1977 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
Head Coach: Bill Johnson |
Howard Brinker | Linebackers |
Jack Donaldson | Offensive Backs |
Boyd Dowler | Receivers |
Mike McCormack | Offensive Line |
Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
Charley Winner | Defensive Backs |
Kim Wood | Strength |
SCORES | |||||||||
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Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
Sat | 8/6/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 20-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 51178 | |
Sat | 8/13/1977 | H | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 45-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 50316 | |
Sun | 8/21/1977 | A | Detroit Lions | 17-13 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 50617 | |
Sat | 8/27/1977 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 33-9 | W | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 44876 | |
Sat | 9/3/1977 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 26-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52942 | |
Sat | 9/10/1977 | A | Chicago Bears | 24-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 57027 | |
Sun | 9/18/1977 | H | Cleveland Browns | 3-13 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52847 | |
Sun | 9/25/1977 | H | Seattle Seahawks | 42-20 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 45579 | |
Sun | 10/2/1977 | A | San Diego Chargers | 3-24 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 40352 | |
Sun | 10/9/1977 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 53653 | |
Mon | 10/17/1977 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-20 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 47950 | |
Sun | 10/23/1977 | H | Denver Broncos | 13-24 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54395 | |
Sun | 10/30/1977 | H | Houston Oilers | 13-10 | W | OT | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 53194 |
Sun | 11/6/1977 | A | Cleveland Browns | 10-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81932 | |
Sun | 11/13/1977 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 10-42 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 45371 | |
Sun | 11/20/1977 | H | Miami Dolphins | 23-17 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46733 | |
Sun | 11/27/1977 | H | New York Giants | 30-13 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 32705 | |
Sun | 12/4/1977 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 27-7 | W | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 38488 | |
Sat | 12/10/1977 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 36133 | |
Sun | 12/18/1977 | A | Houston Oilers | 16-21 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 46212 |
ROSTER | ||||||||
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Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
Jerry Anderson | 31 | SS | 5-11 | 187 | 24 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Oklahoma | 14 | 1 |
Ken Anderson | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 28 | Augustana (Illinois) | 14 | 13 |
Coy Bacon | 79 | RDE | 6-4 | 269 | 34 | Jackson State | 12 | 12 |
Chris Bahr | 10 | K | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
Billy Brooks | 82 | WR | 6-3 | 202 | 24 | Oklahoma | 14 | 9 |
Glenn Bujnoch | 74 | LOG | 6-6 | 265 | 24 | Texas A&M | 13 | 10 |
Gary Burley | 67 | LDE | 6-3 | 282 | 25 | Wharton County JC; Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
Glenn Cameron | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
Tommy Casanova | 37 | SS | 6-2 | 202 | 27 | Louisiana State | 11 | 10 |
Boobie Clark | 42 | RB | 6-2 | 245 | 28 | Bethune-Cookman | 10 | 4 |
Marvin Cobb | 24 | FS | 6-0 | 188 | 24 | Southern California | 14 | 13 |
Mike Cobb | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 248 | 22 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 |
Jim Corbett | 81 | TE | 6-4 | 218 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 3 |
Isaac Curtis | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 27 | California; San Diego State | 8 | 8 |
Tony Davis | 25 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 24 | Nebraska | 14 | 1 |
Eddie Edwards | 73 | LDT | 6-5 | 257 | 23 | Arizona Western JC; Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
Lenvil Elliott | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Truman State | 14 | 3 |
Greg Fairchild | 63 | ROG-C | 6-4 | 257 | 23 | Tulsa | 13 | 2 |
Archie Griffin | 45 | RB | 5-9 | 188 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 11 |
Bo Harris | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
Steve Holden | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 26 | Arizona State | 6 | 0 |
Vern Holland | 76 | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 29 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
Ron Hunt | 72 | LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 260 | 22 | Oregon | 13 | 2 |
Bob Johnson | 54 | C | 6-5 | 258 | 31 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
Ken Johnson | 80 | RDE-LDT-LDE | 6-6 | 265 | 30 | Indiana | 10 | 3 |
Pete Johnson | 46 | RB | 6-0 | 272 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 9 |
Walter Johnson | 78 | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 268 | 35 | New Mexico State; Los Angeles State | 14 | 2 |
Dave Lapham | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 259 | 25 | Syracuse | 13 | 11 |
Jim LeClair | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 234 | 27 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 14 | 14 |
