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Cincinnati Bengals
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The
Cincinnati Bengals was Founded in 1966 as an
American Football League expansion franchise
and Played it's 1st game in 1968 later
Joining the NFL in 1970.The Cincinnati
Bengals professional football team is one of
four teams in the north division of the
American Football Conference (AFC) of the
National Football League (NFL). Cincinnati
Bengals first stadium was Nippert Stadium
between 1968-1969, thereafter they moved to
Riverfront Stadium/CINergy Field between
1970-1999.The Cincinnati Bengals home
stadium since 2000, to date is Paul Brown
Stadium. The bengals played their first
games as an expansion team in 1968. Paul
brown who as a coach had won three NFL
titles with the Cleveland Browns during the
1950s, is the one who first organized the
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The Cincinnati Bengals won the AFC
Central Division in its first NFL season
with the help mostly relying on the
defense of starred cornerbacks Lemar
Parrish and Ken Riley. In 1968, American
Football League named running back Paul
Robinson as the rookie of the year and
in 1969, quarter back Greg Cook took the
honors of being named rookie of the
year. Paul Brown masterminded the
Cincinnati Bengals to postseason
appearances again in 1973 and 1975. In
the same period Ken Anderson became
known as one of the NFL’s finest
quarterbacks, with the help of wide
receiver Isaac Curtis and tight ends Bob
Trumpy. Ken Anderson won three
consecutive titles from 1973 to
1975.Under head coach Forrest Gregg the
bengals won the division crown in 1981.
Forrest Gregg was a former offensive
tackle and a member of the Hall of Fame. |
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The Bengals remained ambitious
throughout the mid-1980s. Boomer Esiason
replaced Ken Anderson in 1985 and, like
his predecessor, became one of the NFL’s
premier quarterbacks. Esiason won the
first of his two NFC passing titles and
shared player of the year honors with
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Randall
Cunningham. Cincinnati won it's fifth
division title in 1990 and Esiason added
one more to get six consecutive
3,000-yard season, a club record. The
Bengals won a total of just 11 games
from 1992 to 1994, and the team
continued to struggle for much of the
rest of the 1990s. Hall of Famer Paul
Brown is considered to be the greatest
coach of the Cleveland Browns, having
led them to many championship titles
using innovative approaches to training,
game plans and other revolutionary
approaches that earned him his
enshrinement in the Football Hall of
Fame. |
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Only
one number has ever to date been retired by
the Cincinnati Bengals and that is #54
belonging to Bob Johnson Offensive lineman,
the 1st ever draft pick of the Bengals. The
Cincinnati Bengals fight song is titled
touchdown bengals and their cheerleaders are
called ben-gals. Their mascot is named who-Dey.
The Cincinnati Bengals colors are black,
orange and white. The helmet design is of
orange background with tiger stripes. In
2002, the leagues realignment plan took
effect shifting the Cincinnati Bengals to
the north division from the central division
of the American football league. The
Cincinnati Bengals have won two Conference
Championships in 1981 and 1988.The bengals
have also made appearances to two Super
Bowls, in XVI AND XXIII, in which they lost
both of them. For more information go to (www.bengals.com.) |
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