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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)
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1978 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 | 29 | 7 | 12 | 173 for 319, 2,219 yards, 10 td, 22 int, & 29 rushes for 167 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| RB | Archie Griffin | 24 | 2 | 0 | 132 rushes for 484 yards, 0 td, & 35 catches for 284 yards and 3 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 24th pick / 1976 |
| RB | Deacon Turner | 23 | Rook | 5 | 84 rushes for 333 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 50 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1978 |
| FB | Pete Johnson | 24 | 1 | 11 | 180 rushes for 762 yards, 7 td, & 31 catches for 236 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1977 |
| FB | Boobie Clark | 28 | 5 | 0 | 40 rushes for 187 yards, 0 td, & 11 catches for 73 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 302nd pick / 1973 |
| WR | Billy Brooks | 25 | 2 | 12 | 30 catches for 506 yards, 2 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1976 |
| WR | Isaac Curtis | 28 | 5 | 0 | 47 catches for 737 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 1 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| TE | Don Bass | 22 | Rook | 0 | 27 catches for 447 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for -4 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1978 |
| LT | Mike W. Wilson | 23 | Rook | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1977 |
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| LT | Rufus Mayes | 31 | 9 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 |
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| LG | Glenn Bujnoch | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1976 |
| C | Blair Bush | 22 | Rook | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
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| RG | Dave Lapham | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| RT | Vern Holland | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gary Burley | 26 | 2 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 55th pick / 1975 |
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| LDT | Wilson Whitley | 23 | 1 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1977 |
| RDT | Eddie Edwards | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Ross Browner | 24 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1978 |
| LLB | Glenn Cameron | 25 | 3 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 14th pick / 1975 |
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| MLB | Jim LeClair | 28 | 6 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Reggie Williams | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Louis Breeden | 25 | Rook | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 187th pick / 1977 |
| RCB | Ken Riley | 31 | 9 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Marvin Cobb | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 276th pick / 1975 |
| FS | Scott Perry | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 147th pick / 1976 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chris Bahr | 25 | 2 | 0 | 16 of 30 field goals & 26 of 29 extra points | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 51st pick / 1976 |
| P | Pat McInally | 25 | 2 | 0 | 91 punts for a 43.1 average, 0 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 120th pick / 1975 |
| PR | Dennis Law | 23 | Rook | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 4.2 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 99th pick / 1978 |
| KR | Ray Griffin | 22 | Rook | 0 | 37 kick returns for a 21.3 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1978 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ken Anderson | 29 | QB | 12 | 12 | 212 | 6-2 | Augustana (IL) | 2/15/1949 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| Chris Bahr | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Penn State | 2/3/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 51st pick / 1976 |
| Don Bass | 22 | WR-TE | 16 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/11/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1978 |
| Louis Breeden | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | North Carolina Central | 10/26/1953 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 187th pick / 1977 |
| Billy Brooks | 25 | WR | 15 | 12 | 204 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/20/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1976 |
| Ross Browner | 24 | DE | 11 | 0 | 262 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 3/22/1954 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1978 |
| Glenn Bujnoch | 25 | G | 16 | 16 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 12/20/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1976 |
| Gary Burley | 26 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 12/8/1952 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 55th pick / 1975 |
| Blair Bush | 22 | C | 16 | 16 | 268 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/25/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
| Glenn Cameron | 25 | LB | 15 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Florida | 2/21/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 14th pick / 1975 |
| Boobie Clark | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-2 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/8/1950 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 302nd pick / 1973 |
| Marvin Cobb | 25 | DB | 16 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | USC | 8/6/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 276th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Corbett | 23 | TE | 16 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 2/22/1955 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 194th pick / 1977 |
| Isaac Curtis | 28 | WR | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | California,San Diego State | 10/20/1950 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| Tony Davis | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 212 | 5-11 | Nebraska | 1/21/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 106th pick / 1976 |
| Tom DePaso | 22 | LB | 12 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Penn State | 2/22/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 267th pick / 1978 |
| Chris Devlin | 25 | LB | 1 | 1 | 226 | 6-2 | Penn State | 11/22/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 170th pick / 1975 |
| Tom Dinkel | 22 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Kansas | 7/25/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 126th pick / 1978 |
| Mark Donahue | 22 | G | 15 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Michigan | 1/29/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 294th pick / 1978 |
| Eddie Edwards | 24 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 4/25/1954 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1977 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 27 | RB | 10 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Truman State | 9/2/1951 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 249th pick / 1973 |
| Archie Griffin | 24 | RB | 16 | 0 | 189 | 5-9 | Ohio State | 8/21/1954 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 24th pick / 1976 |
| Ray Griffin | 22 | DB | 15 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 6/29/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1978 |
| Bo Harris | 25 | LB | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/16/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 77th pick / 1975 |
| Rob Hertel | 23 | QB | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | USC | 2/21/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 131st pick / 1978 |
| Vern Holland | 30 | T | 16 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 6/27/1948 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
| Ron Hunt | 23 | T | 3 | 0 | 261 | 6-6 | Oregon | 1/27/1955 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 232nd pick / 1976 |
| Dick Jauron | 28 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Yale | 10/7/1950 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Bob Johnson | 32 | C | 13 | 0 | 262 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 8/19/1946 | 10 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1968 |
| Pete Johnson | 24 | RB | 16 | 11 | 252 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 3/2/1954 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1977 |
| Dave Lapham | 26 | G-C-T | 16 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 6/24/1952 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| Dennis Law | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 179 | 6-1 | East Tennessee State | 4/4/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 99th pick / 1978 |
| Jim LeClair | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | North Dakota | 10/30/1950 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
| Rufus Mayes | 31 | T-G | 9 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Ohio State | 12/5/1947 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 |
| Pat McInally | 25 | WR-P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-6 | Harvard | 5/7/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 120th pick / 1975 |
| Melvin Morgan | 25 | DB | 15 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Miss. Valley State | 3/31/1953 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 314th pick / 1976 |
| Scott Perry | 24 | DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Williams | 3/11/1954 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 147th pick / 1976 |
| Ray Phillips | 24 | LB | 2 | 0 | 224 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 3/18/1954 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 133rd pick / 1977 |
| Dave Pureifory | 29 | DE-DT | 7 | 0 | 260 | 6-1 | Eastern Michigan | 7/12/1949 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 6th / 142nd pick / 1972 |
| John Reaves | 28 | QB | 9 | 4 | 210 | 6-3 | Florida | 3/2/1950 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 14th pick / 1972 |
| Ken Riley | 31 | DB | 16 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 8/6/1947 | 9 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| Tom Ruud | 25 | LB | 7 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 7/26/1953 | 3 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 19th pick / 1975 |
| Ron Shumon | 23 | LB | 13 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Wichita State | 12/11/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 238th pick / 1978 |
| Deacon Turner | 23 | RB | 16 | 5 | 212 | 5-11 | San Diego State | 1/2/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1978 |
| Ted Vincent | 22 | DT | 16 | 0 | 262 | 6-4 | Wichita State | 8/10/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 72nd pick / 1978 |
| Rick Walker | 23 | TE | 15 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | UCLA | 5/28/1955 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 85th pick / 1977 |
| Wilson Whitley | 23 | DT-NT | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-3 | Houston | 4/28/1955 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1977 |
| Reggie Williams | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 9/19/1954 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| Mike W. Wilson | 23 | T | 9 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Georgia | 5/28/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1977 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 16 | 226.0 | 6-2.1 | 2.6 |