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1974 Cincinnati Bengals
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Record: 7-7-0, Finished 2nd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 283 points (20.2/g), 10th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 259 points (18.5/g), 13th.
Differential of 24 points (1.7/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 7.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 23rd.
Coached by Paul Brown (7-7-0)
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1974 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Ken Anderson | 25 | 3 | 13 | 213 for 328, 2,667 yards, 18 td, 10 int, & 43 rushes for 314 yards and 2 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| RB | Charlie Davis | 22 | Rook | 0 | 72 rushes for 375 yards, 0 td, & 19 catches for 171 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 48th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Boobie Clark | 24 | 1 | 0 | 99 rushes for 312 yards, 5 td, & 23 catches for 194 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 302nd pick / 1973 |
| WR | Isaac Curtis* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 30 catches for 633 yards, 10 td, & 8 rushes for 62 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Charlie Joiner | 27 | 5 | 12 | 24 catches for 390 yards, 1 td, & 4 rushes for 20 yards and 0 td | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| TE | Bob Trumpy | 29 | 6 | 0 | 21 catches for 330 yards, 2 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 301st pick / 1968 |
| LT | Rufus Mayes | 27 | 5 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Howard Fest | 28 | 6 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 139th pick / 1968 |
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| C | Bob Johnson | 28 | 6 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1968 |
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| RG | John Shinners | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 17th pick / 1969 |
| RG | Pat Matson | 30 | 8 | 0 | ||
| RT | Stan Walters | 26 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 210th pick / 1972 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ken R. Johnson | 27 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDT | Mike Reid | 27 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 7th pick / 1970 |
| RDT | Ron Carpenter | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1970 |
| RDE | Sherman White | 26 | 2 | 12 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| LLB | Al Beauchamp | 30 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 138th pick / 1968 |
| MLB | Doug Adams | 25 | 3 | 0 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 165th pick / 1971 |
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| MLB | Ken Avery | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 12th / 179th pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Jim LeClair | 24 | 2 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
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| RLB | Ron Pritchard | 27 | 5 | 0 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1969 |
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| LCB | Lemar Parrish* | 27 | 4 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 163rd pick / 1970 |
| RCB | Ken Riley | 27 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Bernard Jackson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 81st pick / 1972 |
| FS | Tommy Casanova* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 29th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Horst Muhlmann | 34 | 5 | 0 | 11 of 18 field goals & 32 of 35 extra points | |
| P | Dave Green | 25 | 1 | 0 | 66 punts for a 40.9 average, 0 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 17th / 418th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Tommy Casanova* | 24 | 2 | 0 | 24 punt returns for a 11.0 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 29th pick / 1972 |
| KR | Bernard Jackson | 24 | 2 | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 23.5 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 81st pick / 1972 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Doug Adams | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 11/3/1949 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 165th pick / 1971 |
| Ken Anderson | 25 | QB | 13 | 13 | 212 | 6-2 | Augustana (IL) | 2/15/1949 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| Ken Avery | 30 | LB | 13 | 0 | 227 | 6-0 | Southern Miss | 5/23/1944 | 7 | New York Giants / 12th / 179th pick / 1966 |
| Al Beauchamp | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-2 | Southern | 6/25/1944 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 138th pick / 1968 |
| Royce Berry | 28 | DE | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Houston | 4/14/1946 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 161st pick / 1969 |
| Lyle Blackwood | 23 | DB | 13 | 1 | 190 | 6-1 | TCU | 5/24/1951 | 1 | Denver Broncos / 9th / 217th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Carpenter | 26 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 261 | 6-4 | North Carolina State | 6/24/1948 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 32nd pick / 1970 |
| Tommy Casanova* | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | LSU | 8/29/1950 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 29th pick / 1972 |
| Al Chandler | 24 | TE | 14 | 0 | 233 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/18/1950 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1973 |
