Their head coach was Paul Brown , who left the Cleveland Browns following the 1962 season with National Football League (NFL) record of 115–49–6, seven conference titles, and three NFL championships. His son Mike Brown did a study on pro football expansion and recommended Cincinnati as a potential site. In 1965, Brown met with Governor of Ohio James Rhodes and the two agreed the state could accommodate a second pro football team. The team recorded its first win in franchise history in week 2 with a 24–10 victory over the Denver Broncos .
Timeline to establishment
1966 – Fearful the Cincinnati Reds baseball team would leave town and feeling pressure from local businessmen pushing for a pro football franchise, Cincinnati's city council approved the construction of Riverfront Stadium . 1967 – Brown's group was awarded an American Football League (AFL) expansion franchise. Brown named the team the Bengals, the name of Cincinnati's pro teams in the old AFL of the late 1930s. The Bengals acquired their first player late in the year when they traded two draft picks to Miami for quarterback John Stofa . Offseason
Preseason
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap 1 at San Diego Chargers L 13–29 0–1 San Diego Stadium 33,687 Recap 2 September 15 Denver Broncos W 24–10 1–1 Nippert Stadium 25,049 Recap 3 September 22 Buffalo Bills W 34–23 2–1 Nippert Stadium 24,045 Recap 4 September 29 San Diego Chargers L 10–31 2–2 Nippert Stadium 28,642 Recap 5 October 6 at Denver Broncos L 7–10 2–3 Mile High Stadium 41,257 Recap 6 October 13 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3–13 2–4 Municipal Stadium 47,096 Recap 7 October 20 Miami Dolphins L 22–24 2–5 Nippert Stadium 25,942 Recap 8 October 27 at Oakland Raiders L 10–31 2–6 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 37,083 Recap 9 November 3 Houston Oilers L 17–27 2–7 Nippert Stadium 24,012 Recap 10 November 10 Kansas City Chiefs L 9–16 2–8 Nippert Stadium 25,537 Recap 11 November 17 at Miami Dolphins W 38–21 3–8 Miami Orange Bowl 31,747 Recap 12 November 24 Oakland Raiders L 0–34 3–9 Nippert Stadium 27,116 Recap 13 December 1 at Boston Patriots L 14–33 3–10 Fenway Park 17,796 Recap 14 December 8 at New York Jets L 14–27 3–11 Shea Stadium 61,111 Recap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings in the AFL.
Game summaries
Week 1 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 7 3 3 0 13 Chargers 10 0 13 6 29
at San Diego Stadium , San Diego, California
Game time: Game weather: Game attendance: Referee: TV announcers: CIN SDG CIN Paul Robinson 2-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 7 0 SDG Dennis Partee 42-yard field goal 7 3 SDG Dickie Post 48-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) 7 10 CIN Dale Livingston 22-yard field goal 10 10 SDG Brad Hubbert 1-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) 10 17 CIN Dale Livingston 35-yard field goal 13 17 SDG Willie Frazier 48-yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed) 13 23 SDG Willie Frazier 56-yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed) 13 29
CIN SDG First downs 13 27 Rush-yards-TDs 30–122–1 33–229–2 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14–26–125–0–1 20–37–325–2–0 Sacked-yards 2–21 0–0 Net pass yards 104 325 Total yards 226 554 Fumbles-lost 4–1 2–2 Turnovers 2 2 Penalties-yards 5–56 10–100
Week 2 Week 2 1 2 3 4 Final Denver Broncos (0–1–0) 0 0 3 7 10 Cincinnati Bengals (1–1–0) 0 0 10 14 24
DEN CIN CIN Dale Livingston 49-yard field goal 0 3 CIN Bob Trumpy 58-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick) 0 10 DEN Bob Humphreys 33-yard field goal 3 10 DEN Eric Crabtree 5-yard pass from Jim M. LeClair (Bob Humphreys kick) 10 10 CIN Warren McVea 54-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick) 10 17 CIN Essex Johnson 35-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 10 24
