1991 Cincinnati Bengals

The 1991 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 24th year in professional football and its 22nd with the National Football League. Prior to the start of the season, the Bengals lost their patriarch when founder, former head coach and GM Paul Brown died at the age of 82. His son Mike would assume control of the franchise. The Bengals would stumble out the gate losing their first 8 games before defeating the Cleveland Browns 23-21 at Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals would only win two more games the rest of the season finishing with an awful 3-13 record. Following the season Coach Sam Wyche was fired and replaced by assistant Dave Shula. Shula, who served as the team's offensive coordinatior after a stint with the Dallas Cowboys as its' wide receivers coach, is also a son of legendary former Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts coach Don Shula. Upon his hiring as the Bengals' new head coach, he became the youngest head coach to ever be hired by an NFL team at age 32.