1968 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 5th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Paul Brown (3-11)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1968 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 5th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Paul Brown (3-11)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1968 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the American Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fifth in the AFL's West Division.
The Bengals labored to change the scoreboard with just 215 points, and the defensive squad gave up 329. Paul Robinson carried the ball for a team-best 1,023 yards for Cincinnati.
John Stofa threw for 896 yards, while Sam Wyche and Dewey Warren played quarterback also. Bob Trumpy grabbed 37 passes for 639 yards. Rod Sherman contributed to the receiving game, too.
Jess Phillips intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Paul Brown coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | John Stofa | 177 | 85 | 48.0 | 896 | 5.1 | 5 | 2.8 | 5 | 2.8 | 60 | 60.8 | Dewey Warren | 80 | 47 | 58.8 | 506 | 6.3 | 1 | 1.2 | 4 | 5.0 | 45 | 60.7 | Sam Wyche | 55 | 35 | 63.6 | 494 | 9.0 | 2 | 3.6 | 2 | 3.6 | 80 | 89.5 | Rex Keeling | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 313 | 167 | 53.4 | 1896 | 6.1 | 8 | 2.6 | 11 | 3.5 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Paul Robinson | 238 | 1023 | 4.3 | 87 | 8 | Essex Johnson | 26 | 178 | 6.8 | 41 | 3 | Tommie Smiley | 63 | 146 | 2.3 | 11 | 1 | Warren McVea | 9 | 133 | 14.8 | 80 | 1 | Estes Banks | 34 | 131 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 | Sam Wyche | 12 | 74 | 6.2 | 21 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 17 | 44 | 2.6 | 17 | 0 | S.T. Saffold | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Dewey Warren | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 12 | 0 | Dale Livingston | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Rex Keeling | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Bobby Hunt | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | Teddy Washington | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Rod Sherman | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | John Stofa | 10 | 1 | 0.1 | 13 | 0 | Bob Trumpy | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 421 | 1807 | 4.3 | 87 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bob Trumpy | 37 | 639 | 17.3 | 80 | 3 | Rod Sherman | 31 | 374 | 12.1 | 27 | 1 | Paul Robinson | 24 | 128 | 5.3 | 68 | 1 | Warren McVea | 21 | 264 | 12.6 | 55 | 2 | Tommie Smiley | 19 | 86 | 4.5 | 17 | 0 | S.T. Saffold | 16 | 172 | 10.8 | 25 | 0 | Ken Herock | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 22 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 60 | 0 | Estes Banks | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 13 | 1 | Andre White | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | Essex Johnson | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | Bill Peterson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Sam Wyche | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 167 | 1896 | 11.4 | 80 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Dale Livingston | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 26 | 13 | 50.0 | 59 | Rod Sherman | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 24 | 24 | 100.0 | 27 | 13 | 48.1 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Dale Livingston | 70 | 3036 | 43.4 | 66 | Fletcher Smith | 8 | 230 | 28.8 | 45 | Rex Keeling | 6 | 170 | 28.3 | 35 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 84 | 3436 | 40.9 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Essex Johnson | 22 | 111 | 5.0 | 45 | 0 | Philip Spiller | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 40 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | Monk Williams | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 | Charlie King | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Paul Robinson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 30 | 196 | 6.5 | 45 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Warren McVea | 14 | 310 | 22.1 | 30 | 0 | Essex Johnson | 14 | 266 | 19.0 | 31 | 0 | Monk Williams | 5 | 112 | 22.4 | 33 | 0 | Estes Banks | 6 | 106 | 17.7 | 24 | 0 | Philip Spiller | 5 | 91 | 18.2 | 28 | 0 | Bill Peterson | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 30 | 0 | Paul Robinson | 3 | 58 | 19.3 | 22 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | Dennis Randall | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Wayne McClure | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | S.T. Saffold | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 54 | 1068 | 19.8 | 33 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jess Phillips | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 23 | 0 | Al Beauchamp | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 1 | Charlie King | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 1 | Harry Gunner | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Fletcher Smith | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | Bobby Hunt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Sherrill Headrick | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 10 | 144 | 14.4 | 32 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Essex Johnson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Middendorf | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Robinson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pat Matson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dewey Warren | 2 | 2 | -6 | 0 | 0 | Ken Herock | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Kindricks | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Howard Fest | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Gunner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tommie Smiley | 3 | 1 | -11 | 0 | 0 | Bill Staley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Elzey | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | John Stofa | 5 | 1 | -16 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | Jim Griffin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Charlie King | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Andre White | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Buncom | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 0 | S.T. Saffold | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Philip Spiller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Wyche | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Estes Banks | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Warren McVea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Dale Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 59 | Paul Robinson | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Bob Trumpy | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Warren McVea | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Essex Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rod Sherman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | Tommie Smiley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Al Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Hunt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Estes Banks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim Griffin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Harry Gunner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 215 |