DEN CIN First downs 15 11 Rush-yards-TDs 25–78–0 27–104–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14–33–171–1–1 12–22–224–2–0 Sacked-yards 4–50 3–39 Net pass yards 121 185 Total yards 199 289 Fumbles-lost 2–0 1–0 Turnovers 1 0 Penalties-yards 2–15 2–24
Week 3 Week 3 1 2 3 4 Final Buffalo Bills (0–3–0) 0 7 7 9 23 Cincinnati Bengals (2–1–0) 10 0 10 14 34
BUF CIN CIN Dale Livingston 11-yard field goal 0 3 CIN Warren McVea 80-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 0 10 BUF Max Anderson 14-yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) 7 10 BUF Gary McDermott 5-yard rush (Mike Mercer kick) 14 10 CIN Dale Livingston 39-yard field goal 14 13 CIN Charlie King 32-yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick) 14 20 CIN Al Beauchamp 17-yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick) 14 27 BUF Max Anderson 100-yard kickoff return (Mike Mercer kick) 21 27 BUF Safety, Robinson tackled in end zone 23 27 CIN Tommie Smiley 1-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 23 34
BUF CIN First downs 17 9 Rush-yards-TDs 24–92–2 29–149–2 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 15–36–160–0–2 8–18–68–0–1 Sacked-yards 5–37 2–16 Net pass yards 123 52 Total yards 215 201 Fumbles-lost 1–0 2–1 Turnovers 2 2 Penalties-yards 5–65 6–34
Week 4 Sunday September 29
Week 4 1 2 3 4 Final San Diego Chargers (3–0–0) 0 17 0 14 31 Cincinnati Bengals (2–2–0) 3 0 7 0 10
SDG CIN CIN Dale Livingston 21-yard field goal 0 3 SDG Gary Garrison 10-yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) 7 3 SDG Dennis Partee 21-yard field goal 10 3 SDG Gary Garrison 19-yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick) 17 3 CIN Essex Johnson 6-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 17 10 SDG John Hadl 2-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) 24 10 SDG John Hadl 1-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick) 31 10
SDG CIN First downs 18 14 Rush-yards-TDs 37–101–2 25–66–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11–24–215–2–1 17–29–153–0–2 Sacked-yards 1–14 3–24 Net pass yards 201 129 Total yards 302 195 Fumbles-lost 0–0 0–0 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 6–51 8–90
Week 5 Sunday October 6
Week 5 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (2–3–0) 0 7 0 0 7 Denver Broncos (1–3–0) 0 0 3 7 10
CIN DEN CIN Bobby Hunt 5-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 7 0 DEN Bobby Howfield 34-yard field goal 7 3 DEN Mike Haffner 4-yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick) 7 10
CIN DEN First downs 15 11 Rush-yards-TDs 37–111–1 23–99–0 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 15–38–139–0–0 14–34–125–1–0 Sacked-yards 1–3 2–13 Net pass yards 136 112 Total yards 247 211 Fumbles-lost 3–1 1–0 Turnovers 1 0 Penalties-yards 5–49 3–28
Week 6 Sunday October 13
Week 6 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (2–4–0) 0 0 3 0 3 Kansas City Chiefs (5–1–0) 0 3 3 7 13
CIN KAN KAN Jan Stenerud 52-yard field goal 0 3 CIN Dale Livingston 15-yard field goal 3 3 KAN Jan Stenerud 46-yard field goal 3 6 KAN Robert Holmes 1-yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) 3 13
CIN KAN First downs 7 15 Rush-yards-TDs 28–99–0 40–136–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 7–19–48–0–1 11–17–152–0–1 Sacked-yards 3–31 3–23 Net pass yards 17 129 Total yards 116 265 Fumbles-lost 1–0 2–1 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 3–25 5–42
Week 7 Sunday October 20
Week 7 1 2 3 4 Final Miami Dolphins (2–3–1) 10 0 0 14 24 Cincinnati Bengals (2–5–0) 0 2 14 6 22
