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1998 Cincinnati Bengals
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Record: 3-13-0, Finished 5th in AFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 268 points (16.8/g), 27th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 452 points (28.2/g), 30th.
Differential of -184 points (-11.5/g), 30th.
Expected W-L: 3.6-12.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -2 (-0.1/g), 17th.
Coached by Bruce Coslet (3-13-0)
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1998 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 | Neil O'Donnell | 32 | 7 | 11 | 212 for 343, 2,216 yards, 15 td, 4 int, & 13 rushes for 34 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1990 |
| RB | Corey Dillon | 24 | 1 | 15 | 262 rushes for 1,130 yards, 4 td, & 28 catches for 178 yards and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1997 |
| FB | Brian Milne | 25 | 2 | 14 | 10 rushes for 41 yards, 1 td, & 26 catches for 124 yards and 0 td | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 115th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Carl Pickens | 28 | 6 | 16 | 82 catches for 1,023 yards, 5 td, & 2 rushes for 4 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1992 |
| WR | Darnay Scott | 26 | 4 | 13 | 51 catches for 817 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1994 |
| TE | Tony McGee | 27 | 5 | 16 | 22 catches for 363 yards, 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 37th pick / 1993 |
| LT | Kevin Sargent | 29 | 6 | 16 | ||
| LG | Rich Braham | 28 | 4 | 12 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1994 |
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| C | Darrick Brilz | 34 | 11 | 16 | ||
| RG | Ken Blackman | 26 | 2 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1996 |
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| RG | Anthony Brown | 26 | 3 | 5 | ||
| RG | Mike Goff | 22 | Rook | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1998 |
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| RT | Willie Anderson | 23 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 10th pick / 1996 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Michael Bankston | 28 | 6 | 16 | 4.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 100th pick / 1992 |
| NT | Kimo von Oelhoffen | 27 | 4 | 16 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 162nd pick / 1994 |
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| RDE | Clyde Simmons | 34 | 12 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 233rd pick / 1986 |
| LOLB | James Francis | 30 | 8 | 14 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 12th pick / 1990 |
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| LILB | Brian Simmons | 23 | Rook | 12 | 3.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 17th pick / 1998 |
| RILB | Takeo Spikes | 22 | Rook | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 13th pick / 1998 |
| ROLB | Reinard Wilson | 25 | 1 | 15 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 14th pick / 1997 |
| LCB | Ashley Ambrose | 28 | 6 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| RCB | Artrell Hawkins | 22 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1998 |
| SS | Sam Shade | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 102nd pick / 1995 |
| FS | Greg Myers | 26 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 144th pick / 1996 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Doug Pelfrey | 28 | 5 | 0 | 19 of 27 field goals & 21 of 21 extra points | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 202nd pick / 1993 |
| P | Lee Johnson | 37 | 13 | 0 | 69 punts for a 44.7 average, 1 blocked | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| PR | Damon Gibson | 23 | Rook | 0 | 27 punt returns for a 8.1 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Tremain Mack | 24 | 1 | 0 | 45 kick returns for a 25.9 average and 1 td | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 111th pick / 1997 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ashley Ambrose | 28 | DB | 15 | 15 | 190 | 5-11 | Miss. Valley State | 9/17/1970 | 6 | Indianapolis Colts / 2nd / 29th pick / 1992 |
| Willie Anderson | 23 | T | 16 | 16 | 340 | 6-5 | Auburn | 7/11/1975 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 10th pick / 1996 |
