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1976 Cincinnati Bengals season

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Head coach
  
Bill Johnson

Home field
  
Riverfront Stadium

Division place
  
2nd AFC Central

Owner
  
Paul Brown

Record
  
10–4

Playoff finish
  
did not qualify

The 1976 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's ninth year in professional football and its seventh with the National Football League.

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Paul Brown had announced his retirement after 41 seasons of coaching and named Bill Johnson, his longtime assistant, as the successor over future San Francisco Head coach Bill Walsh. Brown continued to serve as the club's general manager and vice president. The Bengals acquired defensive end Coy Bacon in a trade with San Diego and drafted halfback Archie Griffin, the two-time Heisman Trophy winner from Ohio State. The Bengals won nine of their first 11 games and finished 10–4, but did not make the playoffs.

Team leaders

  • Passing: Ken Anderson (338 Att, 179 Comp, 2367 Yds, 53.0 Pct, 19 TD, 14 Int, 76.9 Rating)
  • Rushing: Boobie Clark (151 Att, 671 Yds, 4.4 Avg, 24 Long, 7 TD)
  • Receiving: Isaac Curtis (41 Rec, 766 Yds, 18.7 Avg, 85 Long, 6 TD)
  • Scoring: Chris Bahr, 81 points (14 FG; 39 PAT)

    • Awards and records

  • Ken Riley, Franchise Record, Most Interceptions in One Season, (9)

    • Pro Bowl Selections

  • QB Ken Anderson
  • DE Coy Bacon
  • S Tommy Casanova
  • WR Isaac Curtis
  • LB Jim LeClair
  • CB Lemar Parrish

    • References

    1976 Cincinnati Bengals season Wikipedia
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