Coy Bacon's Monster 1976 Season

LOOKING BACK

By John Turney 

In 1976 Coy Bacon was traded from the San Diego Chargers to the Cincinnati Bengals for Charlie Joiner and it was a trade that worked out for both teams, at least for 1976 (and beyond for the Chargers). 

Joiner had first for 1,000-yard season and averaged 21.1 yards on his 50 catches for San Deigo. Bacon had 21½ sacks in a 14-game season, of of the best seasons ever for any defensive linemen based on PFJ research.

Here are his game-by-game totals—

For his efforts, he was named to Paul Zimmerman's New York Post All-Pro team and was Second-team All-Pro on most of the major All-Pro teams as well.