1979 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Homer Rice (4-12)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1979 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 4-12
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Homer Rice (4-12)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1979 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1979 season with a record of 4 wins and 12 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bengals racked up 337 points, but the leaky defense allowed 421, most in the league. Pete Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 865 yards for Cincinnati, and Archie Griffin also contributed to the rushing attack.
Ken Anderson tossed for 2,340 yards. Don Bass grabbed 58 passes for 724 yards, while Isaac Curtis contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense created 44 turnovers. Dick Jauron picked off 6 opponent throws.
Homer Rice 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 | 339 | 189 | 55.8 | 2340 | 6.9 | 16 | 4.7 | 10 | 2.9 | 73 | 46 | 324 | 80.7 |
| Jack Thompson | 87 | 39 | 44.8 | 481 | 5.5 | 1 | 1.1 | 5 | 5.7 | 50 | 16 | 178 | 42.4 |
| Steve Kreider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0.0 | ||||
| Totals | 426 | 228 | 53.5 | 2821 | 6.6 | 17 | 4.0 | 15 | 3.5 | 73 | 63 | 511 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Johnson | 243 | 865 | 3.6 | 35 | 14 |
| Archie Griffin | 140 | 688 | 4.9 | 63 | 0 |
| Charles Alexander | 88 | 286 | 3.2 | 17 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 28 | 235 | 8.4 | 21 | 2 |
| Jack Thompson | 21 | 116 | 5.5 | 21 | 5 |
| Deacon Turner | 28 | 86 | 3.1 | 10 | 1 |
| Don Bass | 4 | 35 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Tom Dinkel | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 2 | -11 | -5.5 | -4 | 0 |
| Totals | 560 | 2329 | 4.2 | 63 | 23 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Bass | 58 | 724 | 12.5 | 50 | 3 |
| Archie Griffin | 43 | 417 | 9.7 | 52 | 2 |
| Dan Ross | 41 | 516 | 12.6 | 41 | 1 |
| Isaac Curtis | 32 | 605 | 18.9 | 67 | 8 |
| Pete Johnson | 24 | 154 | 6.4 | 15 | 1 |
| Charles Alexander | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 8 | 214 | 26.8 | 73 | 1 |
| Jim Corbett | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 1 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | -10 | -10.0 | -10 | 0 |
| Totals | 228 | 2821 | 12.4 | 73 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 89 | 3678 | 41.3 | 61 |
| Totals | 89 | 3678 | 41.3 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn Lusby | 32 | 260 | 8.1 | 40 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 8 | 46 | 5.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Scott Burk | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 42 | 316 | 7.5 | 40 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deacon Turner | 55 | 1149 | 20.9 | 36 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 7 | 128 | 18.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Vaughn Lusby | 6 | 92 | 15.3 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Browner | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Howard Kurnick | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Ross Browner | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Ray Griffin | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Totals | 81 | 1560 | 19.3 | 36 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Jauron | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray Griffin | 4 | 167 | 41.8 | 96 | 1 |
| Marvin Cobb | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Browner | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Scott Perry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Wilson Whitley | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 260 | 13.0 | 96 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Levenseller | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Edwards | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Whitley | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Poole | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Howard Kurnick | 0 | 2 | 38 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vaughn Lusby | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Browner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Lapham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Ruud | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Thompson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ross Browner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Johnson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Ross | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Scott Burk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ray Griffin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mark Donahue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Isaac Curtis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deacon Turner | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 100 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Pete Johnson | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | ||||||||
| Chris Bahr | 13 | 40 | 0 | 79 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jack Thompson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Don Bass | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Archie Griffin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Rick Walker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Charles Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Dan Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ray Griffin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Deacon Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Howard Kurnick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Billy Brooks | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 23 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 337 |
