1968 Cincinnati Bengals season

1968 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach	Paul Brown
Home field	Nippert Stadium
Results
Record	3-11-0
Place	5th AFL West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
N/A	1969

The 1968 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's first year in professional football. Paul Brown, who left the Cleveland Browns following the 1962 season with an NFL record of 115-49-6, seven conference titles, and three NFL championships, had the urge to get back into football. His son Mike Brown did a study on pro football expansion and recommended Cincinnati as a potential site. In 1965, Brown met with Ohio Governor James Rhodes and the two agreed the state could accommodate a second pro football team.

1966 - Fearful the Reds baseball team would leave town and feeling pressure from local businessmen pushing for a pro football franchise, Cincinnati's city council approved the construction of Riverfront Stadium.

1967 - Brown's group was awarded an AFL expansion franchise. Brown called the team the Bengals, the name of Cincinnati's pro teams in the old AFL of the late 1930s. The Bengals acquired their first player late in the year when they traded two draft picks to Miami for QB John Stofa.

1968 - The Bengals were awarded 40 veteran players in the allocation draft. In the college draft, they selected Tennessee center Bob Johnson as their first pick. The Bengals lost their first preseason game, 38-14, to Kansas City before 21,682 fans at Nippert Stadium. The Bengals upset Denver, 24-10, and Buffalo, 34-23, in their first two regular-season home games. Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.

Contents 1 Offseason 1.1 AFL Draft 2 Regular Season 2.1 Season Standings 2.2 Season Schedule 3 Regular Season Games 3.1 Week 1 3.1.1 Game summary 3.1.2 Scoring Summary 3.2 Week 2 3.3 Week 3 3.4 Week 4 3.5 Week 5 3.6 Week 6 3.7 Week 7 3.8 Week 8 3.9 Week 9 3.10 Week 10 3.11 Week 11 3.12 Week 12 3.13 Week 13 3.14 Week 14 3.15 Team Season Stats 3.16 Individual Stats 3.17 Team Leaders 3.18 Roster 4 Postseason 5 Awards and records 5.1 AFL Rookie of the Year 5.2 AFL Pro Bowl Selections 5.3 Highlights 6 References

Offseason

AFL Draft

1968 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round	Pick #	Overall	Name	Position	College
1	2	2	Bob Johnson	Center	Tennessee
2	1	28	Bill Staley	Defensive end	Utah State
2	28	55	Tom Smiley	Running back	Lamar
3	1	56	Gary Davis	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
3	27	82	Paul Robinson	Running Back	Arizona
3	28	83	Dale Livingston	Kicker	Western Michigan
4	1	84	Jess Phillips	Defensive Back	Michigan State
4	26	109	Warren McVea	Running Back	Houston
5	1	112	Dave Middendorf	Guard	Washington State
5	27	138	Al Beauchamp	Linebacker	Southern
6	1	139	Howard Fest	Offensive tackle	Texas
6	5	143	Billy Kindricks	Offensive Tackle	Alabama A&M
6	7	145	John Neidert	Linebacker	Louisville
6	17	155	Warren Dewey	Quarterback	Tennessee
6	18	156	Essex Johnson	Defensive Back	Grambling
6	20	158	Elmo Maple	Wide Receiver	Southern
6	22	160	Sidney Ellis	Defensive Back	Grambling
6	25	163	Charles Williams	Running Back	Arkansas-Pine Bluff
6	27	165	James Johnson	Defensive Back	South Carolina State
7	1	166	Steve Smith	Tight end	Miami (FL)
7	27	192	Wes Bean	Linebacker	Grambling
8	1	193	Harry Gunner	Linebacker	Oregon State
8	27	219	Ed Brantley	Offensive Tackle	North Texas State
9	1	220	Phil Johnson	Defensive Back	Long Beach State
9	27	246	Steve Hanrahan	Defensive tackle	Weber State
10	1	247	Patrick Wayne	Running Back	Louisville
10	27	273	James Russell	Wide Receiver	North Texas State
11	1	274	Scott Wally	Defensive Back	Arizona
11	27	300	Jeff Banks	Linebacker	Pacific
12	1	301	Bob Trumpy	Tight End	Utah
12	27	327	Harold Jones	Offensive Tackle	Grambling
13	1	328	James Bivins	Linebacker	Texas Southern
13	27	354	Teddy Washington	Running Back	San Diego State
14	1	355	Les Webster	Running Back	Iowa State
14	27	381	Steve Lewicke	Wide Receiver	UTEP
15	1	382	Harvey Palmore	Guard	Morgan State
15	27	408	Joe Mira	Wide Receiver	Miami (FL)
16	1	409	Monk Williams	Linebacker	Alcorn State
16	27	435	Brown Marks	Linebacker	Indiana University
17	1	436	Don Manning	Linebacker	UCLA
17	27	462	Jimmy Smith	Tight End	Jackson State

