1969 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
American Football League (AFL)
Team Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 5th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Paul Brown (4-9-1)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1969 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 4-9-1
Finishing 5th in the AFL's West Division
Coach: Paul Brown (4-9-1)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1969 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the American Football League ended the 1969 season with a record of 4 wins and 9 losses and 1 ties, finishing fifth in the AFL's West Division.
Cincinnati scored 280 points, while the leaky defense conceded 367, most in the circuit. Greg Cook passed for 1,854 yards. Eric Crabtree paced the receiving corps, grabbing 40 passes for 855 yards. Speedy Thomas and Bob Trumpy provided receiving help as well.
Jess Phillips carried the ball for a team-best 578 yards for the Bengals, and Paul Robinson also aided the ground game.
Ken Riley, Fletcher Smith, Bill Peterson and Bobby Hunt each intercepted 4 opponent throws.
Paul Brown coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Greg Cook | 197 | 106 | 53.8 | 1854 | 9.4 | 15 | 7.6 | 11 | 5.6 | 78 | 29 | 195 | 88.3 | Sam Wyche | 108 | 54 | 50.0 | 838 | 7.8 | 7 | 6.5 | 4 | 3.7 | 80 | 28 | 180 | 82.3 | Dale Livingston | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 97.9 | Jack Gehrke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 308 | 163 | 52.9 | 2720 | 8.8 | 22 | 7.1 | 15 | 4.9 | 80 | 57 | 375 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jess Phillips | 118 | 578 | 4.9 | 83 | 3 | Paul Robinson | 160 | 489 | 3.1 | 24 | 4 | Greg Cook | 25 | 148 | 5.9 | 30 | 1 | Sam Wyche | 12 | 107 | 8.9 | 22 | 1 | Clem Turner | 23 | 105 | 4.6 | 34 | 0 | Essex Johnson | 15 | 54 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 | Dale Livingston | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Speedy Thomas | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 16 | 1 | Ron Lamb | 5 | 8 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 363 | 1523 | 4.2 | 83 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Eric Crabtree | 40 | 855 | 21.4 | 73 | 7 | Bob Trumpy | 37 | 835 | 22.6 | 80 | 9 | Speedy Thomas | 33 | 481 | 14.6 | 62 | 3 | Paul Robinson | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 25 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 13 | 128 | 9.8 | 31 | 0 | Chip Myers | 10 | 205 | 20.5 | 50 | 2 | Clem Turner | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | Ken Riley | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 17 | 0 | Tommie Smith | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | Bruce Coslet | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 1 | Essex Johnson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 163 | 2720 | 16.7 | 80 | 22 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Dale Livingston | 70 | 2769 | 39.6 | 55 | Terry Swanson | 12 | 459 | 38.2 | 55 | Horst Muhlmann | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 38 | Ron Lamb | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 85 | 3295 | 38.8 | 55 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Essex Johnson | 17 | 85 | 5.0 | 17 | 0 | Speedy Thomas | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | John Guillory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Al Coleman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 23 | 100 | 4.3 | 17 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Essex Johnson | 16 | 362 | 22.6 | 51 | 0 | Ken Riley | 14 | 334 | 23.9 | 40 | 0 | John Guillory | 8 | 170 | 21.2 | 28 | 0 | Paul Robinson | 5 | 168 | 33.6 | 74 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 5 | 64 | 12.8 | 19 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 29 | 0 | Clem Turner | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 | Harry Gunner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 55 | 1165 | 21.2 | 74 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fletcher Smith | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 29 | 0 | Bobby Hunt | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 27 | 0 | Ken Riley | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 66 | 0 | Bill Peterson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 17 | 0 | Bill Bergey | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 58 | 0 | Harry Gunner | 1 | 70 | 70.0 | 70 | 1 | Al Beauchamp | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | John Guillory | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 21 | 362 | 17.2 | 70 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Al Coleman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Riley | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Rice | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ernie Park | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ken Avery | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Gehrke | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Hunt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Lamb | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 0 | Bob Trumpy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Clem Turner | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Guillory | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Royce Berry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Al Beauchamp | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 0 | Jess Phillips | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Speedy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Cook | 10 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Gunner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Essex Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 68 | 0 | 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 | Horst Muhlmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 80 | Bob Trumpy | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Eric Crabtree | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Speedy Thomas | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Paul Robinson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jess Phillips | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Chip Myers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Greg Cook | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sam Wyche | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bruce Coslet | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Harry Gunner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 278 |
