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1978 Cincinnati Bengals Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-12-0, 4th in AFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Bill Johnson (0-5-0) and Homer Rice (4-7-0)

Points For: 252 (15.8/g) 21st of 28

Points Against: 284 (17.8/g) 12th of 28

Expected W-L: 6.9-9.1

SRS: -1.34 (16th of 28), SOS: .66

Defensive Coordinator: Howard Brinker

Other Notable Asst.: Mike McCormack (Offensive Line), George Sefcik (Quarterbacks/RB), Chuck Studley (Defensive Line) and Charley Winner (Defensive Backs)

Stadium: Riverfront Stadium

Principal Owner/General Manager: Paul Brown

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +1000

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	252	4872	1034	4.7	49	19	271	250	470	2741	14	30	5.4	141	526	2131	10	4.1	105	110	956	25
Opp. Stats	284	4632	1036	4.5	37	17	269	193	396	2236	14	20	5.2	118	607	2396	16	3.9	121	123	1074	30
Lg Rank Offense	21	11			24	18	17		5	10	20	23	15		25	18	25	12
Lg Rank Defense	12	10			20	14	9		5	3	8	22	10		22	19	16	17

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 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Kansas City Chiefs	23	24	12	205	128	77	3	26	388	121	267	2
2	Sun	September 10	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L	OT	0-2	@	Cleveland Browns	10	13	14	277	162	115	1	20	355	186	169	1
3	Sun	September 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	3	28	9	179	123	56	2	26	447	235	212	4
4	Sun	September 24	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-4		New Orleans Saints	18	20	14	283	117	166	1	12	254	180	74	2
5	Sun	October 1	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	12	28	18	322	219	103	8	11	179	66	113	2
6	Mon	October 9	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-6	@	Miami Dolphins	0	21	15	247	153	94	5	18	335	152	183	3
7	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-7		New England Patriots	3	10	17	279	206	73	3	19	298	162	136	2
8	Sun	October 22	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-8	@	Buffalo Bills	0	5	16	244	103	141	5	12	226	56	170
9	Sun	October 29	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-8		Houston Oilers	28	13	18	436	247	189	1	15	255	118	137	2
10	Sun	November 5	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-9	@	San Diego Chargers	13	22	12	248	92	156	3	20	322	149	173
11	Mon	November 13	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-10		Oakland Raiders	21	34	27	448	355	93	7	11	201	103	98
12	Sun	November 19	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-11	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	6	7	15	246	149	97	5	14	154	84	70	5
13	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		1-12	@	Houston Oilers	10	17	19	237	95	142		17	301	148	153	2
14	Sun	December 3	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-12		Atlanta Falcons	37	7	20	360	137	223		10	174	91	83	3
15	Mon	December 11	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-12	@	Los Angeles Rams	20	19	18	367	206	161	2	21	415	279	136	3
16	Sun	December 17	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-12		Cleveland Browns	48	16	27	494	249	245	3	17	328	106	222	6

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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	Ken Anderson	29	QB	12	12	4-8-0	173	319	54.2	2219	10	3.1	22	6.9	57	7.0	4.48	12.8	184.9	58.0	30	237	8.60	5.68	3.42	1	1
2	John Reaves	28	QB	9	4	0-4-0	74	144	51.4	790	3	2.1	8	5.6	51	5.5	3.40	10.7	87.8	51.6	8	61	5.26	4.80	2.82	0	0
3	Archie Griffin	24	RB	16	8		2	3	66.7	21	1	33.3	0	0.0	18	7.0	13.67	10.5	1.3	126.4	0	0	0.00	7.00	13.67	0	0
4	Rob Hertel	23	QB	3	0		1	4	25.0	9	0	0.0	0	0.0	9	2.3	2.25	9.0	3.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	2.25	2.25	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	4-12-0	250	470	53.2	2741	14	3.0	30	6.4	57	6.5	3.56	12.2	171.3	56.7	38	298	7.48	5.40	3.29	1	1