Regular Season

Season Standings

Qualified for playoffs

AFC Central
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
*Oakland Raiders	12	2	0	.857	453	233
Kansas City Chiefs	12	2	0	.857	371	170
San Diego Chargers	9	5	0	.643	382	310
Denver Broncos	5	9	0	.357	255	404
Cincinnati Bengals	3	11	0	.214	215	329

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Season Schedule

1968 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule
Date	Opponent #	Result	Score	Attn.	Stadium
September 6	at San Diego	L	13-29	33,687	San Diego
September 15	Denver	W	24-10	25,049	Nippert
September 22	Buffalo	W	34-23	24,045	Nippert
September 29	San Diego	L	10-31	28,642	Nippert
October 6	at Denver	L	7-10	41,257	Bears
October 13	at Kansas City	L	3-13	47,096	Municipal
October 20	Miami	L	22-24	25,942	Nippert
October 27	at Oakland	L	10-31	37,083	Oakland Coliseum
November 3	Houston	L	17-27	24,012	Nippert
November 10	Kansas City	L	9-16	25,537	Nippert
November 17	at Miami	W	38-21	31,747	Orange Bowl
November 24	Oakland	L	0-34	27,116	Nippert
December 1	at Boston	L	14-33	17,796	Fenway Park
December 8	at NY Jets	L	14-27	61,111	Shea

Regular Season Games

Week 1

• Friday September 6th 1968

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	7	3	3	0	13
Chargers	10	0	13	6	29

at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California

• Game time:
• Game weather:
• Game attendance:
• Referee:
• TV announcers:

Game summary

Scoring Summary

		CIN	SDG
CIN	Paul Robinson 2 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	0
SDG	Dennis Partee 42 yard field goal	7	3
SDG	Dickie Post 48 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	7	10
CIN	Dale Livingston 22 yard field goal	10	10
SDG	Brad Hubbert 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	10	17
CIN	Dale Livingston 35 yard field goal	13	17
SDG	Willie Frazier 48 yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed)	13	23
SDG	Willie Frazier 56 yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed)	13	29

	CIN	SDG
First downs	13	27
Rush-yards-TDs	30-122-1	33-229-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14-26-125-0-1	20-37-325-2-0
Sacked-yards	2-21	0-0
Net pass yards	104	325
Total yards	226	554
Fumbles-lost	4-1	2-2
Turnovers	2	2
Penalties-yards	5-56	10-100

Week 2

• Sunday September 15

Week 2
	1	2	3	4	Final
Denver Broncos (0-1-0)	0	0	3	7	10
Cincinnati Bengals (1-1-0)	0	0	10	14	24

		DEN	CIN
CIN	Dale Livingston 49 yard field goal	0	3
CIN	Bob Trumpy 58 yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	0	10
DEN	Bob Humphreys 33 yard field goal	3	10
DEN	Eric Crabtree 5 yard pass from Jim M. LeClair (Bob Humphreys kick)	10	10
CIN	Warren McVea 54 yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	10	17
CIN	Essex Johnson 35 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	24

	DEN	CIN
First downs	15	11
Rush-yards-TDs	25-78-0	27-104-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14-33-171-1-1	12-22-224-2-0
Sacked-yards	4-50	3-39
Net pass yards	121	185
Total yards	199	289
Fumbles-lost	2-0	1-0
Turnovers	1	0
Penalties-yards	2-15	2-24

Week 3

• Sunday September 22nd

Week 3
	1	2	3	4	Final
Buffalo Bills (0-3-0)	0	7	7	9	23
Cincinnati Bengals (2-1-0)	10	0	10	14	34

	BUF	CIN
CIN Dale Livingston 11 yard field goal	0	3
CIN Warren McVea 80 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	0	10
BUF Max Anderson 14 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick)	7	10
BUF Gary McDermott 5 yard rush (Mike Mercer kick)	14	10
CIN Dale Livingston 39 yard field goal	14	13
CIN Charlie King 32 yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick)	14	20
CIN Al Beauchamp 17 yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick)	14	27
BUF Max Anderson 100 yard kickoff return (Mike Mercer kick)	21	27
BUF Safety, Robinson tackled in end zone	23	27
CIN Tommie Smiley 1 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	23	34

