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1996 Cincinnati Bengals

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Record: 8-8-0, Finished 3rd in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 372 points (23.2/g), 5th of 30 in the NFL.
 Allowed 369 points (23.1/g), 23rd.
 Differential of 3 points (0.2/g), 14th.
 Expected W-L: 8.1-7.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.2/g), 1st.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.1, Offense: 2.5, Defense: -2.6, SoS: -0.3, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by David Shula and Bruce Coslet

 Offensive Coordinator: Bruce Coslet
 Defensive Coordinator: Larry Peccatiello

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stPy 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD
Team Offense 372 5225 1088 4.8 25 9 28 332 316 563 3432 25 16 5.6 190 478 1793 14 3.8 114
Team Defense 369 5469 1047 5.2 44 10 12 317 319 571 3826 22 34 6.3 196 444 1643 15 3.7 109
Lg Rank Offense 5 10 7 4 5 7 12 7 10 20 8 13 10 16
Lg Rank Defense 23 25 1 22 23 28 29 16 1 24 15 12 22 11

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 1 boxscore L 0-1 @ St. Louis Rams 16 26 14 242 205 37 5 18 209 139 70 3
2 Sun September 8 boxscore L 0-2 @ San Diego Chargers 14 27 14 249 187 62 2 25 383 269 114 2
3 Sun September 15 boxscore W 1-2 New Orleans Saints 30 15 24 319 218 101 15 314 287 27 4
4 Bye Week
5 Sun September 29 boxscore L 1-3 Denver Broncos 10 14 17 253 147 106 1 22 402 288 114 3
6 Sun October 6 boxscore L OT 1-4 Houston Oilers 27 30 22 315 152 163 18 335 175 160 2
7 Sun October 13 boxscore L 1-5 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 10 20 20 252 158 94 2 17 306 182 124 2
8 Sun October 20 boxscore L 1-6 @ San Francisco 49ers 21 28 18 345 196 149 1 20 418 338 80 5
9 Sun October 27 boxscore W 2-6 Jacksonville Jaguars 28 21 18 267 207 60 19 338 189 149 2
10 Sun November 3 boxscore W 3-6 @ Baltimore Ravens 24 21 33 433 265 168 2 23 371 279 92 4
11 Sun November 10 boxscore W 4-6 Pittsburgh Steelers 34 24 25 372 260 112 3 18 317 180 137 4
12 Sun November 17 boxscore L 4-7 @ Buffalo Bills 17 31 13 224 105 119 4 23 308 174 134 2
13 Sun November 24 boxscore W 5-7 Atlanta Falcons 41 31 24 463 342 121 21 417 305 112 4
14 Sun December 1 boxscore L 5-8 @ Jacksonville Jaguars 27 30 27 485 313 172 2 19 422 356 66
15 Sun December 8 boxscore W 6-8 Baltimore Ravens 21 14 25 360 267 93 21 322 199 123 1
16 Sun December 15 boxscore W 7-8 @ Houston Oilers 21 13 12 205 126 79 22 341 235 106 4
17 Sun December 22 boxscore W 8-8 Indianapolis Colts 31 24 26 441 284 157 3 16 266 231 35 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
8 Jeff Blake 26 QB 16 16 8-8-0 308 549 56.1 3624 24 4.4 14 2.6 61 6.6 6.3 11.8 226.5 80.3 44 278 5.64 5.39 7.4 3 5
4 Erik Wilhelm 31 3 0 7 13 53.8 90 1 7.7 2 15.4 38 6.9 1.5 12.9 30.0 61.9 3 16 4.63 0.25 18.8
81 Carl Pickens* 26 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 12 12.0 12.0 12.0 0.8 116.7 0 0 12.00 12.00 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 8-8-0 316 563 56.1 3726 25 4.4 16 2.8 61 6.6 6.2 11.8 232.9 79.4 47 294 5.63 5.27 7.7 3 5
Opp Total 16 319 571 55.9 4028 22 3.9 34 6.0 7.1 5.15 12.6 251.8 66.1 32 202 6.3 4.5 5.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
20 Garrison Hearst 25 RB 16 12 225 847 0 24 3.8 52.9 14.1 12 131 10.9 1 40 0.8 8.2 978 1 1
32 Ki-Jana Carter 23 rb 16 4 91 264 8 31 2.9 16.5 5.7 22 169 7.7 1 20 1.4 10.6 433 9 2
8 Jeff Blake 26 QB 16 16 72 317 2 18 4.4 19.8 4.5 317 2 7
21 Eric Bieniemy 27 16 0 56 269 2 33 4.8 16.8 3.5 32 272 8.5 0 42 2.0 17.0 541 2 1
29 Jeff Cothran 25 FB 11 11 15 44 1 9 2.9 4.0 1.4 7 49 7.0 0 14 0.6 4.5 93 1 0
44 Brian Milne 23 rb 6 4 8 22 1 5 2.8 3.7 1.3 3 29 9.7 0 15 0.5 4.8 51 1 0
4 Erik Wilhelm 31 3 0 6 24 0 18 4.0 8.0 2.0 24 0 0
86 Darnay Scott 24 WR 16 16 3 4 0 8 1.3 0.3 0.2 58 833 14.4 5 50 3.6 52.1 837 5 0
81 Carl Pickens* 26 WR 16 16 2 2 0 2 1.0 0.1 0.1 100 1180 11.8 12 61 6.3 73.8 1182 12 0
82 Tony McGee 25 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 38 446 11.7 4 22 2.4 27.9 446 4 0
80 David Dunn 24 KR 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 32 509 15.9 1 40 2.0 31.8 509 1 1
89 Marco Battaglia 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 79 9.9 0 17 0.5 4.9 79 0 0
87 Troy Sadowski 31 te 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 15 5.0 0 8 0.2 0.9 15 0 0
85 James Hundon 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 14 14.0 1 14 0.2 2.8 14 1 1
Team Total 26.1 16 478 1793 14 33 3.8 112.1 29.9 316 3726 11.8 25 61 19.8 232.9 5519 39 19
Opp Total 16 444 1643 15 3.7 102.7 27.8 319 3826 12.0 22 19.9 239.1 5469 37 16