MIA CIN MIA Jimmy Keyes 26-yard field goal 3 0 MIA Karl Noonan 2-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 10 0 CIN Safety, Gunner tackled Griese in end zone 10 2 CIN Essex Johnson 41-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 10 9 CIN Paul Robinson 1-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 10 16 MIA Karl Noonan 20-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 17 16 MIA Stan Mitchell 31-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 24 16 CIN Bob Trumpy 45-yard pass from Dewey Warren (pass failed) 24 22
MIA CIN First downs 21 14 Rush-yards-TDs 38–139–0 30–143–2 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 16–29–186–3–0 14–21–184–1–1 Sacked-yards 4–29 0–0 Net pass yards 157 184 Total yards 296 327 Fumbles-lost 1–0 3–2 Turnovers 0 3 Penalties-yards 2–11 2–10
Week 8 Sunday October 28
Week 8 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (2–6–0) 0 7 3 0 10 Oakland Raiders (5–2–0) 7 7 14 3 31
CIN OAK OAK Fred Biletnikoff 14-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) 0 7 OAK Roger Hagberg 7-yard rush (George Blanda kick) 0 14 CIN Paul Robinson 87-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 7 14 OAK Fred Biletnikoff 12-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) 7 21 CIN Dale Livingston 37-yard field goal 10 21 OAK Roger Hagberg 7-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) 10 28 OAK George Blanda 48-yard field goal 10 31
CIN OAK First downs 8 26 Rush-yards-TDs 28–169–1 42–265–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 11–19–95–0–1 17–34–205–3–1 Sacked-yards 7–36 4–31 Net pass yards 59 174 Total yards 228 439 Fumbles-lost 3–1 2–2 Turnovers 2 3 Penalties-yards 6–90 5–78
Week 9 Sunday November 3
Week 9 1 2 3 4 Final Houston Oilers (4–5–0) 10 7 7 3 27 Cincinnati Bengals (2–7–0) 0 3 7 7 17
HOU CIN HOU Wayne Walker 27-yard field goal 3 0 HOU Alvin Reed 5-yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick) 10 0 CIN Dale Livingston 28-yard field goal 10 3 HOU Hoyle Granger 1-yard rush (Wayne Walker kick) 17 3 CIN Paul Robinson 4-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 17 10 HOU Mac Haik 10-yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick) 24 10 HOU Wayne Walker 41-yard field goal 27 10 CIN Paul Robinson 68-yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick) 27 17
HOU CIN First downs 21 21 Rush-yards-TDs 37–159–1 26–179–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 14–23–212–2–0 20–25–228–1–0 Sacked-yards 1–10 5–33 Net pass yards 202 195 Total yards 361 374 Fumbles-lost 1–0 1–0 Turnovers 0 0 Penalties-yards 3–35 4–45
Week 10 Sunday November 10
Week 10 1 2 3 4 Final Kansas City Chiefs (8–2–0) 3 3 0 10 16 Cincinnati Bengals (2–8–0) 0 3 6 0 9
KAN CIN KAN Jan Stenerud 30-yard field goal 3 0 CIN Dale Livingston 29-yard field goal 3 3 KAN Jan Stenerud 11-yard field goal 6 3 CIN Dale Livingston 16-yard field goal 6 6 CIN Dale Livingston 23-yard field goal 6 9 KAN Jan Stenerud 17-yard field goal 9 9 KAN Robert Holmes 27-yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick) 16 9
KAN CIN First downs 16 15 Rush-yards-TDs 39–255–1 30–157–0 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 5–15–62–0–1 12–21–161–0–2 Sacked-yards 1–13 6–35 Net pass yards 49 126 Total yards 304 283 Fumbles-lost 0–0 0–0 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 4–45 3–44
Week 11 Sunday, November 17
Week 11 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (3–8–0) 0 17 0 21 38 Miami Dolphins (3–6–1) 7 0 14 0 21
CIN MIA MIA Stan Mitchell 48-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 0 7 CIN Bob Trumpy 80-yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick) 7 7 CIN Dale Livingston 12-yard field goal 10 7 CIN Paul Robinson 54-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 17 7 MIA Karl Noonan 7-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 17 14 MIA Stan Mitchell 38-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick) 17 21 CIN Warren McVea 55-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick) 24 21 CIN Paul Robinson 15-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 31 21 CIN Paul Robinson 5-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick) 38 21
