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1970 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 312 points (22.3/g), 7th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 255 points (18.2/g), 9th.
 Differential of 57 points (4.1/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 8.6-5.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 3rd.

Coached by Paul Brown (8-6-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 20 box W 1-0 Oakland Raiders 31 21 14 364 117 247 1 13 291 243 48 2
2 Sun September 27 box L 1-1 @ Detroit Lions 3 38 6 140 64 76 4 21 285 94 191
3 Sun October 4 box L 1-2 Houston Oilers 13 20 12 248 177 71 2 14 239 166 73 4
4 Sun October 11 box L 1-3 @ Cleveland Browns 27 30 15 236 182 54 1 23 346 216 130 3
5 Sun October 18 box L 1-4 Kansas City Chiefs 19 27 15 256 174 82 1 14 274 158 116
6 Sun October 25 box L 1-5 @ Washington Redskins 0 20 14 221 101 120 4 20 324 112 212 1
7 Mon November 2 box L 1-6 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 21 18 282 143 139 3 13 281 195 86 1
8 Sun November 8 box W 2-6 @ Buffalo Bills 43 14 17 320 164 156 17 377 274 103 6
9 Sun November 15 box W 3-6 Cleveland Browns 14 10 14 333 123 210 3 15 296 143 153 1
10 Sun November 22 box W 4-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 7 17 332 146 186 1 23 321 183 138 6
11 Sun November 29 box W 5-6 New Orleans Saints 26 6 17 297 148 149 1 15 362 292 70 5
12 Sun December 6 box W 6-6 @ San Diego Chargers 17 14 11 136 136 1 21 280 167 113 4
13 Sun December 13 box W 7-6 @ Houston Oilers 30 20 17 338 144 194 1 19 353 310 43 4
14 Sun December 20 box W 8-6 Boston Patriots 45 7 23 424 187 237 8 149 82 67 2
Playoffs
Division Sat December 26 box L 8-7 @ Baltimore Colts 0 17

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 312 3927 831 4.7 210 172 339 1870 12 11 5.1 97 461 2057 16 4.5 100 23 12 13
Team Defense 255 4178 874 4.8 385 209 428 2635 18 23 5.8 131 418 1543 11 3.7 236 39 16 18
Lg Rank Offense 7 16 18 22 21 19 3 18 10 4 3 3 1 5
Lg Rank Defense 9 20 22 24 25 16 6 19 9 9 14 11 5 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Virgil Carter 25 QB 13 11 7-4-0 143 278 51.4 1647 9 3.2 9 3.2 56 5.9 4.8 11.5 126.7 66.9 21 154 5.0 3.9 7.0
Sam Wyche 25 14 3 1-2-0 26 57 45.6 411 3 5.3 2 3.5 51 7.2 6.2 15.8 29.4 73.1 10 73 5.0 4.1 14.9
Dave Lewis+ 25 P 14 0 3 4 75.0 39 0 0.0 0 0.0 18 9.8 9.8 13.0 2.8 105.2 0 0 9.8 9.8 0.0
Team Total 24.9 14 8-6-0 172 339 50.7 2097 12 3.5 11 3.2 56 6.2 5.1 12.2 149.8 68.4 31 227 5.1 4.0 8.4
Opp Total 14 209 428 48.8 2635 18 4.2 23 5.4 6.2 4.2 12.6 188.2 60.1 28 250 5.8 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Jess Phillips 23 FB 14 0 163 648 4 76 4.0 46.3 11.6 31 124 4.0 1 17 2.2 8.9 772 5 5
Paul Robinson 26 RB 14 0 149 622 6 26 4.2 44.4 10.6 17 175 10.3 1 27 1.2 12.5 797 7 0
Essex Johnson 24 13 0 65 273 2 26 4.2 21.0 5.0 15 190 12.7 2 51 1.2 14.6 463 4 1
Virgil Carter 25 QB 13 11 34 246 2 73 7.2 18.9 2.6 246 2 5
Sam Wyche 25 14 3 19 118 2 23 6.2 8.4 1.4 118 2 3
Doug Dressler 22 14 0 18 77 0 17 4.3 5.5 1.3 77 0 2
Ron Lamb 26 14 0 6 35 0 16 5.8 2.5 0.4 35 0 1
Eric Crabtree 26 WR 14 0 3 23 0 16 7.7 1.6 0.2 19 231 12.2 2 29 1.4 16.5 254 2 1
Speedy Thomas 23 WR 14 0 2 7 0 13 3.5 0.5 0.1 21 257 12.2 2 27 1.5 18.4 264 2 1
Dave Lewis+ 25 P 14 0 2 8 0 7 4.0 0.6 0.1 8 0 0
Chip Myers 25 wr 14 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 542 16.9 1 56 2.3 38.7 542 1 0
Bob Trumpy* 25 TE 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 29 480 16.6 2 53 2.6 43.6 480 2 1
Bruce Coslet 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 98 12.3 1 24 0.6 7.0 98 1 0
Team Total 24.9 14 461 2057 16 76 4.5 146.9 32.9 172 2097 12.2 12 56 12.3 149.8 4154 28 22
Opp Total 14 418 1543 11 3.7 110.2 29.9 209 2635 12.6 18 14.9 188.2 4178 29 28

