1972 Cincinnati Bengals 8-5-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Cincinnati 64 57 41 84 0 294 Opponent 44 95 83 40 0 279 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 294 279 0-1 24 @New England 28 First Downs 260 268 0-2 14 Pittsburgh 45 Rush 96 130 1-2 29 @Cleveland 7 Pass 153 116 1-3 28 Denver 38 Pen 11 22 2-3 21 @Kansas City 17 Penalties 83 65 2-4 3 @Los Angeles 24 Yards 752 536 3-4 20 Houston 17 4-4 16 @Pittsburgh 14 Rushing Att 428 493 4-4 1 24 Oakland 24 Yards 1923 2548 5-4 1 17 Baltimore 10 Ave 4.5 5.2 6-4 1 17 @Chicago 3 TD 15 20 7-4 1 24 New York(N) 9 8-4 1 48 Cleveland 17 Passing Att 405 321 8-5 1 9 @Houston 26 Comp 255 168 % 63.0 52.3 Int 8 14 % 2.0 4.4 TD 17 13 % 4.2 4.0 Yards 2845 2253 Sacked 23 13 Punt Return 18 23 Yards 107 94 Ave 5.9 4.1 Kick Return 60 60 Yards 1205 1275 Ave 20.1 21.3 Punts 53 37 Yards 2262 1560 Ave 42.7 42.2 FG Att 20 21 Made 17 14 % 85.0 66.7 Third Downs 178 161 Made 78 76 % 43.8 47.2 Fourth Downs 22 21 Made 17 14 % 77.3 66.7 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 18 22 Lost 6 12 Turnovers 14 26 Net Offense 4624 4692 Per Play 5.4 5.7 1972 Cincinnati Bengals Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Johnson,E 197 881 4.5 19 45 19 3 Myers 61 7 648 10.6 1 45 27 8 Dressler 131 693 5.3 18 38 38 9 Trumpy 50 2 552 11.0 2 39 27 4 Phillips 47 245 5.2 7 12 13 2 Dressler 39 2 330 8.5 1 20 30 2 Carter 16 41 2.6 0 1 8 0 Johnson,E 33 2 289 8.8 2 14 33 0 Anderson 29 37 1.3 0 4 6 1 Joiner 28 2 487 17.4 5 25 49 1 Morrison,R 7 15 2.1 0 0 7 0 Thomas,S 21 1 312 14.9 4 13 53 2 Joiner 1 11 11.0 1 1 11 0 Phillips 14 2 130 9.3 1 5 25 0 428 1923 4.5 45 103 38 15 Coslet 7 0 60 8.6 0 4 17 0 Buie 2 0 37 18.5 1 1 25 0 255 18 2845 11.2 17166 53 17 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Anderson 317 202 63.7 2209 10.9 53 20 14 4 1.3 18 11 3.5 90.5 Carter 88 53 60.2 636 12.0 42 8 3 4 4.5 5 6 6.8 86.2 405 255 63.0 2845 11.2 53 28 17 8 2.0 23 17 4.2 89.6 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Muhlmann 35 33 94.3 20 17 85.0 100.0 0.0 40 84 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Lewis 53 2262 59 10 0 13 23 94 37.1 42.7 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Casanova 1 24 24.0 24 0 Casanova 18 6 107 5.9 12 0 Parrish 19 415 21.8 36 0 18 6 107 5.9 12 0 Jackson,B 40 766 19.2 33 0 Fest 2 0 0.0 0 0 60 1205 20.1 36 0 Fumbles Dressler 6 Jackson, 2 Carter 1 Coslet 1 Anderson 4 Johnson, 2 Casanova 1 Myers 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Reid 6 Reid 12 Reid 13 Parrish 9 Casanova 4 Avery 2 Berry 3 Carpente 8 Bergey,B 7 Craig 8 Bergey,B 3 Carpente 2 Carpente 2 Chomysza 6 Berry 6 Riley,K 8 Beaucham 3 Chomysza 2 Chomysza 1 Berry 4 Carpente 4 Casanova 7 Buie 2 Holland 2 Beaucham 1 Avery 4 Avery 4 Reid 5 Craig 2 Berry 1 Chomysza 3 Beaucham 4 Reid 2 Anderson 1 Adams 3 Bergey,B 1 Avery 1 Carter 1 Beaucham 2 Jackson, 1 Chomysza 1 Casanova 1 Berry 1 Berry 1 Beaucham 1 Carpente 1 LeClair 1 Craig 1 Avery 1 Parrish 1 DeLeone 1 Adams 1 Dressler 1 Fest 1 Bergey,B 1 Jackson, 1 Johnson, 1 Johnson, 1 Myers 1 Parrish 1 Trumpy 1 Tackles Casanova 92 Parrish 51 Riley,K 36 Chomysza 25 Jackson, 11 Thomas,S 2 Beaucham 91 Craig 51 Carpente 31 Pritchar 16 Johnson, 7 Kearney, 2 Reid 90 Avery 49 Buie 27 LeClair 13 Peterson 4 Bergey,B 81 Berry 36 Adams 25 Kellerma 11 White,S 3 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Parrish 5 80 16.0 39 1 Casanova 3 110 36.7 61 1 Craig 2 82 41.0 73 1 Riley,K 2 0 0.0 0 0 Beauchamp 1 7 7.0 7 0 Jackson,B 1 0 0.0 0 0 14 279 19.9 73 3 1972 Cincinnati Bengals Coach:Paul Brown Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Anderson,Ken 4 O 2 1 QB Carter,Virgil 3 O 2 1 QB Lewis,Dave 5 O 2 1 ALL Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Dressler,Doug 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Johnson,Essex 1 0 5 B 4 2 RET RB Morrison,Reece 1 0 2 B 3 3 KR RB Phillips,Jess 1 0 4 B 3 3 WR Buie,Drew 0 0 2 O 1 1 WR Joiner,Charlie 0 0 2 O 1 1 KR WR Myers,Chip 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Thomas,Speedy 0 0 3 O 1 1 TE Coslet,Bruce 2 0 3 O 1 1 TE Kelly,Mike 2 0 4 O 1 1 KR TE Trumpy,Bob 2 0 4 O 1 1 TE Watson,Pete 2 0 2 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Dennis,Guy 3 3 4 G Lawson,Steve 3 3 4 G Matson,Pat 5 5 5 T Holland,Vern 7 7 5 T Walters,Stan 5 5 2 C Johnson,Bob 8 8 5 C-G DeLeone,Tom 4 4 4 G-T Fest,Howard 5 5 5 G-T Mayes,Rufus 4 4 2 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Chomyszak,Steve 4 3 0 1 4 DT Johnson,Ken 4 3 0 1 3 DT Reid,Mike 10 6 0 4 5 DE Berry,Royce 5 4 0 1 5 DE Carpenter,Ron 5 3 0 2 5 DE White,Sherman 4 3 0 1 4 ILB Bergey,Bill 7 2 4 1 4 ILB Peterson,Bill 3 2 1 0 5 LB Adams,Doug 4 2 2 0 5 LB Kearney,Tim 3 2 1 0 2 LB LeClair,Jim 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Avery,Ken 5 2 2 1 4 OLB Beauchamp,Al 5 2 3 0 5 OLB Pritchard,Ron 4 2 2 0 2 CB Jackson,Bernard 4 1 3 0 5 KR CB Parrish,Lemar 8 0 8 0 5 RET CB Riley,Ken 6 0 6 0 4 S Casanova,Tommy 8 1 7 0 5 RET S Craig,Neal 5 1 4 0 5 S Kellerman,Ernie 3 1 2 0 2 Special Teams K Muhlmann,Horst