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1978 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 252 points (15.8/g), 21st of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 284 points (17.8/g), 12th.
 Differential of -32 points (-2.0/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 26th.

Coached by Bill Johnson (0-5-0) and Homer Rice (4-7-0)

1978 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 3 box L 0-1 Kansas City Chiefs 23 24 12 205 128 77 3 26 388 121 267 2
2 Sun September 10 box L 0-2 @ Cleveland Browns 10 13 14 277 162 115 1 20 355 186 169 1
3 Sun September 17 box L 0-3 Pittsburgh Steelers 3 28 9 179 123 56 2 26 447 235 212 4
4 Sun September 24 box L 0-4 New Orleans Saints 18 20 14 283 117 166 1 12 254 180 74 2
5 Sun October 1 box L 0-5 @ San Francisco 49ers 12 28 18 322 219 103 8 11 179 66 113 2
6 Mon October 9 box L 0-6 @ Miami Dolphins 0 21 15 247 153 94 5 18 335 152 183 3
7 Sun October 15 box L 0-7 New England Patriots 3 10 17 279 206 73 3 19 298 162 136 2
8 Sun October 22 box L 0-8 @ Buffalo Bills 0 5 16 244 103 141 5 12 226 56 170
9 Sun October 29 box W 1-8 Houston Oilers 28 13 18 436 247 189 1 15 255 118 137 2
10 Sun November 5 box L 1-9 @ San Diego Chargers 13 22 12 248 92 156 3 20 322 149 173
11 Mon November 13 box L 1-10 Oakland Raiders 21 34 27 448 355 93 7 11 201 103 98
12 Sun November 19 box L 1-11 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 6 7 15 246 149 97 5 14 154 84 70 5
13 Sun November 26 box L 1-12 @ Houston Oilers 10 17 19 237 95 142 17 301 148 153 2
14 Sun December 3 box W 2-12 Atlanta Falcons 37 7 20 360 137 223 10 174 91 83 3
15 Mon December 11 box W 3-12 @ Los Angeles Rams 20 19 18 367 206 161 2 21 415 279 136 3
16 Sun December 17 box W 4-12 Cleveland Browns 48 16 27 494 249 245 3 17 328 106 222 6

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 252 4872 1034 4.7 271 250 470 2741 14 30 5.4 141 526 2131 10 4.1 105 49 19 25
Team Defense 284 4632 1036 4.5 417 193 396 2236 14 20 5.2 118 607 2396 16 3.9 269 37 17 30
Lg Rank Offense 21 11 17 5 10 20 23 14 25 18 25 12 24 18
Lg Rank Defense 12 10 7 5 3 8 22 12 22 19 16 17 20 14

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%
Ken Anderson 29 QB 12 12 4-8-0 173 319 54.2 2219 10 3.1 22 6.9 57 7.0 4.2 12.8 184.9 58.0 30 237 5.7 3.1 8.6
John Reaves 28 9 4 0-4-0 74 144 51.4 790 3 2.1 8 5.6 51 5.5 3.2 10.7 87.8 51.6 8 61 4.8 2.6 5.3
Rob Hertel 23 3 0 1 4 25.0 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 9 2.3 2.3 9.0 3.0 39.6 0 0 2.3 2.3 0.0
Archie Griffin 24 RB 16 0 2 3 66.7 21 1 33.3 0 0.0 18 7.0 10.3 10.5 1.3 126.4 0 0 7.0 10.3 0.0
Team Total 25.1 16 4-12-0 250 470 53.2 3039 14 3.0 30 6.4 57 6.5 3.9 12.2 189.9 56.7 38 298 5.4 3.0 7.5
Opp Total 16 193 396 48.7 2236 14 3.5 20 5.1 5.6 3.7 11.6 139.8 57.0 33 284 5.2 2.8

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
Pete Johnson 24 FB 16 11 180 762 7 50 4.2 47.6 11.3 31 236 7.6 0 34 1.9 14.8 998 7 4
Archie Griffin 24 RB 16 0 132 484 0 30 3.7 30.3 8.3 35 284 8.1 3 27 2.2 17.8 768 3 6
Deacon Turner 23 rb 16 5 84 333 0 65 4.0 20.8 5.3 11 50 4.5 0 8 0.7 3.1 383 0 4
Boobie Clark 28 fb 14 0 40 187 0 20 4.7 13.4 2.9 11 73 6.6 0 26 0.8 5.2 260 0 1
Lenvil Elliott 27 10 0 29 75 0 12 2.6 7.5 2.9 12 100 8.3 0 18 1.2 10.0 175 0 1
Ken Anderson 29 QB 12 12 29 167 1 16 5.8 13.9 2.4 167 1 8
Tony Davis 25 14 0 21 57 2 15 2.7 4.1 1.5 2 23 11.5 0 14 0.1 1.6 80 2 2
John Reaves 28 9 4 6 50 0 20 8.3 5.6 0.7 50 0 2
Isaac Curtis 28 WR 16 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 47 737 15.7 3 57 2.9 46.1 738 3 2
Don Bass 22 TE 16 0 1 -4 0 -4 -4.0 -0.3 0.1 27 447 16.6 4 51 1.7 27.9 443 4 1
Dennis Law 23 RET 14 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 5 81 16.2 0 20 0.4 5.8 80 0 1
Tom Dinkel 22 16 0 1 20 0 20 20.0 1.3 0.1 20 0 0
Rob Hertel 23 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Billy Brooks 25 WR 15 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 30 506 16.9 2 45 2.0 33.7 506 2 0
Pat McInally 25 P 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 189 12.6 0 49 0.9 11.8 189 0 0
Jim Corbett 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 187 15.6 0 51 0.8 11.7 187 0 0
Rick Walker 23 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 126 10.5 2 28 0.8 8.4 126 2 1
Team Total 25.1 16 526 2131 10 65 4.1 133.2 32.9 250 3039 12.2 14 57 15.6 189.9 5170 24 36
Opp Total 16 607 2396 16 3.9 149.8 37.9 193 2236 11.6 14 12.1 139.8 4632 30 36