| Michael Bankston | 28 | DE-NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 285 | 6-5 | Sam Houston State | 3/12/1970 | 6 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 100th pick / 1992 |
| Marco Battaglia | 25 | TE | 16 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Rutgers | 1/25/1973 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 39th pick / 1996 |
| Myron Bell | 27 | DB | 16 | 2 | 203 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 9/15/1971 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 5th / 140th pick / 1994 |
| Brandon Bennett | 25 | RB | 14 | 1 | 220 | 5-11 | South Carolina | 2/3/1973 | Rook | |
| Eric Bieniemy | 29 | RB | 16 | 0 | 207 | 5-7 | Colorado | 8/15/1969 | 7 | San Diego Chargers / 2nd / 39th pick / 1991 |
| Ken Blackman | 26 | G | 8 | 8 | 320 | 6-6 | Illinois | 11/8/1972 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 69th pick / 1996 |
| Roosevelt Blackmon | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 9/10/1974 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 121st pick / 1998 |
| Michael Blair | 24 | RB | 2 | 0 | 245 | 5-11 | Ball State | 11/26/1974 | Rook | |
| Jeff Blake | 28 | QB | 8 | 2 | 223 | 6-1 | East Carolina | 12/4/1970 | 6 | New York Jets / 6th / 166th pick / 1992 |
| Rich Braham | 28 | C-G | 12 | 12 | 305 | 6-4 | West Virginia | 11/6/1970 | 4 | Arizona Cardinals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1994 |
| Darrick Brilz | 34 | C-G | 16 | 16 | 287 | 6-3 | Oregon State | 2/14/1964 | 11 | |
| Anthony Brown | 26 | T-G | 16 | 5 | 315 | 6-5 | Utah | 11/6/1972 | 3 | |
| Steve Bush | 24 | TE | 12 | 2 | 280 | 6-3 | Arizona State | 7/4/1974 | 1 | |
| Ki-Jana Carter | 25 | RB | 1 | 0 | 222 | 5-10 | Penn State | 9/12/1973 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 1st pick / 1995 |
| John Copeland | 28 | DE-DT-NT | 5 | 0 | 285 | 6-3 | Alabama | 9/20/1970 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 5th pick / 1993 |
| Brad Costello | 24 | P | 3 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Boston University,Michigan State | 12/24/1974 | Rook | |
| Canute Curtis | 24 | LB | 5 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 8/4/1974 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 176th pick / 1997 |
| Corey Dillon | 24 | RB | 15 | 15 | 225 | 6-1 | Washington | 10/24/1974 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1997 |
| David Dunn | 26 | WR | 1 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Fresno State | 6/10/1972 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 139th pick / 1995 |
| Steve Foley | 23 | LB | 10 | 1 | 265 | 6-4 | La-Monroe | 9/11/1975 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 75th pick / 1998 |
| James Francis | 30 | LB | 14 | 14 | 253 | 6-5 | Baylor | 8/4/1968 | 8 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 12th pick / 1990 |
| Damon Gibson | 23 | WR | 16 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Iowa | 2/25/1975 | Rook | |
| Mike Goff | 22 | G | 10 | 5 | 306 | 6-5 | Iowa | 1/6/1976 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 78th pick / 1998 |
| Billy Granville | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 252 | 6-3 | Duke | 3/11/1974 | 1 | |
| Brock Gutierrez | 25 | C | 1 | 0 | 304 | 6-3 | Central Michigan | 9/25/1973 | 1 | |
| Artrell Hawkins | 22 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-10 | Cincinnati | 11/24/1976 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1998 |
| James Hundon | 27 | WR | 9 | 3 | 180 | 6-1 | Portland State | 4/9/1971 | 2 | |
| Willie Jackson | 27 | WR | 8 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Florida | 8/16/1971 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 4th / 109th pick / 1994 |
| Lee Johnson | 37 | P | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-2 | BYU | 11/27/1961 | 13 | Houston Oilers / 5th / 138th pick / 1985 |
| Rod E. Jones | 24 | T | 7 | 2 | 325 | 6-4 | Kansas | 1/11/1974 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7th / 219th pick / 1996 |
| Paul Justin | 30 | QB | 5 | 3 | 211 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 5/19/1968 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 190th pick / 1991 |
| Eric Kresser | 25 | QB | 2 | 0 | 209 | 6-2 | Florida,Marshall | 2/6/1973 | Rook | |
| Jevon Langford | 24 | DE | 14 | 1 | 290 | 6-3 | Oklahoma State | 2/16/1974 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 108th pick / 1996 |
