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1979 Cincinnati Bengals
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 337 points (21.1/g), 13th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 421 points (26.3/g), 28th.
Differential of -84 points (-5.2/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 5.9-10.1.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +15 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Coached by Homer Rice (4-12-0)
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1979 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 | 30 | 8 | 15 | 189 for 339, 2,340 yards, 16 td, 10 int, & 28 rushes for 235 yards and 2 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| RB | Archie Griffin | 25 | 3 | 0 | 140 rushes for 688 yards, 0 td, & 43 catches for 417 yards and 2 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 24th pick / 1976 |
| FB | Pete Johnson | 25 | 2 | 13 | 243 rushes for 865 yards, 14 td, & 24 catches for 154 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1977 |
| WR | Don Bass | 23 | 1 | 0 | 58 catches for 724 yards, 3 td, & 4 rushes for 35 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1978 |
| WR | Isaac Curtis | 29 | 6 | 0 | 32 catches for 605 yards, 8 td, & 2 rushes for -11 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| TE | Dan Ross | 22 | Rook | 0 | 41 catches for 516 yards, 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1979 |
| LT | Mike W. Wilson | 24 | 1 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1977 |
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| LG | Glenn Bujnoch | 26 | 3 | 15 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1976 |
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| C | Blair Bush | 23 | 1 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
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| C | Dave Lapham | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| RG | Dave Lapham | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| RG | Max Montoya | 23 | Rook | 9 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 168th pick / 1979 |
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| RT | Vern Holland | 31 | 8 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Gary Burley | 27 | 3 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 55th pick / 1975 |
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| LDT | Eddie Edwards | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1977 |
| RDT | Wilson Whitley | 24 | 2 | 13 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1977 |
| RDE | Ross Browner | 25 | 1 | 16 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1978 |
| LLB | Bo Harris | 26 | 4 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 77th pick / 1975 |
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| MLB | Jim LeClair | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
| RLB | Reggie Williams | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| LCB | Louis Breeden | 26 | 1 | 0 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 187th pick / 1977 |
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| RCB | Ken Riley | 32 | 10 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| SS | Marvin Cobb | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 276th pick / 1975 |
| FS | Dick Jauron | 29 | 6 | 0 | 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chris Bahr | 26 | 3 | 0 | 13 of 23 field goals & 40 of 42 extra points | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 51st pick / 1976 |
| P | Pat McInally | 26 | 3 | 0 | 89 punts for a 41.3 average, 2 blocked | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 120th pick / 1975 |
| PR | Vaughn Lusby | 23 | Rook | 0 | 32 punt returns for a 8.1 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 91st pick / 1979 |
| KR | Deacon Turner | 24 | 1 | 1 | 55 kick returns for a 20.9 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1978 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Charles Alexander | 22 | RB | 16 | 0 | 224 | 6-1 | LSU | 7/28/1957 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 12th pick / 1979 |
| Ken Anderson | 30 | QB | 15 | 15 | 212 | 6-2 | Augustana (IL) | 2/15/1949 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 67th pick / 1971 |
| Chris Bahr | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Penn State | 2/3/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 51st pick / 1976 |
| Don Bass | 23 | WR-TE | 16 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/11/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1978 |
| Louis Breeden | 26 | DB | 10 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | North Carolina Central | 10/26/1953 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 187th pick / 1977 |
| Billy Brooks | 26 | WR | 4 | 4 | 204 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 8/20/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 11th pick / 1976 |
| Jim Browner | 24 | DB | 16 | 0 | 209 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 12/4/1955 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 12th / 304th pick / 1979 |
| Ross Browner | 25 | DE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 3/22/1954 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1978 |
| Glenn Bujnoch | 26 | G | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-5 | Texas A&M | 12/20/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 38th pick / 1976 |
| Scott Burk | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 193 | 6-2 | Oklahoma State | 8/2/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 9th / 223rd pick / 1979 |
| Gary Burley | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 0 | 272 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 12/8/1952 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 55th pick / 1975 |
