Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Bengals


Helmet	Logo

Information
League	NFL
Conference	AFC
Division	AFC North
Established	1968 (joined NFL in 1970)
Home field	Paul Brown Stadium
City	Cincinnati, Ohio

Uniforms

Color	White	Alternate

Home Field

Championships
League	0	None
Super Bowls	0	None
Conference	2	1981 • 1988
Division	9	1970 • 1973 • 1981 1988 • 1990 • 2005 2009 • 2013 • 2015

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Their first two seasons, 1968 and 1969, were as an American Football League franchise. They joined the NFL as part of the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, which had actually been agreed upon in 1966.

The Bengals play home games at Paul Brown Stadium in downtown Cincinnati.

Team history[]

Founding[]

In 1967, an ownership group led by Paul Brown was granted a franchise in the American Football League (AFL). Brown named the team the Cincinnati Bengals in order "to give it a link with past professional football in Cincinnati." Another Bengals team had existed in the city and played in three previous American Football Leagues from 1937 to 1941. The city's world-renowned zoo was also home to a rare white Bengal Tiger.

Possibly as an insult to Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell, Paul Brown (whose namesake was picked as the Browns nickname) chose the exact shade of orange used by his former team. He added black as the secondary color.

Membership[]

League affiliations

American Football League (1968-1969)
AFL West (1968–1969)
National Football League (1970-present)
American Football Conference (1970-present) AFC Central (1970-2001) AFC North (2002-present)

Achievements[]

Achievements

AP Most Valuable Player		Offensive Player of the Year		Defensive Player of the Year		Super Bowl MVP
1981	Ken Anderson	1981	Ken Anderson
1988	Boomer Esiason

Rivalry[]

Cincinnati Bengals vs. Green Bay Packers • Bengals lead series 7–6 •

Season	Date	Winning team	Score	Stadium	Series
1971	Oct. 3	Green Bay Packers	W 20–17	Lambeau Field	1–0
1976	Sep. 26	Cincinnati Bengals	L 7–28	Riverfront Stadium	1–1
1977	Oct. 9	Cincinnati Bengals	L 7–17	Milwaukee County Stadium	1–2
1980	Oct. 5	Green Bay Packers	W 14–9	Lambeau Field	2–2
1983	Oct. 30	Cincinnati Bengals	L 14–34	Riverfront Stadium	2–3
1986	Oct. 5	Cincinnati Bengals	L 28–34	Milwaukee County Stadium	2–4
1992	Sep. 20	Green Bay Packers	W 24–23	Lambeau Field	3–4
1995	Dec. 3	Green Bay Packers	W 24–10	Lambeau Field	4–4
1998	Sep. 20	Green Bay Packers	W 13–6	Cinergy Field	5–4
2005	Oct. 30	Cincinnati Bengals	L 14–21	Paul Brown Stadium	5–5
2009	Sep. 20	Cincinnati Bengals	L 24–31	Lambeau Field	5–6
2013	Sep. 22	Cincinnati Bengals	L 30–34	Paul Brown Stadium	5–7
2017	Sep. 24	Green Bay Packers	W 27–24 (OT)	Lambeau Field	6–7

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