Rufus Mayes | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 30 | Ohio State | 12 | 12 |
Johnny McDaniel | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 7 |
Pat McInally | 87 | P-WR | 6-6 | 210 | 24 | Harvard | 14 | 4 |
Melvin Morgan | 21 | LCB-SS-FS | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Gulf Coast JC; Mississippi Valley State | 12 | 8 |
Lemar Parrish | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 30 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 11 | 10 |
Scott Perry | 32 | RCB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Williams | 9 | 0 |
Ray Phillips | 59 | LLB | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Marshalltown JC; Nebraska | 14 | 0 |
Ron Pritchard | 60 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 30 | Arizona State | 6 | 0 |
John Reaves | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 27 | Florida | 9 | 1 |
Ken Riley | 13 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
Willie Shelby | 30 | RB | 5-11 | 198 | 24 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
John Shinners | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 30 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 5 |
Bob Trumpy | 84 | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 32 | Illinois; Utah | 12 | 11 |
Rick Walker | 88 | TE-WR | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Santa Ana JC; UCLA | 6 | 0 |
Mike Wells | 15 | QB | 6-5 | 225 | 26 | Illinois | 7 | 0 |
Wilson Whitley | 75 | RDT | 6-3 | 265 | 22 | Houston | 13 | 13 |
Reggie Williams | 57 | RLB | 6-0 | 230 | 23 | Dartmouth | 14 | 14 |
DRAFT LIST | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
1 | 3 | Eddie Edwards | DT | Miami (Florida) |
1 | 8 | Wilson Whitley | DT | Houston |
1 | 22 | Mike Cobb | TE | Michigan State |
2 | 49 | Pete Johnson | RB | Ohio State |
3 | 76 | Mike Voight | RB | North Carolina |
4 | 85 | Rick Walker | TE | UCLA |
4 | 103 | Mike Wilson | T | Georgia |
4 | 105 | Jerry Anderson | DB | Oklahoma |
5 | 133 | Ray Phillips | LB | Nebraska |
6 | 160 | Tommy Duniven | QB | Texas Tech |
7 | 187 | Louis Breeden | DB | North Carolina Central |
7 | 194 | Jim Corbett | TE | Pittsburgh |
8 | 214 | Jose Saint-Victor | G | Syracuse |
9 | 245 | Willie Zackery | WR | Central State (Ohio) |
10 | 272 | Bob Bialik | P | Hillsdale |
11 | 292 | Joel Parrish | G | Georgia |
11 | 299 | Carl Allen | DB | Southern Mississippi |
12 | 326 | Alex Percival | WR | Morehouse |
SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 75 | 71 | 35 | 54 | 3 | 238 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 97 | 36 | 64 | 0 | 235 |
TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team Totals | 248 | 110 | 112 | 26 | 79/198 39.9% | / % | 89 | 859 | |
Opponents Totals | 253 | 113 | 113 | 27 | 88/208 42.3% | / % | 103 | 788 |
SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Bahr | 0 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 82 |
Billy Brooks | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Pete Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
Pat McInally | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Isaac Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Tony Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Reggie Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
Glenn Bujnoch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Boobie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Jim Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Willie Shelby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
Team Totals | 26 | 25 | 26 | 96.2 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 238 |
Opponents Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 1 | 235 |
FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chris Bahr | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 10/11 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 0/1 |
Team Totals | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 47 | 1/1 | 10/11 | 4/8 | 4/6 | 0/1 |
Opponents Totals | 11 | 18 | 61.1 | 0/ | 4/ | 3/ | 4/ | 0/ |
RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pete Johnson | 153 | 585 | 3.8 | 65 | 4 |
Archie Griffin | 137 | 549 | 4.0 | 31 | 0 |
Lenvil Elliott | 65 | 269 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 |
Boobie Clark | 68 | 226 | 3.3 | 10t | 1 |
Ken Anderson | 26 | 128 | 4.9 | 17t | 2 |
Tony Davis | 27 | 81 | 3.0 | 13 | 2 |
Tommy Casanova | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Glenn Bujnoch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4t | 1 |
Pat McInally | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
John Reaves | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Corbett | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
Billy Brooks | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
Team Totals | 488 | 1861 | 3.8 | 65 | 10 |
Opponents Totals | 525 | 1897 | 3.6 | 38 | 15 |
PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ken Anderson | 323 | 166 | 51.4 | 146 | 2145 | 6.6 | 12.9 | 94t | 11 | 3.4 | 11 | 3.4 | 28 | 197 | 1948 | 69.7 |
John Reaves | 59 | 24 | 40.7 | 30 | 383 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 40 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.5 | 2 | 17 | 366 | 27.7 |
Archie Griffin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 18t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 158.3 |
Pat McInally | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83.3 |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
Team Totals | 385 | 192 | 49.9 | 177 | 2550 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 94t | 12 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.2 | 31 | 217 | 2333 | 64.3 |
