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1971 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 284 points (20.3/g), 11th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 265 points (18.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of 19 points (1.4/g), 11th.
 Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +16 (1.1/g), 2nd.

Coached by Paul Brown (4-10-0)

1971 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 19 box W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 37 14 23 532 296 236 1 17 315 276 39 4
2 Sun September 26 box L 1-1 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 21 15 253 225 28 1 15 288 208 80 3
3 Sun October 3 box L 1-2 @ Green Bay Packers 17 20 10 178 88 90 2 18 318 62 256 3
4 Sun October 10 box L 1-3 Miami Dolphins 13 23 19 330 116 214 1 16 312 181 131 1
5 Sun October 17 box L 1-4 Cleveland Browns 24 27 15 339 107 232 2 17 269 205 64 3
6 Sun October 24 box L 1-5 @ Oakland Raiders 27 31 17 250 139 111 1 19 316 114 202 2
7 Sun October 31 box L 1-6 @ Houston Oilers 6 10 9 83 -52 135 1 9 177 83 94 5
8 Sun November 7 box L 1-7 Atlanta Falcons 6 9 10 167 73 94 2 15 267 112 155 1
9 Sun November 14 box W 2-7 @ Denver Broncos 24 10 19 473 260 213 1 10 221 99 122 1
10 Sun November 21 box W 3-7 Houston Oilers 28 13 19 263 143 120 2 13 241 171 70 2
11 Sun November 28 box W 4-7 San Diego Chargers 31 0 28 411 238 173 2 8 130 83 47 6
12 Sun December 5 box L 4-8 @ Cleveland Browns 27 31 15 346 114 232 2 22 406 224 182 3
13 Sun December 12 box L 4-9 Pittsburgh Steelers 13 21 14 348 222 126 5 16 272 146 126 3
14 Sun December 19 box L 4-10 @ New York Jets 21 35 23 293 155 138 18 374 164 210 2

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 284 4266 867 4.9 236 214 365 2124 15 11 5.2 115 462 2142 14 4.6 109 23 12 12
Team Defense 265 3906 811 4.8 333 157 335 2128 19 27 5.8 102 446 1778 11 4.0 213 39 12 18
Lg Rank Offense 11 6 9 13 14 10 2 19 14 6 9 3 1 4
Lg Rank Defense 9 12 6 5 13 22 3 15 10 13 10 11 11 20

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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 26 QB 10 10 138 222 62.2 1624 10 4.5 7 3.2 90 7.3 6.3 11.8 162.4 86.2 13 122 6.4 5.5 5.5
Ken Anderson 22 11 4 72 131 55.0 777 5 3.8 4 3.1 44 5.9 4.9 10.8 70.6 72.6 23 159 4.0 3.2 14.9
Dave Lewis 26 P 14 0 3 10 30.0 18 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 1.8 1.8 6.0 1.3 39.6 4 22 -0.3 -0.3 28.6
Fred Willis 24 FB 14 0 1 2 50.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 4.0 4.0 8.0 0.6 60.4 0 0 4.0 4.0 0.0
Team Total 25.3 14 214 365 58.6 2427 15 4.1 11 3.0 90 6.6 5.7 11.3 173.4 79.8 40 303 5.2 4.4 9.9
Opp Total 14 157 335 46.9 2128 19 5.7 27 8.1 6.4 3.3 13.6 152.0 52.9 30 254 5.8 2.3

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
Fred Willis 24 FB 14 0 135 590 7 36 4.4 42.1 9.6 24 223 9.3 0 29 1.7 15.9 813 7 3
Jess Phillips 24 RB 14 0 94 420 0 31 4.5 30.0 6.7 22 125 5.7 1 19 1.6 8.9 545 1 3
Essex Johnson 25 rb 14 0 85 522 4 86 6.1 37.3 6.1 14 258 18.4 2 67 1.0 18.4 780 6 1
Doug Dressler 23 14 0 54 204 1 13 3.8 14.6 3.9 19 145 7.6 0 26 1.4 10.4 349 1 1
Paul Robinson 27 RET 14 0 49 213 1 17 4.3 15.2 3.5 8 47 5.9 0 16 0.6 3.4 260 1 1
Ken Anderson 22 11 4 22 125 1 16 5.7 11.4 2.0 125 1 5
Virgil Carter 26 QB 10 10 8 42 0 19 5.3 4.2 0.8 42 0 5
Dave Lewis 26 P 14 0 6 6 0 9 1.0 0.4 0.4 6 0 2
Ron Lamb 27 12 0 5 13 0 7 2.6 1.1 0.4 13 0 0
Speedy Thomas 24 WR 12 0 2 -1 0 0 -0.5 -0.1 0.2 22 327 14.9 2 90 1.8 27.3 326 2 1
Eric Crabtree 27 WR 7 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 14 102 7.3 2 22 2.0 14.6 103 2 0
Sandy Durko 23 FS 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5 0.1 7 0 1
Bob Trumpy 26 TE/wr 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 531 13.3 3 44 2.9 37.9 531 3 0
Chip Myers 26 wr 10 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 286 10.6 1 20 2.7 28.6 286 1 1
Bruce Coslet 25 te 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 21 356 17.0 4 71 1.5 25.4 356 4 3
Ed Marshall 24 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 18 9.0 0 10 0.2 1.4 18 0 1
Mike Kelly 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
Team Total 25.3 14 462 2142 14 86 4.6 153.0 33.0 214 2427 11.3 15 90 15.3 173.4 4569 29 29
Opp Total 14 446 1778 11 4.0 127.0 31.9 157 2128 13.6 19 11.2 152.0 3906 30 21

