List of Cincinnati Bengals seasons

Paul Brown Stadium, current home of the Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals franchise was founded in 1968 as a member of the West division of the American Football League (AFL). The Bengals joined the National Football League (NFL) as a result of the AFL–NFL merger prior to 1970. This list documents the franchise's completed seasons from 1968 to present, including postseason records and results from postseason games.^[1] The Bengals have played over 700 games in their history, which includes two conference championships, eight division championships, and 12 playoff appearances.

The franchise has experienced several extended periods of success in their history. These periods came from 1981 to 1990 when the Bengals qualified for the playoffs four times and played in two Super Bowls, and from 2009 to the present. However, during a 14-year span—1991 to 2004—the Bengals did not qualify for the playoffs. During this time, the franchise had nine seasons with 10 or more losses, and three of those seasons the franchise had the league's worst record. Since 2005 the Bengals have been more successful, posting seven winning seasons, three division titles and seven wild card playoff berths (including an active streak of five consecutive playoff seasons, a first in franchise history).

Legend

Finish Final position in league, division, or conference W Wins L Loses Conference Champions Division Champions Wild Card Berth

Season records

Season	Team	League	Conference	Division	Regular season				Post Season Results		Awards		Head coaches
					Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties
1968	1968[2]	AFL		Western	5th	3	11	0			Paul Robinson (OROY)		Paul Brown
1969	1969[3]	AFL		Western	5th	4	9	1			Paul Brown (COY) Greg Cook (OROY)		Paul Brown
1970	1970[4]	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	8	6	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Colts) 0–17		Paul Brown (COY)		Paul Brown
1971	1971[5]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	4	10	0					Paul Brown
1972	1972[6]	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	8	6	0					Paul Brown
1973	1973[7]	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	10	4	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Dolphins) 16–34				Paul Brown
1974	1974[8]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	7	7	0					Paul Brown
1975	1975[9]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	11	3	0	Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 28–31		Ken Anderson (WPMOY)		Paul Brown
1976	1976[10]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	10	4	0					Bill Johnson
1977	1977[11]	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	8	6	0					Bill Johnson
1978	1978[12]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	4	12	0					Bill Johnson (0–5) Homer Rice (4–7)
1979	1979[13]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	4	12	0					Homer Rice
1980	1980[14]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	6	10	0					Forrest Gregg
1981	1981[15]	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	12	4	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Bills) 28–21 Won Conference Championship (Chargers) 27–7 Lost Super Bowl XVI (vs. 49ers) 21–26		Ken Anderson (MVP, OPOY, CBPOY)		Forrest Gregg
1982	1982[16]^[a]	NFL	AFC		3rd	7	2	0	Lost First Round (Jets) 17–44				Forrest Gregg
1983	1983[17]	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	7	9	0					Forrest Gregg
1984	1984[18]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	8	8	0					Sam Wyche
1985	1985[19]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	7	9	0			Eddie Brown (OROY)		Sam Wyche
1986	1986[20]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	10	6	0			Reggie Williams (WPMOY)		Sam Wyche
1987	1987[21]^[b]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	4	11	0					Sam Wyche
1988	1988[22]	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	12	4	0	Won Divisional Playoffs (Seahawks) 21–13 Won Conference Championship (Bills) 21–10 Lost Super Bowl XXIII (vs. 49ers) 16–20		Boomer Esiason (MVP)		Sam Wyche
1989	1989[23]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	8	8	0					Sam Wyche
1990	1990[24]	NFL	AFC	Central	1st	9	7	0	Won Wild Card Playoffs (Oilers) 41–14 Lost Divisional Playoffs (at Raiders) 10–20				Sam Wyche
1991	1991[25]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	3	13	0			Anthony Muñoz (WPMOY)		Sam Wyche
1992	1992[26]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	5	11	0			Carl Pickens (OROY)		Dave Shula
1993	1993[27]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	3	13	0					Dave Shula
1994	1994[28]	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	3	13	0					Dave Shula
1995	1995[29]	NFL	AFC	Central	2nd	7	9	0					Dave Shula
1996	1996[30]	NFL	AFC	Central	3rd	8	8	0					Dave Shula (1–6) Bruce Coslet (7–2)
1997	1997[31]	NFL	AFC	Central	4th	7	9	0					Bruce Coslet
1998	1998[32]	NFL	AFC	Central	5th	3	13	0					Bruce Coslet
1999	1999[33]	NFL	AFC	Central	5th	4	12	0					Bruce Coslet
2000	2000[34]	NFL	AFC	Central	5th	4	12	0					Bruce Coslet (0–3) Dick LeBeau (4–9)
2001	2001[35]	NFL	AFC	Central	6th	6	10	0					Dick LeBeau
2002	2002[36]	NFL	AFC	North	4th	2	14	0					Dick LeBeau
2003	2003[37]	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	8	8	0			Jon Kitna (CBPOY)		Marvin Lewis
2004	2004[38]	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	8	8	0
2005	2005[39]	NFL	AFC	North	1st	11	5	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 17–31				Marvin Lewis
2006	2006[40]	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	8	8	0					Marvin Lewis
2007	2007[41]	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	7	9	0					Marvin Lewis
2008	2008[42]	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	4	11	1					Marvin Lewis
2009	2009[43]	NFL	AFC	North	1st	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Jets) 14–24		Marvin Lewis (COY)		Marvin Lewis
2010	2010[44]	NFL	AFC	North	4th	4	12	0					Marvin Lewis
2011	2011[45]	NFL	AFC	North	3rd	9	7	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 10–31				Marvin Lewis
2012	2012[46]	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	10	6	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Texans) 13–19				Marvin Lewis
2013	2013[47]	NFL	AFC	North	1st	11	5	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Chargers) 10–27				Marvin Lewis
2014	2014[48]	NFL	AFC	North	2nd	10	5	1	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Colts) 10–26				Marvin Lewis
2015	2015[49]	NFL	AFC	North	1st	12	4	0	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 16–18				Marvin Lewis
Totals						W	L	T
						338	399	3	All-time regular season record (1968–2015)[50]
						5	14	0	All-time postseason record (1968–2015)[50]
						343	413	3	All-time regular season and postseason record (1968–2015)[50]
						2 Conference Championships, 9 Divisional Championships

Footnotes

• ^a The 1982 season was a strike-shortened season so the league was divided up into two conferences instead of its normal divisional alignment.
• ^b The strike of 1987 reduced the regular season schedule from 16 to 15 games.

References

General

• "Cincinnati Bengals History". CBSSports.com. CBS. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
• "NFL Standings: Divisions". NFL.com. National Football League. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
• "Pro Football Hall of Fame – Cincinnati Bengals". Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
• "Cincinnati Bengals Team Encyclopedia". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved January 1, 2013.

Specific

1. Note: The Finish, Wins, Losses, and Ties columns list only regular season game results and exclude any postseason play records. Regular and postseason records are combined only at the bottom of the list.
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50. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/

External links

• Cincinnati Bengals season database