After Week 10, which featured a humiliating loss against the Cincinnati Bengals, during which McNair committed 3 fumbles, it was decided that Boller would officially be the starting QB for the remainder of the season.

After spending the 2009 NFL season out of football, Jones received contract offers from the Bengals and the Tennessee Titans, but on February 12, 2010, Jones decided to sign a one-year, $ 700, 000 contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.

Breech decided to join the Bengals, and ended up staying there for the remainder of his career.

In the 1999 offseason, the Bengals decided to overhaul their roster.

Owens has also played for the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

On July 27, 2010, Owens signed a one year contract with the Cincinnati Bengals.

He joined Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco, both of whom lobbied for the Bengals to sign Owens.

However, the Bengals fell from a 10-6 record the year before Owens joined to a 4-12 record with Owens.

Mike Brown, the team's de facto general manager, was rated as among the worst team owners in American professional sports Compounding matters were off-field problems of several players, notably receiver Chris Henry, who was suspended several times during his short professional career and was actually released by the Bengals at one point, but was then re-signed for the season.

The Bengals ' fortunes changed for the worse as the team posted 14 consecutive non-winning seasons.

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.

Since 2005, the Bengals wear white for September home games where the heat could become a factor.

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.

The West Coast Offense, is the popular name for the high-percentage passing scheme designed by former Bengals assistant Bill Walsh.

Walsh formulated what has become popularly known as the West Coast Offense during his tenure as assistant coach for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1968 to 1975, while working under the tutelage of Paul Brown.

The inaugural class for the Bengals Hall of Fame, hosted on the Bengals official website, was announced in 2011.

In the Wildcard Round they hosted a playoff game for the first time, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 31-10.

Both the Jaguars and the Panthers ( 7 – 9 ) broke the previous record for most wins by an expansion team ( 3 ) set by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1968.

Jacksonville most recently wore white in their 2011 regular season game against the Cincinnati Bengals, and for the 2011 regular season home opener wore all white against the Tennessee Titans.

The Atlanta Falcons, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Cincinnati Bengals did not agree to the switch, forcing the Saints to wear white jerseys for that game.

Meanwhile, the Dolphins defeated the AFC Central Champion Cincinnati Bengals 34-16 in the divisional round, and the AFC Western Champion Oakland Raiders, 27-10 for the AFC Championship.

Super Bowl XVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion San Francisco 49ers and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion Cincinnati Bengals to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 1981 season.

The Bengals main deep threat was rookie wide receiver Cris Collinsworth, who caught 67 passes for 1, 009 yards and 8 touchdowns.

After returning the opening kickoff 17 yards, San Francisco's Amos Lawrence was hit by Bengals linebacker Guy Frazier and fumbled at his own 26-yard line ( the first time in a Super Bowl that a turnover took place on the opening kick ), where John Simmons recovered for Cincinnati.

Wilson's reception was a play Bill Walsh specifically designed for the Super Bowl that capitalized on the Bengals ' doing a long-run coverage on Wilson anytime he ran a pass route over 20 yards ; Wilson simply ran 25 yards straight out and then cut back to receive Montana's precision pass.

The Bengals tried an onside kick, but Clark recovered the ball for the 49ers, allowing San Francisco to run out the clock to win the game.

Both players finished their careers as backups, Brown returning to the Cowboys in 1998 and O ' Donnell playing for the Cincinnati Bengals and Tennessee Titans until his retirement in 2003.

* Colin Cochart-tight end for the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals

* Barney Bussey-Former NFL player, played for the Cincinnati Bengals and then the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

* 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.

* Lamar Rogers-Played football in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1991-1992.

In the 2011 NFL season, the Bengals improved to 9-7 and clinched a playoff spot.

The Bengals men ’ s basketball team won a State University of New York ’ s Athletic conference championship and advanced to the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Division III Tournament in 2011.

Following the Bengals ' 4 – 12 finish in the 2010 season on January 23, 2011 Palmer requested to be traded.

On July 26, 2011 a video posted on NFL. com showed a press conference held by Mike Brown, the president of the Bengals, stating that he did not expect Carson Palmer to return to the Bengals for the 2011-2012 season, the organization wished him well, and that there were no plans to trade him.

The Bengals, preparing for a future without Carson Palmer, selected QB Andy Dalton with their second choice in the 2011 NFL Draft.

But on October 18, 2011, after being contacted by the Oakland Raiders who had just lost starting quarterback Jason Campbell for the season and who were desperate to negotiate for Palmer, the Bengals agreed to trade the disgruntled Palmer.

In exchange for a player that the Bengals did not need and who stated he would never suit up for them again, the Bengals received Oakland's first-round pick in the 2012 draft and a conditional second-round pick in the 2013 draft, which would have become a first-round pick had the Raiders reached the AFC Championship game in 2011.

He is the longest tenuered coach in Bengals history and holds the franchise record for most wins, surpassing Sam Wyche on October 30, 2011.

On January 4, 2011, Lewis signed an extension with the Bengals ..

The off-season leading up to 2011 was a difficult time for the Bengals.

On December 4, 2011, in a 35-7 home victory against the Cincinnati Bengals, Ward became just the 19th player in NFL history to reach 12, 000 receiving yards.

Clements signed a 2-year contract worth $ 10. 5 million and $ 6 million guaranteed with the Cincinnati Bengals on July 30, 2011.

Wyche's 64 wins with the Bengals were the most ever by a coach in their franchise history, until October 30, 2011 when he was overtaken by Marvin Lewis.

* Bengals ( 2011 )

On Nov 20, 2011, Stover was inducted into the Ravens Ring of Honor, during a half-time ceremony at M & T Bank Stadium against the Cincinnati Bengals

The Bills would not lose another game to the Bengals until Week 4 of the 2011 NFL season.

After becoming a free agent following the 2010 season, Scaife signed with the Cincinnati Bengals on August 5, 2011.

The Steelers have swept all divisional opponents twice, in 2002 and 2008 ( going 7 for 7 both times, winning against the Browns in a 2003 AFC Wildcard game and the Ravens in the 2009 AFC Championship ), and the Ravens and Bengals have swept all three divisional opponents once each, the Bengals in 2009 and Ravens in 2011.