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
80 David Dunn 24 KR 16 0 7 54 0 20 7.7 35 782 1 90 22.3 1345
23 Corey Sawyer 25 PR 15 2 15 117 0 62 7.8 12 241 0 33 20.1 358
85 James Hundon 25 5 0 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 10 237 0 31 23.7 244
84 Jeff Hill 24 9 0 9 173 0 29 19.2 173
31 Greg Myers 24 14 0 9 51 0 12 5.7 51
87 Troy Sadowski 31 te 16 2 2 7 0 7 3.5 22
89 Marco Battaglia 23 16 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 87
29 Jeff Cothran 25 FB 11 11 1 11 0 11 11.0 104
81 Carl Pickens* 26 WR 16 16 1 2 0 2 2.0 1184
Team Total 26.1 16 33 217 0 62 6.6 70 1459 1 90 20.8 7195
Opp Total 16 38 0 69 1642 1 23.8

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
11 Lee Johnson 35 P 16 0 80 3630 67 1 45.4
9 Doug Pelfrey 26 K 16 0 1 1 7 7 11 10 9 5 28 23 82.1% 41 41 100.0% 1 4 4 0 4.0
Team Total 26.1 16 1 1 7 7 11 10 9 5 28 23 82.1% 41 41 100.0% 81 3634 67 1 44.9
Opp Total 16 30 25 83.3% 40 40 100.0% 61 2708 44.4

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
58 Steve Tovar 26 MLB 13 13 3.0 4 42 0 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 74 20
26 Bo Orlando 30 FS 16 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 72 12
50 James Francis 28 LLB 16 16 3.0 3 61 1 42 0 1 0 3 0 0 62 8
27 Bracy Walker 26 SS 16 16 2 35 0 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 57 13
22 Jimmy Spencer 27 RCB 15 14 5 48 0 34 0 0 0 1 59 1 55 8
56 Ricardo McDonald 27 RLB 16 15 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 47 14
33 Ashley Ambrose*+ 26 LCB 16 16 8 63 1 69 0 1 0 0 0 0 44 6
99 Dan Wilkinson 23 LDT 16 16 6.5 1 7 0 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 7
90 Tim Johnson 31 RDT 14 13 2.5 37 4
92 John Copeland 26 LDE 13 13 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 34 7
23 Corey Sawyer 25 PR 15 2 1.5 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 32 6
94 Jevon Langford 22 de 12 3 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 4
70 Artie Smith 26 RDE 16 12 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 19 7
53 Tom Tumulty 23 lb 16 3 18 8
31 Greg Myers 24 14 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 1
51 Gerald Dixon 27 lb 16 1 1 10 0 10 0 15 6
79 Ramondo Stallings 25 de 12 3 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 13 2
25 Rod Jones 32 8 0 2 2 0 2 0 13 1
67 Kimo von Oelhoffen 25 de 11 1 1.0 11 4
24 Roger Jones 27 db 14 2 1 30 0 30 0 7 1
55 Andre Collins 28 14 0 6 1
35 Sam Shade 23 db 12 1 5 2
93 Tim Morabito 23 dt 7 1 0.5 5 1
8 Jeff Blake 26 QB 16 16 0 7 1 -5 0
32 Ki-Jana Carter 23 rb 16 4 0 2 2 -8 0
96 Kenny Davidson 29 de 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
20 Garrison Hearst 25 RB 16 12 0 1 1 0 0
84 Jeff Hill 24 9 0 0 1 1 0 0
37 Leonard Wheeler 27 13 0 1 0
89 Marco Battaglia 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0
21 Eric Bieniemy 27 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
80 David Dunn 24 KR 16 0 0 1 0 0 0
85 James Hundon 25 5 0 0 1 0 0 0
63 Joe Walter 33 RT 15 15 0 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 32.0 34 308 2 69 0 9 19 17 46 1 702 143
Opp Total 16 47 16 6

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
9 Doug Pelfrey 26 K 16 0 41 23 110
81 Carl Pickens* 26 WR 16 16 12 12 1 74
32 Ki-Jana Carter 23 rb 16 4 8 1 9 54
86 Darnay Scott 24 WR 16 16 5 5 30
82 Tony McGee 25 TE 16 16 4 4 24
21 Eric Bieniemy 27 16 0 2 2 12
8 Jeff Blake 26 QB 16 16 2 2 12
80 David Dunn 24 KR 16 0 1 1 2 12
20 Garrison Hearst 25 RB 16 12 1 1 1 8
33 Ashley Ambrose*+ 26 LCB 16 16 1 1 6
29 Jeff Cothran 25 FB 11 11 1 1 6
50 James Francis 28 LLB 16 16 1 1 6
85 James Hundon 25 5 0 1 1 6
44 Brian Milne 23 rb 6 4 1 1 6
22 Jimmy Spencer 27 RCB 15 14 1 1 6
Team Total 26.1 16 14 25 1 1 2 43 2 41 23 372
Opp Total 16 15 22 1 1 40 25 369