Opponents Totals | 351 | 196 | 55.8 | 139 | 2453 | 7.0 | 12.5 | 82t | 14 | 4.0 | 16 | 4.6 | 25 | 226 | 2227 | 72.0 |
RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Brooks | 39 | 772 | 19.8 | 94t | 4 |
Lenvil Elliott | 29 | 238 | 8.2 | 33 | 1 |
Archie Griffin | 28 | 240 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 |
Isaac Curtis | 20 | 338 | 16.9 | 54 | 2 |
Bob Trumpy | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 32 | 1 |
Pat McInally | 17 | 258 | 15.2 | 43t | 3 |
Johnny McDaniel | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 31 | 0 |
Tony Davis | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 |
Jim Corbett | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 47t | 1 |
Boobie Clark | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
Pete Johnson | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 21 | 0 |
Rick Walker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
Team Totals | 192 | 2550 | 13.3 | 94t | 12 |
Opponents Totals | 196 | 2453 | 12.5 | 82t | 14 |
INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lemar Parrish | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 47t | 1 |
Reggie Williams | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 54t | 1 |
Marvin Cobb | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
Bo Harris | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
Ken Riley | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
Jim LeClair | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
Tommy Casanova | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Melvin Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 54t | 2 |
Opponents Totals | 16 | 192 | 12.0 | 41 | 0 |
PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pat McInally | 67 | 2802 | 41.8 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 267 | 2475 | 36.4 |
Chris Bahr | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 95 | 47.5 |
Team Totals | 70 | 2890 | 41.3 | 67 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 260 | 2570 | 36.7 |
Opponents Totals | 75 | 2822 | 37.6 | 63 | 328 |
PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Davis | 19 | 6 | 220 | 11.6 | 70 | 0 |
Willie Shelby | 11 | 3 | 54 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
Lemar Parrish | 4 | 0 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
Steve Holden | 3 | 0 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
Tommy Casanova | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
Jerry Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Team Totals | 41 | 10 | 328 | 8.0 | 70 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 38 | 6 | 260 | 6.8 | 20 | 0 |
KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Willie Shelby | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 38 | 0 | |
Archie Griffin | 9 | 192 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 | |
Jerry Anderson | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 21 | 0 | |
Tony Davis | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
Steve Holden | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 | |
Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Lemar Parrish | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
Pete Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | |
Greg Fairchild | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 46 | 886 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 | |
Opponents Totals | 48 | 1029 | 21.4 | 36 | 0 |
SACKS | NO | YDS |
---|---|---|
Gary Burley | 8.5 | |
Coy Bacon | 5.5 | |
Eddie Edwards | 4.0 | |
Jim LeClair | 2.0 | |
Bo Harris | 2.0 | |
Ken Johnson | 1.0 | |
Walter Johnson | 1.0 | |
Reggie Williams | 0.5 | |
Tommy Casanova | 0.5 | |
Team Totals | 25.0 | 226.0 |
Opponents Totals | 31.0 | 217.0 |
FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jerry Anderson | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Anderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -13 | 0 | |
Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Billy Brooks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Gary Burley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Tommy Casanova | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Boobie Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Marvin Cobb | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Tony Davis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Eddie Edwards | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Archie Griffin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Steve Holden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Vern Holland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bob Johnson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -24 | 0 | |
Pete Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny McDaniel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Pat McInally | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Melvin Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lemar Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ray Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
John Reaves | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | -17 | 0 | |
Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Willie Shelby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mike Wells | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wilson Whitley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Team Totals | 37 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 43 | -51 | 0 |
Opponents Totals | 34 | 23 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 0 |
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