Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati.
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21 Facts About Cincinnati Bengals
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The Cincinnati Bengals compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference North division.
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Cincinnati Bengals ultimately chose the former when a deal between the city, Hamilton County, and Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds was struck that resulted in an agreement to build a multipurpose stadium which could host both baseball and football games.
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Cincinnati Bengals was selected because, like their neighbors the Reds, they could draw from several large neighboring cities that are all no more than 110 miles away from downtown Cincinnati Bengals, along with Indianapolis, until the Baltimore Colts relocated there prior to the 1984 NFL season.
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The Cincinnati Bengals had several head coaches and several of their top draft picks did not pan out.
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The turning point for the Cincinnati Bengals was during the 2021 season, when they won their first playoff game in 31 years and advanced to Super Bowl LVI, their first appearance in the Super Bowl in 33 years, where they lost to the Los Angeles Rams.
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Cincinnati Bengals reached the Super Bowl twice during the 1980s, in Super Bowl XVI and Super Bowl XXIII, but lost both times to the San Francisco 49ers.
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The Cincinnati Bengals' fortunes changed for the worse as the team posted 14 consecutive non-winning seasons and were saddled with numerous draft busts.
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Cincinnati Bengals returned to the playoffs again in 2009 in a season that included the franchise's first-ever division sweep.
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Cincinnati Bengals later was moved at the NFL trade deadline to the Oakland Raiders.
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The 2014 season started well with the Cincinnati Bengals winning their first three contests against the Baltimore Ravens, the Atlanta Falcons, and the Tennessee Titans.
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In 2020, the Cincinnati Bengals improved under rookie Joe Burrow, but lost Burrow to a season-ending injury in week 11 to the Washington Football Team that all but ended their season.
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In 1997, the Cincinnati Bengals designed a logo consisting of a leaping tiger, and it was added to the uniform sleeves .
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The Cincinnati Bengals have worn their black uniforms at home throughout their history, with some exceptions such as the 1970 season when the Cincinnati Bengals wore white at home for the entire season, and most of the 1971 season.
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Since 2005, the Cincinnati Bengals wear white for September home games where the heat could become a factor.
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In 2016, the Cincinnati Bengals unveiled their all-white Color Rush alternate uniform, featuring black tiger stripes along the sleeves and pants.
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The Cincinnati Bengals wore three different pants with this set: black pants with orange stripes, white pants with black stripes, and white pants with orange stripes.
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Cincinnati Bengals fans started chanting "Who dey" in their 1981 Super Bowl run.
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Section 600 Staff in 2018 say, "If the Cincinnati Bengals did not flat out just steal the chant from Louisiana, it appears that their chant comes from a mix of a local beer company and a car dealership commercial".
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Ken Anderson replaced Carter as Cincinnati Bengals's starting quarterback in 1972 and was even more successful.
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