However, Sam Wyche, the head coach of the Bengals in 1988, along with offensive coordinator Bruce Coslet, made the high-paced offense the standard modality for the ball club regardless of time remaining.

* Cincinnati Bengals – Introduced an orange alternate along with the redesigned uniforms in 2004.

After eight games the Bengals were 4-4 and in third place in the AFC Central along with being three games out of first place ; and had injuries to second wide receiver Charlie Joiner with a broken collarbone on the first play of week four against the Cleveland Browns ; and their third wide receiver Chip Myers with a hamstring injury in the same game.

The Mayor ended a decade of stalemate and negotiated an agreement with Hamilton County to develop, The Banks, of land between the Reds and Bengals stadiums at the Southern edge of Downtown along the Ohio River.

Woods rushed for 1, 066 yards and 15 touchdowns in his rookie season, along with 228 yards and 3 touchdowns in the playoffs as the Bengals advanced to Super Bowl XXIII.

WCKY is the flagship station of the Cincinnati Bengals ( along with WEBN, and are also simulcast on WLW after Cincinnati Reds baseball season ends ).

He finished his 7-year NFL career with 363 catches ( 7th in Bengals history ) for 6, 134 yards ( 5th ) and 41 touchdowns ( 4th ), along with 164 rushing yards.

The 34 – 14 win over the Titans, along with a loss by the Chargers to the Bengals, helped the Chiefs clinch the division title.

He set career-high marks with 69 tackles and one sack to go along with one interception, which he returned for a TD against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Walsh spent eight seasons as an assistant with the Bengals.

In a 2006 interview, Walsh claimed that during his tenure with the Bengals, Brown " worked against my candidacy " to be a head coach anywhere in the league.

Brown named the team the Bengals in order " to give it a link with past professional football in Cincinnati.

In 1970 the Bengals moved to play at Riverfront Stadium, a home they shared with the Cincinnati Reds until the team moved to Paul Brown Stadium in 2000.

The Bengals ' team colors were orange, black, and white, and their helmets were a similar shade of orange, with the only variations being the word " Bengals " in block letters on either side of the helmet and no stripe on the helmet.

The Bengals have worn their black uniforms at home throughout their history, with some exceptions such as the 1970 season when the Bengals wore white at home for the entire season, and most of the 1971 season.

Though the Bengals ran it with some success, like the West Coast Offense the scheme became more successful elsewhere, in this case with the rival Pittsburgh Steelers, where LeBeau has served two stints as defensive coordinator.

LeBeau has led both Bengals Super Bowl appearances and three Super Bowl appearances with Pittsburgh using the zone blitz.

† Spent four of his nineteen NFL seasons with the Bengals.

The Bengals finished the regular season with a 12-4 record, and had postseason victories over the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers.

The Bengals managed to score their final touchdown with 20 seconds left, but could not recover the ensuing onside kick.

The Bengals finished with the best regular season record in the AFC at 12-4.

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.

Bengals result from crossing a domestic feline with an Asian leopard cat ( ALC ), Prionailurus bengalensis bengalensis.

Former Cincinnati Bengals offensive lineman Dave Lapham signed an unusual personal services contract ( rather than a traditional players ' contract ) with billionaire New Jersey Generals owner Donald Trump.

Schreiber narrated Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2009, and Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals and Broad Street Bullies in 2010, on HBO.

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* Louis Breeden, former American football player, defensive back with the Cincinnati Bengals.

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* Jay Hayes, former USFL player with the Memphis Showboats and current assistant football coach with the Cincinnati Bengals.

* James Logan-1991 graduate of Opp High School who played football in the NFL for the Houston Oilers, Cincinnati Bengals, and Seattle Seahawks from 1995 – 2000, and played college football at Memphis State University.

* Natu Tuatagaloa ' 84 Defensive end NFL Seattle Seahawks, Cincinnati Bengals, Houston Oilers ; elected to the San Rafael City Schools Board of Education in 2001

As 1970 approached, three NFL teams ( the Baltimore Colts, Cleveland Browns, and Pittsburgh Steelers ), agreed to join the ten AFL teams ( the Cincinnati Bengals and Miami Dolphins had joined the original Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Denver Broncos, Houston Oilers, Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, and San Diego Chargers ) to form the American Football Conference ( AFC ).

During the Bengals ' tenure, they posted a 5-1 record in playoff games played in Riverfront Stadium, with victories over the Buffalo Bills ( twice ), San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, and Houston Oilers.

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.

His ongoing feud with former Houston Oilers head coach Jerry Glanville was best exemplified in late 1989, when the Bengals scored early and often in a 61 – 7 thrashing.

Note: As per the rules of the NFL playoffs prior to the 1990 season ( notwithstanding the strike-shortened 1982 season ), the Cincinnati Bengals ( the AFC 1 seed ) did not play the Houston Oilers ( the 5 seed ), nor did the Chicago Bears ( the NFC 1 seed ) play the Minnesota Vikings ( the 4 seed ), in the Divisional playoff round because those teams were in the same division.

* Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Boston Patriots ( now New England Patriots ), New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers, and Houston Oilers ( now Tennessee Titans ) join NFL after merger with American Football League.

The original four members of the AFC Central were the Houston Oilers ( now the Tennessee Titans ), the Browns, the Bengals and the Steelers.

Joining the newly formed " AFC Central " are the Houston Oilers ( from the AFL's East Division ) and Cincinnati Bengals ( from the AFL's West Division ).

The Cincinnati Bengals played the last two AFL seasons in the AFL West despite being further east than Houston, where the Houston Oilers played at the time and were members of the AFC East.