| Tremain Mack | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 193 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 11/21/1974 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 111th pick / 1997 |
| Ric Mathias | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Wisconsin-LaCrosse | 12/10/1975 | Rook | |
| Tony McGee | 27 | TE | 16 | 16 | 247 | 6-3 | Michigan | 4/21/1971 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 37th pick / 1993 |
| Brian Milne | 25 | RB | 14 | 14 | 255 | 6-3 | Penn State | 1/7/1973 | 2 | Indianapolis Colts / 4th / 115th pick / 1996 |
| Kelvin Moore | 23 | DB | 4 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Iowa State,Morgan State | 3/7/1975 | Rook | |
| Greg Myers | 26 | DB | 16 | 16 | 202 | 6-1 | Colorado State | 9/30/1972 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 144th pick / 1996 |
| Neil O'Donnell | 32 | QB | 13 | 11 | 228 | 6-3 | Maryland | 7/3/1966 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 70th pick / 1990 |
| Rod Payne | 24 | C | 6 | 0 | 305 | 6-4 | Michigan | 6/14/1974 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 3rd / 76th pick / 1997 |
| Doug Pelfrey | 28 | K | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | Kentucky | 9/25/1970 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 8th / 202nd pick / 1993 |
| Carl Pickens | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 206 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 3/23/1970 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 31st pick / 1992 |
| Andre Purvis | 25 | DT | 9 | 0 | 310 | 6-4 | North Carolina | 7/14/1973 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 5th / 144th pick / 1997 |
| Thomas Randolph | 28 | DB | 16 | 1 | 180 | 5-9 | Kansas State | 10/5/1970 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 47th pick / 1994 |
| Adrian Ross | 23 | LB | 14 | 1 | 245 | 6-2 | Colorado State | 2/19/1975 | Rook | |
| Kevin Sargent | 29 | T | 16 | 16 | 289 | 6-6 | Eastern Washington | 3/31/1969 | 6 | |
| Corey Sawyer | 27 | DB | 3 | 0 | 177 | 5-11 | Florida State | 10/4/1971 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 104th pick / 1994 |
| Darnay Scott | 26 | WR | 13 | 13 | 200 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 7/7/1972 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 30th pick / 1994 |
| Sam Shade | 25 | DB | 16 | 14 | 205 | 6-0 | Alabama | 6/14/1973 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 102nd pick / 1995 |
| Scott Shaw | 24 | G | 2 | 0 | 303 | 6-3 | Michigan State | 6/2/1974 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 5th / 143rd pick / 1998 |
| Brian Simmons | 23 | LB | 14 | 12 | 244 | 6-3 | North Carolina | 6/21/1975 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 17th pick / 1998 |
| Clyde Simmons | 34 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-5 | Western Carolina | 8/4/1964 | 12 | Philadelphia Eagles / 9th / 233rd pick / 1986 |
| Takeo Spikes | 22 | LB | 16 | 16 | 242 | 6-2 | Auburn | 12/17/1976 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 13th pick / 1998 |
| Jimmy Sprotte | 24 | LB | 5 | 0 | 237 | 6-3 | Arizona | 10/2/1974 | Rook | Tennessee Oilers / 7th / 205th pick / 1998 |
| Glen Steele | 24 | DT | 10 | 0 | 300 | 6-4 | Michigan | 10/4/1974 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 105th pick / 1998 |
| Mike Thompson | 27 | DT | 9 | 0 | 295 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 12/22/1971 | 3 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 4th / 123rd pick / 1995 |
| Greg Truitt | 33 | C | 11 | 0 | 235 | 6-0 | Penn State | 12/8/1965 | 4 | |
| Tom Tumulty | 25 | LB | 4 | 4 | 247 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/11/1973 | 2 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 178th pick / 1996 |
| Kimo von Oelhoffen | 27 | DE-NT-DT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-4 | Boise State,Hawaii | 1/30/1971 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 162nd pick / 1994 |
| Stepfret Williams | 25 | WR | 5 | 0 | 170 | 6-0 | La-Monroe | 6/14/1973 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 94th pick / 1996 |
| Reinard Wilson | 25 | LB-DE | 16 | 15 | 270 | 6-2 | Florida State | 12/17/1973 | 1 | Cincinnati Bengals / 1st / 14th pick / 1997 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 16 | 243.9 | 6-1.9 | 2.8 |