Bengals suffer embarrassing, demoralizing loss in Cleveland in prime time


Bengals suffer embarrassing, demoralizing loss in Cleveland in prime time.

The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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The Bengals compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference North division.

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Former Cleveland Browns head coach Paul Brown began planning for the creation of the Bengals franchise in 1965.

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The Bengals won the AFC championship in 1981, 1988, and 2021.

During that era they were occasionally referred to as "The Bungles," a term coined by Steelers broadcaster Myron Cope.

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