1975 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1975 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach Paul Brown
Home stadium Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record11–3
Division place2nd AFC Central
PlayoffsLost Divisional Playoffs
(at Raiders) 28–31

The 1975 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 6th season in the National Football League, and the 8th overall.

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The final season for Paul Brown as head coach, Cincinnati opened the season with six straight wins and went on to post an 11–3 record, their best regular-season mark. The Bengals qualified as the AFC wild card team for the playoffs, but lost to the Oakland, 31–28, in the divisional round of the playoffs. Ken Anderson won his second NFL passing championship. A serious blow was the loss of defensive tackle Mike Reid, who, only 27, retired in the off-season to pursue a career in music.

The team qualified for the postseason for the third time in just eight years of existence, but 1975 would be the last time that the Bengals would do so until 1981. Despite the Bengals' great record, they were only 3–3 in division play, losing twice to the eventual champion Steelers, and losing on the road to what was an 0–9 Cleveland Browns team. Other than division play, the Bengals were 8–0 against teams outside of the AFC Central division.

Offseason

NFL draft

1975 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
114 Glenn Cameron   Linebacker Florida
239 Al Krevis   Offensive tackle Boston College
355 Gary Burley   Defensive end Pittsburgh
364 Gary Sheide   Quarterback BYU
377 Bo Harris  Linebacker LSU
497 Stan Fritts   Running back North Carolina State
5120 Pat McInally *  Wide receiver Harvard
5122 Jeff West   Punter Cincinnati
6142 Tom Shuman  Quarterback Penn State
6145Rollen Smith Defensive back Arkansas
7170 Chris Devlin  LinebackerPenn State
8195 Ricky Davis  Defensive back Alabama
9220 Greg Dubinetz   Guard Yale
9227Lofell Williams Wide receiver Virginia Union
10245 Rockey Felker  Defensive back Mississippi State
11276 Marvin Cobb  Defensive back USC
12301 Jack Novak   Tight end Wisconsin
13326Ron Rosenberg Linebacker Montana
14351Frank Haywood  Defensive tackle North Carolina State
15376Greg Enright  Placekicker Southern Oregon
16401John Tuttle Wide receiver Kansas State
17432Elvin Charity Defensive backYale
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1975 Cincinnati Bengals staff
Front office
  • President – John Sawyer
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1975 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Reserve


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 21 Cleveland Browns W 24–171–0 Riverfront Stadium Recap
2September 28at New Orleans Saints W 21–02–0 Louisiana Superdome Recap
3October 5at Houston Oilers W 21–193–0 Astrodome Recap
4October 12 New England Patriots W 27–104–0Riverfront Stadium Recap
5October 19 Oakland Raiders W 14–105–0Riverfront Stadium Recap
6October 26at Atlanta Falcons W 21–146–0 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Recap
7November 2 Pittsburgh Steelers L 24–306–1Riverfront Stadium Recap
8November 9at Denver Broncos W 17–167–1 Mile High Stadium Recap
9November 17 Buffalo Bills W 33–248–1Riverfront Stadium Recap
10November 23at Cleveland BrownsL 23–358–2 Cleveland Stadium Recap
11November 30Houston OilersW 23–199–2Riverfront Stadium Recap
12December 7at Philadelphia Eagles W 31–010–2 Veterans Stadium Recap
13December 13at Pittsburgh SteelersL 14–3510–3 Three Rivers Stadium Recap
14December 21 San Diego Chargers W 47–1711–3Riverfront Stadium Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 1

1234Total
Browns0314017
Bengals1437024
  • Date: September 21
  • Location: Riverfront StadiumCincinnati
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), wind 11 mph (18 km/h)

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Week 7

1234Total
Steelers01013730
Bengals3002124

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Week 12

1234Total
Bengals7170731
Eagles00000

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Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
Pittsburgh Steelers (1)1220.8576–010–1373162L1
Cincinnati Bengals (4)1130.7863–38–3340246W1
Houston Oilers 1040.7142–47–4293226W3
Cleveland Browns 3110.2141–52–8218372L1

Team stats

1975 Cincinnati Bengals Team Stats
TEAM STATSBengalsOpponents
TOTAL FIRST DOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
TOTAL NET YARDS
Avg Per Game
Total Plays
Avg. Per Play
NET YARDS RUSHING
Avg. Per Game
Total Rushes
NET YARDS PASSING
Avg. Per Game
Sacked Yards Lost
Gross Yards
Att. Completions
Completion Pct.
Intercepted
PUNTS-AVERAGE
PENALTIES-YARDS
FUMBLES-BALL LOST
TOUCHDOWNS
Rushing
Passing
Returns
Score by Periods1234Tot
Bengals
Opponents

Team leaders

Playoffs

RoundDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
DivisionalDecember 28at Oakland Raiders L 28–310–1 Oakland Coliseum Recap

Awards and records

References

  1. "1975 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com
  5. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 447