1972 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)

3rd place American Football Conference Central Division 8-6-0 .571

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	8/5/1972	A	Green Bay Packers	14-24	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sat	8/12/1972	H	Detroit Lions	28-20	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55799
Sat	8/19/1972	H	Miami Dolphins	17-35	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55808
Mon	8/28/1972	A	Philadelphia Eagles	34-20	W	Philadelphia, PA	Veterans Stadium	44232
Sun	9/3/1972	N	Cleveland Browns	27-21	W	Columbus, OH	Ohio Stadium	84816
Sat	9/9/1972	H	Atlanta Falcons	14-44	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55804
Sun	9/17/1972	A	New England Patriots	31-7	W	Foxborough, MA	Schaefer Stadium	60999
Sun	9/24/1972	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	15-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	54292
Sun	10/1/1972	A	Cleveland Browns	6-27	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	81564
Sun	10/8/1972	H	Denver Broncos	21-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	55812
Sun	10/15/1972	A	Kansas City Chiefs	23-16	W	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	79068
Sun	10/22/1972	A	Los Angeles Rams	12-15	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	73385
Sun	10/29/1972	H	Houston Oilers	30-7	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59409
Sun	11/5/1972	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-40	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Three Rivers Stadium	50350
Sun	11/12/1972	H	Oakland Raiders	14-20	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59485
Sun	11/19/1972	H	Baltimore Colts	19-20	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	49512
Sun	11/26/1972	A	Chicago Bears	13-3	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55701
Sun	12/3/1972	H	New York Giants	13-10	W	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59523
Sat	12/9/1972	H	Cleveland Browns	24-27	L	Cincinnati, OH	Riverfront Stadium	59524
Sun	12/17/1972	A	Houston Oilers	61-17	W	Houston, TX	Astrodome	32482

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
52	Doug Adams	MLB	6-0	222	23	Ohio State	14	4
14	Ken Anderson	QB	6-3	212	23	Augustana (Illinois)	13	13
57	Ken Avery	RLB	6-1	225	28	Southern Mississippi	13	12
58	Al Beauchamp	LLB	6-2	235	28	Southern University	14	13
66	Bill Bergey	MLB	6-2	240	27	Arkansas State	12	10
82	Royce Berry	LDE	6-3	245	26	Houston	14	13
89	Drew Buie	WR	6-2	182	25	Catawba	4	0
70	Ron Carpenter	RDT-LDE	6-4	261	24	North Carolina State	14	4
11	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	27	Brigham Young	10	1
37	Tommy Casanova	RS	6-2	202	22	Louisiana State	14	14
79	Steve Chomyszak	RDT	6-5	270	28	Syracuse	13	10
38	Steve Conley	RB	6-2	225	23	Arizona Western JC; Kansas	1	0
88	Bruce Coslet	TE	6-3	226	26	Pacific	10	2
34	Neal Craig	LS	6-1	189	24	Fisk	14	14
50	Tom DeLeone	C	6-2	252	22	Ohio State	13	0
63	Guy Dennis	LOG-ROG	6-2	254	25	Florida	13	2
44	Doug Dressler	RB	6-3	228	24	Marin JC; Chico State	14	10
72	Howard Fest	LOG	6-6	263	26	Texas	14	11
76	Vern Holland	ROT	6-5	267	24	Tennessee State	14	14
23	Bernie Jackson	RCB-LCB	6-0	173	22	Los Angeles Pierce JC; Washington State	14	2
54	Bob Johnson	C	6-5	258	26	Tennessee	14	14
19	Essex Johnson	RB	5-9	197	26	Grambling State	14	11
80	Ken Johnson	LDE-RDE	6-6	265	25	Indiana	11	3
18	Charlie Joiner	WR	5-11	186	25	Grambling State	6	4
56	Tim Kearney	LB	6-2	226	22	Northern Michigan	1	0
24	Ernie Kellermann	LS-RS	6-0	184	29	Miami (Ohio)	14	0
87	Mike Kelly	TE-WR	6-4	215	24	Davidson	13	0
68	Steve Lawson	LOG	6-3	265	23	Kansas	3	1
55	Jim LeClair	LLB	6-3	234	22	Minnesota Tech JC; North Dakota	14	0
15	Dave Lewis	P	6-2	216	27	Stanford	14	0
73	Pat Matson	ROG	6-1	246	28	Oregon	14	14
71	Rufus Mayes	LOT	6-5	255	25	Ohio State	6	6
26	Reece Morrison	RB	6-0	206	27	Texas State	6	0
16	Horst Muhlmann	K	6-1	210	32	none	14	0
25	Chip Myers	WR	6-4	203	27	Northwestern Oklahoma State	14	14
20	Lemar Parrish	LCB	5-11	181	25	Lincoln (Missouri)	14	14
53	Bill Peterson	RLB	6-3	228	27	San Jose State	14	0
30	Jess Phillips	RB	6-1	208	25	Michigan State	13	3
60	Ron Pritchard	RLB-LLB	6-1	236	25	Arizona State	7	3
27	Al Randolph	S	6-2	199	28	Iowa	2	0
74	Mike Reid	LDT	6-3	255	25	Penn State	14	14
13	Ken Riley	RCB	6-0	185	25	Florida A&M	12	12
18	Paul Robinson	RB	6-0	199	28	Eastern Arizona JC; Arizona	4	0
17	Speedy Thomas	WR	6-1	175	25	Laney JC; Utah	11	10
84	Bob Trumpy	TE	6-6	226	27	Illinois; Utah	12	12
75	Stan Walters	LOT	6-6	270	24	Syracuse	8	8
40	Pete Watson	TE	6-1	210	22	Tufts	2	0
83	Sherm White	RDE	6-5	250	24	Laney JC; California	13	12
33	Fred Willis	RB	6-0	209	25	Boston College	5	5