	BUF	CIN
First downs	17	9
Rush-yards-TDs	24-92-2	29-149-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	15-36-160-0-2	8-18-68-0-1
Sacked-yards	5-37	2-16
Net pass yards	123	52
Total yards	215	201
Fumbles-lost	1-0	2-1
Turnovers	2	2
Penalties-yards	5-65	6-34

Week 4

Sunday September 29th

Week 4
	1	2	3	4	Final
San Diego Chargers (3-0-0)	0	17	0	14	31
Cincinnati Bengals (2-2-0)	3	0	7	0	10

	SDG	CIN
CIN Dale Livingston 21 yard field goal	0	3
SDG Gary Garrison 10 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick)	7	3
SDG Dennis Partee 21 yard field goal	10	3
SDG Gary Garrison 19 yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick)	17	3
CIN Essex Johnson 6 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	10
SDG John Hadl 2 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	24	10
SDG John Hadl 1 yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	31	10

	SDG	CIN
First downs	18	14
Rush-yards-TDs	37-101-2	25-66-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	11-24-215-2-1	17-29-153-0-2
Sacked-yards	1-14	3-24
Net pass yards	201	129
Total yards	302	195
Fumbles-lost	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	6-51	8-90

Week 5

Sunday October 6th

Week 5
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2-3-0)	0	7	0	0	7
Denver Broncos (1-3-0)	0	0	3	7	10

	CIN	DEN
CIN Bobby Hunt 5 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	0
DEN Bobby Howfield 34 yard field goal	7	3
DEN Mike Haffner 4 yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick)	7	10

	CIN	DEN
First downs	15	11
Rush-yards-TDs	37-111-1	23-99-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	15-38-139-0-0	14-34-125-1-0
Sacked-yards	1-3	2-13
Net pass yards	136	112
Total yards	247	211
Fumbles-lost	3-1	1-0
Turnovers	1	0
Penalties-yards	5-49	3-28

Week 6

Sunday October 13

Week 6
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2-4-0)	0	0	3	0	3
Kansas City Chiefs (5-1-0)	0	3	3	7	13

	CIN	KAN
KAN Jan Stenerud 52 yard field goal	0	3
CIN Dale Livingston 15 yard field goal	3	3
KAN Jan Stenerud 46 yard field goal	3	6
KAN Robert Holmes 1 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)	3	13

	CIN	KAN
First downs	7	15
Rush-yards-TDs	28-99-0	40-136-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	7-19-48-0-1	11-17-152-0-1
Sacked-yards	3-31	3-23
Net pass yards	17	129
Total yards	116	265
Fumbles-lost	1-0	2-1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	3-25	5-42

Week 7

Sunday October 20

Week 7
	1	2	3	4	Final
Miami Dolphins (2-3-1)	10	0	0	14	24
Cincinnati Bengals (2-5-0)	0	2	14	6	22

	MIA	CIN
MIA Jimmy Keyes 26 yard field goal	3	0
MIA Karl Noonan 2 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	10	0
CIN Safety, Gunner tackled Griese in end zone	10	2
CIN Essex Johnson 41 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	9
CIN Paul Robinson 1 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	16
MIA Karl Noonan 20 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	16
MIA Stan Mitchell 31 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	24	16
CIN Bob Trumpy 45 yard pass from Dewey Warren (pass failed)	24	22

	MIA	CIN
First downs	21	14
Rush-yards-TDs	38-139-0	30-143-2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	16-29-186-3-0	14-21-184-1-1
Sacked-yards	4-29	0-0
Net pass yards	157	184
Total yards	296	327
Fumbles-lost	1-0	3-2
Turnovers	0	3
Penalties-yards	2-11	2-10

Week 8

Sunday October 28

Week 8
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2-6-0)	0	7	3	0	10
Oakland Raiders (5-2-0)	7	7	14	3	31

	CIN	OAK
OAK Fred Biletnikoff 14 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	0	7
OAK Roger Hagberg 7 yard rush (George Blanda kick)	0	14
CIN Paul Robinson 87 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	14
OAK Fred Biletnikoff 12 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	7	21
CIN Dale Livingston 37 yard field goal	10	21
OAK Roger Hagberg 7 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	10	28
OAK George Blanda 48 yard field goal	10	31