| Blair Bush | 23 | C | 12 | 12 | 268 | 6-3 | Washington | 11/25/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 16th pick / 1978 |
| Glenn Cameron | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | Florida | 2/21/1953 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 14th pick / 1975 |
| Marvin Cobb | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | USC | 8/6/1953 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 276th pick / 1975 |
| Jim Corbett | 24 | TE | 10 | 0 | 218 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh | 2/22/1955 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 194th pick / 1977 |
| Barney Cotton | 23 | G | 13 | 0 | 264 | 6-5 | Nebraska | 9/30/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1979 |
| Isaac Curtis | 29 | WR | 16 | 0 | 192 | 6-1 | California,San Diego State | 10/20/1950 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1973 |
| Tom Dinkel | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Kansas | 7/25/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 126th pick / 1978 |
| Mark Donahue | 23 | G | 16 | 0 | 256 | 6-3 | Michigan | 1/29/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 11th / 294th pick / 1978 |
| Eddie Edwards | 25 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 256 | 6-5 | Miami (FL) | 4/25/1954 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1977 |
| Archie Griffin | 25 | RB | 16 | 0 | 189 | 5-9 | Ohio State | 8/21/1954 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 24th pick / 1976 |
| Ray Griffin | 23 | DB | 12 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Ohio State | 6/29/1956 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 35th pick / 1978 |
| Bo Harris | 26 | LB | 15 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | LSU | 1/16/1953 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 77th pick / 1975 |
| Vern Holland | 31 | T | 16 | 0 | 268 | 6-5 | Tennessee State | 6/27/1948 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 15th pick / 1971 |
| Dick Jauron | 29 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Yale | 10/7/1950 | 6 | Detroit Lions / 4th / 91st pick / 1973 |
| Bob Johnson | 33 | C | 5 | 0 | 262 | 6-5 | Tennessee | 8/19/1946 | 11 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 2nd pick / 1968 |
| Pete Johnson | 25 | RB | 16 | 13 | 252 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 3/2/1954 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 49th pick / 1977 |
| Steve Kreider | 21 | WR | 15 | 0 | 192 | 6-3 | Lehigh | 5/12/1958 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 139th pick / 1979 |
| Howard Kurnick | 22 | LB | 15 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Cincinnati | 5/13/1957 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 194th pick / 1979 |
| Dave Lapham | 27 | G-C-T | 16 | 0 | 259 | 6-4 | Syracuse | 6/24/1952 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 61st pick / 1974 |
| Jim LeClair | 29 | LB | 16 | 0 | 234 | 6-3 | North Dakota | 10/30/1950 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 54th pick / 1972 |
| Mike Levenseller | 23 | WR | 12 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Washington State | 2/21/1956 | 1 | Oakland Raiders / 6th / 164th pick / 1978 |
| Vaughn Lusby | 23 | DB | 16 | 0 | 178 | 5-10 | Arkansas | 8/23/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 91st pick / 1979 |
| Pat McInally | 26 | WR-P | 16 | 0 | 210 | 6-6 | Harvard | 5/7/1953 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 120th pick / 1975 |
| Mack Mitchell | 27 | DE | 13 | 1 | 246 | 6-8 | Houston | 8/16/1952 | 4 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 5th pick / 1975 |
| Max Montoya | 23 | G | 11 | 9 | 282 | 6-5 | UCLA | 5/12/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 168th pick / 1979 |
| Scott Perry | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Williams | 3/11/1954 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 147th pick / 1976 |
| Nathan Poole | 23 | RB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-9 | Louisville | 12/17/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 10th / 250th pick / 1979 |
| Ken Riley | 32 | DB | 13 | 0 | 181 | 5-11 | Florida A&M | 8/6/1947 | 10 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 135th pick / 1969 |
| Dan Ross | 22 | TE | 16 | 0 | 238 | 6-4 | Northeastern | 2/9/1957 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1979 |
| Tom Ruud | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-3 | Nebraska | 7/26/1953 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 19th pick / 1975 |
| Jack Thompson | 23 | QB | 9 | 1 | 217 | 6-3 | Washington State | 5/19/1956 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1979 |
| Deacon Turner | 24 | RB | 16 | 1 | 212 | 5-11 | San Diego State | 1/2/1955 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 45th pick / 1978 |
| Rick Walker | 24 | TE | 10 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | UCLA | 5/28/1955 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 85th pick / 1977 |
| Mike White | 22 | DT-DE-NT | 16 | 0 | 266 | 6-5 | Albany State (GA) | 8/11/1957 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 84th pick / 1979 |
| Wilson Whitley | 24 | DT-NT | 14 | 13 | 265 | 6-3 | Houston | 4/28/1955 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 8th pick / 1977 |
| Reggie Williams | 25 | LB | 12 | 0 | 228 | 6-1 | Dartmouth | 9/19/1954 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1976 |
| Mike W. Wilson | 24 | T | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-5 | Georgia | 5/28/1955 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 103rd pick / 1977 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 16 | 225.4 | 6-2.2 | 2.6 |