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	2	Sherm White	DE	California
2	29	Tommy Casanova	DB	Louisiana State
3	54	Jim LeClair	LB	North Dakota
4	81	Bernie Jackson	DB	Washington State
5	106	Tom DeLeone	C	Ohio State
7	158	Steve Conley	RB	Kansas
8	185	Dan Kratzer	WR	Missouri Valley
9	210	Stan Walters	T	Syracuse
10	237	Brian Foster	DB	Colorado
11	261	Kent Pederson	TE	UC Santa Barbara
12	289	Rick Wegis	DB	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)
13	314	James Hamilton	QB	Arkansas State
14	341	Steve Porter	WR	Indiana
15	366	Hosea Minnieweather	DT	Jackson State
16	393	John Wiegmann	WR	Cal Poly (Pomona)
17	418	Dave Green	K	Ohio University

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	36	62	99	102
Opponents Totals	37	79	42	71

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		255	112	122	21	79/196 40.3%	/ %	76	738
Opponents Totals		207	98	92	17	46/170 27.1%	/ %	69	581

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Horst Muhlmann	0	30	31	96.8	27	40	67.5	0	111
Doug Dressler	7	0	0		0	0		0	42
Essex Johnson	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Ken Anderson	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Chip Myers	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Lemar Parrish	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Virgil Carter	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Trumpy	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Tommy Casanova	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Bruce Coslet	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Neal Craig	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Jess Phillips	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Speedy Thomas	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Sherm White	0	0	0		0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	30	31	96.8	27	40	67.5	1	299
Opponents Totals	24	23	24	95.8	20	29	69.0	1	229

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Horst Muhlmann	27	40	67.5	6/7	6/10	9/12	5/8	1/3
Team Totals	27	40	67.5	6/7	6/10	9/12	5/8	1/3
Opponents Totals	20	29	69.0	4/	7/	8/	1/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Essex Johnson	212	825	3.9	19	4
Doug Dressler	128	565	4.4	43t	6
Jess Phillips	48	207	4.3	20	1
Fred Willis	42	127	3.0	12	0
Paul Robinson	21	94	4.5	15	0
Ken Anderson	22	94	4.3	18	3
Virgil Carter	12	57	4.8	14	2
Dave Lewis	1	15	15.0	15	0
Steve Conley	3	8	2.7	5	0
Charlie Joiner	1	2	2.0	2	0
Reece Morrison	1	2	2.0	2	0
Team Totals	491	1996	4.1	43t	16
Opponents Totals	406	1815	4.5	41	11

