
1979 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
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 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. 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 228 | 2821 | 12.4 | 73 | 17 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Pat McInally | 89 | 3678 | 41.3 | 61 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 24 | 32 | 100 | 2 | 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 | 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 |