1970 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 1st place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 8-6-0 .571 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| 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 | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-12 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 52299 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | A | Miami Dolphins | 10-20 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 56739 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 20-41 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 15864 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 31-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 57112 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-10 | T | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47411 | |
| Sat | 9/12/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-31 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 54509 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1970 | H | Oakland Raiders | 31-21 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 56616 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | A | Detroit Lions | 3-38 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58202 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1970 | H | Houston Oilers | 13-20 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 55094 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | A | Cleveland Browns | 27-30 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83520 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | Kansas City Chiefs | 19-27 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 57265 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | A | Washington Redskins | 0-20 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 50415 | |
| Mon | 11/2/1970 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-21 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 38968 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | A | Buffalo Bills | 43-14 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 43587 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | H | Cleveland Browns | 14-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60007 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59276 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | H | New Orleans Saints | 26-6 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 59342 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 17-14 | W | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 41461 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | A | Houston Oilers | 30-20 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 34435 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | H | Boston Patriots | 45-7 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 60157 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sat | 12/26/1970 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-17 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 51127 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marty Amsler | 89 | DE | 6-5 | 257 | 28 | Indiana; Evansville | 3 | 0 |
| Ken Avery | 51 | RLB | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Southern Mississippi | 14 | 13 |
| Marty Baccaglio | 85 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Marin JC; San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
| Al Beauchamp | 58 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 26 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Bill Bergey | 66 | MLB | 6-2 | 240 | 25 | Arkansas State | 14 | 14 |
| Royce Berry | 82 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Ron Carpenter | 70 | RDE | 6-4 | 261 | 22 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Virgil Carter | 11 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Brigham Young | 13 | 11 |
| Steve Chomyszak | 79 | RDT | 6-5 | 270 | 26 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| Al Coleman | 23 | RS-LS | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 11 | 6 |
| Frank Cornish | 76 | DT | 6-6 | 285 | 26 | Grambling State | 1 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 24 | Pacific | 14 | 4 |
| Eric Crabtree | 10 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 7 |
| Guy Dennis | 63 | ROG-C | 6-2 | 254 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 3 |
| Doug Dressler | 44 | RB | 6-3 | 228 | 22 | Marin JC; Chico State | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Dunn | 21 | WR | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | San Diego CC; U.S. International | 5 | 0 |
| Sandy Durko | 29 | RS | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Southern California | 1 | 1 |
| Ken Dyer | 27 | RS | 6-3 | 185 | 24 | Arizona State | 12 | 6 |
| Larry Ely | 59 | MLB | 6-1 | 230 | 23 | Iowa | 11 | 0 |
| Howard Fest | 72 | ROT-LOT | 6-6 | 263 | 24 | Texas | 14 | 2 |
| Kenny Graham | 33 | LS | 6-0 | 201 | 29 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 5 | 5 |
| John Guillory | 28 | RS-LCB-RCB | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Oakland CC; Stanford | 7 | 1 |
| Bob Johnson | 54 | C | 6-5 | 258 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Essex Johnson | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 24 | Grambling State | 13 | 0 |
| Willie Jones | 78 | LDT | 6-2 | 265 | 28 | Kansas State | 10 | 5 |
| Mike Kelly | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 22 | Davidson | 12 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 40 | RB | 6-2 | 227 | 27 | South Carolina | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 15 | P | 6-2 | 216 | 25 | Stanford | 14 | 0 |
| Pat Matson | 73 | ROG | 6-1 | 246 | 26 | Oregon | 14 | 9 |
| Rufus Mayes | 71 | LOG | 6-5 | 255 | 23 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Wayne McClure | 65 | LLB | 6-2 | 225 | 24 | Mississippi | 14 | 0 |
| Horst Muhlmann | 16 | K | 6-1 | 210 | 30 | none | 14 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 25 | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 25 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 14 | 8 |
| Lemar Parrish | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 23 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 11 |
| Bill Peterson | 53 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | San Jose State | 14 | 1 |
| Jess Phillips | 30 | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Reid | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Penn State | 9 | 9 |
| Ken Riley | 13 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Paul Robinson | 18 | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| Nick Roman | 81 | RDE | 6-3 | 237 | 23 | Ohio State | 4 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 31 | LS-LCB-RS | 6-2 | 182 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 12 |
| Speedy Thomas | 17 | WR | 6-1 | 175 | 23 | Laney JC; Utah | 14 | 13 |
| Bob Trumpy | 84 | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 25 | Illinois; Utah | 11 | 10 |
| Mike Wilson | 67 | ROT | 6-1 | 243 | 23 | Dayton | 14 | 12 |
| Ernie Wright | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 268 | 31 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Sam Wyche | 14 | QB | 6-4 | 213 | 25 | Furman | 14 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Mike Reid | DT | Penn State |
