1979 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
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 Roster
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
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
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
Totals	228	2821	12.4	73	17

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Chris Bahr	42	40	95.2	23	13	56.5	79
Totals	42	40	95.2	23	13	56.5	79

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Pat McInally	89	3678	41.3	61
Totals	89	3678	41.3	61

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Vaughn Lusby	32	260	8.1	40
Mike Levenseller	8	46	5.8	21
Dick Jauron	1	10	10.0	10
Scott Burk	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	42	316	7.5	40

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Deacon Turner	55	1149	20.9	36
Nathan Poole	7	128	18.3	24
Vaughn Lusby	6	92	15.3	28
Jim Browner	6	87	14.5	26
Howard Kurnick	4	60	15.0	20
Ross Browner	2	29	14.5	15
Ray Griffin	1	15	15.0	15
Totals	81	1560	19.3	36

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
Totals	20	260	13.0	96	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Mike Levenseller			1	3	0	0
Dick Jauron		0	0	3	0	0
Ken Riley		0	0	3	31	0
Eddie Edwards			0	2	0	0
Wilson Whitley		0	0	2	0	0
Nathan Poole			2	2	0	0
Howard Kurnick			0	2	38	1
Vaughn Lusby			2	2	0	0
Jim Browner		0	0	2	0	0
Dave Lapham			0	1	0	0
Tom Ruud			0	1	0	0
Jack Thompson			3	1	0
Ross Browner			0	1	0	0
Pete Johnson			6	1	0
Dan Ross			0	1	4
Reggie Williams		0	0	1	0	0
Scott Burk			1	1	0	0
Jim LeClair		0	0	1	27	1
Ray Griffin		0	0	1	0
Mark Donahue			0	1	0	0
Isaac Curtis			1	0	0
Archie Griffin			3	0	0
Steve Kreider			1	0	0	0
Ken Anderson			1	0	0
Deacon Turner			3	0	0
Totals	0	0	24	32	100	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
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