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1969 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 5th in AFL West Division
AFL Season Summary

Scored 280 points (20.0/g), 6th of 10 in the AFL.
 Allowed 367 points (26.2/g), 10th.
 Differential of -87 points (-6.2/g), 8th.
 Expected W-L: 4.8-9.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 6th.

Simple Rating System: Total -4.2, Offense: -0.0, Defense: -4.2, SoS: 2.0, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Paul Brown

 Defensive Coordinator: Tom Bass

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 280 3868 728 5.3 172 163 308 2345 22 15 6.4 95 363 1523 10 4.2 66 38 23 11
Team Defense 367 5337 935 5.7 278 205 396 2686 24 21 6.5 130 523 2651 13 5.1 135 36 15 13
Lg Rank Offense 6 7 9 10 7 3 1 3 10 7 8 3 6 10
Lg Rank Defense 10 10 9 4 7 9 6 9 9 10 6 10 7 5

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 14 boxscore W 1-0 Miami Dolphins 27 21 11 227 126 101 1 19 360 281 79 2
2 Sun September 21 boxscore W 2-0 San Diego Chargers 34 20 19 472 292 180 2 17 395 215 180 1
3 Sun September 28 boxscore W 3-0 Kansas City Chiefs 24 19 7 301 209 92 4 17 265 139 126 3
4 Sat October 4 boxscore L 3-1 @ San Diego Chargers 14 21 8 221 70 151 1 23 413 214 199 3
5 Sun October 12 boxscore L 3-2 New York Jets 7 21 15 258 169 89 3 21 376 154 222 2
6 Sun October 19 boxscore L 3-3 Denver Broncos 23 30 20 256 159 97 3 17 421 149 272 3
7 Sun October 26 boxscore L 3-4 @ Kansas City Chiefs 22 42 7 196 131 65 2 26 508 195 313 3
8 Sun November 2 boxscore W 4-4 Oakland Raiders 31 17 15 320 186 134 2 24 394 275 119 6
9 Sun November 9 boxscore T 4-4-1 @ Houston Oilers 31 31 12 391 298 93 26 456 237 219 2
10 Sun November 16 boxscore L 4-5-1 Boston Patriots 14 25 14 305 191 114 5 13 298 88 210
11 Sun November 23 boxscore L 4-6-1 @ New York Jets 7 40 9 158 108 50 3 20 328 213 115 1
12 Sun November 30 boxscore L 4-7-1 @ Buffalo Bills 13 16 11 253 26 227 7 8 184 84 100 3
13 Sun December 7 boxscore L 4-8-1 @ Oakland Raiders 17 37 10 210 108 102 2 26 544 235 309 3
14 Sun December 14 boxscore L 4-9-1 @ Denver Broncos 16 27 14 300 272 28 3 21 395 207 188 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
12 Greg Cook 23 QB 11 11 4-6-1 106 197 53.8 1854 15 7.6 11 5.6 78 9.4 8.4 17.5 168.5 88.3 29 195 7.34 6.48 12.8 1 0
14 Sam Wyche 24 qb 7 3 0-3-0 54 108 50.0 838 7 6.5 4 3.7 80 7.8 7.4 15.5 119.7 82.3 28 180 4.84 4.54 20.6 1 1
11 Dale Livingston 24 P 12 0 2 2 100.0 15 0 0.0 0 0.0 17 7.5 7.5 7.5 1.3 97.9 0 0 7.50 7.50 0.0
26 Jack Gehrke 23 10 0 1 1 100.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 13.0 13.0 13.0 1.3 118.7 0 0 13.00 13.00 0.0
Team Total 24.5 14 4-9-1 163 308 52.9 2720 22 7.1 15 4.9 80 8.8 8.1 16.7 194.3 86.5 57 375 6.42 5.78 15.6 2 1
Opp Total 14 205 396 51.8 2866 24 6.1 21 5.3 7.2 6.06 14.0 204.7 73.5 16 180 6.5 5.4 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
18 Paul Robinson* 25 HB 14 0 160 489 4 24 3.1 34.9 11.4 20 104 5.2 0 25 1.4 7.4 593 4 4
30 Jess Phillips 22 FB 14 0 118 578 3 83 4.9 41.3 8.4 13 128 9.8 0 31 0.9 9.1 706 3 4
12 Greg Cook 23 QB 11 11 25 148 1 30 5.9 13.5 2.3 148 1 10
43 Clem Turner 24 14 0 23 105 0 34 4.6 7.5 1.6 5 14 2.8 0 8 0.4 1.0 119 0 2
19 Essex Johnson 23 KR/PR 12 0 15 54 0 13 3.6 4.5 1.3 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.3 57 0 2
14 Sam Wyche 24 qb 7 3 12 107 1 22 8.9 15.3 1.7 107 1 1
40 Ron Lamb 25 14 0 5 8 0 7 1.6 0.6 0.4 8 0 0
17 Speedy Thomas 22 FL 14 0 4 16 1 16 4.0 1.1 0.3 33 481 14.6 3 62 2.4 34.4 497 4 1
11 Dale Livingston 24 P 12 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 1.5 0.1 18 0 0
10 Eric Crabtree 25 SE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 855 21.4 7 73 2.9 61.1 855 7 0
84 Bob Trumpy*+ 24 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 37 835 22.6 9 80 2.6 59.6 835 9 2
25 Chip Myers 24 wr 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 10 205 20.5 2 50 0.7 14.6 205 2 0
13 Ken Riley 22 RCB 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 15 7.5 0 17 0.1 1.1 15 0 1
88 Bruce Coslet 23 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 39 39.0 1 39 0.1 4.9 39 1 0
24 Tommie Smith 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 41 41.0 0 41 0.5 20.5 41 0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 363 1523 10 83 4.2 108.8 25.9 163 2720 16.7 22 80 11.6 194.3 4243 32 30
Opp Total 14 523 2651 13 5.1 189.4 37.4 205 2686 13.1 24 14.6 191.9 5337 37 19