	CIN	OAK
First downs	8	26
Rush-yards-TDs	28-169-1	42-265-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	11-19-95-0-1	17-34-205-3-1
Sacked-yards	7-36	4-31
Net pass yards	59	174
Total yards	228	439
Fumbles-lost	3-1	2-2
Turnovers	2	3
Penalties-yards	6-90	5-78

Week 9

Sunday November 3

Week 9
	1	2	3	4	Final
Houston Oilers (4-5-0)	10	7	7	3	27
Cincinnati Bengals (2-7-0)	0	3	7	7	17

	HOU	CIN
HOU Wayne Walker 27 yard field goal	3	0
HOU Alvin Reed 5 yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick)	10	0
CIN Dale Livingston 28 yard field goal	10	3
HOU Hoyle Granger 1 yard rush (Wayne Walker kick)	17	3
CIN Paul Robinson 4 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	10
HOU Mac Haik 10 yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick)	24	10
HOU Wayne Walker 41 yard field goal	27	10
CIN Paul Robinson 68 yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick)	27	17

	HOU	CIN
First downs	21	21
Rush-yards-TDs	37-159-1	26-179-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14-23-212-2-0	20-25-228-1-0
Sacked-yards	1-10	5-33
Net pass yards	202	195
Total yards	361	374
Fumbles-lost	1-0	1-0
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties-yards	3-35	4-45

Week 10

Sunday November 10th

Week 10
	1	2	3	4	Final
Kansas City Chiefs (8-2-0)	3	3	0	10	16
Cincinnati Bengals (2-8-0)	0	3	6	0	9

	KAN	CIN
KAN Jan Stenerud 30 yard field goal	3	0
CIN Dale Livingston 29 yard field goal	3	3
KAN Jan Stenerud 11 yard field goal	6	3
CIN Dale Livingston 16 yard field goal	6	6
CIN Dale Livingston 23 yard field goal	6	9
KAN Jan Stenerud 17 yard field goal	9	9
KAN Robert Holmes 27 yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)	16	9

	KAN	CIN
First downs	16	15
Rush-yards-TDs	39-255-1	30-157-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	5-15-62-0-1	12-21-161-0-2
Sacked-yards	1-13	6-35
Net pass yards	49	126
Total yards	304	283
Fumbles-lost	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	4-45	3-44

Week 11

Sunday, November 17

Week 11
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3-8-0)	0	17	0	21	38
Miami Dolphins (3-6-1)	7	0	14	0	21

	CIN	MIA
MIA Stan Mitchell 48 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	0	7
CIN Bob Trumpy 80 yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick)	7	7
CIN Dale Livingston 12 yard field goal	10	7
CIN Paul Robinson 54 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	7
MIA Karl Noonan 7 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	14
MIA Stan Mitchell 38 yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	21
CIN Warren McVea 55 yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	24	21
CIN Paul Robinson 15 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	31	21
CIN Paul Robinson 5 yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	38	21

	CIN	MIA
First downs	17	16
Rush-yards-TDs	38-179-3	23-122-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	9-17-243-2-0	16-31-253-3-1
Sacked-yards	0-0	6-49
Net pass yards	243	204
Total yards	422	326
Fumbles-lost	2-1	3-1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	2-31	3-22

Week 12

Sunday November 24th

Week 12
	1	2	3	4	Final
Oakland Raiders (9-2-0)	7	7	6	14	34
Cincinnati Bengals (3-9-0)	0	0	0	0	0

	OAK	CIN
OAK Charlie H. Smith 7 yard rush (George Blanda kick)	7	0
OAK Hewritt Dixon 5 yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	14	0
OAK George Blanda 43 yard field goal	17	0
OAK George Blanda 27 yard field goal	20	0
OAK Charlie H. Smith 9 yard rush (George Blanda kick)	27	0
OAK Billy Cannon 12 yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)	34	0

	OAK	CIN
First downs	33	7
Rush-yards-TDs	46-208-2	25-116-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	26-34-396-2-0	7-14-44-0-1
Sacked-yards	0-0	2-12
Net pass yards	396	32
Total yards	604	148
Fumbles-lost	2-1	2-2
Turnovers	1	3
Penalties-yards	9-92	5-52

Week 13

Sunday December 1st

Week 13
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3-10-0)	0	0	7	7	14
Boston Patriots (4-8-0)	2	24	0	7	33

