1975 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL) |
| 2nd place • American Football Conference • Central Division • 11-3-0 .786 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Paul Brown |
| Howard Brinker | Linebackers |
| Jack Donaldson | Offensive Backs |
| Bill Johnson | Offensive Line |
| Chuck Studley | Defensive Line |
| Bill Walsh | Receivers |
| Chuck Weber | Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs |
| Kim Wood | Strength |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/2/1975 | N | Washington Redskins | 9-17 | L | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 19360 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1975 | A | Miami Dolphins | 3-7 | L | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 55567 | |
| Fri | 8/15/1975 | A | Buffalo Bills | 38-28 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 48247 | |
| Sat | 8/23/1975 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 49752 | |
| Thu | 8/28/1975 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-30 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 38025 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1975 | A | Detroit Lions | 22-14 | W | Pontiac, MI | Pontiac Silverdome | 58307 | |
| Sat | 9/13/1975 | H | New Orleans Saints | 20-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 48453 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1975 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-17 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 52874 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1975 | A | New Orleans Saints | 21-0 | W | New Orleans, LA | Louisiana Superdome | 52637 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1975 | A | Houston Oilers | 21-19 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 42412 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1975 | H | New England Patriots | 27-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 51220 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1975 | H | Oakland Raiders | 14-10 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 48122 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1975 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 21-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 45811 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1975 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-30 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 58418 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1975 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-16 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 49702 | |
| Mon | 11/17/1975 | H | Buffalo Bills | 33-24 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 56666 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1975 | A | Cleveland Browns | 23-35 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 56427 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1975 | H | Houston Oilers | 23-19 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46128 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1975 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 31-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Veterans Stadium | 56984 | |
| Sat | 12/13/1975 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-35 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Stadium | 48889 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1975 | H | San Diego Chargers | 47-17 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Riverfront Stadium | 46474 | |
| AFC Divisional Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/28/1975 | A | Oakland Raiders | 28-31 | L | Oakland, CA | Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum | 53039 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ken Anderson | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 212 | 26 | Augustana (Illinois) | 13 | 13 |
| Al Beauchamp | 58 | LLB | 6-2 | 235 | 31 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 29 | LS | 6-1 | 189 | 24 | Blinn JC; Texas Christian | 14 | 5 |
| Bob Brown | 78 | LDT | 6-5 | 268 | 36 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 14 | 14 |
| Glenn Cameron | 50 | MLB | 6-2 | 228 | 22 | Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 70 | RDT | 6-4 | 261 | 27 | North Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Tommy Casanova | 37 | LS | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | Louisiana State | 11 | 9 |
| Boobie Clark | 42 | RB | 6-2 | 245 | 26 | Bethune-Cookman | 14 | 13 |
| Marvin Cobb | 24 | LCB | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Southern California | 13 | 3 |
| Bruce Coslet | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 226 | 29 | Pacific | 14 | 3 |
| Brad Cousino | 52 | MLB | 6-0 | 215 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 85 | WR | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | California; San Diego State | 14 | 14 |
| Ricky Davis | 27 | FS | 6-1 | 180 | 22 | Alabama | 14 | 0 |
| Chris Devlin | 51 | RLB | 6-2 | 228 | 22 | Penn State | 14 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 36 | RB | 6-0 | 207 | 24 | Truman State | 14 | 5 |
| Howard Fest | 78 | LOG-C | 6-6 | 263 | 29 | Texas | 14 | 11 |
| Stan Fritts | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Murray State; North Carolina State | 13 | 2 |
