1978 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
4th place American Football Conference Central Division 4-12-0 .250 |
Head Coach: Bill Johnson (0-5-0); Homer Rice( 4-7-0) |
Howard Brinker | Linebackers |
Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
Mike McCormack | Offensive Line |
Homer Rice | Quarterbacks |
George Sefcik | Offensive Backs |
Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
Charley Winner | Defensive Backs |
Kim Wood | Strength |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/5/1978 | A | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-17 | L | Tampa, FL | Tampa Stadium | 60106 | |
Sat | 8/12/1978 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-14 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46243 | |
Sat | 8/19/1978 | H | Chicago Bears | 27-3 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 47685 | |
Sat | 8/26/1978 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-14 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 54927 | |
Sun | 9/3/1978 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 23-24 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 41810 | |
Sun | 9/10/1978 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-13 | L | OT | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72691 |
Sun | 9/17/1978 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-28 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50260 | |
Sun | 9/24/1978 | H | New Orleans Saints | 18-20 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 40455 | |
Sun | 10/1/1978 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 12-28 | L | San Francisco, CA | Candlestick Park | 41107 | |
Mon | 10/9/1978 | A | Miami Dolphins | 0-21 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 54729 | |
Sun | 10/15/1978 | H | New England Patriots | 3-10 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 48699 | |
Sun | 10/22/1978 | A | Buffalo Bills | 0-5 | L | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 47754 | |
Sun | 10/29/1978 | H | Houston Oilers | 28-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50532 | |
Sun | 11/5/1978 | A | San Diego Chargers | 13-22 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 43639 | |
Mon | 11/13/1978 | H | Oakland Raiders | 21-34 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 51374 | |
Sun | 11/19/1978 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-7 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 47578 | |
Sun | 11/26/1978 | A | Houston Oilers | 10-17 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 43245 | |
Sun | 12/3/1978 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 37-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 25336 | |
Mon | 12/11/1978 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 20-19 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 47471 | |
Sun | 12/17/1978 | H | Cleveland Browns | 48-16 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46985 |
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 | ||||||||
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No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
14 | Ken Anderson | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 29 | Augustana (Illinois) | 12 | 12 |
10 | Chris Bahr | K | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Penn State | 16 | 0 |
84 | Don Bass | TE | 6-2 | 219 | 22 | Houston | 16 | 8 |
34 | Louis Breeden | LCB | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | North Carolina Central | 16 | 16 |
82 | Billy Brooks | WR | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Oklahoma | 15 | 14 |
79 | Ross Browner | RDE | 6-3 | 265 | 24 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 |
74 | Glenn Bujnoch | LOG | 6-6 | 265 | 25 | Texas A&M | 16 | 16 |
67 | Gary Burley | LDE | 6-3 | 282 | 26 | Wharton County JC; Pittsburgh | 16 | 16 |
58 | Blair Bush | C | 6-3 | 273 | 22 | Washington | 16 | 16 |
50 | Glenn Cameron | RILB-LLB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Florida | 15 | 14 |
42 | Boobie Clark | FB | 6-2 | 245 | 29 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 5 |
24 | Marvin Cobb | SS | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Southern California | 16 | 15 |
81 | Jim Corbett | TE | 6-4 | 218 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 16 | 5 |
85 | Isaac Curtis | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 28 | California; San Diego State | 16 | 16 |
25 | Tony Davis | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 25 | Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
56 | Tom DePaso | LOLB | 6-2 | 223 | 22 | Penn State | 12 | 2 |
51 | Chris Devlin | LOLB | 6-2 | 228 | 25 | Penn State | 1 | 1 |
52 | Tom Dinkel | LOLB-LLB | 6-3 | 240 | 32 | Kansas | 16 | 6 |
66 | Mark Donahue | LOG | 6-3 | 251 | 22 | Michigan | 15 | 1 |
73 | Eddie Edwards | RDE-RDT | 6-5 | 257 | 24 | Arizona Western JC; Miami (Florida) | 16 | 16 |
36 | Lenvil Elliott | HB | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | Truman State | 10 | 3 |
45 | Archie Griffin | HB | 5-9 | 188 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 8 |
44 | Ray Griffin | CB | 5-10 | 185 | 22 | Ohio State | 15 | 0 |
53 | Bo Harris | LB | 6-3 | 235 | 25 | Louisiana State | 8 | 0 |
16 | Rob Hertel | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 23 | Southern California | 3 | 0 |
76 | Vern Holland | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 30 | Tennessee State | 16 | 16 |
72 | Ron Hunt | OT | 6-6 | 260 | 23 | Oregon | 3 | 0 |
30 | Dick Jauron | FS-SS | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Yale | 16 | 5 |