	CIN	BOS
BOS Safety, Satcher tackled Robinson in end zone	0	2
BOS Gino Cappelletti 27 yard field goal	0	5
BOS Jim Whalen 11 yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	12
BOS Gino Cappelletti 18 yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	19
BOS Jim Nance 5 yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	26
CIN Estes Banks 5 yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick)	7	26
BOS Jim Whalen 21 yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	7	33
CIN Rod Sherman 27 yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick)	14	33

	CIN	BOS
First downs	14	20
Rush-yards-TDs	30-106-0	37-129-1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	18-37-126-2-1	12-25-142-3-1
Sacked-yards	2-20	0-0
Net pass yards	106	142
Total yards	212	271
Fumbles-lost	2-0	1-1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	3-35	2-19

Week 14

Sunday December 8th

Week 14
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3-11-0)	0	7	0	7	14
New York Jets (10-3-0)	14	3	3	7	27

	CIN	NYJ
NYJ George Sauer 10 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick)	0	7
NYJ Don Maynard 12 yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick)	0	14
CIN Paul Robinson 14 yard rush (Rod Sherman kick)	7	14
NYJ Jim Turner 35 yard field goal	7	17
NYJ Jim Turner 22 yard field goal	7	20
CIN Jim Griffin 0 yard fumble return (Rod Sherman kick)	14	20
NYJ Bake Turner 34 yard pass from Babe Parilli (Jim Turner kick)	14	27

	CIN	NYJ
First downs	6	19
Rush-yards-TDs	38-107-1	29-85-0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	3-7-58-0-0	21-39-299-3-1
Sacked-yards	1-7	1-13
Net pass yards	51	286
Total yards	158	371
Fumbles-lost	3-1	1-1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	1-5	3-29

Team Season Stats

1968 Cincinnati Bengals Team Stats
TEAM STATS	Bengals	Opponents
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS	171	275
Rushing	85	116
Passing	73	140
Penalty	13	19
TOTAL NET YARDS	3426	4717
Avg Per Game	244.7	336.9
Total Plays	772	916
Avg. Per Play	4.4	5.1
NET YARDS RUSHING	1807	2097
Avg. Per Game	129.1	149.8
Total Rushes	421	473
NET YARDS PASSING	1619	2620
Avg. Per Game	115.6	187.1
Sacked Yards Lost	38-277	32-283
Gross Yards	1896	2903
Att. Completions	313-167	411-212
Completion Pct.	53.4	51.6
Intercepted	11	10
PUNTS-AVERAGE	84-40.9	63-44.2
PENALTIES-YARDS	55-586	62-632
FUMBLES-BALL LOST	27-10	19-9
TOUCHDOWNS	25	39
Rushing	14	13
Passing	8	25
Returns	3	1

Score by Periods	1	2	3	4	Tot
Bengals	20	49	70	76	215
Opponents	70	78	73	108	329

Individual Stats

Passing

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%
John Stofa	26	QB	10	7	85	177	48.0	896	5	2.8	5	2.8	60	5.1	4.1	10.5	89.6	60.8
Dewey Warren	23	QB	7	4	47	80	58.8	506	1	1.3	4	5.0	45	6.3	4.2	10.8	72.3	60.7
Sam Wyche	23	QB	3	3	35	55	63.6	494	2	3.6	2	3.6	80	9.0	7.7	14.1	164.7	89.5
Rex Keeling	25	P	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Team Total			14		167	313	53.4	1896	8	2.6	11	3.5	80	6.1	4.7	11.4	135.4	65.7
Opp Total			14		212	411	51.6	2620	25	6.1	10	2.4		6.4	5.9	12.4	187.1	81.8	32	283	5.9	4.8