| Dave Green | 41 | K-P | 5-11 | 200 | 26 | Ohio University | 14 | 0 |
| Bo Harris | 53 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 22 | Louisiana State | 12 | 0 |
| Harold Henson | 38 | RB | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Ohio State | 6 | 0 |
| Vern Holland | 76 | ROT | 6-5 | 267 | 27 | Tennessee State | 14 | 14 |
| Bernie Jackson | 23 | RS | 6-0 | 173 | 25 | Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Johnson | 54 | C | 6-5 | 258 | 29 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Essex Johnson | 19 | RB | 5-9 | 197 | 29 | Grambling State | 12 | 4 |
| Ken Johnson | 80 | LDE | 6-6 | 265 | 28 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Joiner | 18 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 28 | Grambling State | 14 | 11 |
| Bill Kollar | 68 | LDT-RDT | 6-4 | 256 | 23 | Montana State | 14 | 0 |
| Al Krevis | 75 | LOT-ROT | 6-5 | 263 | 23 | Boston College | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Lapham | 62 | ROG | 6-4 | 259 | 23 | Syracuse | 13 | 13 |
| Jim LeClair | 55 | MLB | 6-3 | 234 | 25 | Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota | 14 | 14 |
| Rufus Mayes | 71 | LOT | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny McDaniel | 86 | WR | 6-1 | 197 | 24 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 14 | 1 |
| Maulty Moore | 65 | DT-LDE-RDE | 6-5 | 265 | 29 | Bethune-Cookman | 13 | 0 |
| Chip Myers | 25 | WR | 6-4 | 203 | 30 | Northwestern Oklahoma State | 13 | 2 |
| Jack Novak | 89 | TE | 6-5 | 240 | 22 | Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 20 | LCB | 5-11 | 181 | 28 | Lincoln (Missouri) | 11 | 11 |
| Ron Pritchard | 60 | RLB | 6-1 | 236 | 28 | Arizona State | 14 | 14 |
| John Reaves | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 210 | 25 | Florida | 7 | 1 |
| Ken Riley | 13 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| John Shinners | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 255 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 14 | 4 |
| Bob Trumpy | 84 | TE | 6-6 | 226 | 30 | Illinois; Utah | 11 | 11 |
| Sherm White | 83 | RDE | 6-5 | 250 | 27 | Laney JC; California | 14 | 14 |
| Ed Williams | 43 | RB | 6-1 | 245 | 25 | Langston | 14 | 1 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Glenn Cameron | LB | Florida |
| 2 | 39 | Al Krevis | T | Boston College |
| 3 | 55 | Gary Burley | DE | Pittsburgh |
| 3 | 64 | Gary Sheide | QB | Brigham Young |
| 3 | 77 | Bo Harris | LB | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 97 | Stan Fritts | RB | North Carolina State |
| 5 | 120 | Pat McInally | WR | Harvard |
| 5 | 122 | Jeff West | TE-P | Cincinnati |
| 6 | 142 | Tom Shuman | QB | Penn State |
| 6 | 145 | Rollen Smith | DB | Arkansas |
| 7 | 170 | Chris Devlin | LB | Penn State |
| 8 | 195 | Ricky Davis | DB | Alabama |
| 9 | 220 | Greg Dubinetz | G-C | Yale |
| 9 | 227 | Lofell Williams | WR | Virginia Union |
| 10 | 245 | Rocky Felker | DB | Mississippi State |
| 11 | 276 | Marvin Cobb | DB | Southern California |
| 12 | 301 | Jack Novak | TE | Wisconsin |
| 13 | 326 | Ron Rosenberg | LB | Montana |
| 14 | 351 | Frank Haywood | DT | North Carolina State |
| 15 | 376 | Greg Enright | K | Southern Oregon |
| 16 | 401 | John Tuttle | WR | Kansas State |
| 17 | 432 | Elvin Charity | DB | Yale |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 120 | 54 | 82 | 340 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 77 | 68 | 65 | 246 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 295 | 107 | 166 | 22 | 91/203 44.8% | / % | 88 | 783 | |
| Opponents Totals | 241 | 115 | 107 | 19 | 68/196 34.7% | / % | 91 | 824 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Green | 0 | 40 | 45 | 88.9 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 70 |
| Stan Fritts | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Isaac Curtis | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Charlie Joiner | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Boobie Clark | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Lenvil Elliott | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Chip Myers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Reaves | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 45 | 40 | 45 | 88.9 | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 340 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 26 | 30 | 86.7 | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 2 | 246 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Green | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 48 | 1/1 | 5/8 | 1/7 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 21 | 47.6 | 0 | 48 | 1/1 | 5/8 | 1/7 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 14 | 85.7 | 1/ | 3/ | 5/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boobie Clark | 167 | 594 | 3.6 | 17 | 4 |
| Stan Fritts | 94 | 375 | 4.0 | 22 | 8 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 71 | 308 | 4.3 | 27 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 49 | 188 | 3.8 | 29 | 2 |
| Essex Johnson | 58 | 177 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 |
| Ed Williams | 35 | 136 | 3.9 | 19 | 2 |
| Harold Henson | 11 | 38 | 3.5 | 8 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 9 | 2 |