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
19 Essex Johnson 23 KR/PR 12 0 17 85 0 17 5.0 16 362 0 51 22.6 504
13 Ken Riley 22 RCB 14 0 14 334 0 40 23.9 349
28 John Guillory 24 11 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 8 170 0 28 21.3 170
40 Ron Lamb 25 14 0 5 64 0 19 12.8 72
18 Paul Robinson* 25 HB 14 0 5 168 0 74 33.6 761
17 Speedy Thomas 22 FL 14 0 4 15 0 12 3.8 512
30 Jess Phillips 22 FB 14 0 3 52 0 29 17.3 758
43 Clem Turner 24 14 0 3 15 0 13 5.0 134
23 Al Coleman 25 LS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
89 Harry Gunner 25 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 23 135 0 35 5.9 55 1165 0 74 21.2 5543
Opp Total 14 39 0 39 1065 1 27.3

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
11 Dale Livingston 24 P 12 0 70 2769 55 1 39.6
16 Horst Muhlmann 29 K 14 0 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 1 6 1 24 16 66.7% 33 32 97.0% 2 38 38 1 19.0
41 Terry Swanson 25 p 2 0 12 459 55 0 38.3
40 Ron Lamb 25 14 0 1 29 29 0 29.0
Team Total 24.5 14 6 6 5 5 4 3 3 1 6 1 24 16 66.7% 33 32 97.0% 85 3295 55 2 38.8
Opp Total 14 46 24 52.2% 41 41 100.0% 55 2277 41.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
12 Greg Cook 23 QB 11 11 0 10 0 -2 0
13 Ken Riley 22 RCB 14 0 4 66 0 66 0 0 1 2 0 0
20 Bobby Hunt 29 RS 14 0 4 66 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 0
30 Jess Phillips 22 FB 14 0 0 4 1 0 0
28 John Guillory 24 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
53 Bill Peterson 24 RLB 14 0 4 23 0 17 0
18 Paul Robinson* 25 HB 14 0 0 4 0 0 0
31 Fletcher Smith 26 LCB 14 0 4 67 0 29 0
23 Al Coleman 25 LS 14 0 0 0 3 0 0
84 Bob Trumpy*+ 24 TE 14 0 0 2 1 0 0
43 Clem Turner 24 14 0 0 2 1 0 0
51 Ken Avery 25 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
58 Al Beauchamp 25 LLB 13 0 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 1 36 0
66 Bill Bergey* 24 MLB 14 0 2 62 0 58 0
89 Harry Gunner 25 14 0 1 70 1 70 0 0 1 0 0 0
19 Essex Johnson 23 KR/PR 12 0 0 2 0 0 0
74 Ernie Park 29 LG 11 0 0 0 2 0 0
70 Andy Rice 29 LDT 14 0 0 0 2 0 0
82 Royce Berry 23 LDE 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
26 Jack Gehrke 23 10 0 0 0 1 0 0
40 Ron Lamb 25 14 0 0 0 1 34 0
17 Speedy Thomas 22 FL 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
14 Sam Wyche 24 qb 7 3 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 24.5 14 21 362 1 70 0 0 30 20 68 0
Opp Total 14 57 19 4 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
16 Horst Muhlmann 29 K 14 0 32 16 80
84 Bob Trumpy*+ 24 TE 14 0 9 9 54
10 Eric Crabtree 25 SE 14 0 7 7 42
18 Paul Robinson* 25 HB 14 0 4 4 24
17 Speedy Thomas 22 FL 14 0 1 3 4 24
30 Jess Phillips 22 FB 14 0 3 3 18
25 Chip Myers 24 wr 14 5 2 2 12
12 Greg Cook 23 QB 11 11 1 1 6
88 Bruce Coslet 23 8 0 1 1 6
89 Harry Gunner 25 14 0 1 1 6
14 Sam Wyche 24 qb 7 3 1 1 6
Team Total 24.5 14 10 22 1 33 32 16 278
Opp Total 14 13 24 1 41 24 1 367