1996 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bruce Coslet (7-2)
Coach: David Shula (1-6)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio

1996 Cincinnati Bengals Roster
1996 Cincinnati Bengals Results

The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1996 season with a record of 8 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.

Cincinnati piled up points with 372 points, while the defensive unit gave up 369. Jeff Blake led the charge, slinging for 3,624 yards. Carl Pickens paced the receiving corps, grabbing 100 passes for 1,180 yards.

Garrison Hearst carried the ball for a team-best 847 yards for the Bengals.

The opportunistic defense pounced on 44 turnovers. Ashley Ambrose intercepted 8 opponent throws. Dan Wilkinson sacked opposing passers 6.5 times.

Bruce Coslet and David Shula coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jeff Blake	549	308	56.1	3624	6.6	24	4.4	14	2.6	61	44	278	80.3
Erik Wilhelm	13	7	53.8	90	6.9	1	7.7	2	15.4	38	3	16	61.9
Carl Pickens	1	1	100.0	12	12.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	12	0	0	116.7
Totals	563	316	56.1	3726	6.6	25	4.4	16	2.8	61	47	294

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Garrison Hearst	225	847	3.8	24	0
Jeff Blake	72	317	4.4	18	2
Eric Bieniemy	56	269	4.8	33	2
Ki-Jana Carter	91	264	2.9	31	8
Jeff Cothran	15	44	2.9	9	1
Erik Wilhelm	6	24	4.0	18	0
Brian Milne	8	22	2.8	5	1
Darnay Scott	3	4	1.3	8	0
Carl Pickens	2	2	1.0	2	0
Totals	478	1793	3.8	33	14

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Carl Pickens	100	1180	11.8	61	12
Darnay Scott	58	833	14.4	50	5
Tony McGee	38	446	11.7	22	4
David Dunn	32	509	15.9	40	1
Eric Bieniemy	32	272	8.5	42	0
Ki-Jana Carter	22	169	7.7	20	1
Garrison Hearst	12	131	10.9	40	1
Marco Battaglia	8	79	9.9	17	0
Jeff Cothran	7	49	7.0	14	0
Brian Milne	3	29	9.7	15	0
Troy Sadowski	3	15	5.0	8	0
James Hundon	1	14	14.0	14	1
Totals	316	3726	11.8	61	25

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Doug Pelfrey	41	41	100.0	28	23	82.1	110
Totals	41	41	100.0	28	23	82.1	110

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Lee Johnson	80	3630	45.4	67
Doug Pelfrey	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	81	3634	44.9	67

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Corey Sawyer	15	117	7.8	62
David Dunn	7	54	7.7	20
Greg Myers	9	51	5.7	12
Carl Pickens	1	2	2.0	2
James Hundon	1	-7	-7.0	-7
Totals	33	217	6.6	62

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
David Dunn	35	782	22.3	90	1
Corey Sawyer	12	241	20.1	33	0
James Hundon	10	237	23.7	31	0
Jeff Hill	9	173	19.2	29	0
Jeff Cothran	1	11	11.0	11	0
Marco Battaglia	1	8	8.0	8	0
Troy Sadowski	2	7	3.5	7	0
Totals	70	1459	20.8	90	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Ashley Ambrose	8	63	7.9	69	1
Jimmy Spencer	5	48	9.6	34	0
Steve Tovar	4	42	10.5	24	0
James Francis	3	61	20.3	42	1
Bracy Walker	2	35	17.5	35	0
Greg Myers	2	10	5.0	10	0
Rod Jones	2	2	1.0	2	0
Bo Orlando	2	0	0.0	0	0
Corey Sawyer	2	0	0.0	0	0
Roger Jones	1	30	30.0	30	0
Gerald Dixon	1	10	10.0	10	0
Dan Wilkinson	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jevon Langford	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	34	308	9.1	69	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Dan Wilkinson	6.5
Ricardo McDonald	5.0
James Francis	3.0
Steve Tovar	3.0
John Copeland	3.0
Tim Johnson	2.5
Ramondo Stallings	2.0
Jevon Langford	2.0
Corey Sawyer	1.5
Kimo von Oelhoffen	1.0
Artie Smith	1.0
Bo Orlando	1.0
Tim Morabito	0.5
Totals	32.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Steve Tovar	84	74	20	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bo Orlando	78	72	12	0	0	1	0	0	1
James Francis	66	62	8	0	0	3	0		1
Bracy Walker	63.5	57	13	0	0	0	0	0	1
Jimmy Spencer	59	55	8	0	0	1	59	1	0
Ricardo McDonald	54	47	14		0	0	0	0	1
Ashley Ambrose	47	44	6	0	0	0	0		1
Dan Wilkinson	40.5	37	7	0	1	1	0	0	0
Tim Johnson	39	37	4
John Copeland	37.5	34	7		0	0	0	0	1
Corey Sawyer	35	32	6	0	2	1	0	0	1
Jevon Langford	22	20	4	0	0	1	0	0	0
Artie Smith	22.5	19	7		0	1	0	0	0
Tom Tumulty	22	18	8
Greg Myers	17.5	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Gerald Dixon	18	15	6	0
Ramondo Stallings	14	13	2		0	0	0	0	2
Rod Jones	13.5	13	1	0
Kimo von Oelhoffen	13	11	4
Roger Jones	7.5	7	1	0
Andre Collins	6.5	6	1
Sam Shade	6	5	2
Tim Morabito	5.5	5	1
Kenny Davidson	1	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
Leonard Wheeler	1	1	0
Ki-Jana Carter					2	2	-8		0
Jeff Hill					1	1	0	0	0
Joe Walter					0	1	0	0	0
Marco Battaglia					0	1	0	0	0
Garrison Hearst					1	1	0		0
Jeff Blake					7	1	-5		0
David Dunn					1	0	0		0
James Hundon					1	0	0		0
Eric Bieniemy					1	0	0		0
Totals	773.5	702	143	0	19	17	46	1	9

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Doug Pelfrey									23	41	0			110
Carl Pickens	0	12	0						0	0	0	1		74
Ki-Jana Carter	8	1							0	0	0			54
Darnay Scott	0	5							0	0	0			30
Tony McGee		4							0	0	0			24
Jeff Blake	2								0	0	0			12
David Dunn		1	0	1					0	0	0			12
Eric Bieniemy	2	0							0	0	0			12
Garrison Hearst	0	1							0	0	0	1		8
Ashley Ambrose						1			0	0	0			6
Brian Milne	1	0							0	0	0			6
Jimmy Spencer						0	1		0	0	0			6
James Hundon		1	0	0					0	0	0			6
Jeff Cothran	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
James Francis						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	14	25	0	1	0	2	1	0	23	41	0	2	0	372