Houston Oilers 1975: A Game-by-Game Guide
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The Bengals qualified as the AFC Wild Card team for the playoffs, but had to play on the road at Oakland, which also had finished , and the Raiders prevailed, , withstanding a Bengals rally from a deficit.
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Cook played in preseason for the Chiefs but did not reach the regular season with the club. Labor unrest forced the preseason to unfold under another strike threat, but it was averted just before the regular season began. The Bengals defense was strong despite the pre-training camp loss of Pro Bowl DT Mike Reid, who retired at age 26 to pursue a career in music. Wood would serve in the job through Brown had coached 41 seasons at various levels of football, with a career including dominance at the high school level, a national championship at Ohio State, and an AAFC and NFL dynasty with the Cleveland Browns.
His overall coaching record was , for a winning percentage of.
Johnson led the team to a record, tied with Pittsburgh atop the AFC Central, but the Steelers won a tiebreaker head-to-head sweep for the division title, and the Bengals lost out to New England for what was then a lone AFC Wild Card spot in the playoffs. The Bengals entered the final regular-season weekend tied with Pittsburgh at , but the Steelers clinched the playoff spot with a Saturday win against Houston.
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The Bengals were playing only for pride the following day when they swamped the N. The team had 46 sacks, and its average of 3. Head coach Bill Johnson posted a second straight winning record , but the team missed the playoffs, one game behind AFC Central champion Pittsburgh.
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The Bengals logged a huge win in Game 15, beating Pittsburgh in a Saturday afternoon contest at frigid Riverfront Stadium temperatures hovering between five and 10 degrees. The game left the teams tied for the division lead, and the Bengals were assured of winning a season-end tiebreaker, based on better point differential in their season split with the Steelers.
The Bengals rallied into contention after a start that included a season-opening loss to underdog Cleveland, the first time the Bengals had lost in a season opener played at home, following six straight wins in that situation. The Bengals and the NFL played the first year with a game schedule, and it was a long 16 for Cincinnati. QB Ken Anderson missed the first four games with a broken bone in his right hand, and Bill Johnson resigned as head coach following an start. Kansas City , three points in overtime at Cleveland and two points vs.
The team dropped to a mark before rallying to win the last three games. Fullback Pete Johnson powered his way to 15 TDs, a club record at the time. But the team finished in its only full season under head coach Homer Rice, who was released the day after the Dec. The team struggled despite a plus mark in turnover differential 44 takeaways, 29 giveaways.
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Danger zone for Redskins and Panthers? As a collegiate football player at the University of Texas at Austin , he won the Heisman Trophy in and led the nation in rushing with 1, yards. In , he became the first recipient of the Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy which was awarded to the most outstanding player in the now-defunct Southwest Conference.
He was also a consensus All-America choice in He was selected as the Southwest Conference running back of the year in each of his college seasons and finished with 4, career rushing yards. The Texas Cowboys are the student organization made up of campus leaders. They are also responsible for taking care of and firing 'Smokey' the Cannon at Texas football games.
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Campbell possessed a rare combination of speed and power, and was a prolific running back from through It was also the second of three consecutive seasons in which he led the league in rushing. Only Jim Brown had previously accomplished that feat.
Campbell led the NFL in rushing in , , and He played in five Pro Bowls and finished his career with 9, yards and 74 touchdowns rushing along with yards on receptions. In , Campbell's best year in the NFL, he ran for 1, yards including four yard rushing games, including a personal best yards against the Chicago Bears. Despite playing against stacked defenses Campbell managed to average 5.
The trade was controversial in New Orleans, as it was widely believed that Campbell's skills had diminished, and the Saints already had the young George Rogers in the backfield. Campbell played in a diminished role in and , and retired during the preseason of , feeling that the beating he had taken during his career had taken too much of a toll, a toll which has become apparent in his life today see below.