54 | Bob Johnson | C | 6-5 | 258 | 32 | Tennessee | 13 | 0 |
46 | Pete Johnson | FB | 6-0 | 272 | 24 | Ohio State | 16 | 11 |
62 | Dave Lapham | ROG | 6-4 | 259 | 26 | Syracuse | 16 | 16 |
83 | Dennis Law | WR | 6-1 | 182 | 23 | East Tennessee State | 14 | 2 |
59 | Jim LeClair | LILB-MLB | 6-3 | 234 | 28 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 16 | 16 |
71 | Rufus Mayes | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 31 | Ohio State | 9 | 8 |
87 | Pat McInally | P-WR | 6-6 | 210 | 25 | Harvard | 16 | 1 |
22 | Melvin Morgan | FS-CB | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | Gulf Coast JC; Mississippi Valley State | 15 | 1 |
32 | Scott Perry | FS | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Williams | 13 | 11 |
59 | Ray Phillips | ROLB | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Marshalltown JC; Nebraska | 2 | 1 |
68 | Dave Pureifory | DT | 6-1 | 255 | 29 | Eastern Michigan | 7 | 0 |
11 | John Reaves | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 28 | Florida | 9 | 4 |
13 | Ken Riley | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Florida A&M | 16 | 16 |
51 | Tom Ruud | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Nebraska | 7 | 0 |
59 | Ron Shumon | LB | 6-1 | 227 | 23 | Wichita State | 13 | 0 |
22 | Deacon Turner | HB | 5-11 | 210 | 23 | Bakersfield CC; San Diego State | 16 | 5 |
79 | Ted Vincent | DT | 6-4 | 262 | 22 | Wichita State | 16 | 0 |
88 | Rick Walker | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 23 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 15 | 3 |
75 | Wilson Whitley | LDT-MG | 6-3 | 265 | 23 | Houston | 16 | 16 |
57 | Reggie Williams | ROLB-RLB | 6-0 | 230 | 24 | Dartmouth | 16 | 15 |
77 | Mike Wilson | LOT | 6-5 | 280 | 23 | Georgia | 9 | 8 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
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Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 8 | Ross Browner | DT | Notre Dame |
1 | 16 | Blair Bush | C | Washington |
2 | 35 | Ray Griffin | DB | Ohio State |
2 | 45 | Deacon Turner | RB | San Diego State |
3 | 72 | Ted Vincent | DT | Wichita State |
3 | 83 | Don Bass | WR | Houston |
4 | 99 | Dennis Law | WR | East Tennessee State |
5 | 126 | Tom Dinkel | LB | Kansas |
5 | 131 | Rob Hertel | QB | Southern California |
6 | 155 | Steve Geise | RB | Penn State |
7 | 182 | Joe Branson | DB | Livingstone |
7 | 193 | Danny Bass | G | Elon |
8 | 211 | Bill Miller | T | Western Illinois |
9 | 238 | Ron Shumon | LB | Wichita State |
10 | 267 | Tom DePaso | LB | Penn State |
11 | 292 | Cal Prince | RB | Louisville |
11 | 294 | Mark Donahue | G | Michigan |
12 | 323 | Kim Featsent | WR | Kent State |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 30 | 79 | 46 | 97 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 66 | 106 | 53 | 56 | 3 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 271 | 105 | 141 | 25 | 82/226 36.3% | / % | 110 | 956 | |
Opponents Totals | 269 | 121 | 118 | 30 | 85/238 35.7% | / % | 123 | 1074 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Bahr | 0 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 0 | 74 |
Pete Johnson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
Don Bass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
Isaac Curtis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Archie Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Scott Perry | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Billy Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tony Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Rick Walker | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Dick Jauron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Gary Burley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
(Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
Team Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 2 | 252 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 30 | 34 | 88.2 | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 1 | 284 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Bahr | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 3 | 52 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 4/8 | 6/12 | 1/3 |
Team Totals | 16 | 30 | 53.3 | 3 | 52 | 0/0 | 5/7 | 4/8 | 6/12 | 1/2 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 23 | 69.6 | 4/ | 7/ | 5/ | 0/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Johnson | 180 | 762 | 4.2 | 50t | 7 |
Archie Griffin | 132 | 484 | 3.7 | 30 | 0 |
Deacon Turner | 84 | 333 | 4.0 | 65 | 0 |
Boobie Clark | 40 | 187 | 4.7 | 20 | 0 |
Ken Anderson | 29 | 167 | 5.8 | 16 | 1 |
Lenvil Elliott | 29 | 75 | 2.6 | 12 | 0 |
Tony Davis | 21 | 57 | 2.7 | 15 | 2 |
John Reaves | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 20 | 0 |
Tom Dinkel | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Isaac Curtis | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Rob Hertel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Law | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Don Bass | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 526 | 2131 | 4.1 | 65 | 10 |
Opponents Totals | 607 | 2396 | 3.9 | 70t | 16 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | 319 | 173 | 54.2 | 124 | 2219 | 7.0 | 12.8 | 57 | 10 | 3.1 | 22 | 6.9 | 30 | 237 | 1982 | 58.0 |
John Reaves | 144 | 74 | 51.4 | 62 | 790 | 5.5 | 10.7 | 51t | 3 | 2.1 | 8 | 5.6 | 8 | 61 | 729 | 51.6 |
Archie Griffin | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 21 | 7.0 | 10.5 | 18 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 126.4 |
