Cincinnati Bengals

4-12-0 • 4th in AFC Central •
Logo for the 1979 Cincinnati Bengals

PPG

21.1

13th

OPP PPG

26.3

28th

RUSH YDS/G

145.6

11th

PASS YDS/G

176.3

22nd

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

The Cincinnati Bengals were 4-12 in 1979. They finished 4th in the AFC Central and 14th in the AFC.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sun
12/16
 		vs
CLE logo CLE
W
16-12
Sun
12/9
 		@
WAS logo WAS
L
14-28
Sun
12/2
 		@
PIT logo PIT
L
17-37
Sun
11/25
 		vs
STL logo STL
W
34-28
Sun
11/18
 		@
HOU logo HOU
L
21-42

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

2,340

Anderson

Anderson

RUSH YDS

865

Johnson

Johnson

REC YDS

724

Bass

Bass

1979 Division Standings

TEAM W L T PCT
Steelers logo Steelers
12 4 0 .750
Oilers logo Oilers
11 5 0 .688
Browns logo Browns
9 7 0 .563
Bengals logo Bengals
4 12 0 .250

1979 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 337 4,639 1,049 4.4 2,329 560 4.2 2,821 426 6.6 63 511 289 138 131 20 88 744
Team Rank 13th 23rd 12th 24th 11th 14th 9th 22nd 20th 17th 28th 1st 20th 7th 22nd 21st 4th 6th
Opponent 16 421 5,911 1,052 5.6 2,219 528 4.2 3,908 492 7.9 32 216 334 133 175 26 101 871
Opponent Rank 28th 28th 16th 28th 16th 13th 19th 27th 24th 28th 19th 6th 26th 19th 26th 15th 17th 13th
Net -84 -1,272 -3 -1.2 +110 +32 0.0 -1,087 -66 -1.3 +31 +295 -45 +5 -44 -6 -13 -127
Net Rank 24th 27th 16th 28th 15th 13th 14th 26th 23rd 27th 28th 1st 24th 14th 23rd 23rd 4th 6th

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