| 2 | 32 | Ron Carpenter | DT | North Carolina State |
| 3 | 60 | Chip Bennett | LB | Abilene Christian |
| 4 | 85 | Joe Stephens | G | Jackson State |
| 4 | 104 | Billie Hayes | DB | San Diego State |
| 6 | 137 | Sandy Durko | DB | Southern California |
| 7 | 163 | Lemar Parrish | DB | Lincoln (Missouri) |
| 8 | 188 | Bill Trout | DT | Miami (Florida) |
| 9 | 216 | Bill Bolden | RB | UCLA |
| 10 | 241 | Nick Roman | DE | Ohio State |
| 11 | 266 | Sam Wallace | LB | Grambling State |
| 12 | 294 | Tom Truesdell | DT | Ohio Wesleyan |
| 13 | 319 | Paul Dunn | WR | U.S. International |
| 14 | 344 | Joe Johnson | WR | Johnson C. Smith |
| 15 | 372 | Marvin Weeks | DB | Alcorn State |
| 16 | 397 | Larry Ely | LB | Iowa |
| 17 | 422 | Dick Smith | RB | Washington State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 56 | 111 | 85 | 60 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 82 | 52 | 72 | 255 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 210 | 100 | 97 | 13 | / % | / % | 71 | 831 | |
| Opponents Totals | 236 | 87 | 131 | 18 | / % | / % | 81 | 784 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 33 | 33 | 100.0 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 0 | 108 |
| Paul Robinson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Jess Phillips | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Royce Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Virgil Carter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eric Crabtree | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Wyche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Chip Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 34 | 33 | 34 | 97.1 | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 0 | 312 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 1 | 255 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horst Muhlmann | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 2 | 53 | 4/4 | 5/7 | 9/11 | 3/9 | 4/6 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 37 | 67.6 | 2 | 53 | 4/4 | 5/7 | 9/11 | 3/9 | 4/6 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jess Phillips | 163 | 648 | 4.0 | 76t | 4 |
| Paul Robinson | 149 | 622 | 4.2 | 26t | 6 |
| Essex Johnson | 65 | 273 | 4.2 | 26 | 2 |
| Virgil Carter | 34 | 246 | 7.2 | 73 | 2 |
| Sam Wyche | 19 | 118 | 6.2 | 23 | 2 |
| Doug Dressler | 18 | 77 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 6 | 35 | 5.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Dave Lewis | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 461 | 2057 | 4.5 | 76t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 418 | 1543 | 3.7 | 36 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgil Carter | 278 | 143 | 51.4 | 126 | 1647 | 5.9 | 11.5 | 56t | 9 | 3.2 | 9 | 3.2 | 21 | 154 | 1493 | 66.9 |
| Sam Wyche | 57 | 26 | 45.6 | 29 | 411 | 7.2 | 15.8 | 51t | 3 | 5.3 | 2 | 3.5 | 10 | 73 | 338 | 73.1 |
| Dave Lewis | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 1 | 39 | 9.8 | 13.0 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 105.2 |
| Team Totals | 339 | 172 | 50.7 | 156 | 2097 | 6.2 | 12.2 | 56t | 12 | 3.5 | 11 | 3.2 | 31 | 227 | 1870 | 68.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 428 | 209 | 48.8 | 196 | 2885 | 6.7 | 13.8 | 87t | 18 | 4.2 | 23 | 5.4 | 28 | 250 | 2635 | 62.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chip Myers | 32 | 542 | 16.9 | 56t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jess Phillips | 31 | 124 | 4.0 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 29 | 480 | 16.6 | 53t | 2 | ||||
| Speedy Thomas | 21 | 257 | 12.2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Eric Crabtree | 19 | 231 | 12.2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Paul Robinson | 17 | 175 | 10.3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 15 | 190 | 12.7 | 51t | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Bruce Coslet | 8 | 98 | 12.3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 172 | 2097 | 12.2 | 56t | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 2885 | 13.8 | 87t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 5 | 28 | 5.6 | 19 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Dyer | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Bergey | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 17 | 0 |
| Ken Avery | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Al Beauchamp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 180 | 7.8 | 31 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 150 | 13.6 | 37 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Lewis | 79 | 3651 | 46.2 | 63 | 0 | 9 | 392 | 3079 | 39.0 | |
| Team Totals | 79 | 3651 | 46.2 | 63 | 0 | 9 | 392 | 3079 | 39.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 80 | 3505 | 43.8 | 61 | 1 | 327 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 23 | 15 | 194 | 8.4 | 79t | 1 |
| Essex Johnson | 7 | 1 | 72 | 10.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 4 | 10 | 20 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Kenny Graham | 1 | 2 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 28 | 327 | 8.8 | 79t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 11 | 392 | 8.2 | 63t | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 16 | 482 | 30.1 | 95t | 1 | |
| Paul Robinson | 14 | 363 | 25.9 | 36 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 3 | 68 | 22.7 | 31 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Lamb | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 1002 | 25.7 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 774 | 23.5 | 51 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Steve Chomyszak | 7.5 | |
| Royce Berry | 6.0 | |
| Mike Reid | 5.0 | |
| Ken Avery | 2.0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 2.0 | |
| Marty Amsler | 1.0 | |
| Bill Bergey | 1.0 | |
| Willie Jones | 1.0 | |
| Nick Roman | 1.0 | |
| Marty Baccaglio | 0.5 | |
| (TEam) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 28.0 | 250.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 31.0 | 227.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Bill Bergey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 0 |
| Royce Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 66 | 2 |
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |
| Steve Chomyszak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Crabtree | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Dressler | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Essex Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Kelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Lamb | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jess Phillips | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Paul Robinson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fletcher Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Speedy Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ernie Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Wyche | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 22 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 113 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 16 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 0 |
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