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	Pete Johnson	24	FB	16	10	180	762	7	50	4.2	47.6	11.3	31	236	7.6	0	34	1.9	14.8	211	4.7	998	7	4
2	Archie Griffin	24	RB	16	8	132	484	0	30	3.7	30.3	8.3	35	284	8.1	3	27	2.2	17.8	167	4.6	768	3	6
3	Isaac Curtis	28	WR	16	16	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.1	0.1	47	737	15.7	3	57	2.9	46.1	48	15.4	738	3	2
4	Billy Brooks	25	WR	15	13	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	506	16.9	2	45	2.0	33.7	30	16.9	506	2	0
5	Don Bass	22	TE	16	8	1	-4	0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0.1	27	447	16.6	4	51	1.7	27.9	28	15.8	443	4	1
6	Deacon Turner	23	RB	16	5	84	333	0	65	4.0	20.8	5.3	11	50	4.5	0	8	0.7	3.1	95	4.0	383	0	4
7	Boobie Clark	28	FB	14	6	40	187	0	20	4.7	13.4	2.9	11	73	6.6	0	26	0.8	5.2	51	5.1	260	0	1
8	Pat McInally	25	P	16	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	15	189	12.6	0	49	0.9	11.8	15	12.6	189	0	0
9	Jim Corbett	23	TE	16	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	187	15.6	0	51	0.8	11.7	12	15.6	187	0	0
10	Lenvil Elliott	27	RB	10	3	29	75	0	12	2.6	7.5	2.9	12	100	8.3	0	18	1.2	10.0	41	4.3	175	0	1
11	Ken Anderson	29	QB	12	12	29	167	1	16	5.8	13.9	2.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	29	5.8	167	1	8
12	Rick Walker	23	TE	15	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	126	10.5	2	28	0.8	8.4	12	10.5	126	2	1
13	Tony Davis	25	RB	14	0	21	57	2	32	2.7	4.1	1.5	2	23	11.5	0	14	0.1	1.6	23	3.5	80	2	2
14	Dennis Law	23	WR	14	2	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	5	81	16.2	0	20	0.4	5.8	6	13.3	80	0	1
15	John Reaves	28	QB	9	4	6	50	0	20	8.3	5.6	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	6	8.3	50	0	2
16	Tom Dinkel	22	LB	16	6	1	20	0	20	20.0	1.3	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	20.0	20	0	0
17	Rob Hertel	23	QB	3	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	526	2131	10	65	4.1	133.2	32.9	250	3039	12.2	14	57	15.6	189.9	776	6.7	5170	24	36

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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	Louis Breeden	25	LCB	16	16	3	25	0	18	2	1	0	0	1.0	0
2	Gary Burley	26	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	1
3	Isaac Curtis	28	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Eddie Edwards	24	RDT	16	16	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	6.0	0
5	Vern Holland	30	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	Dave Lapham	26	RG	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
7	Jim LeClair	28	MLB	16	16	1	11	0	11	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
8	Ken Riley	31	RCB	16	16	3	33	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Wilson Whitley	23	LDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	3.0	0
10	Glenn Bujnoch	25	LG	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Marvin Cobb	25	SS	16	15	1	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Reggie Williams	24	RLB	16	15	1	11	0	11	0	1	30	0	4.0	0
13	Glenn Cameron	25	LLB	15	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
14	Ken Anderson	29	QB	12	12	0	0	0	0	8	3	-8	0	0.0	0
15	Pete Johnson	24	FB	16	10	0	0	0	0	4	2	-2	0	0.0	0
16	Scott Perry	24	FS	13	10	3	59	2	39	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ross Browner	24	RDE	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	21	0	8.0	0	AP DRoY-2
18	Don Bass	22	TE	16	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0
19	Archie Griffin	24	RB	16	8	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	0.0	0
20	Boobie Clark	28	FB	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Tom Dinkel	22	LB	16	6	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2.0	0
22	Dick Jauron	28	DB	16	6	4	52	1	24	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
23	Deacon Turner	23	RB	16	5	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	John Reaves	28	QB	9	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	-17	0	0.0	0
25	Lenvil Elliott	27	RB	10	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Rick Walker	23	TE	15	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
27	Dennis Law	23	WR	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
28	Melvin Morgan	25	DB	15	1	1	64	0	64	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
29	Tony Davis	25	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
30	Ray Griffin	22	DB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
31	Bo Harris	25	LB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.0	0
32	Rob Hertel	23	QB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-5	0	0.0	0
33	Bob Johnson	32	C	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
34	Ron Shumon	23	LB	13	0	1	48	0	48	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	20	0	3		36	17	29	1	33	2

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