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1990 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 9-7-0, Finished 1st in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 360 points (22.5/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 352 points (22.0/g), 19th.
 Differential of 8 points (0.5/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 8.2-7.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 18th.

Coached by Sam Wyche (9-7-0)

1990 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 9 box W 1-0 New York Jets 25 20 18 303 192 111 2 21 342 270 72 3
2 Sun September 16 box W 2-0 @ San Diego Chargers 21 16 18 302 223 79 3 17 417 278 139 3
3 Sun September 23 box W 3-0 New England Patriots 41 7 18 346 236 110 2 18 302 250 52 5
4 Mon October 1 box L 3-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 16 31 16 230 161 69 2 20 352 201 151 2
5 Sun October 7 box W 4-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 34 31 27 582 483 99 2 26 477 364 113 1
6 Sun October 14 box L 4-2 @ Houston Oilers 17 48 17 251 135 116 4 27 514 401 113 2
7 Mon October 22 box W 5-2 @ Cleveland Browns 34 13 15 312 79 233 2 17 253 157 96 2
8 Sun October 28 box L 5-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 17 38 21 309 225 84 4 17 299 124 175
9 Sun November 4 box L 5-4 New Orleans Saints 7 21 13 261 125 136 1 21 350 101 249 1
10 Bye Week
11 Sun November 18 box W 6-4 Pittsburgh Steelers 27 3 20 312 134 178 1 11 206 112 94 1
12 Sun November 25 box L 6-5 Indianapolis Colts 20 34 20 381 236 145 3 21 419 237 182
13 Sun December 2 box W 7-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 16 12 17 319 154 165 3 16 305 226 79 2
14 Sun December 9 box L 7-6 San Francisco 49ers 17 20 14 215 102 113 1 25 372 170 202 1
15 Sun December 16 box L 7-7 @ Los Angeles Raiders 7 24 11 251 142 109 2 13 348 163 185 1
16 Sun December 23 box W 8-7 Houston Oilers 40 20 18 387 165 222 19 304 282 22 4
17 Sun December 30 box W 9-7 Cleveland Browns 21 14 14 302 151 151 3 19 345 184 161 3
Playoffs
WildCard Sun January 6 box W 10-7 Houston Oilers 41 14
Division Sun January 13 box L 10-8 @ Los Angeles Raiders 10 20

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
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 360 5063 943 5.4 277 237 425 2943 25 23 6.4 151 484 2120 16 4.4 107 35 12 19
Team Defense 352 5605 1010 5.5 500 300 543 3520 24 15 6.2 180 442 2085 15 4.7 308 31 16 12
Lg Rank Offense 7 9 15 24 15 5 23 10 7 5 9 6 18 6
Lg Rank Defense 19 25 22 27 26 24 19 19 15 22 18 26 13 12

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS 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%
Boomer Esiason 29 QB 16 16 224 402 55.7 3031 24 6.0 22 5.5 53 7.5 5.7 13.5 189.4 77.0 31 198 6.5 4.8 7.2
Erik Wilhelm 25 7 0 12 19 63.2 117 0 0.0 0 0.0 19 6.2 6.2 9.8 16.7 80.4 1 2 5.8 5.8 5.0
Todd Philcox 24 2 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 2 9 -2.3 -13.5 50.0
Lynn James 25 11 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
Lee Johnson 29 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 4 1 100.0 0 0.0 4 4.0 14.0 4.0 0.3 122.9 0 0 4.0 14.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 16 237 425 55.8 3152 25 5.9 23 5.4 53 7.4 5.6 13.3 197.0 76.5 34 209 6.4 4.7 7.4
Opp Total 16 300 543 55.2 3520 24 4.4 15 2.8 6.5 5.7 11.7 220.0 78.4 25 205 6.2 5.1

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
James Brooks* 32 RB 16 15 195 1004 5 56 5.1 62.8 12.2 26 269 10.3 4 35 1.6 16.8 1273 9 3
Harold Green 22 FB 12 9 83 353 1 39 4.3 29.4 6.9 12 90 7.5 1 22 1.0 7.5 443 2 2
Ickey Woods 24 fb 10 6 64 268 6 32 4.2 26.8 6.4 20 162 8.1 0 22 2.0 16.2 430 6 1
Craig Taylor 24 12 1 51 216 2 24 4.2 18.0 4.3 3 22 7.3 1 20 0.3 1.8 238 3 0
Boomer Esiason 29 QB 16 16 49 157 0 21 3.2 9.8 3.1 157 0 11
Eric Ball 24 13 1 22 72 1 15 3.3 5.5 1.7 2 46 23.0 1 48 0.2 3.5 118 2 1
Stanford Jennings 28 RET 16 0 12 46 1 13 3.8 2.9 0.8 4 23 5.8 0 13 0.3 1.4 69 1 2
Erik Wilhelm 25 7 0 6 6 0 4 1.0 0.9 0.9 6 0 1
Michael Barber 23 16 1 1 -13 0 -13 -13.0 -0.8 0.1 14 196 14.0 1 28 0.9 12.3 183 1 0
Lynn James 25 11 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 1.0 0.1 3 36 12.0 0 16 0.3 3.3 47 0 0
Eddie Brown 28 WR 14 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 44 706 16.0 9 50 3.1 50.4 706 9 0
Tim McGee 26 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 737 17.1 1 52 2.7 46.1 737 1 1
Rodney Holman* 30 TE 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 40 596 14.9 5 53 2.5 37.3 596 5 1
Eric Kattus 27 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 145 13.2 2 31 0.7 9.1 145 2 0
Jim Riggs 27 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 79 9.9 0 21 0.5 4.9 79 0 0
Kendal Smith 25 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 45 6.4 0 11 0.8 5.0 45 0 0
Team Total 26.3 16 484 2120 16 56 4.4 132.5 30.3 237 3152 13.3 25 53 14.8 197.0 5272 41 25
Opp Total 16 442 2085 15 4.7 130.3 27.6 300 3520 11.7 24 18.8 220.0 5605 39 32

