Punter / wide receiver Pat McInally attended Harvard University and linebacker Reggie Williams attended Dartmouth College and served on Cincinnati city council while on the Bengals ’ roster.

Buffalo State ’ s sports teams are known as the Bengals.

Five Bengals women ’ s lacrosse players were honored in 2012 for work in the classroom by the Intercollegiate Women ’ s Lacrosse Coaches Association.

The Bengals women ’ s lacrosse team collectively earned a 3. 14 grade point average for the spring 2012 semester, including eight players who earned a 3. 50 or higher.

The Bengals ’ colors are orange and black.

After which, Allen was moved into the starting line-up at ( Erik ) Williams ’ s right tackle position permanently beginning at the Cincinnati Bengals on October 30 ).

The Bengals still enjoy a healthy rivalry in basketball with both the University of Idaho, who they have dominated in recent years, and Boise State, who has dominated ISU in recent years.

This is by far the high-water mark for Bengals basketball, and marked the first time since 1966 that UCLA failed to reach the Final Four.

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During the 1970s, WOXR broadcast games of the Miami University football and basketball teams and the Cleveland Browns, tapping into the vast southern Ohio fan base that the legendary NFL team cultivated long before the Cincinnati Bengals were established.

Brown recently purchased shares of the team owned by the estate of co-founder Austin Knowlton and is now the majority owner of the Bengals franchise.

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 franchise takes its name from an earlier Cincinnati Bengals team, which played from 1937 – 1941.

Brown named the team the 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 1942.

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

When the team debuted in 1968, the Bengals ' uniforms were modeled after the Cleveland Browns.

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 official notified Wyche and the Bengals ' team just two hours before the game kickoff.

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.

Although the Bengals gained 356 yards of total offense to the 49ers ' 275, this marked the first time in Super Bowl history that the team which compiled the most yards and touchdowns lost.

The Bills became the 9th team to go scoreless in the 1st half, after the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III ; the Minnesota Vikings in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI ; the Redskins in Super Bowl VII, the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XII ; and the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI.

During a September 20, 1992 game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Favre replaced injured starter Don Majkowski and proceeded to lead the team to a comeback victory.

* Cincinnati's National Football League team is named the Cincinnati Bengals.

* The Detroit's MLB team Detroit Tigers are nicknamed the Bengals.

* Dominican Republic's most successful baseball team Licey Tigers are nicknamed the Bengals.

Former Arena League MVP, Jay Gruden ( brother of Jon Gruden ), went on to coach the UFL team, Florida Tuskers, and is currently the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals.

In fall 2012, the Bengals football team prevailed in a dramatic upset over the No. 1-ranked University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, breaking into the national rankings for the first time since 2000.

Brown was the first coach of the Cleveland Browns, a team named after him, and later played a role in founding the Cincinnati Bengals.

He retired from coaching in 1975 but remained the Bengals ' team president until his death in 1991.

Brown called his new franchise the Bengals because Cincinnati had a team of that name in the 1930s and he thought it would provide a link to the past.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the Bengals were a perennial playoff contender and they won AFC championships in and, but lost Super Bowls XVI and XXIII to the San Francisco 49ers.

Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson was the top rated passer in the league and won both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and the NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award.

* Super Bowl XXIII – San Francisco 49ers won 20 – 16 over the Cincinnati Bengals

* Super Bowl XVI – San Francisco 49ers won 26-21 over the Cincinnati Bengals.

His first touchdown came on October 20 against the Cincinnati Bengals ; in the fourth quarter he caught a 45-yard touchdown throw from Steve Young that tied a game eventually won by the 49ers 28-21.

The game became known as the Freezer Bowl and was won by the Bengals over the San Diego Chargers, 27-7.

Although he only won one game, the Bengals coaches were impressed with Anderson's play.

Most people were saying the Bengals were out of the picture but the Bengals won their next game putting them at 5-4.

The Bengals won the division over the Pittsburgh Steelers.

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

With Schonert in command of the offense, the Bengals stormed back and won the game 27-21.

Anderson took advantage of his second chance by throwing for 246 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bengals won the football game 31-30.

A two-time Second Team All-American, he went undrafted by the National Football League, joining the hometown Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent in 1984 ( where he won the Ed Block Courage Award for his team ) and later the Canadian Football League for the Calgary Stampeders in 1986.

Since 2005 the baseball team has started by a winning record of 18-0 and defeating their rivals the Brighton Bengals, and since then the baseball team has never let up and has won 2 city championships.

But the Bengals won the game over the Miami Dolphins, giving Palmer his first win as a starter.

The Bengals won the game, 58-48.

The Bengals won the game when Shayne Graham kicked a 24-yard field goal with 0: 02 seconds left in the game.

The Bengals won the game 27-13.

The Bengals won the game, 21-14.

In Week 9, Palmer passed for 248 yards and 2 touchdowns as the Bengals won their game against the Ravens.

" In 7 seasons under Palmer, the Bengals have appeared in the playoffs twice ( 2005 and 2009 ), and have not won any playoff games.

In 2005, under Lewis, the Bengals had their first winning season and won their first division title in fifteen years.

It was the first time the Bengals had won five consecutive games since 1988, when the team advanced to the Super Bowl with Wyche as their coach.