1980 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Forrest Gregg (6-10)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1980 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 6-10
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Forrest Gregg (6-10)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1980 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1980 season with a record of 6 wins and 10 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bengals stumbled, scoring only 244 points, and the defense allowed 312. Ken Anderson threw for 1,778 yards, and Jack Thompson played quarterback, too. Dan Ross paced pass catchers, grabbing 56 passes for 724 yards. Isaac Curtis contributed to the receiving game also.
Pete Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 747 yards for Cincinnati, and Charles Alexander additionally aided the ground game.
Louis Breeden intercepted 7 opponent throws.
Forrest Gregg 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 | 275 | 166 | 60.4 | 1778 | 6.5 | 6 | 2.2 | 13 | 4.7 | 67 | 24 | 174 | 66.9 |
| Jack Thompson | 234 | 115 | 49.1 | 1324 | 5.7 | 11 | 4.7 | 12 | 5.1 | 59 | 13 | 113 | 60.9 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 510 | 281 | 55.1 | 3102 | 6.1 | 17 | 3.3 | 25 | 4.9 | 67 | 37 | 287 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Johnson | 186 | 747 | 4.0 | 57 | 6 |
| Charles Alexander | 169 | 702 | 4.2 | 37 | 2 |
| Archie Griffin | 85 | 260 | 3.1 | 14 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 30 | 130 | 4.3 | 24 | 0 |
| Ken Anderson | 16 | 122 | 7.6 | 20 | 0 |
| Jack Thompson | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Cleo Montgomery | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 5 | 6 | 1.2 | 7 | 0 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.L. Harris | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 513 | 2069 | 4.0 | 57 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ross | 56 | 724 | 12.9 | 37 | 4 |
| Isaac Curtis | 43 | 610 | 14.2 | 67 | 3 |
| Charles Alexander | 36 | 192 | 5.3 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Bass | 32 | 409 | 12.8 | 55 | 6 |
| Archie Griffin | 28 | 196 | 7.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 21 | 172 | 8.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Pat McInally | 18 | 269 | 14.9 | 59 | 2 |
| Steve Kreider | 17 | 272 | 16.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 12 | 73 | 6.1 | 15 | 1 |
| M.L. Harris | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Levenseller | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Anthony Munoz | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Totals | 281 | 3102 | 11.0 | 67 | 17 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Sunter | 15 | 15 | 100.0 | 20 | 11 | 55.0 | 48 |
| Jim Breech | 12 | 11 | 91.7 | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 23 |
| Sandro Vitiello | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | |
| Totals | 28 | 27 | 96.4 | 29 | 15 | 51.7 | 72 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 83 | 3390 | 40.8 | 61 |
| Jim Breech | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 37 |
| Totals | 85 | 3457 | 40.7 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo Montgomery | 31 | 223 | 7.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Jo Jo Heath | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Bright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 252 | 6.5 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleo Montgomery | 44 | 843 | 19.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Deacon Turner | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 31 | 0 |
| Bryan Hicks | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 21 | 0 |
| Jo Jo Heath | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Browner | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ron Simpkins | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 68 | 1199 | 17.6 | 40 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Breeden | 7 | 91 | 13.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Glenn Cameron | 3 | 43 | 14.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Griffin | 2 | 80 | 40.0 | 52 | 2 |
| Reggie Williams | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Dick Jauron | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bryan Hicks | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Greg Bright | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 20 | 255 | 12.8 | 52 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg Bright | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Thompson | 5 | 3 | -1 | 0 | |||
| Tom Dinkel | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rick Razzano | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bo Harris | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cleo Montgomery | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray Griffin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Glenn Cameron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Bass | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Steve Kreider | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Johnson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eddie Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ross Browner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bryan Hicks | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat McInally | 2 | 1 | -16 | 0 | |||
| Dick Jauron | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Simpkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Andrew Melontree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nathan Poole | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Archie Griffin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charles Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deacon Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dan Ross | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ian Sunter | 11 | 15 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Pete Johnson | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Don Bass | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| Dan Ross | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||||
| Jim Breech | 4 | 11 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Charles Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ray Griffin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Pat McInally | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Deacon Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Jack Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Sandro Vitiello | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 242 |