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
Mitchell Price 23 RET 16 1 29 251 1 66 8.7 10 191 0 33 19.1 442
Stanford Jennings 28 RET 16 0 29 584 0 33 20.1 653
Eric Ball 24 13 1 16 366 0 38 22.9 484
Kendal Smith 25 9 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 2 35 0 20 17.5 84
Michael Barber 23 16 1 1 14 0 14 14.0 197
Lynn James 25 11 0 1 43 0 43 43.0 90
Eric Kattus 27 16 3 1 10 0 10 10.0 155
Jim Riggs 27 16 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 86
Craig Taylor 24 12 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 254
Team Total 26.3 16 30 255 1 66 8.5 62 1266 0 43 20.4 6793
Opp Total 16 36 1 43 945 0 22.0

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
Jim Breech 34 K 16 0 6 6 6 5 9 6 21 17 81.0% 44 41 93.2% 1 34 34 0 34.0
Lee Johnson 29 P 16 0 1 1 0.0% 64 2705 70 0 42.3
Team Total 26.3 16 6 6 6 5 9 6 1 22 17 77.3% 44 41 93.2% 65 2739 70 0 42.1
Opp Total 16 29 22 75.9% 41 40 97.6% 63 2633 41.8

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
Boomer Esiason 29 QB 16 16 11 2 -23 0
James Francis 22 ROLB 16 16 8.0 1 17 1 17 78 1
Barney Bussey 28 ss 16 5 2.0 4 37 0 18 0 0 1 70 1 56
Natu Tuatagaloa 24 lde 16 7 4.5 0 0 2 0 0 24
Lewis Billups 27 LCB 15 14 3 39 0 29 0 2 4 0
David Fulcher* 26 SS 13 12 1.0 4 20 0 18 1
Mitchell Price 23 RET 16 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
James Brooks* 32 RB 16 15 3 1 0 0
Harold Green 22 FB 12 9 2 2 0 0
Carl Carter 26 RCB 15 11 0 3 0 0
Tim Krumrie 30 NT 16 15 2.0 0 0 1 0 0 68
Carl Zander 27 LILB 16 13 1 12 0 12 0 2 40 0
David Grant 25 RDE 16 9 1.0 0 1 0 0
Mike Hammerstein 27 15 2 2.0
Stanford Jennings 28 RET 16 0 2 0 0 0
Skip McClendon 26 LDE 15 13 2.0
Leon White 27 LOLB 16 13 1.0 1 21 0 21
Erik Wilhelm 25 7 0 1 1 0 0
Eric Ball 24 13 1 1 0 0 0
Leo Barker 31 14 1 0 1 0 0
Ed Brady 28 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
Rodney Holman* 30 TE 16 15 1 0 0 0
Rod Jones 26 rcb 16 6 0 0 1 1 0 46
Tim McGee 26 WR 16 15 1 0 0 0
Jim Riggs 27 16 0 0 1 0 0
Kendal Smith 25 9 2 0 1 0 0
Kevin P. Walker 25 RILB 16 15 1.0
Solomon Wilcots 26 FS 16 10 0 1 3 0
Ickey Woods 24 fb 10 6 1 0 0 0
Jason Buck 27 rde 16 6 0.5
Team Total 26.3 16 25.0 15 146 1 29 0 25 26 95 1 283 2
Opp Total 16 34 32 16

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
Jim Breech 34 K 16 0 41 17 92
James Brooks* 32 RB 16 15 5 4 54
Eddie Brown 28 WR 14 12 9 54
Ickey Woods 24 fb 10 6 6 36
Rodney Holman* 30 TE 16 15 5 30
Craig Taylor 24 12 1 2 1 18
Eric Ball 24 13 1 1 1 12
Harold Green 22 FB 12 9 1 1 12
Eric Kattus 27 16 3 2 12
James Francis 22 ROLB 16 16 1 1 8
Michael Barber 23 16 1 1 6
Barney Bussey 28 ss 16 5 1 6
Stanford Jennings 28 RET 16 0 1 6
Tim McGee 26 WR 16 15 1 6
Mitchell Price 23 RET 16 1 1 6
David Fulcher* 26 SS 13 12 1 2
Team Total 26.3 16 16 25 1 1 1 41 17 2 360
Opp Total 16 15 24 1 40 22 352