1977 Cincinnati Bengals Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Johnson (8-6)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1977 Cincinnati Bengals RosterTeam Record: 8-6
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference
Coach: Bill Johnson (8-6)
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
1977 Cincinnati Bengals Results
The Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League ended the 1977 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division of the American Football Conference.
The Bengals netted 238 points, and the defense yielded 235. Pete Johnson carried the ball for a team-best 585 yards for Cincinnati, and Archie Griffin also contributed to the rushing attack.
Ken Anderson passed for 2,145 yards. Billy Brooks grabbed 39 passes for 772 yards.
Reggie Williams and Lemar Parrish each intercepted 3 opponent throws.
Bill Johnson 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 | 323 | 166 | 51.4 | 2145 | 6.6 | 11 | 3.4 | 11 | 3.4 | 94 | 28 | 197 | 69.7 |
| John Reaves | 59 | 24 | 40.7 | 383 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 8.5 | 40 | 2 | 17 | 27.7 |
| Archie Griffin | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 158.3 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 385 | 192 | 49.9 | 2550 | 6.6 | 12 | 3.1 | 16 | 4.2 | 94 | 31 | 217 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Johnson | 153 | 585 | 3.8 | 65 | 4 |
| Archie Griffin | 137 | 549 | 4.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 65 | 269 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Boobie Clark | 68 | 226 | 3.3 | 10 | 1 |
| Ken Anderson | 26 | 128 | 4.9 | 17 | 2 |
| Tony Davis | 27 | 81 | 3.0 | 13 | 2 |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Glenn Bujnoch | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| Pat McInally | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Reaves | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Billy Brooks | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 488 | 1861 | 3.8 | 65 | 10 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Brooks | 39 | 772 | 19.8 | 94 | 4 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 29 | 238 | 8.2 | 33 | 1 |
| Archie Griffin | 28 | 240 | 8.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Isaac Curtis | 20 | 338 | 16.9 | 54 | 2 |
| Bob Trumpy | 18 | 251 | 13.9 | 32 | 1 |
| Pat McInally | 17 | 258 | 15.2 | 43 | 3 |
| John McDaniel | 12 | 148 | 12.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 9 | 83 | 9.2 | 28 | 0 |
| Jim Corbett | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 47 | 1 |
| Boobie Clark | 7 | 33 | 4.7 | 11 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Rick Walker | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Totals | 192 | 2550 | 13.3 | 94 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pat McInally | 67 | 2802 | 41.8 | 67 |
| Chris Bahr | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 69 | 2890 | 41.9 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Davis | 19 | 220 | 11.6 | 70 | 0 |
| Willie Shelby | 11 | 54 | 4.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Reggie Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerry Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 41 | 328 | 8.0 | 70 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Shelby | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 38 | 0 |
| Archie Griffin | 9 | 192 | 21.3 | 31 | 0 |
| Jerry Anderson | 8 | 129 | 16.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Steve Holden | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tony Davis | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Lemar Parrish | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Marvin Cobb | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Pete Johnson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Greg Fairchild | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 46 | 886 | 19.3 | 38 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lemar Parrish | 3 | 95 | 31.7 | 47 | 1 |
| Reggie Williams | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 54 | 1 |
| Marvin Cobb | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Bo Harris | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Ken Riley | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Jim LeClair | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tommy Casanova | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melvin Morgan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 16 | 238 | 14.9 | 54 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Davis | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Reaves | 5 | 4 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim LeClair | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pat McInally | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ken Anderson | 5 | 2 | -13 | 0 | |||
| Archie Griffin | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Coy Bacon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marvin Cobb | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gary Burley | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wilson Whitley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vern Holland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Lenvil Elliott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Johnson | 3 | 1 | -24 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Steve Holden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Melvin Morgan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Brooks | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pete Johnson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tommy Casanova | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eddie Edwards | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John McDaniel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Riley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Shelby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ray Phillips | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Wells | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boobie Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lemar Parrish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 37 | 43 | -51 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Chris Bahr | 19 | 25 | 0 | 82 | ||||||||||
| Billy Brooks | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Pete Johnson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
| Pat McInally | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Reggie Williams | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Ken Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Isaac Curtis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Tony Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Glenn Bujnoch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Willie Shelby | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lemar Parrish | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Bob Trumpy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Boobie Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jim Corbett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Lenvil Elliott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 238 |
