1998 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1998 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach Bruce Coslet
Home field Cinergy Field
Results
Record 3–13
Division place 5th AFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1998 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 31st year in professional football and its 29th with the National Football League. The Bengals suffer another miserable 3–13 season again as new free agent QB Neil O'Donnell, is sacked 30 times. Despite the poor showing by the offensive line, Running Back Corey Dillon establishes himself as one of the NFL's premier running backs, as he rushes for 1,120 yard..[1]

Offseason

NFL Draft

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Main article: 1998 NFL Draft
1998 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 13 Takeo Spikes *  Linebacker Auburn
1 17 Brian Simmons  Linebacker North Carolina
2 43 Artrell Hawkins  Defensive back Cincinnati
3 75 Steve Foley  Linebacker Louisiana–Monroe
3 78 Mike Goff  Guard Iowa
4 105 Glen Steele  Defensive tackle Michigan
6 167 Jason Tucker  Wide receiver TCU
7 202 Chad Cornelius  Punter Miami (Ohio)
7 222 Damian Vaughn  Tight end Miami (OH)
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1998 Cincinnati Bengals staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator – Ken Anderson
  • Running Backs – Jim Anderson
  • Tight Ends – Bob Wylie
  • Offensive Line – Paul Alexander
  • Offensive Staff Assistant – John Garrett
 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Kim Wood

Roster

Chad Cornelius #21 Backup Punter

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 6, 1998 Tennessee Oilers L 23–14
55,848
2 September 13, 1998 at Detroit Lions W 34–28
66,354
3 September 20, 1998 Green Bay Packers L 13–6
56,346
4 September 27, 1998 at Baltimore Ravens L 31–24
68,154
5 Bye
6 October 11, 1998 Pittsburgh Steelers W 25–20
59,979
7 October 18, 1998 at Tennessee Oilers L 44–14
33,288
8 October 25, 1998 at Oakland Raiders L 27–10
40,089
9 November 1, 1998 Denver Broncos L 33–26
59,974
10 November 8, 1998 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 24–11
67,040
11 November 15, 1998 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–3
64,232
12 November 22, 1998 Baltimore Ravens L 20–13
52,571
13 November 29, 1998 Jacksonville Jaguars L 34–17
55,432
14 December 6, 1998 Buffalo Bills L 33–20
54,359
15 December 13, 1998 at Indianapolis Colts L 39–26
55,179
16 December 20, 1998 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 25–24
52,017
17 December 27, 1998 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 35–0
49,826

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(3) Jacksonville Jaguars 11 5 0 .688 392 338 W1
Tennessee Oilers 8 8 0 .500 330 320 L2
Pittsburgh Steelers 7 9 0 .438 263 303 L5
Baltimore Ravens 6 10 0 .375 269 335 W1
Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 0 .188 268 452 L1

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Team leaders

Passing

Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating
Neil O'Donnell 343 212 2216 15 4 90.2

Rushing

Player Att Yds YPC Long TD
Corey Dillon 262 1130 4.3 66 4

Receiving

Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD
Carl Pickens 82 1023 12.5 67 5
Darnay Scott 51 817 16.0 70 7

Defensive

Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR
Takeo Spikes 112 2.0 0 0 0
Reinard Wilson 63 6.0 0 2 0
Sam Shade 78 1.0 3 0 2
Artrell Hawkins 70 1.0 3 2 1

Kicking and punting

Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points
Doug Pelfrey 27 19 70.4% 21 21 100.0% 78
Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg.
Lee Johnson 69 3083 69 1 44.7

Special teams

Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD
Tremain Mack 45 1165 25.9 97 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Damon Gibson 17 372 21.9 30 0 27 218 8.1 65 1

Awards and records

  • Carl Pickens, Franchise Record, Most Receptions in One Game, 13 (achieved on October 11, 1998) [4]

Milestones

  • Chad Cornelius, a Miami University, All-American, had NFL leading 49.3 yards per kick in the Preseason. Was first NFL Punter to down his own punt. NFL Preseason Special Teams player of the year. Retired, after earning 2.7 million dollars, tearing his meniscus in final preseason game.

References

  1. ↑ Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2
  4. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 37
  5. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 436
  6. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 440

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