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1980 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 244 points (15.2/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 312 points (19.5/g), 14th.
 Differential of -68 points (-4.2/g), 21st.
 Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +9 (0.6/g), 4th.

Coached by Forrest Gregg (6-10-0)

1980 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 7 box L 0-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 12 17 9 128 16 112 2 13 246 155 91 2
2 Sun September 14 box L 0-2 @ Miami Dolphins 16 17 18 314 145 169 1 14 249 131 118 2
3 Sun September 21 box W 1-2 Pittsburgh Steelers 30 28 17 309 173 136 18 393 265 128 6
4 Sun September 28 box L 1-3 Houston Oilers 10 13 14 250 134 116 1 20 259 222 37 2
5 Sun October 5 box L 1-4 @ Green Bay Packers 9 14 14 216 124 92 2 21 313 183 130 1
6 Sun October 12 box W 2-4 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 17 16 17 304 184 120 1 15 331 208 123 2
7 Sun October 19 box W 3-4 Minnesota Vikings 14 0 25 432 263 169 1 10 168 113 55 2
8 Sun October 26 box L 3-5 @ Houston Oilers 3 23 13 259 157 102 4 17 373 122 251 2
9 Sun November 2 box L 3-6 San Diego Chargers 14 31 21 320 207 113 3 21 389 263 126
10 Sun November 9 box L 3-7 @ Oakland Raiders 17 28 20 264 195 69 4 19 348 244 104 5
11 Sun November 16 box L 3-8 Buffalo Bills 0 14 9 213 124 89 2 22 306 169 137 4
12 Sun November 23 box L 3-9 @ Cleveland Browns 7 31 25 397 247 150 3 21 332 301 31 1
13 Sun November 30 box W 4-9 @ Kansas City Chiefs 20 6 18 302 97 205 2 17 255 173 82 3
14 Sun December 7 box W 5-9 Baltimore Colts 34 33 26 509 361 148 2 23 313 219 94 2
15 Sun December 14 box W 6-9 @ Chicago Bears 17 14 17 294 140 154 1 17 216 100 116 5
16 Sun December 21 box L 6-10 Cleveland Browns 24 27 20 373 248 125 4 18 313 256 57 3

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 244 4884 1060 4.6 283 281 510 2815 17 25 5.1 147 513 2069 9 4.0 111 33 8 25
Team Defense 312 4804 995 4.8 461 284 491 3124 22 20 5.9 154 469 1680 13 3.6 286 42 22 21
Lg Rank Offense 27 19 22 10 21 19 17 25 15 12 25 8 7 2
Lg Rank Defense 14 9 9 14 13 15 18 14 6 4 10 3 7 2

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 31 QB 13 12 5-7-0 166 275 60.4 1778 6 2.2 13 4.7 67 6.5 4.6 10.7 136.8 66.9 24 174 5.4 3.6 8.0
Jack Thompson 24 qb 14 4 1-3-0 115 234 49.1 1324 11 4.7 12 5.1 59 5.7 3.8 11.5 94.6 60.9 13 113 4.9 3.2 5.3
Steve Kreider 22 16 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 25.3 16 6-10-0 281 510 55.1 3102 17 3.3 25 4.9 67 6.1 4.2 11.0 193.9 64.0 37 287 5.1 3.4 6.8
Opp Total 16 284 491 57.8 3124 22 4.5 20 4.1 6.4 5.0 11.0 195.3 74.8 35 302 5.9 4.1

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 26 FB 12 8 186 747 6 57 4.0 62.3 15.5 21 172 8.2 1 28 1.8 14.3 919 7 2
Charles Alexander 23 RB 16 16 169 702 2 37 4.2 43.9 10.6 36 192 5.3 0 23 2.3 12.0 894 2 2
Archie Griffin 26 rb 15 7 85 260 0 14 3.1 17.3 5.7 28 196 7.0 0 19 1.9 13.1 456 0 1
Deacon Turner 25 12 1 30 130 0 24 4.3 10.8 2.5 12 73 6.1 1 15 1.0 6.1 203 1 1
Jack Thompson 24 qb 14 4 18 84 1 15 4.7 6.0 1.3 84 1 5
Ken Anderson 31 QB 13 12 16 122 0 20 7.6 9.4 1.2 122 0 1
Nathan Poole 24 16 0 5 6 0 7 1.2 0.4 0.3 2 -4 -2.0 0 3 0.1 -0.3 2 0 1
Pat McInally 27 wr 16 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 18 269 14.9 2 59 1.1 16.8 269 2 2
M.L. Harris 26 12 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 10 137 13.7 0 26 0.8 11.4 137 0 0
Mike Levenseller 24 8 0 1 6 0 6 6.0 0.8 0.1 2 30 15.0 0 22 0.3 3.8 36 0 0
Cleo Montgomery 25 RET 14 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 0.9 0.1 12 0 3
Dan Ross 23 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 56 724 12.9 4 37 3.5 45.3 724 4 1
Isaac Curtis 30 WR 15 13 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 610 14.2 3 67 2.9 40.7 610 3 0
Don Bass 24 WR 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 409 12.8 6 55 2.3 29.2 409 6 0
Steve Kreider 22 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 272 16.0 0 30 1.1 17.0 272 0 1
Jim Corbett 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 28 9.3 0 12 0.8 7.0 28 0 0
Anthony Munoz 22 LT 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.1 -0.4 -6 0 0
Team Total 25.3 16 513 2069 9 57 4.0 129.3 32.1 281 3102 11.0 17 67 17.6 193.9 5171 26 22
Opp Total 16 469 1680 13 3.6 105.0 29.3 284 3124 11.0 22 17.8 195.3 4804 35 44

