1972 Cincinnati Bengals season
- 1972 Cincinnati Bengals season
NFL season
team = Cincinnati Bengals
year = 1972
record = 8-6-0
division_place =3rd, AFC Central
coach = Paul Brown
stadium = Riverfront Stadium
playoffs = The 1972 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 5th year in professional football and its 3th with the National Football League. Starting off the 1972 season winning 5 of 7 games, this looked to be the Bengals break out year, that was until the away game at Pittsburgh, the Bengals suffered a devastating 40-17 loss, then coupled with 2 fairly close loses at home against Oakland (20-14) and Baltimore 20-19, the 1971 season was in a tail spin. Paul Brown gave his rookie quarterback Ken Anderson the starting job, winning 3 out of the last 4 games giving the Bengals an over all 8-6 season, but not good enough for the playoffs once again.
Three times in their history, the Bengals have won without scoring a touchdown, including Sept. 24, 1972 when K Horst Muhlmann's five field goals (41, 32, 20, 32, 34) fueled a 15-10 victory over Pittsburgh at Riverfront Stadium (later renamed Cinergy Field).
Twice in Bengals history, two Cincinnati players have broken the 100-yard rushing mark in the same game, with the first coming Oct. 29, 1972 when RB Doug Dressler gained 110 yards and HB Essex Johnson ran for 103 yards in a 30-7 win vs. Houston.
The latest-drafted player ever to make the Bengals roster for a regular-season game was K-P Dave Green of Ohio University. Green was the 418th selection in the 1972 draft, taken in the 17th round. He didn't make the roster in 1972, and had a brief stint (no games played) with Houston in '73 before being re-acquired by Cincinnati.
Offseason
NFL Draft
Team Stats
Postseason
Awards and records
Pro Bowl Selections
*DT Mike Reid
*WR Chip Myers
References
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/1972.htm Bengals on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1972-cin Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com]
* [http://www.bengals.com/team/history/1972.asp Bengals History on Official Site]
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