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Lemar Parrish* 24 LCB 14 14 12 93 0 47 7.8 13 296 0 30 22.8 389
Paul Robinson 27 RET 14 0 18 335 0 37 18.6 595
Sandy Durko 23 FS 14 0 6 14 0 7 2.3 21
Essex Johnson 25 rb 14 0 3 28 0 14 9.3 2 40 0 21 20.0 848
Speedy Thomas 24 WR 12 0 4 10 0 7 2.5 336
Fred Willis 24 FB 14 0 4 81 0 32 20.3 894
Ron Lamb 27 12 0 2 42 0 25 21.0 55
Jess Phillips 24 RB 14 0 2 49 0 31 24.5 594
Doug Dressler 23 14 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 369
Mike Kelly 23 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 9
Team Total 25.3 14 25 145 0 47 5.8 43 863 0 37 20.1 5577
Opp Total 14 41 1 39 1024 0 26.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 26 P 14 0 72 3229 56 0 44.8
Horst Muhlmann 31 K 14 0 6 6 8 5 9 4 10 4 3 1 36 20 55.6% 31 31 100.0%
Virgil Carter 26 QB 10 10 1 1 100.0%
Doug Dressler 23 14 0 1 34 34 0 34.0
Team Total 25.3 14 6 6 8 5 9 4 10 4 3 1 36 20 55.6% 32 32 100.0% 73 3263 56 0 44.7
Opp Total 14 22 14 63.6% 32 31 96.9% 73 2986 40.9

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 Anderson 22 11 4 5 2 -9 0
Ken Avery 27 RLB 14 0 0 1 0 0
Al Beauchamp 27 LLB 14 0 6 53 1 18
Bill Bergey 26 MLB 14 0 1 16 0 16
Royce Berry 25 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Virgil Carter 26 QB 10 10 5 3 -6 0
Steve Chomyszak 27 RDT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Al Coleman 27 4 0 1 15 0 15
Bruce Coslet 25 te 14 0 3 0 0 0
Neal Craig 23 ss 12 0 1 0 0 0
Doug Dressler 23 14 0 1 0 0 0
Sandy Durko 23 FS 14 0 4 46 0 25 1 0 0 0
Howard Fest 25 LG 14 0 0 2 1 0
Essex Johnson 25 rb 14 0 1 0 0 0
Ken R. Johnson 24 9 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Kelly 23 14 0 0 1 0 0
Dave Lewis 26 P 14 0 2 1 0 0
Ed Marshall 24 13 0 1 0 0 0
Pat Matson 27 RG 14 0 0 3 4 0
Chip Myers 26 wr 10 7 1 0 0 0
Lemar Parrish* 24 LCB 14 14 7 105 1 65 1 2 14 1
Bill Peterson 26 14 0 1 16 0 16
Jess Phillips 24 RB 14 0 3 2 0 0
Ken Riley 24 RCB 13 0 5 22 0 21 0 2 0 0
Paul Robinson 27 RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
Nick Roman 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Fletcher Smith 28 SS 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
Speedy Thomas 24 WR 12 0 1 0 0 0
Fred Willis 24 FB 14 0 3 1 0 0
Team Total 25.3 14 27 273 2 65 29 28 4 1
Opp Total 14 40 21 9

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Horst Muhlmann 31 K 14 0 31 20 91
Fred Willis 24 FB 14 0 7 42
Essex Johnson 25 rb 14 0 4 2 36
Bruce Coslet 25 te 14 0 4 24
Bob Trumpy 26 TE/wr 14 0 3 18
Eric Crabtree 27 WR 7 0 2 12
Lemar Parrish* 24 LCB 14 14 1 1 12
Speedy Thomas 24 WR 12 0 2 12
Ken Anderson 22 11 4 1 6
Al Beauchamp 27 LLB 14 0 1 6
Doug Dressler 23 14 0 1 6
Chip Myers 26 wr 10 7 1 6
Jess Phillips 24 RB 14 0 1 6
Paul Robinson 27 RET 14 0 1 6
Virgil Carter 26 QB 10 10 1 1
Team Total 25.3 14 14 15 1 2 32 20 284
Opp Total 14 11 19 1 31 14 265