| Boobie Clark | 24 | RB | 8 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/8/1950 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 302nd pick / 1973 |
| Wayne Clark | 27 | QB | 14 | 1 | 203 | 6-2 | U.S. International | 5/30/1947 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 198th pick / 1970 |
| Bruce Coslet | 28 | TE | 14 | 0 | 227 | 6-4 | Pacific | 8/5/1946 | 5 | |
| Isaac Curtis* | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | California,San Diego State | 10/20/1950 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| Charlie Davis | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 5-11 | Colorado | 1/16/1952 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 48th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Dressler | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 228 | 6-3 | Cal State-Chico | 8/19/1948 | 4 | |
| Lenvil Elliott | 23 | RB | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Truman State | 9/2/1951 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 249th pick / 1973 |
| Howard Fest | 28 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Texas | 4/11/1946 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 139th pick / 1968 |
| Dave Green | 25 | P | 14 | 0 | 206 | 5-11 | Ohio | 9/21/1949 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 17th / 418th pick / 1972 |
| Vern Holland | 26 | T | 3 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 6/27/1948 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
| Bernard Jackson | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Washington State | 8/24/1950 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 81st pick / 1972 |
| Bob Johnson | 28 | C | 10 | 0 | 262 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 8/19/1946 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1968 |
| Essex Johnson | 28 | RB | 5 | 0 | 201 | 5-9 | Grambling State | 10/15/1946 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 156th pick / 1968 |
| Ken R. Johnson | 27 | DE-DT | 13 | 0 | 265 | 6-6 | Indiana | 3/12/1947 | 3 | |
| Charlie Joiner | 27 | WR | 14 | 12 | 188 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 10/14/1947 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 4th / 93rd pick / 1969 |
| Evan Jolitz | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Cincinnati,Xavier (OH) | 7/26/1951 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 73rd pick / 1974 |
| Bob Jones | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 6-1 | Virginia Union | 2/10/1951 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 146th pick / 1973 |
| Tim Kearney | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 227 | 6-2 | Northern Michigan | 11/5/1950 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 83rd pick / 1972 |
| Vic Koegel | 22 | LB | 6 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 11/2/1952 | Rook | Atlanta Falcons / 12th / 304th pick / 1974 |
| Bill Kollar | 22 | DE-NT-DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Montana State | 11/27/1952 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 23rd pick / 1974 |
| Dave Lapham | 22 | G-C-T | 14 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 6/24/1952 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| Jim LeClair | 24 | LB | 8 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | North Dakota | 10/30/1950 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
| Bob Maddox | 25 | DT-DE | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-5 | Frostburg State | 5/2/1949 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 171st pick / 1973 |
| Pat Matson | 30 | G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-1 | Oregon | 7/22/1944 | 8 | |
| Rufus Mayes | 27 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 12/5/1947 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 |
| John McDaniel | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 193 | 6-1 | Lincoln (MO) | 9/23/1951 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 202nd pick / 1974 |
| Horst Muhlmann | 34 | K | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | none | 1/2/1940 | 5 | |
| Chip Myers | 29 | WR | 14 | 3 | 203 | 6-4 | Northwest Oklahoma State | 8/9/1945 | 7 | San Francisco 49ers / 10th / 248th pick / 1967 |
| Lemar Parrish* | 27 | DB | 13 | 13 | 185 | 5-11 | Lincoln (MO) | 12/13/1947 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 163rd pick / 1970 |
| Ron Pritchard | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Arizona State | 4/9/1947 | 5 | Houston Oilers / 1st / 15th pick / 1969 |
| Mike Reid | 27 | DT | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Penn State | 5/24/1947 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 7th pick / 1970 |
| Ken Riley | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 8/6/1947 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| Ken Sawyer | 22 | DB | 12 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 7/22/1952 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 177th pick / 1974 |
| John Shinners | 27 | G | 13 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Xavier (OH) | 3/1/1947 | 5 | New Orleans Saints / 1st / 17th pick / 1969 |
| Bob Trumpy | 29 | TE-WR | 13 | 0 | 228 | 6-6 | Illinois,Utah | 3/6/1945 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 301st pick / 1968 |
| Stan Walters | 26 | T | 14 | 0 | 275 | 6-6 | Syracuse | 5/27/1948 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 210th pick / 1972 |
| Sherman White | 26 | DE | 12 | 12 | 250 | 6-5 | California | 10/6/1948 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1972 |
| Ed Williams | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Langston | 6/19/1950 | Rook | |
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 226.2 | 6-2.2 | 3.0 |