1979 Cincinnati Bengals season

1979 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach	Homer Rice
Home field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	4–12
Division place	4th AFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1979 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 12th year in professional football and its tenth with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1979 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round	Pick #	Overall	Name	Position	College
1	3	3	Jack Thompson	Quarterback	Washington State
1	12	12	Charles Alexander	Running Back	LSU
2	2	30	Dan Ross	Tight End	Northeastern
3	3	59	Barney Cotton	Guard	Nebraska
4	2	84	James White	Defensive Tackle	Albany State
4	9	91	Vaughn Lusby	Defensive Back	Arkansas
5	3	113	Casey Merrill	Defensive End	UC-Davis
6	2	139	Steve Kreider	Wide Receiver	Lehigh
7	3	168	Max Montoya	Offensive Tackle	UCLA
8	2	194	Howie Kurnick	Linebacker	Cincinnati
9	3	223	Scott Burk	Defensive Back	Oklahoma State
10	2	250	Nathan Poole	Running Back	Louisville
11	3	278	Ken Bungarda	Defensive End	Missouri
12	1	304	Jim Browner	Defensive Back	Notre Dame

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 2, 1979	at Denver Broncos	L 10–0	74,788
2	September 9, 1979	at Buffalo Bills	L 51–24	43,504
3	September 16, 1979	New England Patriots	L 20–14	41,805
4	September 23, 1979	Houston Oilers	L 30–27	45,615
5	September 30, 1979	at Dallas Cowboys	L 38–13	63,179
6	October 7, 1979	Kansas City Chiefs	L 10–7	40,041
7	October 14, 1979	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 34–10	52,381
8	October 21, 1979	at Cleveland Browns	L 28–27	75,119
9	October 28, 1979	Philadelphia Eagles	W 37–13	42,036
10	November 4, 1979	at Baltimore Colts	L 38–28	37,740
11	November 11, 1979	San Diego Chargers	L 26–24	40,782
12	November 18, 1979	at Houston Oilers	L 42–21	49,829
13	November 25, 1979	St. Louis Cardinals	W 34–28	25,103
14	December 2, 1979	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 37–17	46,521
15	December 9, 1979	at Washington Redskins	L 28–14	52,882
16	December 16, 1979	Cleveland Browns	W 16–12	42,183

Standings

AFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA
Pittsburgh Steelers(2)	12	4	0	.750	4–2	9–3	416	262
Houston Oilers(4)	11	5	0	.688	4–2	9–3	362	331
Cleveland Browns	9	7	0	.563	2–4	6–6	359	352
Cincinnati Bengals	4	12	0	.250	2–4	2–10	337	421

Roster

Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks 12 Jack Thompson 14 Ken Anderson Running Backs 22 Deacon Turner 35 Nathan Poole 40 Charles Alexander 45 Archie Griffin 46 Pete Johnson FB Wide Receivers 82 Billy Brooks 84 Don Bass 85 Isaac Curtis 86 Steve Kreider 88 Mike Levenseller Tight Ends 81 Jim Corbett 83 Rick Walker 89 Dan Ross		Offensive Linemen 54 Bob Johnson C 58 Blair Bush C 62 Dave Lapham G 65 Max Montoya G 66 Mark Donahue G 70 Barney Cotton G 74 Glenn Bujnoch G 76 Vernon Holland T 77 Mike Wilson T Defensive Linemen 63 Mike White DT 67 Gary Burley DE 72 Mack Mitchell DE 73 Eddie Edwards DE 75 Wilson Whitley DT 79 Ross Browner DE		Linebackers 50 Glenn Cameron 51 Tom Ruud 51 Roger Baggett 52 Tom Dinkel 53 Bo Harris 55 Jim LeClair 57 Reggie Williams 59 Howie Kurnick Defensive Backs 13 Ken Riley CB 21 Jim Browner S 24 Marvin Cobb S 28 Scott Burk S 29 Vaughn Lusby CB 30 Dick Jauron S 32 Scott Perry CB 34 Louis Breeden CB 44 Ray Griffin CB Special Teams 10 Chris Bahr K 87 Pat McInally P

References

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