Bengals quarterback Virgil Carter would be the first player to successfully implement Walsh's system, leading the NFL in pass completion percentage in 1971.

The Bills ' defense dominated the Raiders ' offense, which was without running back Bo Jackson, who suffered a career-ending injury against the Cincinnati Bengals the week before, limiting them to an early field goal and intercepting five passes from quarterback Jay Schroeder.

* NFL quarterback Jon Kitna — Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Detroit Lions, and Dallas Cowboys.

* Boomer Esiason: Former NFL quarterback ( Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, Arizona Cardinals )

Other football players from Burnet High School include quarterback Stephen McGee of Texas A & M University and the Dallas Cowboys, and wide receiver Jordan Shipley of The University of Texas and the Cincinnati Bengals.

* Sam Wyche-Former NFL quarterback and head coach ; led Cincinnati Bengals to Super Bowl XXIII

The three players were Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Boomer Esiason, New York Mets pitcher David Cone and New York Rangers defenseman Ron Greschner.

Several UB football stars from the 1950s and early 1960s went on to play professional football, including quarterback John Stofa with the American Football League's Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals, and defensive lineman Gerry Philbin with the AFL's New York Jets.

In their first two seasons in 1968 and 1969, the Bengals fared poorly, but the team appeared to be on the upswing as Brown built up a core group of players through the draft, including quarterback Greg Cook.

Bengals quarterback Virgil Carter would be the first player to successfully implement Walsh's system, leading the NFL in pass completion percentage in 1971.

With negotiations at a standstill, the Buccaneers traded the following season's first-round draft pick to the Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for Jack Thompson, a backup quarterback who had been unable to unseat Ken Anderson, as an insurance policy should Williams prove impossible to sign, or have trouble recovering from offseason knee surgery.

Kenneth Allan " Ken " Anderson ( born February 15, 1949 ) is a former American football quarterback who spent his entire professional career playing for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League and later returned as a position coach.

Ken Anderson finished the game completing 14 of 25 for 182 yards, two touchdowns and a quarterback rating of 105. 7 winning the game 23-16, and giving the Bengals a 4-1 record and first place in the division.

The following week against the Pittsburgh Steelers Anderson had arguably the finest performance of any Bengals quarterback ever.

Heading into week 14 the Bengals ' W-L record was 10-3 as getting ready to play the San Francisco 49ers ; the media asked Bill Walsh about his former quarterback and he said, " Ken Anderson is the greatest quarterback in football today " and he also added that " Cincinnati is the team to beat in the NFL, there's no doubt about it ".

His 2, 220 rushing yards are the most ever by a Bengals quarterback.

He played for the Bengals from 2001 to 2005 as their starting quarterback, and, later, the mentor to Carson Palmer.

Kitna's secondary role with the team was to prepare young quarterback Carson Palmer ( the Bengals ' # 1 draft pick in 2003 ).

Unlike most quarterbacks drafted first overall, Palmer did not play at all during his rookie season ; instead, Palmer learned the position during games and in practice under head coach Marvin Lewis and quarterbacks coach Ken Zampese as veteran quarterback Jon Kitna, who signed with the Bengals as an unrestricted free agent in 2001, took every snap during the 2003 season.

After learning the position his rookie season, Palmer was given the starting quarterback position for the 2004 season and started 13 games ; the Bengals finished that season at 8 – 8.

He became the first Cincinnati Bengals quarterback to finish with a quarterback rating over 100, setting the team record in that category ; and he also tied Indianapolis ' Peyton Manning for most consecutive games, 9, with a triple-digit quarterback rating.

Ken Anderson continued to put on a dazzling display of passing accuracy, winning his second NFL passing title despite the Bengals having one of the worst rushing attacks that year.

Despite losing a lot of people around him Ken Anderson led the Bengals to a 10-4 record in the division but they did not make the playoffs.

On November 4, 1973, Jordan intercepted three passes in the first quarter from the Cincinnati Bengals ' Ken Anderson within the span of five minutes, returning one 31 yards for a touchdown.

* Ken Anderson ( 1970 )-NFL Quarterback with the Cincinnati Bengals for 16 seasons.

With 10: 39 remaining in the game, Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to rookie wide receiver Cris Collinsworth, giving Cincinnati the lead, 28-21.

Despite a game-time temperature of and a 35-mile-per-hour wind that sent wind chills as low as – 59 ° F, Bengals ' quarterback Ken Anderson threw for 161 yards and 2 touchdown passes, with no interceptions, and rushed for 39 yards to lead his team to a victory.

* Ken Riley-Former Cincinnati Bengals safety in the National Football League.

After receiving the opening kickoff of the second half, the Bengals drove 83 yards in 9 plays, scoring on a 5-yard touchdown run by Anderson to cut the deficit to 20 – 7.

Taking advantage of their great starting field position, the Bengals marched 53 yards in 7 plays and scored a touchdown on a 4-yard pass from Anderson to Ross.

On the Bengals first play after receiving the ensuing kickoff, Wright intercepted a pass from Anderson.

Anderson completed 6 consecutive passes on the Bengals ensuing drive, the last one a 3-yard touchdown pass to Ross, to make the score 26 – 21, but with less than 20 seconds left in the game.

* Chad Johnson of the Cincinnati Bengals has a meeting with Stuart Scott, Steve Levy, and John Anderson to get ideas for his next touchdown celebration.

After losing franchise QB Greg Cook to an eventual career ending shoulder injury in 1970, Anderson was drafted 67th overall in the 1971 NFL Draft by the Bengals.

" In his rookie year the Bengals planned to let Anderson be the back-up to the starting signal caller, Virgil Carter However, a week three injury to Carter during a game against the Green Bay Packers would force Anderson into the starting role.

However, Anderson struggled in the middle of the season and the Bengals ended the year with a 8-6 record.

Anderson then in the next five games passed for 836 yards, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, leading the Bengals to a 10-4 record in his second year as starter.

Although Anderson had been one of the main reasons for the Bengals ' rise to the top of the division, the national media had a negative view of Anderson, and would continue to do so for much of the remainder of his career.

In week seven facing the Houston Oilers Anderson threw for a then franchise record 352 yards while also adding three touchdowns and an interception but the Bengals would lose 21-34.

In week seven the Steelers knocked out Anderson for a possession and won 30-24 handing the Bengals their first loss of the year.

In the game, Anderson passed for a franchise record 447 yards while the Bengals racked up a franchise record 553 offensive yards on their way to a 33-21 win.

Then Ted Hendricks got his fourth sack of the day on Anderson and the Bengals lost the ball on downs and the Raiders ran the clock out.

Anderson led the Bengals to three come-from-behind victories during the year and had solid numbers.

In the Bengals ' opening game against the Seattle Seahawks, Anderson was intercepted three times in the first half and the Seahawks built up a 21-0 halftime lead.