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Cincinnati Bengals
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Information
League NFL
Conference AFC
Division AFC North
Established 1968 (joined NFL in 1970)
Home field Paycor Stadium
City Cincinnati, Ohio
Uniforms
Color White Alternate
Home Field
Championships
League
0
None
Super Bowls
0
None
Conference
3
1981 • 1988 • 2021
Division
11
1970 • 1973 • 1981
1988 • 1990 • 2005
2009 • 2013 • 2015
2021 • 2022

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 Paycor 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)
National Football League (1970-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
Series tied 7–7
Season Date Winning team Score Stadium Series Box
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
2021 Oct. 10 Green Bay Packers W 25–22 (OT) Paul Brown Stadium 7–7

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