CIN MIA First downs 17 16 Rush-yards-TDs 38–179–3 23–122–0 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 9–17–243–2–0 16–31–253–3–1 Sacked-yards 0–0 6–49 Net pass yards 243 204 Total yards 422 326 Fumbles-lost 2–1 3–1 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 2–31 3–22
Week 12 Sunday November 24
Week 12 1 2 3 4 Final Oakland Raiders (9–2–0) 7 7 6 14 34 Cincinnati Bengals (3–9–0) 0 0 0 0 0
OAK CIN OAK Charlie H. Smith 7-yard rush (George Blanda kick) 7 0 OAK Hewritt Dixon 5-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick) 14 0 OAK George Blanda 43-yard field goal 17 0 OAK George Blanda 27-yard field goal 20 0 OAK Charlie H. Smith 9-yard rush (George Blanda kick) 27 0 OAK Billy Cannon 12-yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick) 34 0
OAK CIN First downs 33 7 Rush-yards-TDs 46–208–2 25–116–0 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 26–34–396–2–0 7–14–44–0–1 Sacked-yards 0–0 2–12 Net pass yards 396 32 Total yards 604 148 Fumbles-lost 2–1 2–2 Turnovers 1 3 Penalties-yards 9–92 5–52
Week 13 Sunday December 1
Week 13 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (3–10–0) 0 0 7 7 14 Boston Patriots (4–8–0) 2 24 0 7 33
CIN BOS BOS Safety, Satcher tackled Robinson in end zone 0 2 BOS Gino Cappelletti 27-yard field goal 0 5 BOS Jim Whalen 11-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) 0 12 BOS Gino Cappelletti 18-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) 0 19 BOS Jim Nance 5-yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick) 0 26 CIN Estes Banks 5-yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick) 7 26 BOS Jim Whalen 21-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick) 7 33 CIN Rod Sherman 27-yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick) 14 33
CIN BOS First downs 14 20 Rush-yards-TDs 30–106–0 37–129–1 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 18–37–126–2–1 12–25–142–3–1 Sacked-yards 2–20 0–0 Net pass yards 106 142 Total yards 212 271 Fumbles-lost 2–0 1–1 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 3–35 2–19
Week 14 Sunday December 8
Week 14 1 2 3 4 Final Cincinnati Bengals (3–11–0) 0 7 0 7 14 New York Jets (10–3–0) 14 3 3 7 27
CIN NYJ NYJ George Sauer 10-yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) 0 7 NYJ Don Maynard 12-yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick) 0 14 CIN Paul Robinson 14-yard rush (Rod Sherman kick) 7 14 NYJ Jim Turner 35-yard field goal 7 17 NYJ Jim Turner 22-yard field goal 7 20 CIN Jim Griffin 0-yard fumble return (Rod Sherman kick) 14 20 NYJ Bake Turner 34-yard pass from Babe Parilli (Jim Turner kick) 14 27
CIN NYJ First downs 6 19 Rush-yards-TDs 38–107–1 29–85–0 Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT 3–7–58–0–0 21–39–299–3–1 Sacked-yards 1–7 1–13 Net pass yards 51 286 Total yards 158 371 Fumbles-lost 3–1 1–1 Turnovers 1 2 Penalties-yards 1–5 3–29
Personnel Staff/Coaches 1968 Cincinnati Bengals staff Front office Coaching Staff
Offensive coaches
Defensive coaches Defensive line - Jack Donaldson Defensive coordinator / defensive backs – Tom Bass Linebackers – Frank Smouse
Final roster 1968 Cincinnati Bengals final roster Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
Offensive linemen Defensive linemen
Linebackers Defensive backs
Special teams
Rookies in italics 56 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad
Awards and records AFL Rookie of the Year AFL Pro Bowl Selections Highlights Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.
References
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