Rob Hertel | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 9 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 39.6 |
Team Totals | 470 | 250 | 53.2 | 190 | 3039 | 6.5 | 12.2 | 57 | 14 | 3.0 | 30 | 6.4 | 38 | 298 | 2741 | 56.7 |
Opponents Totals | 396 | 193 | 48.7 | 183 | 2520 | 6.4 | 13.1 | 53 | 14 | 3.5 | 20 | 5.1 | 33 | 284 | 2236 | 60.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isaac Curtis | 47 | 737 | 15.7 | 57 | 3 |
Archie Griffin | 35 | 284 | 8.1 | 27 | 3 |
Pete Johnson | 31 | 236 | 7.6 | 34 | 0 |
Billy Brooks | 30 | 506 | 16.9 | 45 | 2 |
Don Bass | 27 | 447 | 16.6 | 51t | 4 |
Pat McInally | 15 | 189 | 12.6 | 49 | 0 |
Jim Corbett | 12 | 187 | 15.6 | 51 | 0 |
Rick Walker | 12 | 126 | 10.5 | 28 | 2 |
Lenvil Elliott | 12 | 100 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
Boobie Clark | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | 26 | 0 |
Deacon Turner | 11 | 50 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
Dennis Law | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 20 | 0 |
Tony Davis | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
Team Totals | 250 | 3039 | 12.2 | 57 | 14 |
Opponents Totals | 193 | 2520 | 13.1 | 53 | 14 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dick Jauron | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 24t | 1 |
Scott Perry | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 39t | 2 |
Ken Riley | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 17 | 0 |
Louis Breeden | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 |
Melvin Morgan | 1 | 64 | 64.0 | 64 | 0 |
Ron Shumon | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 0 |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Jim LeClair | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Reggie Williams | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
Eddie Edwards | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Tom Dinkel | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team Totals | 20 | 319 | 16.0 | 64 | 3 |
Opponents Totals | 30 | 211 | 7.0 | 40 | 2 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat McInally | 91 | 3919 | 43.1 | 65 | 0 | 10 | 25 | 558 | 3161 | 34.7 |
Chris Bahr | 4 | 108 | 27.0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 82 | 20.5 |
Team Totals | 95 | 4027 | 42.4 | 65 | 0 | 11 | 27 | 564 | 3243 | 34.1 |
Opponents Totals | 108 | 4496 | 41.6 | 70 | 264 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Davis | 22 | 8 | 130 | 5.9 | 12 | 0 |
Dennis Law | 25 | 4 | 106 | 4.2 | 17 | 0 |
Louis Breeden | 6 | 1 | -12 | -2.0 | 1 | 0 |
Dick Jauron | 3 | 2 | 32 | 10.7 | 15 | 0 |
Don Bass | 3 | 0 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
Team Totals | 59 | 15 | 264 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 58 | 4 | 564 | 9.7 | 52 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Griffin | 37 | 787 | 21.3 | 39 | 0 | |
Don Bass | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 33 | 0 | |
Archie Griffin | 4 | 94 | 23.5 | 26 | 0 | |
Tony Davis | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 | |
Dennis Law | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 17 | 0 | |
Deacon Turner | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Jim Corbett | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Louis Breeden | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
Boobie Clark | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
Ted Vincent | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 58 | 1164 | 20.1 | 39 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 49 | 1105 | 22.6 | 48 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Eddie Edwards | 5.5 | |
Gary Burley | 4.0 | |
Wilson Whitley | 3.0 | |
Glenn Cameron | 3.0 | |
Reggie Williams | 3.0 | |
Jim LeClair | 2.0 | |
Bo Harris | 2.0 | |
Louis Breeden | 1.0 | |
Ross Browner | 6.5 | |
Tom Dinkel | 2.0 | |
Dick Jauron | 1.0 | |
Team Totals | 33.0 | 284.0 |
Opponents Totals | 38.0 | 298.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | -8 | 0 | |
Don Bass | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Louis Breeden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Ross Browner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 |
Glenn Bujnoch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Boobie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Isaac Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Tom Dinkel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Eddie Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Archie Griffin | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bo Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Rob Hertel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |
Vern Holland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pete Johnson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
Dave Lapham | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Dennis Law | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Scott Perry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Reaves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -17 | 0 | |
Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Deacon Turner | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Rick Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Wilson Whitley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
Reggie Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
Team Totals | 36 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 29 | 1 |
Opponents Totals | 36 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 2 |
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