | 72 | 722 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 0 | 91 |
| Fred Willis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chip Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Virgil Carter | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 32 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 0 | 284 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 31 | 32 | 96.9 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 0 | 265 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 1 | 51 | 6/6 | 5/8 | 4/9 | 4/10 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 1 | 51 | 6/6 | 5/8 | 4/9 | 4/10 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 5/ | 4/ | 4/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Willis | 135 | 590 | 4.4 | 36 | 7 |
| Essex Johnson | 85 | 522 | 6.1 | 86t | 4 |
| Jess Phillips | 94 | 420 | 4.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 49 | 213 | 4.3 | 17 | 1 |
| Doug Dressler | 54 | 204 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 22 | 125 | 5.7 | 16 | 1 |
| Virgil Carter | 8 | 42 | 5.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 462 | 2142 | 4.6 | 86t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 446 | 1778 | 4.0 | 63 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Carter | 222 | 138 | 62.2 | 77 | 1624 | 7.3 | 11.8 | 90t | 10 | 4.5 | 7 | 3.2 | 13 | 122 | 1502 | 86.2 |
| Ken Anderson | 131 | 72 | 55.0 | 55 | 777 | 5.9 | 10.8 | 44 | 5 | 3.8 | 4 | 3.1 | 23 | 159 | 618 | 72.6 |
| Dave Lewis | 10 | 3 | 30.0 | 7 | 18 | 1.8 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 22 | -4 | 39.6 |
| Fred Willis | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 8 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 60.4 |
| Team Totals | 365 | 214 | 58.6 | 140 | 2427 | 6.6 | 11.3 | 90t | 15 | 4.1 | 11 | 3.0 | 40 | 303 | 2124 | 79.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 355 | 157 | 44.2 | 171 | 2382 | 6.7 | 15.2 | 74t | 19 | 5.4 | 27 | 7.6 | 30 | 254 | 2128 | 53.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Trumpy | 40 | 531 | 13.3 | 44 | 3 |
| Chip Myers | 27 | 286 | 10.6 | 20 | 1 |
| Fred Willis | 24 | 223 | 9.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 22 | 327 | 14.9 | 90t | 2 |
| Jess Phillips | 22 | 125 | 5.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Bruce Coslet | 21 | 356 | 17.0 | 71t | 4 |
| Doug Dressler | 19 | 145 | 7.6 | 26 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 14 | 258 | 18.4 | 67t | 2 |
| Eric Crabtree | 14 | 102 | 7.3 | 12 | 2 |
| Paul Robinson | 8 | 47 | 5.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Ed Marshall | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Mike Kelly | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 214 | 2427 | 11.3 | 90t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 157 | 2382 | 15.2 | 74t | 19 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 65t | 1 |
| Al Beauchamp | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 18t | 1 |
| Ken Riley | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Bergey | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Peterson | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Al Coleman | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Neal Craig | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 273 | 10.1 | 65t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 219 | 19.9 | 48t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lewis | 72 | 3229 | 44.8 | 56 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 73 | 3263 | 44.7 | 56 | 0 | 8 | 304 | 2799 | 38.3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2988 | 40.9 | 59 | 0 | 145 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 12 | 9 | 93 | 7.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 6 | 11 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 5 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 29 | 145 | 5.8 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 8 | 304 | 7.4 | 67 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Robinson | 18 | 335 | 18.6 | 37 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 13 | 296 | 22.8 | 30 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 32 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 2 | 49 | 24.5 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Mike Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 863 | 20.1 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 1024 | 26.3 | 80 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Reid | 12.0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 5.0 | |
| Steve Chomyszak | 4.5 | |
| Bill Bergey | 2.0 | |
| Royce Berry | 1.5 | |
| Al Beauchamp | 1.0 | |
| Nick Roman | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 30.0 | 254.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40.0 | 303.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -9 | 0 | |
| Ken Avery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Royce Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 | |
| Steve Chomyszak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sandy Durko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Howard Fest | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kelly | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Matson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | |
| Jess Phillips | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nick Roman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Willis | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 28 | 4 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 0 |
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