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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.
Coached by David Shula (1-6-0) and Bruce Coslet (7-2-0)
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1996 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 | Jeff Blake | 26 | 4 | 16 | 308 for 549, 3,624 yards, 24 td, 14 int, & 72 rushes for 317 yards and 2 td | New York Jets / 6th / 166th pick / 1992 |
| RB | Garrison Hearst | 25 | 3 | 12 | 225 rushes for 847 yards, 0 td, & 12 catches for 131 yards and 1 td | Phoenix Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1993 |
| FB | Jeff Cothran | 25 | 2 | 11 | 15 rushes for 44 yards, 1 td, & 7 catches for 49 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 66th pick / 1994 |
| WR | Carl Pickens* | 26 | 4 | 16 | 100 catches for 1,180 yards, 12 td, & 2 rushes for 2 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1992 |
| WR | Darnay Scott | 24 | 2 | 16 | 58 catches for 833 yards, 5 td, & 3 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1994 |
| TE | Tony McGee | 25 | 3 | 16 | 38 catches for 446 yards, 4 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 37th pick / 1993 |
| LT | Willie Anderson | 21 | Rook | 10 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 10th pick / 1996 |
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| LT | Melvin Tuten | 25 | 1 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1995 |
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| LG | Rich Braham | 26 | 2 | 16 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1994 |
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| C | Darrick Brilz | 32 | 9 | 13 | ||
| RG | Ken Blackman | 24 | Rook | 10 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1996 |
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| RG | Scott Brumfield | 26 | 3 | 8 | ||
| RT | Joe Walter | 33 | 11 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 181st pick / 1985 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Copeland | 26 | 3 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 5th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Dan Wilkinson | 23 | 2 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1994 |
| RDT | Tim Johnson | 31 | 9 | 13 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 141st pick / 1987 |
| RDE | Artie Smith | 26 | 3 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 116th pick / 1993 |
| LLB | James Francis | 28 | 6 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 12th pick / 1990 |
| MLB | Steve Tovar | 26 | 3 | 13 | 3.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1993 |
| RLB | Ricardo McDonald | 27 | 4 | 15 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 88th pick / 1992 |
| LCB | Ashley Ambrose*+ | 26 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| RCB | Jimmy Spencer | 27 | 4 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| SS | Bracy Walker | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 127th pick / 1994 |
| FS | Bo Orlando | 30 | 6 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Houston Oilers / 6th / 157th pick / 1989 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Doug Pelfrey | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 of 28 field goals & 41 of 41 extra points | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 202nd pick / 1993 |
| P | Lee Johnson | 35 | 11 | 0 | 80 punts for a 45.4 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| PR | Corey Sawyer | 25 | 2 | 2 | 15 punt returns for a 7.8 average and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 104th pick / 1994 |
| KR | David Dunn | 24 | 1 | 0 | 35 kick returns for a 22.3 average and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 139th pick / 1995 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ashley Ambrose*+ | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley State | 9/17/1970 | 4 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| Willie Anderson | 21 | T | 16 | 10 | 340 | 6-5 | Auburn | 7/11/1975 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 10th pick / 1996 |
| Marco Battaglia | 23 | TE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Rutgers | 1/25/1973 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 39th pick / 1996 |
| Eric Bieniemy | 27 | RB | 16 | 0 | 207 | 5-7 | Colorado | 8/15/1969 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1991 |
| Ken Blackman | 24 | G | 14 | 10 | 320 | 6-6 | Illinois | 11/8/1972 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1996 |
| Jeff Blake | 26 | QB | 16 | 16 | 223 | 6-1 | East Carolina | 12/4/1970 | 4 | New York Jets / 6th / 166th pick / 1992 |
| Rich Braham | 26 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 305 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 11/6/1970 | 2 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1994 |
| Darrick Brilz | 32 | C-G | 13 | 13 | 287 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 2/14/1964 | 9 | |
| Anthony Brown | 24 | T-G | 7 | 0 | 315 | 6-5 | Utah | 11/6/1972 | 1 | |
| Scott Brumfield | 26 | G-T | 9 | 8 | 321 | 6-8 | BYU | 8/19/1970 | 3 | |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 23 | RB | 16 | 4 | 222 | 5-10 | Penn State | 9/12/1973 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1995 |
| Andre Collins | 28 | LB | 14 | 0 | 237 | 6-1 | Penn State | 5/4/1968 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 46th pick / 1990 |
| John Copeland | 26 | DE-DT-NT | 13 | 13 | 285 | 6-3 | Alabama | 9/20/1970 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 5th pick / 1993 |
| Jeff Cothran | 25 | FB | 11 | 11 | 249 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 6/28/1971 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 66th pick / 1994 |
| Kenny Davidson | 29 | DE | 3 | 1 | 272 | 6-5 | LSU | 8/17/1967 | 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1990 |
| Gerald Dixon | 27 | LB | 16 | 1 | 250 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 6/20/1969 | 3 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 78th pick / 1992 |
