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STADIUM , NFL & MEDIA RECORDS HISTORY 2008 REVIEW COLLEGE FREE AGENTS 2009 DRAFT CHOICES VETERANS ROSTERS STAFF
(Ben Utecht, cont'd)
—— UTECHT’S SINGLE-GAME HIGHS ——
RECEIVING — Receptions: 7 vs. Buff. 11-12-06 (for Ind.); Yards: 66 vs. Buff. 11-12-06 (for Ind.); Long: 30 (twice); most recently vs. Jax.
12-2-07 (for Ind.); Touchdowns: 1 (3 times); most recently at Atl. 11-22-07 (for Ind.).
—— UTECHT’S 2008 GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS ——
Receiving
Rushing
DATE OPPONENT NO YDS AVG LG TD ATT YDS AVG LG TD
9-7 at Baltimore 2 10 5.0 8 0 — — — — —
9-14 TENNESSEE 0 0 — — 0 — — — — —
9-21 at N.Y. Giants INACTIVE INACTIVE
9-28 CLEVELAND 2 10 5.0 9 0 — — — — —
10-5 at Dallas 1 3 3.0 3 0 — — — — —
10-12 at N.Y. Jets 4 34 8.5 12 0 — — — — —
10-19 PITTSBURGH INACTIVE INACTIVE
10-26 at Houston INACTIVE INACTIVE
11-2 JACKSONVILLE 2 21 10.5 12 0 — — — — —
11-9 —BYE—
11-16 PHILADELPHIA 1 2 2.0 2 0 — — — — —
11-20 at Pittsburgh 3 36 12.0 14 0 — — — — —
11-30 BALTIMORE 0 0 — — 0 — — — — —
12-7 at Indianapolis INACTIVE INACTIVE
12-14 WASHINGTON INACTIVE INACTIVE
12-21 at Cleveland INACTIVE INACTIVE
12-28 KANSAS CITY 1 7 7.0 7 0 — — — — —
TOTALS 16 123 7.7 14 0 — — — — —
—— POSTSEASON ——
Receiving Rushing Scoring
YEAR TEAM G-S NO YDS AVG LG TD ATT YDS AVG LG TD TD TD-R TD-P TD-Rt 2-PtC PTS
2004 Indianapolis 0-0 DID NOT PLAY* DID NOT PLAY* DID NOT PLAY*
2005 Indianapolis 1-0 0 0 — — 0 — — — — — — — — — — —
2006 Indianapolis 4-4 5 41 8.2 11 0 — — — — — — — — — — —
2007 Indianapolis 1-1 1 20 20.0 20 0 — — — — — — — — — — —
CAREER 6-5 6 61 10.2 20 0 — — — — — — — — — — —
*NOTE: Utecht was on the Reserve/Non-Football Injury list for 16 regular-season games and two postseason games with Indianapolis in 2004.
IN THE BEGINNING
The Bengals’ inaugural season was 1968, when they began play in the American Football League (which
merged with the NFL in 1970).
Pictured below are the cover from the team’s fi rst media guide — then known as the Press-Radio-TV
Guide — and the cover of the game program from the fi rst-ever Bengals game, a preseason matchup vs.
Kansas City on Aug. 3, 1968 at the University of Cincinnati’s Nippert Stadium.
That fi rst Bengals team had a sevenman
coaching staff (in contrast to the 2009
club’s 17-man staff).
Head coach Paul Brown was joined
by Bill Johnson (offensive line coach),
Rick Forzano (offensive backfield),
Jack Donaldson (defensive line), Tom
Bass (defensive backfi eld), Bill Walsh
(offensive ends) and Frank Smouse
(linebackers).
The first player acquired by the
Bengals was quarterback John Stofa,
obtained from the Miami Dolphins in a
trade for two draft choices. The Bengals’
fi rst draft choice was center Bob Johnson, from the University
of Tennessee.
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