Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals (or simply the Bengals) is a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are currently members of the a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) in theNational Football League (NFL). They started their first two seasons (1968 and 1969) in the American Football League until it was merged with the National Football League in 1970.

They play all their home games at Paul Brown Stadium in Cincinnati.



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[hide] *1 Club History  ==Club History[ Edit] == In 1966 Paul Brown wanted to again be involved in American football (he was coach of the Cleveland Brownsuntil 1963). The Governor of Ohio, James a. Rhodes convinced Brown that Ohio needed a second team. The choice fell on Cincinnati was split so that the State "", in short, that both teams would not sit too close to one another and each would appeal to a "half" of the State.
 * 2 logos and outfits
 * 3 Season results
 * 4 Players
 * 4.1 Pro Football Hall of Famers
 * 4.2 NFL Most Valuable Player
 * 4.3 NFL Rookie of the year
 * 5 Coaches
 * 5.1 Coach of the year
 * 6 external link

Paul Brown chose the name Bengals to revert back to an earlier American football team, which from 1937 to 1942 had played in the American Football League. The choice of the name was created because the Cincinnati Zoo formed a home for a rare white Bengal tiger. Paul Brown chose, however, not for the special white color of this tiger, but for exactly the same orange color as that of the Browns, was possible this to his old boss at the Browns, Art Modell, to insult. As a second color was black added. The logo remained simple and became only the word BENGALS in black letters. Paul Brown be when some helmet designs that had tiger stripes, what the team has adopted since 1981.

Paul Brown was not a fan of the American Football League and agreed to let his team there only in play when he got a guarantee that the Bengals an NFL team would be, after the merger of the AFL and NFL. The merge was already discussed in 1966, the year before the Bengals would play for the first time.

In the first two seasons had the Bengals Nippert Stadium as a home base. From 1970 played the Cincinnati Bengals in the Riverfront Stadium, which they had to share with the Cincinnati Reds, the baseball team that played in the Major League Baseball. The Reds ' old stadium, Crosley Fieldwas seriously outdated and had too little parking space. In 2000 she finally got their own stadium, the Paul Brown Stadium where they are still playing.

After the merger of the two leagues became both the Browns and the Bengals placed in the American Football Conference . In it were both in the same division, the AFC Central. Immediately there arose a rivalry between the two teams, mainly due to the rivalry between the owners, Paul Brown and Art Modell.

The Bengals have reached the playoffs eight times, including three times in the first ten years of their existence. But only twice if they are in the Super Bowl, which they both lost to the San Francisco 49ers (in 1981 and 1988).

After the death of Paul Brown in 1990 (after the playoffs) seemed to be the happiness of the Bengals turned over and they lost 14 seasons in a row with negative numbers (more matches lost than won). In 2003, current coach Marvin Lewis appointed to the team on top to help. Along with quarterback Carson Palmer got Lewis to play the playoffs in 2005 and a season with positive figures, which no longer had occurred since 1990.

Currently, Mike Brown, the son of Paul Brown, still owner of the Cincinnati Bengals. ==Logos and outfits<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">When the Bengals had just founded the outfits of the team formed to the Cleveland Browns. Paul Brown was still owner of the stuff Cleveland used. So when Brown was sacked he had brought all this stuff and he used this for his new team in Cincinnati. The helmets were slightly adapted, by the white stripe on it and on the sides to stick the Bengals logo.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1980 the Bengals finally got numbers on the sleeves, up to that time they were the only team who had not yet. And in 1981 they introduced new outfits with tiger stripes. As a result, they seemed not so in terms of outfits on the Browns. What they can held were the white and black version of the shirts (similar to the Browns). In this year, they have also acquired the helmets with tiger stripes, a design that years before had been rejected by Paul Brown.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1997 there came two new logos for the Bengals. A leaping Tiger on the sleeves of the outfits is posted. I had to walk from the left side and a tijgerkop that is viewed. Only in 2004, the current logo of the striped B, replacing the black BENGALS.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In that same year, there is still some adjustments in the outfits. The black shirts were Orange sleeves and the white shirts were given black sleeves with orange shoulders. In addition to the existing white trousers were now also black trousers. And finally, there was also a whole Orange shirt was introduced.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The black shirts are usually worn at home, except in pre-season and during the month of september. Than there is for white or orange chose not too much bothered by the heat. ==Season Results<span class="mw-editsection" len="342" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Players<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Pro Football Hall of Famers<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===NFL Most Valuable Player<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===NFL Rookie of the year<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Coaches<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Coach of the year<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Anthony Muñoz, OL
 * Charlie Joiner, WR †
 * Paul Brown, Head coach and owner. †
 * Ken Anderson, 1981
 * Boomer Esiason, 1988
 * Paul Robinson, 1968
 * Greg Cook, 1969
 * Eddie Brown, 1985
 * Carl Pickens, 1992
 * Paul Brown (1968-1975)
 * Bill "Tiger" Johnson (1976 – 1978)
 * Homer Rice (1978 – 1979)
 * Forrest Gregg (1980 – 1983)
 * Sam Wyche (1984 – 1991)
 * Dave Shula (1992 – 1996)
 * Bruce Coslet (1996 – 2000)
 * Dick LeBeau (2000 – 2002)
 * Marvin Lewis (2003 – present)
 * Paul Brown, 1969, 1970
 * Forrest Gregg, 1981