Rushing and Receiving

				Rushing								Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Paul Robinson	24	HB	14	0	238	1023	8	87	4.3	73.1	17.0	24	128	5.3	1	68	1.7	9.1	1151	9	4
Tommie Smiley	24	FB	8	0	63	146	1	11	2.3	18.3	7.9	19	86	4.5	0	17	2.4	10.8	232	1	3
Estes Banks	23	RB	14	0	34	131	0	20	3.9	9.4	2.4	4	15	3.8	1	13	0.3	1.1	146	1	2
Essex Johnson	22	RB	14	0	26	178	3	41	6.8	12.7	1.9	1	33	33.0	0	33	0.1	2.4	211	3	4
Ron Lamb	24	RB	6	0	17	44	0	17	2.6	7.3	2.8	4	77	19.3	0	60	0.7	12.8	121	0	1
Sam Wyche	23	QB	3	3	12	74	0	21	6.2	24.7	4.0	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.3	1.7	79	0	2
John Stofa	26	QB	10	7	10	1	0	13	0.1	0.1	1.0								1	0	5
Warren McVea	22	WR	12	0	9	133	1	80	14.8	11.1	0.8	21	264	12.6	2	55	1.8	22.0	397	3	1
Dewey Warren	23	QB	7	4	4	17	0	12	4.3	2.4	0.6								17	0	2
Bob Trumpy	23	TE	14	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	37	639	17.3	3	80	2.6	45.6	638	3	1
Rod Sherman	24	WR	13	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1	31	374	12.1	1	27	2.4	28.8	377	1	0
Saint Saffold	24	WR	14	0	1	21	0	21	21.0	1.5	0.1	16	172	10.8	0	25	1.1	12.3	193	0	1
Bobby Hunt	28	DB	14	0	1	5	1	5	5.0	0.4	0.1								5	1	0
Rex Keeling	25	P	1	0	1	10	0	10	10.0	10.0	1.0								10	0	0
Dale Livingston	23	P	12	0	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.9	0.1								11	0	0
Jess Phillips	21	RB	14	0	1	7	0	7	7.0	0.5	0.1								7	0	0
Teddy Washington	23	RB	1	0	1	4	0	4	4.0	4.0	1.0								4	0	0
Ken Herock	27	TE	13	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	6	75	12.5	0	22	0.5	5.8	75	0	0
Andre White	24	TE	3	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	2	18	9.0	0	11	0.7	6.0	18	0	0
Bill Peterson	23	LB	7	0	0		0	0	0	0.0	0.0	1	10	10.0	0	10	0.1	1.4	10	0	0
Team Total	24.4	14			421	1807	14	87	4.3	129.1	30.1	167	1896	11.4	8	80	11.9	135.4	3703	22	27
Opp Total		14			473	2097	13		4.4	149.8	33.8	212	2620	12.4	25		15.1	187.1	4717	38	19

Team Leaders

• Passing: John Stofa (177 Att, 85 Comp, 896 Yds, 48.0 Pct, 5 TD, 5 Int, 60.8 Rating)
• Rushing: Paul Robinson (238 Att, 1023 Yds, 4.3 Avg, 87 Long, 8 TD)
• Receiving: Bob Trumpy (37 Rec, 639 Yds, 17.3 Avg, 80 Long, 3 TD)
• Scoring: Dale Livingston, 59 points (13 FG; 20 PAT)

Roster

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Quarterbacks 15 John Stofa 16 Dewey Warren 14 Sam Wyche Running Backs 45 Tom Smiley 22 Ted Washington 18 Paul Robinson 40 Ron Lamb 19 Essex Johnson 30 Jess Phillips 38 Estes Banks Wide Receivers 6 Monk Williams 23 Rod Sherman 27 Saint Saffold 42 Warren McVea 82 Ed McCall Tight Ends 34 Ken Herock 86 Andre White 84 Bob Trumpy		Offensive Linemen 54 Bob Johnson 52 John Matlock 57 ???? 75 Ernie Wright 78 Dan Archer 77 Bob Kelly 73 Pat Matson 68 Dave Middendorf 64 Pete Perreault 72 Howard Fest Defensive Linemen 76 Jim Griffin 89 Harry Gunner 85 Martin Baccaglio 81 Dennis Randall 70 Andy Rice 83 Bill Staley 79 Steve Chomyszak 65 Bill Kindricks 74 Willie Lee Jones		Linebackers 52 Paul Elzey 50 Bernard Erickson 58 Al Beauchamp 85 Dan Brabham 55 Frank Buncom 69 Sherrill Headrick 56 Mike Hibler 87 Bill Peterson 53 John Neidert 66 Wayne McClure Defensive Backs 37 Bill Scott 31 Sam Fletcher 47 Charlie King 43 Curt Frazier 20 Bobby Hunt 41 White Graves 48 Phil Spiller Special Teams 44 Rex Keeling P 11 Dale Livingston P 41 Terry Swanson P

Postseason

Playoffs
Date	Opponent	W-L	Score	ATT.	Stadium

Awards and records

AFL Rookie of the Year

• RB Paul Robinson

AFL Pro Bowl Selections

• C Bob Johnson
• TE Bob Trumpy

Highlights

Paul Brown, founder of the Cincinnati Bengals, was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1967.

Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.

References

• Bengals on Pro Football Reference
• Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com
• Bengals History on Official Site

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