1990 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1990 Cincinnati Bengals season
Cincinnati Bengals wordmark (1971-1996).png
General manager Paul Brown
Head coach Sam Wyche
Home field Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place1st AFC Central
Playoff finishWon Wild Card Playoffs
(vs. Oilers) 41–14
Lost Divisional Playoffs
(at Raiders) 10–20
Pro Bowlers T Anthony Muñoz
TE Rodney Holman
RB James Brooks
SS David Fulcher

The 1990 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 23rd year in professional football and its 21st with the National Football League (NFL). The Bengals won the AFC Central division for the second time in three seasons.

Contents

The Bengals would finish the season 9–7 and make the playoffs. In the postseason, Cincinnati won over the Houston Oilers in the wild-card round 41–14, but lost to the Los Angeles Raiders 20–10 in the divisional round. The Bengals would not make the playoffs again until the 2005 season and would not win a playoff game again until their Super Bowl-appearing 2021 season beginning what eventually became an 8-game playoff losing streak, tied with the Detroit Lions for longest in NFL history.

Offseason

NFL draft

1990 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
112 James Francis   Linebacker Baylor
238 Harold Green  *  Running back South Carolina
365 Bernard Clark  Linebacker Miami (FL)
491 Mike Brennan   Offensive tackle Notre Dame
5122 Lynn James   Wide receiver Arizona State
6150 Don Odegard   Defensive back UNLV
7177 Craig Ogletree  Linebacker Auburn
8204 Doug Wellsandt   Tight end Washington State
9234 Mitchell Price  Defensive back Tulane
10261Eric Crigler Offensive tackle Murray State
11288Tim O'Connor Offensive tackle Virginia
12314Andre Riley Wide receiver Washington
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1990 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • President – John Sawyer
  • General Manager – Paul Brown
  • Assistant General Manager – Mike Brown
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1990 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

47 active, 5 inactive, 1 practice squad


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 9 New York Jets W 25–201–0 Riverfront Stadium Recap
2September 16at San Diego Chargers W 21–162–0 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap
3September 23 New England Patriots W 41–73–0Riverfront Stadium Recap
4October 1at Seattle Seahawks L 16–313–1 Kingdome Recap
5October 7at Los Angeles Rams W 34–31 (OT)4–1 Anaheim Stadium Recap
6October 14at Houston Oilers L 17–484–2 Astrodome Recap
7October 22at Cleveland Browns W 34–135–2 Cleveland Stadium Recap
8October 28at Atlanta Falcons L 17–385–3 Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Recap
9November 4 New Orleans Saints L 7–215–4Riverfront Stadium Recap
10 Bye
11November 18 Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–36–4Riverfront Stadium Recap
12November 25 Indianapolis Colts L 20–346–5Riverfront Stadium Recap
13December 2at Pittsburgh SteelersW 16–127–5 Three Rivers Stadium Recap
14December 9 San Francisco 49ers L 17–20 (OT)7–6Riverfront Stadium Recap
15December 16at Los Angeles Raiders L 7–247–7 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
16December 23Houston OilersW 40–208–7Riverfront Stadium Recap
17December 30Cleveland BrownsW 21–149–7Riverfront Stadium Recap

Game summaries

Week 1 vs Jets

Week One: New York Jets (0–0) at Cincinnati Bengals (0–0)
Period1234Total
Jets 0107320
Bengals 0371525

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Date: September 9
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C)
  • Game attendance: 56,467
  • Referee: Dale Hamer
  • TV: NBC
  • Box Score, Box Score
Game information

Week 2

1234Total
• Bengals0140721
Chargers1330016
  • Date: September 16
  • Location: Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), wind 8 miles per hour (13 km/h; 7.0 kn)
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bill Walsh
Scoring summary
1SD Ronnie Harmon 36 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (Fuad Reveiz kick)SD 7–0
1SD Joe Caravello 17 yard pass from Billy Joe Tolliver (kick failed)SD 13–0
2CIN James Brooks 10 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)SD 13–7
2SDFuad Reveiz 19 yard field goalSD 16–7
2CIN Eddie Brown 30 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)SD 16–14
4CINEddie Brown 23 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)CIN 21–16

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Week 13

1234Total
• Bengals790016
Steelers603312
Scoring summary
Q1PIT Gary Anderson 32 yard field goalPIT 3–0
Q1CIN Eddie Brown 50 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)CIN 7–3
Q1PITGary Anderson 36 yard field goalCIN 7–6
Q2CIN Bubby Brister tackled by James Francis in end zoneCIN 9–6
Q2CIN James Brooks 7 yard run (Jim Breech kick)CIN 16–6
Q3PITGary Anderson 29 yard field goalCIN 16–9
Q4PITGary Anderson 48 yard field goalCIN 16–12

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Week 17 vs Browns

Week Sixteen: Cleveland Browns (3–12) at Cincinnati Bengals (8–7)
Period1234Total
Browns0014014
Bengals0140721

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game information

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(3) Cincinnati Bengals 970.5635–18–4360352W2
(6) Houston Oilers 970.5634–28–4405307W1
Pittsburgh Steelers 970.5632–46–6292240L1
Cleveland Browns 3130.1881–52–10228462L2

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Best performances

Playoffs

Schedule

WeekDateOpponent (seed)ResultRecordVenueVenue
WildcardJanuary 6, 1991 Houston Oilers (6)W 41–141–0 Riverfront Stadium 60,012
DivisionalJanuary 13, 1991at Los Angeles Raiders (2)L 10–201–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 92,045

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Boomer Esiason 4022243031242277.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
James Brooks 19510045.1565
Ickey Woods 642684.2326

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Eddie Brown 4470616.0509

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
James Francis 768.0120
Barney Bussey 572.0401

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Jim Breech 211781.0%444193.2%92
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Lee Johnson 64270570042.3

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Stanford Jennings 2958420.1330000.000
Mitchell Price 1019119.1330292518.7661

Awards and records

All-Pros

All-Rookies

Records

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References

  1. ↑ "1990 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "1990 Cincinnati Bengals starters, roster, and players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  3. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
  4. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-30.
  5. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 292
  6. 1 2 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 438
  7. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 37
  8. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 436
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