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Cincinnati Bengals

Indexed from 1968 through 2025 · AFC North

930

Games

58

Seasons

1968

First season

2025

Latest season

The full franchise story

Every era of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Paul Brown's expansion club grew into two distinct Super Bowl teams before Joe Burrow and Ja'Marr Chase restored Cincinnati to the league's biggest stage.

Historical reference: Cincinnati Bengals official NFL team page ↗
1

1968—1979

An expansion franchise learns through innovation

Peak indexed season1975 · 11–3→

Paul Brown's new team

Brown built Cincinnati with modern organization and passing concepts, reaching the playoffs in the team's third season and developing Anderson into its leader.

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Ken Anderson →Isaac Curtis →Bob Johnson →
2

1980—1991

Anderson and Esiason lead different Super Bowl teams

Peak indexed season1988 · 12–4→

Two AFC championships

Forrest Gregg's 1981 team and Sam Wyche's no-huddle 1988 team each reached the Super Bowl, both falling late to San Francisco.

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Ken Anderson →Boomer Esiason →Anthony Muñoz →
3

1992—2002

Instability overwhelms individual talent

Peak indexed season1996 · 8–8→

The lost decade

Cincinnati went fourteen seasons without a winning record even as Dillon and a handful of draft successes supplied isolated excellence.

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Corey Dillon →Carl Pickens →Willie Anderson →
4

2003—2010

The passing game restores belief

Peak indexed season2005 · 11–5→

Palmer and Ochocinco revive the stadium

Marvin Lewis brought credibility and Palmer's vertical offense won the 2005 division before injuries and inconsistency shortened the window.

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Carson Palmer →Chad Johnson →T.J. Houshmandzadeh →
5

2011—2019

Dalton and Green make winning routine

Peak indexed season2015 · 12–4→

Five straight playoff trips

A young core reached the postseason in each of its first five seasons together, though it could not secure the franchise's first playoff win in decades.

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Andy Dalton →A.J. Green →Geno Atkins →
6

2020—present

A fearless quarterback returns Cincinnati to the Super Bowl

Peak indexed season2021 · 10–7→

Burrow changes the ceiling

Burrow and Chase reunited from LSU, produced an immediate AFC championship and made Cincinnati a threat whenever its quarterback is healthy.

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Joe Burrow →Ja'Marr Chase →Trey Hendrickson →

Franchise leaders

Most indexed appearances

Kevin HuberP · 223 gamesReggie WilliamsLB · 213 gamesKen RileyDB · 209 gamesKen AndersonQB · 198 gamesAnthony MunozT · 193 gamesTim KrumrieNT-DT · 193 gamesJim BreechK · 190 gamesBruce KozerskiC-G-T · 177 gamesEddie EdwardsDE-DT · 176 gamesLee JohnsonP · 174 gamesIsaac CurtisWR · 173 gamesRodney HolmanTE · 171 games

Season history

Every indexed season

58 seasons · newest first

Game archive

Latest indexed games

930 total · loaded 10 at a time