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Cleo Montgomery 25 RET 14 0 31 223 0 42 7.2 44 843 0 40 19.2 1078
Jo Jo Heath 23 10 0 6 29 0 11 4.8 3 51 0 21 17.0 80
Deacon Turner 25 12 1 9 173 0 31 19.2 376
Bryan Hicks 23 fs 16 6 5 87 0 21 17.4 87
Ron Simpkins 22 16 2 3 8 0 8 2.7 8
Jim Browner 25 2 0 2 10 0 10 5.0 10
Greg Bright 23 SS 16 16 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Steve Kreider 22 16 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 291
Nathan Poole 24 16 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 10
Reggie Williams 26 ROLB 14 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.3 16 39 252 0 42 6.5 68 1199 0 40 17.6 6622
Opp Total 16 46 0 57 1180 1 20.7

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 27 wr 16 7 83 3390 61 2 40.8
Ian Sunter 28 K 10 0 7 7 7 3 5 1 1 20 11 55.0% 15 15 100.0%
Jim Breech 24 4 0 2 2 2 1 3 1 7 4 57.1% 12 11 91.7% 2 67 37 0 33.5
Sandro Vitiello 22 2 0 2 2 0.0% 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.3 16 9 9 11 4 8 2 1 29 15 51.7% 28 27 96.4% 85 3457 61 2 40.7
Opp Total 16 27 16 59.3% 38 36 94.7% 72 2772 38.5

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
Charles Alexander 23 RB 16 16 2 0 0 0
Ken Anderson 31 QB 13 12 1 2 0 0
Don Bass 24 WR 14 12 0 1 0 0
Louis Breeden 27 lcb 16 5 7 91 0 29
Greg Bright 23 SS 16 16 1 5 0 5 0 3 0 0
Ross Browner 26 RDE 15 15 0 1 0 0
Glenn Cameron 27 RILB 14 14 3 43 0 27 0 1 0 0
Tom Dinkel 24 LOLB 16 12 0 3 0 0
Eddie Edwards 26 LDE 16 16 0 1 0 0
Archie Griffin 26 rb 15 7 1 0 0 0
Ray Griffin 24 LCB 16 11 2 80 2 52 0 2 14 0
Bo Harris 27 lolb 15 7 0 2 15 0
Bryan Hicks 23 fs 16 6 1 8 0 8 0 1 0 0
Dick Jauron 30 FS 10 10 1 11 0 11 0 1 0 0
Pete Johnson 26 FB 12 8 2 1 0 0
Steve Kreider 22 16 0 1 1 0 0
Jim LeClair 30 LILB 16 16 0 1 0 0
Pat McInally 27 wr 16 7 2 1 -16 0
Andrew Melontree 23 16 0 0 1 0 0
Cleo Montgomery 25 RET 14 0 3 2 0 0
Nathan Poole 24 16 0 1 1 0 0
Rick Razzano 25 14 0 0 2 0 0
Ken Riley 33 RCB 16 16 3 9 0 9 0 1 0 0
Dan Ross 23 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
Ron Simpkins 22 16 2 1 1 0 0
Jack Thompson 24 qb 14 4 5 3 -1 0
Deacon Turner 25 12 1 1 0 0 0
Reggie Williams 26 ROLB 14 13 2 8 0 8 1 1 0 0 1
Team Total 25.3 16 20 255 2 52 22 34 12 0 1
Opp Total 16 37 44 22

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
Ian Sunter 28 K 10 0 15 11 48
Pete Johnson 26 FB 12 8 6 1 42
Don Bass 24 WR 14 12 6 36
Dan Ross 23 TE 16 16 4 24
Jim Breech 24 4 0 11 4 23
Isaac Curtis 30 WR 15 13 3 18
Charles Alexander 23 RB 16 16 2 12
Ray Griffin 24 LCB 16 11 2 12
Pat McInally 27 wr 16 7 2 12
Jack Thompson 24 qb 14 4 1 6
Deacon Turner 25 12 1 1 6
Reggie Williams 26 ROLB 14 13 1 2
Sandro Vitiello 22 2 0 1 1
Team Total 25.3 16 9 17 2 27 15 1 242
Opp Total 16 13 22 1 36 16 312