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
Ray Griffin 22 RET 15 0 37 787 0 39 21.3 787
Dennis Law 23 RET 14 0 25 106 0 17 4.2 2 30 0 17 15.0 216
Tony Davis 25 14 0 22 130 0 12 5.9 3 51 0 21 17.0 261
Don Bass 22 TE 16 0 3 8 0 7 2.7 7 138 0 33 19.7 589
Louis Breeden 25 LCB 16 0 6 -12 0 1 -2.0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0
Archie Griffin 24 RB 16 0 4 94 0 26 23.5 862
Dick Jauron 28 16 0 3 32 0 15 10.7 32
Boobie Clark 28 fb 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 271
Jim Corbett 23 16 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 202
Deacon Turner 23 rb 16 5 1 24 0 24 24.0 407
Ted Vincent 22 16 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Team Total 25.1 16 59 264 0 17 4.5 58 1164 0 39 20.1 6598
Opp Total 16 58 0 49 1105 0 22.6

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
Pat McInally 25 P 16 0 91 3919 65 0 43.1
Chris Bahr 25 K 16 0 7 5 8 4 12 6 3 1 30 16 53.3% 29 26 89.7% 4 108 41 0 27.0
Team Total 25.1 16 7 5 8 4 12 6 3 1 30 16 53.3% 29 26 89.7% 95 4027 65 0 42.4
Opp Total 16 23 16 69.6% 34 30 88.2% 108 4493 41.6

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 29 QB 12 12 8 3 -8 0
Don Bass 22 TE 16 0 1 1 0 1
Louis Breeden 25 LCB 16 0 3 25 0 18 2 1 0 0
Ross Browner 24 RDE 11 0 0 3 21 0
Glenn Bujnoch 25 LG 16 16 0 1 0 0
Boobie Clark 28 fb 14 0 1 0 0 0
Marvin Cobb 25 SS 16 0 1 13 0 13
Isaac Curtis 28 WR 16 0 2 0 0 0
Tony Davis 25 14 0 2 1 0 0
Tom Dinkel 22 16 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0
Eddie Edwards 24 RDT 16 0 1 2 0 2 0 2 0 0
Lenvil Elliott 27 10 0 1 0 0 0
Archie Griffin 24 RB 16 0 6 3 0 0
Ray Griffin 22 RET 15 0 0 1 0 0
Bo Harris 25 8 0 0 1 0 0
Rob Hertel 23 3 0 1 0 -5 0
Vern Holland 30 RT 16 0 0 1 0 0
Dick Jauron 28 16 0 4 52 1 24
Bob Johnson 32 13 0 0 1 0 0
Pete Johnson 24 FB 16 11 4 2 -2 0
Dave Lapham 26 RG 16 0 0 2 0 0
Dennis Law 23 RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 28 MLB 16 0 1 11 0 11
Melvin Morgan 25 15 0 1 64 0 64
Scott Perry 24 FS 13 0 3 59 2 39 0 1 0 0
John Reaves 28 9 4 2 0 -17 0
Ken Riley 31 RCB 16 0 3 33 0 17 0 1 0 0
Ron Shumon 23 13 0 1 48 0 48
Deacon Turner 23 rb 16 5 4 1 0 0
Rick Walker 23 15 0 1 0 0 0
Wilson Whitley 23 LDT 16 16 0 2 10 0
Reggie Williams 24 RLB 16 0 1 11 0 11 0 1 30 0
Team Total 25.1 16 20 319 3 64 36 33 29 1 1
Opp Total 16 38 36 19 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
Chris Bahr 25 K 16 0 26 16 74
Pete Johnson 24 FB 16 11 7 42
Don Bass 22 TE 16 0 4 1 30
Isaac Curtis 28 WR 16 0 3 18
Archie Griffin 24 RB 16 0 3 18
Scott Perry 24 FS 13 0 2 1 18
Billy Brooks 25 WR 15 12 2 12
Tony Davis 25 14 0 2 12
Rick Walker 23 15 0 2 12
Ken Anderson 29 QB 12 12 1 6
Dick Jauron 28 16 0 1 6
Gary Burley 26 LDE 16 0 1 2
Team Total 25.1 16 10 14 1 3 1 26 16 1 250
Opp Total 16 16 14 30 16 1 284