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lemar Parrish* 23 LCB 14 14 23 194 1 79 8.4 16 482 1 95 30.1 676
Paul Robinson 26 RB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 14 363 0 36 25.9 1160
Essex Johnson 24 13 0 7 72 0 36 10.3 3 68 0 31 22.7 603
Doug Dressler 22 14 0 4 48 0 22 12.0 125
Speedy Thomas 23 WR 14 0 4 20 0 11 5.0 284
Ron Lamb 26 14 0 2 41 0 21 20.5 76
Kenny Graham 29 5 0 1 41 0 41 41.0 41
Fletcher Smith 27 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 24.9 14 37 327 1 79 8.8 39 1002 1 95 25.7 5483
Opp Total 14 48 2 33 774 0 23.5

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Dave Lewis+ 25 P 14 0 79 3651 63 0 46.2
Horst Muhlmann 30 K 14 0 4 4 7 5 11 9 9 3 6 4 37 25 67.6% 33 33 100.0%
Team Total 24.9 14 4 4 7 5 11 9 9 3 6 4 37 25 67.6% 33 33 100.0% 79 3651 63 0 46.2
Opp Total 14 24 12 50.0% 31 31 100.0% 80 3504 43.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Ken Avery 26 RLB 14 0 1 5 0 5
Al Beauchamp 26 LLB 14 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 25 1
Bill Bergey 25 MLB 14 0 3 35 0 26 0 1 18 0
Royce Berry 24 LDE 14 0 0 4 66 2
Ron Carpenter 22 RDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Virgil Carter 25 QB 13 11 5 1 -3 0
Steve Chomyszak 26 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Eric Crabtree 26 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Doug Dressler 22 14 0 2 2 0 0
Ken Dyer 24 FS 12 0 3 45 0 22
Kenny Graham 29 5 0 3 31 0 31
Bob Johnson 24 C 14 0 0 1 0 0
Essex Johnson 24 13 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Jones 28 10 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Kelly 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ron Lamb 26 14 0 1 1 0 0
Lemar Parrish* 23 LCB 14 14 5 28 0 19 2 2 0 0
Jess Phillips 23 FB 14 0 5 1 0 0
Ken Riley 23 RCB 14 0 4 17 0 14 0 2 9 0
Paul Robinson 26 RB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Fletcher Smith 27 SS 14 0 3 17 0 17 0 1 3 0
Speedy Thomas 23 WR 14 0 1 1 -1 0
Bob Trumpy* 25 TE 11 0 1 0 0 0
Ernie Wright 31 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Sam Wyche 25 14 3 3 1 -4 0
Team Total 24.9 14 23 180 0 31 22 26 113 3
Opp Total 14 31 28 12 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Horst Muhlmann 30 K 14 0 33 25 108
Paul Robinson 26 RB 14 0 6 1 42
Jess Phillips 23 FB 14 0 4 1 30
Essex Johnson 24 13 0 2 2 24
Lemar Parrish* 23 LCB 14 14 1 1 1 18
Royce Berry 24 LDE 14 0 2 12
Virgil Carter 25 QB 13 11 2 12
Eric Crabtree 26 WR 14 0 2 12
Speedy Thomas 23 WR 14 0 2 12
Bob Trumpy* 25 TE 11 0 2 12
Sam Wyche 25 14 3 2 12
Al Beauchamp 26 LLB 14 0 1 6
Bruce Coslet 24 14 0 1 6
Chip Myers 25 wr 14 5 1 6
Team Total 24.9 14 16 12 1 1 3 1 33 25 312
Opp Total 14 11 18 2 31 12 1 255