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1971 Cincinnati Bengals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-10-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Paul Brown (4-10-0)

Points For: 284 (20.3/g) 11th of 26

Points Against: 265 (18.9/g) 9th of 26

Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4

SRS: -0.55 (13th of 26), SOS: -1.91

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	284	4266	867	4.9	23	12	236	214	365	2124	15	11	5.2	115	462	2142	14	4.6	109	82	921	12
Opp. Stats	265	3906	811	4.8	39	12	213	157	335	2128	19	27	5.8	102	446	1778	11	4.0	93	72	722	18
Lg Rank Offense	11	6			1	4	9		13	14	10	2	18		14	6	9	3
Lg Rank Defense	9	12			11	20	7		5	13	22	3	15		10	13	10	11

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 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Philadelphia Eagles	37	14	23	532	296	236	1	17	315	276	39	4
2	Sun	September 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	10	21	15	253	225	28	1	15	288	208	80	3
3	Sun	October 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-2	@	Green Bay Packers	17	20	10	178	88	90	2	18	318	62	256	3
4	Sun	October 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-3		Miami Dolphins	13	23	19	330	116	214	1	16	312	181	131	1
5	Sun	October 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-4		Cleveland Browns	24	27	15	339	107	232	2	17	269	205	64	3
6	Sun	October 24	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-5	@	Oakland Raiders	27	31	17	250	139	111	1	19	316	114	202	2
7	Sun	October 31	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-6	@	Houston Oilers	6	10	9	83	-52	135	1	9	177	83	94	5
8	Sun	November 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-7		Atlanta Falcons	6	9	10	167	73	94	2	15	267	112	155	1
9	Sun	November 14	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-7	@	Denver Broncos	24	10	19	473	260	213	1	10	221	99	122	1
10	Sun	November 21	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-7		Houston Oilers	28	13	19	263	143	120	2	13	241	171	70	2
11	Sun	November 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-7		San Diego Chargers	31	0	28	411	238	173	2	8	130	83	47	6
12	Sun	December 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-8	@	Cleveland Browns	27	31	15	346	114	232	2	22	406	224	182	3
13	Sun	December 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9		Pittsburgh Steelers	13	21	14	348	222	126	5	16	272	146	126	3
14	Sun	December 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-10	@	New York Jets	21	35	23	293	155	138		18	374	164	210	2

Passing

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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	Virgil Carter	26	QB	10	10	4-6-0	138	222	62.2	1624	10	4.5	7	3.2	90	7.3	6.80	11.8	162.4	86.2	13	122	5.53	6.39	5.90	0	0
2	Ken Anderson	22	QB	11	4	0-4-0	72	131	55.0	777	5	3.8	4	3.1	44	5.9	5.32	10.8	70.6	72.6	23	159	14.94	4.01	3.49	0	0
3	Dave Lewis	26	P	14	0		3	10	30.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	1.8	1.80	6.0	1.3	39.6	4	22	28.57	-0.29	-0.29	0	0
4	Fred Willis	24	RB	14	6		1	2	50.0	8	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	4.0	4.00	8.0	0.6	60.4	0	0	0.00	4.00	4.00	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-10-0	214	365	58.6	2124	15	4.1	11	3.0	90	6.6	5.28	11.3	151.7	79.8	40	303	9.88	5.24	4.76

Rushing & Receiving

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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	Fred Willis	24	RB	14	6	135	590	7	36	4.4	42.1	9.6	24	223	9.3	0	29	1.7	15.9	159	5.1	813	7	3
2	Essex Johnson	25	RB	14	0	85	522	4	86	6.1	37.3	6.1	14	258	18.4	2	67	1.0	18.4	99	7.9	780	6	1
3	Jess Phillips	24	FB	14	10	94	420	0	31	4.5	30.0	6.7	22	125	5.7	1	19	1.6	8.9	116	4.7	545	1	3
4	Bob Trumpy	26	TE/WR	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	40	531	13.3	3	44	2.9	37.9	40	13.3	531	3	0
5	Bruce Coslet	25	TE	14	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	356	17.0	4	71	1.5	25.4	21	17.0	356	4	3
6	Doug Dressler	23	RB	14	4	54	204	1	13	3.8	14.6	3.9	19	145	7.6	0	26	1.4	10.4	73	4.8	349	1	1
7	Speedy Thomas	24	WR	12	8	2	-1	0		-0.5	-0.1	0.2	22	327	14.9	2	90	1.8	27.3	24	13.6	326	2	1
8	Chip Myers	26	WR	10	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	27	286	10.6	1	20	2.7	28.6	27	10.6	286	1	1
9	Paul Robinson	27	RB	14	8	49	213	1	17	4.3	15.2	3.5	8	47	5.9	0	16	0.6	3.4	57	4.6	260	1	1
10	Ken Anderson	22	QB	11	4	22	125	1	16	5.7	11.4	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	22	5.7	125	1	5
11	Eric Crabtree	27	WR	7	7	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	14	102	7.3	2	12	2.0	14.6	15	6.9	103	2	0
12	Virgil Carter	26	QB	10	10	8	42	0	19	5.3	4.2	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	5.3	42	0	5
13	Ed Marshall	24	WR	13	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	10	0.2	1.4	2	9.0	18	0	1
14	Ron Lamb	28	RB	12	0	5	13	0	7	2.6	1.1	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	2.6	13	0	0
15	Mike Kelly	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	1	9.0	9	0	0
16	Sandy Durko	23	FS	14	12	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	7.0	7	0	1
17	Dave Lewis	26	P	14	0	6	6	0	9	1.0	0.4	0.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	1.0	6	0	2
	Team Totals			14	14	462	2142	14	86	4.6	153.0	33.0	214	2427	11.3	15	90	15.3	173.4	676	6.8	4569	29	29

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Al Beauchamp	27	LLB	14	14	6	53	1	18	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
2	Bill Bergey	26	MLB	14	14	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
3	Royce Berry	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5	0
4	Ron Carpenter	23	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
5	Steve Chomyszak	27	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.5	0
6	Pat Matson	27	RG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0.0	0
7	Lemar Parrish	24	LCB	14	14	7	105	1	65	1	2	14	1	0.0	0	PB
8	Mike Reid	24	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	0
9	Ken Avery	27	RLB	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Ken Riley	24	RCB	13	13	5	22	0	21	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Sandy Durko	23	FS	14	12	4	46	0	25	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Howard Fest	25	LG	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	0
13	Virgil Carter	26	QB	10	10	0	0	0	0	5	3	-6	0	0.0	0
14	Jess Phillips	24	FB	14	10	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Fletcher Smith	28	SS	14	9	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Paul Robinson	27	RB	14	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Speedy Thomas	24	WR	12	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Neal Craig	23	SS	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Chip Myers	26	WR	10	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Bruce Coslet	25	TE	14	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Fred Willis	24	RB	14	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Ken Anderson	22	QB	11	4	0	0	0	0	5	2	-9	0	0.0	0
23	Doug Dressler	23	RB	14	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bill Peterson	26	LB	14	1	1	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
25	Al Coleman	27	DB	4	0	1	15	0	15	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Essex Johnson	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Ken Johnson	24	DT	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Mike Kelly	23	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Dave Lewis	26	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ed Marshall	24	WR	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
31	Nick Roman	24	DE	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	27	0	2		29	17	4	1	30	0

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