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Ken Anderson	301	171	56.8	123	1918	6.4	11.2	65t	7	2.3	7	2.3	18	155	1763	74.0
Virgil Carter	82	47	57.3	31	579	7.1	12.3	36	3	3.7	4	4.9	6	37	542	71.1
Fred Willis	1	1	100.0	0	16	16.0	16.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	16	118.8
Team Totals	384	219	57.0	154	2513	6.5	11.5	65t	10	2.6	11	2.9	24	192	2321	73.6
Opponents Totals	350	167	47.7	163	2033	5.8	12.2	68t	11	3.1	20	5.7	38	296	1737	52.7

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Chip Myers	57	792	13.9	42	3
Bob Trumpy	44	500	11.4	38	2
Doug Dressler	39	348	8.9	33	1
Essex Johnson	29	420	14.5	65t	2
Speedy Thomas	17	171	10.1	18	1
Jess Phillips	10	50	5.0	15	0
Fred Willis	9	46	5.1	10	0
Charlie Joiner	8	133	16.6	25	0
Bruce Coslet	5	48	9.6	17	1
Drew Buie	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	219	2513	11.5	65t	10
Opponents Totals	167	2033	12.2	68t	11

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Casanova	5	108	21.6	33	0
Lemar Parrish	5	90	18.0	33t	2
Doug Adams	3	44	14.7	19	0
Ken Riley	3	0	0.0	0	0
Neal Craig	2	76	38.0	63t	1
Al Beauchamp	1	8	8.0	8	0
Bernie Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	20	326	16.3	63t	3
Opponents Totals	11	70	6.4	28	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TB	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Dave Lewis	66	2777	42.1	60	6	152	2505	38.0
Team Totals	66	2777	42.1	60	6	152	2505	38.0
Opponents Totals	84	3559	42.4	62		437

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Tommy Casanova	30	19	289	9.6	66t	1
Lemar Parrish	15	2	141	9.4	51t	1
Essex Johnson	2	0	7	3.5	7	0
Team Totals	47	21	437	9.3	66t	2
Opponents Totals	26	16	152	5.8	54	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Bernie Jackson	21	509	24.2	62
Lemar Parrish	15	348	23.2	45
Charlie Joiner	5	88	17.6	25
Tommy Casanova	1	34	34.0	34
Dave Lewis	1	15	15.0	15
Essex Johnson	1	13	13.0	13
Guy Dennis	1	11	11.0	11
Mike Kelly	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	46	1018	22.1	62
Opponents Totals	44	984	22.4	34

SACKS	NO	YDS
Mike Reid	12.0
Royce Berry	5.5
Sherm White	4.5
Steve Chomyszak	4.0
Ken Avery	2.0
Ron Carpenter	2.0
Ken Johnson	2.0
Tommy Casanova	1.0
Ron Pritchard	1.0
(Team)	4.0
Team Totals	38.0	296.0
Opponents Totals	24.0	192.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ken Anderson	5		0	0	0	-20	0
Al Beauchamp	1		0	2	2	0	0
Bill Bergey	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Ron Carpenter	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Virgil Carter	2		1	0	1	-6	0
Steve Chomyszak	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Steve Conley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Neal Craig	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Doug Dressler	4		0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Jackson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	1		0	0	0	-3	0
Essex Johnson	4		1	0	1	0	0
Charlie Joiner	1		0	0	0	0	0
Mike Kelly	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jim LeClair	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Lemar Parrish	4		0	1	1	-19	0
Jess Phillips	1		0	0	0	0	0
Speedy Thomas	1		1	0	1	0	0
Stan Walters	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Sherm White	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Fred Willis	1		0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	28	20	8	9	17	-48	0
Opponents Totals	30	9	19	18	37		1