1980 Cincinnati Bengals season

1980 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head Coach	Forrest Gregg
Home Field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	6–10
Place	4th AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
1979	1981

The 1980 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 13th year in professional football and its 11th with the National Football League.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1980 Cincinnati Bengals Draft
Round	Pick #	Overall	Name	Position	College
1	3	3	Anthony Muñoz	Offensive Tackle	USC
2	3	31	Kirby Criswell	Linebacker	Kansas
3	3	59	Rod Horn	Defensive Tackle	Nebraska
4	3	86	Bill Glass	Guard	Baylor
5	3	113	Bryan Hicks	Defensive Back	McNeese State
6	3	141	Jo Jo Heath	Defensive Back	Pittsburgh
6	21	159	Andrew Melontree	Linebacker	Baylor
7	2	167	Ron Simpkins	Linebacker	Michigan
7	3	168	Gary Don Johnson	Defensive Tackle	Baylor
8	3	196	Mark Lyles	Running Back	Florida State
9	3	224	Greg Bright	Defensive Back	Morehead State
10	3	252	Sandro Vitello	Kicker	Massachusetts
11	4	281	Alton Alexis	Wide Receiver	Tulane
12	3	308	Mike Wright	Quarterback	Vanderbilt

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 7, 1980	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–12	43,211
2	September 14, 1980	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–16	38,322
3	September 21, 1980	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 30–28	52,490
4	September 28, 1980	Houston Oilers	L 13–10	50,413
5	October 5, 1980	at Green Bay Packers	L 14–9	55,006
6	October 12, 1980	at Pittsburgh Steelers	W 17–16	53,668
7	October 19, 1980	Minnesota Vikings	W 14–0	44,487
8	October 26, 1980	at Houston Oilers	L 23–3	49,189
9	November 2, 1980	San Diego Chargers	L 31–14	46,406
10	November 9, 1980	at Oakland Raiders	L 28–17	44,132
11	November 16, 1980	Buffalo Bills	L 14–0	40,836
12	November 23, 1980	at Cleveland Browns	L 31–7	79,253
13	November 30, 1980	at Kansas City Chiefs	W 20–6	41,594
14	December 7, 1980	Baltimore Colts	W 34–33	35,651
15	December 14, 1980	at Chicago Bears	W 17–14	48,808
16	December 21, 1980	Cleveland Browns	L 27–24	50,058

Standings

AFC Central
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Cleveland Browns	11	5	0	.688	357	310
Houston Oilers	11	5	0	.688	295	251
Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	0	.563	352	313
Cincinnati Bengals	6	10	0	.375	244	312

Roster

Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks 12 Jack Thompson 14 Ken Anderson 15 Turk Schonert Running Backs 22 Deacon Turner 28 Cleotha Montgomery 35 Nathan Poole 40 Charles Alexander 45 Archie Griffin 46 Pete Johnson FB Wide Receivers 82 Alton Alexis 84 Don Bass 85 Isaac Curtis 86 Steve Kreider 88 Mike Levenseller Tight Ends 81 Jim Corbett 83 M.L. Harris 89 Dan Ross		Offensive Linemen 58 Blair Bush C 60 Blake Moore C 62 Dave Lapham G 64 Bill Glass G 65 Max Montoya G 71 Ron Horn NT 74 Glenn Bujnoch G 77 Mike Wilson T 78 Anthony Munoz T Defensive Linemen 63 Mike White DT 67 Gary Burley DE 72 Mike St. Clair DE 73 Eddie Edwards DE 75 Wilson Whitley DT 79 Ross Browner DE		Linebackers 50 Glenn Cameron 51 Rick Razzano 51 Roger Baggett 52 Tom Dinkel 53 Bo Harris 55 Jim LeClair 59 Ron Simpkins 57 Reggie Williams 59 Andrew Melontree 59 Howie Kurnick Defensive Backs 13 Ken Riley CB 21 Jim Browner S 23 Shafer Suggs S 24 Clarence Chapman CB 27 Bryan Hicks S 30 Dick Jauron S 34 Louis Breeden CB 44 Ray Griffin CB 47 Greg Bright S Special Teams 10 Jim Breech K 11 Sandro Vitiello K 19 Ian Sunter K 36 Jo-Jo Heath KR 87 Pat McInally P

References

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