1970 Cincinnati Bengals season

NFL season
team = Cincinnati Bengals
year = 1970
record = 8-6-0
division_place =1st, AFC Central Champions
coach = Paul Brown
stadium = Riverfront Stadium
playoffs = Lost AFC Divisional PlayoffThe 1970 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 3rd year in professional football and its 1st with the National Football League.

The NFL-AFL merger took place before the season, and the Bengals made their first NFL campaign a memorable one. After losing six of their first seven games, they rallied to finish 8-6 and win the new AFC Central Division. In their first playoff game, they lost, 17-0, to eventual Super Bowl-champion Baltimore. QB Greg Cook was forced to the Injured Reserve list in training camp with a shoulder injury that would end his career, and Virgil Carter took over as the starter.

The Bengals record for most points in a game by the special teams is 31 in a 43-14 victory at Buffalo on Nov. 8, 1970. CB Lemar Parrish scored two special teams touchdowns, one on a 95-yard kickoff return and another on an 83-yard return of a blocked field goal attempt. Parrish is the only Bengals player ever to score two touchdowns in a game on returns and/or recoveries - and he did it three times. K Horst Muhlmann added 15 points on five field goals, and four PATs by Muhlmann completed the special teams onslaught. The offense scored only one TD, a one-yard run by RB Jess Phillips. The defense scored a TD on an eight-yard fumble return by DE Royce Berry.

Offseason

NFL Draft

[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296 ]

eason Schedule

Team Leaders

*Passing: Virgil Carter (278 Att, 143 Comp, 1647 Yds, 51.4 Pct, 9 TD, 9 Int, 66.9 Rating)
*Rushing: Jess Phillips (163 Att, 648 Yds, 4.0 Avg, 76 Long, 4 TD)
*Receiving: Chip Myers (32 Rec, 542 Yds, 16.9 Avg, 56 Long, 1 TD)
*Scoring: Horst Muhlmann, 108 points (25 FG; 33 PAT)

Roster

Postseason

Awards and records

Pro Bowl Selections

*CB Lemar Parrish
*TE Bob Trumpy (3rd overall selection, 1st in NFL)

References

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/1970.htm Bengals on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1970-cin Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com]
* [http://www.bengals.com/team/history/1970.asp Bengals History on Official Site]