| Bruce Coslet | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny McDaniel | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 6 | -9 | -1.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 499 | 1819 | 3.6 | 29 | 20 |
| Opponents Totals | 473 | 2194 | 4.6 | 59 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 377 | 228 | 60.5 | 138 | 3169 | 8.4 | 13.9 | 55 | 21 | 5.6 | 11 | 2.9 | 32 | 247 | 2922 | 93.9 |
| John Reaves | 51 | 25 | 49.0 | 23 | 297 | 5.8 | 11.9 | 51 | 2 | 3.9 | 3 | 5.9 | 2 | 9 | 288 | 55.8 |
| Stan Fritts | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 31 | 7.8 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 76.0 |
| Dave Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 433 | 255 | 58.9 | 164 | 3497 | 8.1 | 13.7 | 55 | 23 | 5.3 | 14 | 3.2 | 34 | 256 | 3241 | 89.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 389 | 175 | 45.0 | 192 | 2001 | 5.1 | 11.4 | 48 | 11 | 2.8 | 22 | 5.7 | 27 | 272 | 1729 | 46.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Curtis | 44 | 934 | 21.2 | 55 | 7 | ||||
| Boobie Clark | 42 | 334 | 8.0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Joiner | 37 | 726 | 19.6 | 51 | 5 | ||||
| Chip Myers | 36 | 527 | 14.6 | 34t | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Essex Johnson | 25 | 196 | 7.8 | 30 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Bob Trumpy | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 35t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lenvil Elliott | 20 | 196 | 9.8 | 31 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bruce Coslet | 10 | 117 | 11.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Williams | 10 | 96 | 9.6 | 20 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Stan Fritts | 6 | 63 | 10.5 | 17t | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Novak | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harold Henson | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 255 | 3497 | 13.7 | 55 | 23 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 175 | 2001 | 11.4 | 48 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Riley | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 30t | 1 |
| Bernie Jackson | 5 | 97 | 19.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Jim LeClair | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Ricky Davis | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 410 | 18.6 | 52t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 244 | 17.4 | 65 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Green | 68 | 2655 | 39.0 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 386 | 2149 | 31.6 | |
| Team Totals | 68 | 2655 | 39.0 | 57 | 1 | 6 | 386 | 2149 | 32.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3150 | 40.9 | 61 | 0 | 267 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyle Blackwood | 23 | 0 | 123 | 5.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 13 | 1 | 83 | 6.4 | 34 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 11 | 2 | 60 | 5.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 48 | 6 | 267 | 5.6 | 34 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 4 | 386 | 9.2 | 63 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Jackson | 25 | 587 | 23.5 | 39 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 13 | 272 | 20.9 | 46 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 4 | 114 | 28.5 | 64 | 0 | |
| Johnny McDaniel | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Brad Cousino | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 46 | 1042 | 22.7 | 64 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 1558 | 23.6 | 92 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Sherm White | 7.5 | |
| Bill Kollar | 7.0 | |
| Ron Carpenter | 6.0 | |
| Bob Brown | 2.0 | |
| Bo Harris | 1.0 | |
| Maulty Moore | 1.0 | |
| Ken Johnson | 0.5 | |
| (Team) | 2.0 | |
| Team Totals | 27.0 | 272.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34.0 | 256.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -8 | 0 | |
| Al Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn Cameron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 0 | |
| Boobie Clark | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Brad Cousino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Fritts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harold Henson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vern Holland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Bernie Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Bob Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 0 | |
| Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Kollar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny McDaniel | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Pritchard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 56 | 0 |
| John Shinners | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sherm White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Williams | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 21 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 83 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 22 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 2 |
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