| David Dunn | 24 | WR | 16 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Fresno State | 6/10/1972 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 139th pick / 1995 |
| James Francis | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 253 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/4/1968 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 12th pick / 1990 |
| Garrison Hearst | 25 | RB | 16 | 12 | 215 | 5-11 | Georgia | 1/4/1971 | 3 | Phoenix Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1993 |
| Jeff Hill | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 178 | 5-11 | Purdue | 9/24/1972 | 2 | |
| James Hundon | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 180 | 6-1 | Portland State | 4/9/1971 | Rook | |
| Lee Johnson | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | BYU | 11/27/1961 | 11 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| Tim Johnson | 31 | DT-DE | 14 | 13 | 275 | 6-3 | Penn State | 1/29/1965 | 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 6th / 141st pick / 1987 |
| Rod Jones | 32 | DB | 8 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/31/1964 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 25th pick / 1986 |
| Rod E. Jones | 22 | T | 5 | 1 | 325 | 6-4 | Kansas | 1/11/1974 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 219th pick / 1996 |
| Roger Jones | 27 | DB | 14 | 2 | 175 | 5-9 | Tennessee State | 4/22/1969 | 5 | |
| Todd Kelly | 26 | LB-DE | 3 | 0 | 259 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 11/27/1970 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 1st / 27th pick / 1993 |
| Jevon Langford | 22 | DE | 12 | 3 | 290 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 2/16/1974 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 108th pick / 1996 |
| Ricardo McDonald | 27 | LB | 16 | 15 | 248 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 11/8/1969 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 88th pick / 1992 |
| Tony McGee | 25 | TE | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/21/1971 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 37th pick / 1993 |
| Brian Milne | 23 | RB | 6 | 4 | 255 | 6-3 | Penn State | 1/7/1973 | Rook | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 115th pick / 1996 |
| Tim Morabito | 23 | DT-NT | 7 | 1 | 296 | 6-3 | Boston College | 10/12/1973 | Rook | |
| Greg Myers | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 202 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 9/30/1972 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 144th pick / 1996 |
| Randy Neal | 24 | LB | 1 | 0 | 236 | 6-3 | Virginia | 12/29/1972 | 1 | |
| Bo Orlando | 30 | DB | 16 | 16 | 180 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 4/3/1966 | 6 | Houston Oilers / 6th / 157th pick / 1989 |
| Doug Pelfrey | 26 | K | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 9/25/1970 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 202nd pick / 1993 |
| Carl Pickens* | 26 | WR | 16 | 16 | 206 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 3/23/1970 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1992 |
| Troy Sadowski | 31 | TE | 16 | 2 | 255 | 6-5 | Georgia | 12/8/1965 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 6th / 145th pick / 1989 |
| Corey Sawyer | 25 | DB | 15 | 2 | 177 | 5-11 | Florida State | 10/4/1971 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 104th pick / 1994 |
| Darnay Scott | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 200 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 7/7/1972 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1994 |
| Sam Shade | 23 | DB | 12 | 1 | 205 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/14/1973 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 102nd pick / 1995 |
| Chris Shelling | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Auburn | 11/3/1972 | 1 | |
| Artie Smith | 26 | DE | 16 | 12 | 296 | 6-5 | Louisiana Tech | 5/15/1970 | 3 | San Francisco 49ers / 5th / 116th pick / 1993 |
| Jimmy Spencer | 27 | DB | 15 | 14 | 188 | 5-9 | Florida | 3/29/1969 | 4 | Washington Redskins / 8th / 215th pick / 1991 |
| Ramondo Stallings | 25 | DE | 12 | 3 | 286 | 6-7 | San Diego State | 11/21/1971 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 195th pick / 1994 |
| Steve Tovar | 26 | LB | 13 | 13 | 246 | 6-3 | Ohio State | 4/25/1970 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 59th pick / 1993 |
| Greg Truitt | 31 | C | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Penn State | 12/8/1965 | 2 | |
| Tom Tumulty | 23 | LB | 16 | 3 | 247 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/11/1973 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 178th pick / 1996 |
| Melvin Tuten | 25 | T | 16 | 7 | 320 | 6-7 | Syracuse | 11/11/1971 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1995 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 25 | DE-NT-DT | 11 | 1 | 300 | 6-4 | Boise State,Hawaii | 1/30/1971 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 162nd pick / 1994 |
| Bracy Walker | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 202 | 6-0 | North Carolina | 10/28/1970 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 127th pick / 1994 |
| Joe Walter | 33 | T-G | 15 | 15 | 292 | 6-7 | Texas Tech | 6/18/1963 | 11 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 181st pick / 1985 |
| Leonard Wheeler | 27 | DB | 13 | 0 | 192 | 6-0 | Mississippi,Troy State | 1/15/1969 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 84th pick / 1992 |
| Erik Wilhelm | 31 | QB | 3 | 0 | 217 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 11/19/1965 | 7 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1989 |
| Dan Wilkinson | 23 | DT-DE | 16 | 16 | 335 | 6-4 | Ohio State | 3/13/1973 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1994 |
| Tydus Winans | 24 | WR | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-11 | Fresno State | 7/26/1972 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 3rd / 68th pick / 1994 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 243.4 | 6-2.0 | 3.1 |