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1972 Cincinnati Bengals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-6-0, 3rd in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (8-6-0)

Points For: 299 (21.4/g) 13th of 26

Points Against: 229 (16.4/g) 5th of 26

Expected W-L: 9.1-4.9

SRS: 4.12 (11th of 26), SOS: -0.88

Defensive Coordinator: Chuck Weber

Other Notable Asst.: Vince Costello (Linebackers), Bill Johnson (Offensive Line), Chuck Studley (Defensive Line) and Bill Walsh (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Riverfront Stadium

Principal Owner/President/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: Wilmington College (Wilmington, Ohio)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	299	4317	899	4.8	29	18	255	219	384	2321	10	11	5.7	122	491	1996	16	4.1	112	76	738	21
Opp. Stats	229	3552	794	4.5	29	9	207	167	350	1737	11	20	4.5	92	406	1815	11	4.5	98	69	581	17
Lg Rank Offense	13	9			7	20	6		4	9	21	2	13		12	14	11	13
Lg Rank Defense	5	3			17	24	3		15	4	5	11	1		3	12	7	21

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0	@	New England Patriots	31	7	21	357	111	246		9	137	83	54	3
2	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-0		Pittsburgh Steelers	15	10	13	269	148	121	4	14	205	131	74	3
3	Sun	October 1	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		2-1	@	Cleveland Browns	6	27	19	331	203	128	4	14	289	180	109
4	Sun	October 8	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-1		Denver Broncos	21	10	13	199	109	90	1	11	167	37	130
5	Sun	October 15	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-1	@	Kansas City Chiefs	23	16	11	251	182	69	2	22	320	197	123	2
6	Sun	October 22	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	12	15	20	283	110	173	2	9	149	94	55	3
7	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-2		Houston Oilers	30	7	29	496	252	244	2	10	145	47	98	2
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-3	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	40	21	366	221	145	3	20	415	185	230
9	Sun	November 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-4		Oakland Raiders	14	20	14	233	144	89	1	24	381	88	293	2
10	Sun	November 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		5-5		Baltimore Colts	19	20	17	267	186	81	1	17	306	163	143	1
11	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-5	@	Chicago Bears	13	3	13	271	113	158	2	9	216	106	110	2
12	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-5		New York Giants	13	10	15	317	212	105	2	16	267	112	155	4
13	Sat	December 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-6		Cleveland Browns	24	27	25	334	140	194	4	15	259	150	109	2
14	Sun	December 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-6	@	Houston Oilers	61	17	24	343	190	153	1	17	296	164	132	5

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ken Anderson	23	QB	13	13	7-6-0	171	301	56.8	1918	7	2.3	7	2.3	65	6.4	5.8	11.2	147.5	74.0	18	155	5.64	5.53	5.0	2	2
2	Virgil Carter	27	QB	10	1	1-0-0	47	82	57.3	579	3	3.7	4	4.9	36	7.1	5.6	12.3	57.9	71.1	6	37	6.82	6.16	4.8	0	0
3	Fred Willis	25	RB	5	5		1	1	100.0	16	0	0.0	0	0.0	16	16.0	16.0	16.0	3.2	118.7	0	0	0.00	16.00	16.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-6-0	219	384	57.0	2321	10	2.6	11	2.9	65	6.5	5.8	11.5	165.8	73.6	24	192	5.88	5.69	4.97	2	2

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Essex Johnson	26	RB	14	11	212	825	4	19	3.9	58.9	15.1	29	420	14.5	2	65	2.1	30.0	241	5.2	1245	6	4
2	Doug Dressler	24	FB	14	10	128	565	6	43	4.4	40.4	9.1	39	348	8.9	1	33	2.8	24.9	167	5.5	913	7	4
3	Chip Myers	27	WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	57	792	13.9	3	42	4.1	56.6	57	13.9	792	3	0	PB
4	Bob Trumpy	27	TE	12	12	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	44	500	11.4	2	38	3.7	41.7	44	11.4	500	2	0
5	Jess Phillips	25	RB	13	2	48	207	1	20	4.3	15.9	3.7	10	50	5.0	0	15	0.8	3.8	58	4.4	257	1	1
6	Fred Willis	25	RB	5	5	42	127	0	12	3.0	25.4	8.4	9	46	5.1	0	10	1.8	9.2	51	3.4	173	0	1
7	Speedy Thomas	25	WR	11	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	17	171	10.1	1	18	1.5	15.5	17	10.1	171	1	1
8	Charlie Joiner	25	WR	6	4	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.2	8	133	16.6	0	25	1.3	22.2	9	15.0	135	0	1
9	Ken Anderson	23	QB	13	13	22	94	3	18	4.3	7.2	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	4.3	94	3	5
10	Paul Robinson	28	RB	4	0	21	94	0	15	4.5	23.5	5.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	21	4.5	94	0	0
11	Virgil Carter	27	QB	10	1	12	57	2	14	4.8	5.7	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	12	4.8	57	2	2
12	Bruce Coslet	26	TE	10	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	48	9.6	1	17	0.5	4.8	5	9.6	48	1	0
13	Dave Lewis	27	P	14	0	1	15	0	15	15.0	1.1	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	15.0	15	0	0
14	Steve Conley	23	RB	1	0	3	8	0	5	2.7	8.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.7	8	0	0
15	Drew Buie	25	WR	4	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.3	1.3	1	5.0	5	0	0
16	Reece Morrison	27	RB	6	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.3	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	2.0	2	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	491	1996	16	43	4.1	142.6	35.1	219	2513	11.5	10	65	15.6	179.5	710	6.4	4509	26	19

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Tommy Casanova	22	FS	14	14	5	108	0	33	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	AP DRoY-2
2	Neal Craig	24	SS	14	14	2	76	1	63	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
3	Bob Johnson	26	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	0	0.0	0
4	Lemar Parrish	25	LCB	14	14	5	90	2	33	4	1	-19	0	0.0	0
5	Mike Reid	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	0	PB,AP-1
6	Ken Anderson	23	QB	13	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	-20	0	0.0	0
7	Al Beauchamp	28	LLB	14	13	1	8	0	8	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
8	Royce Berry	26	LDE	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.5	0
9	Ken Avery	28	RLB	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
10	Ken Riley	25	RCB	12	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Sherman White	24	RDE	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	1	AP DRoY-3
12	Essex Johnson	26	RB	14	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
13	Bill Bergey	27	MLB	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Steve Chomyszak	28	RDT	13	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0
15	Doug Dressler	24	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Speedy Thomas	25	WR	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Stan Walters	24	LT	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
18	Fred Willis	25	RB	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Doug Adams	23	LB	14	4	3	44	0	19	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Ron Carpenter	24	DT	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
21	Charlie Joiner	25	WR	6	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ken Johnson	25	DE	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Ron Pritchard	25	LB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	Bernard Jackson	22	DB	14	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Jess Phillips	25	RB	13	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Virgil Carter	27	QB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	-6	0	0.0	0
27	Steve Conley	23	RB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike Kelly	24	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Jim LeClair	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	20	326	3	63	28	17	-48	0	34.0	1

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