1976 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Johnson (10-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1976 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 10-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Johnson (10-4)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1976 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1976 season with a record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bengals moved the ball well, scoring 335 points, and the defensive squad allowed 210. Boobie Clark carried the pigskin for a team-best 671 yards for Cincinnati, while Archie Griffin also buoyed the ground attack.
Ken Anderson threw for 2,367 yards. Isaac Curtis grabbed 41 passes for 766 yards.
Ken Riley seized 9 opponent throws.
Bill Johnson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Anderson | 338 | 179 | 53.0 | 2367 | 7.0 | 19 | 5.6 | 14 | 4.1 | 85 | 34 | 235 | 76.9 |
| John Reaves | 22 | 8 | 36.4 | 76 | 3.5 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 4.5 | 19 | 3 | 17 | 58.1 |
| Totals | 360 | 187 | 51.9 | 2443 | 6.8 | 21 | 5.8 | 15 | 4.2 | 85 | 37 | 252 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boobie Clark | 151 | 671 | 4.4 | 24 | 7 |
| Archie Griffin | 138 | 625 | 4.5 | 77 | 3 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 69 | 276 | 4.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Stan Fritts | 47 | 200 | 4.3 | 13 | 3 |
| Tony Davis | 36 | 178 | 4.9 | 16 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 31 | 134 | 4.3 | 25 | 1 |
| Isaac Curtis | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 3 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
| Totals | 481 | 2109 | 4.4 | 77 | 15 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isaac Curtis | 41 | 766 | 18.7 | 85 | 6 |
| Boobie Clark | 23 | 158 | 6.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 22 | 188 | 8.5 | 29 | 3 |
| Bob Trumpy | 21 | 323 | 15.4 | 48 | 7 |
| Chip Myers | 17 | 267 | 15.7 | 63 | 1 |
| Billy Brooks | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 16 | 138 | 8.6 | 23 | 0 |
| John McDaniel | 12 | 232 | 19.3 | 46 | 1 |
| Stan Fritts | 9 | 75 | 8.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bruce Coslet | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 32 | 2 |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 187 | 2443 | 13.1 | 85 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 76 | 2999 | 39.5 | 61 |
| Totals | 76 | 2999 | 39.5 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 21 | 162 | 7.7 | 30 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 20 | 122 | 6.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 10 | 45 | 4.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 54 | 343 | 6.4 | 32 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 30 | 761 | 25.4 | 97 | 1 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 22 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 62 | 20.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 56 | 18.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Ron Hunt | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 12 | 0 |
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Stan Fritts | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 1046 | 21.3 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Riley | 9 | 141 | 15.7 | 53 | 1 |
| Tommy Casanova | 5 | 109 | 21.8 | 33 | 2 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 55 | 18.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Harris | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Chris Devlin | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ron Pritchard | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bernard Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26 | 330 | 12.7 | 53 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bernard Jackson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Burley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Riley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Harris | 0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bruce Coslet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ron Carpenter | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Johnson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 2 | 48 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Casanova | 0 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | |
| Vern Holland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 1 | 32 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Greg Fairchild | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dave Lapham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robert Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lemar Parrish | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Perry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Stan Fritts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Brooks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boobie Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lenvil Elliott | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Archie Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tony Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 38 | 30 | 116 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Chris Bahr | 14 | 39 | 0 | 81 | ||||||||||
| Boobie Clark | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Bob Trumpy | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Stan Fritts | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Tommy Casanova | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Bruce Coslet | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Melvin Morgan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| John McDaniel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Tony Davis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Chip Myers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Totals | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 335 |
