1991 Cincinnati Bengals

1991 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head Coach	Sam Wyche
Home Field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	3–13
Place	4th AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1990	1992

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 coordinator after a stint with the Miami Dolphins under father Don and more recently the Dallas Cowboys under Jimmy Johnson as its' offensive coordinator and 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.

Personnel

Staff

1991 Cincinnati Bengals final staff
	Front Office Chairman of the Board – Austin Eldon Knowlton President – John Sawyer Vice President/General Manager – Paul Brown Assistant General Manager/Legal Counsel – Mike Brown Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown Head Coaches Head Coach – Sam Wyche Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks – Dana Bible Running Backs – Jim Anderson Wide Receivers – Dave Shula Tight Ends – Mike Stock Offensive Line – Jim McNally			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dick LeBeau Defensive Line – Chuck Studley Linebackers – Dick Selcer Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Marv Braden Strength and Conditioning Strength – Kim Wood

Regular season

Schedule

1991 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule
Date	Opponent #	Result	Score	Attn.	Stadium
Sept 1	at Denver Broncos	L	45–14	72,855	Mile High Stadium
Sept 8	Houston Oilers	L	30–7	56,463	Riverfront Stadium
Sept 15	at Cleveland Browns	L	14–13	78,269	Cleveland Stadium
Sept 22	Washington Redskins	L	34–27	52,038	Riverfront Stadium
Oct 6	Seattle Seahawks	L	13–7	60,010	Riverfront Stadium
Oct 13	at Dallas Cowboys	L	35–23	63,275	Texas Stadium
Oct 21	at Buffalo Bills	L	35–16	80,131	Rich Stadium
Oct 27	at Houston Oilers	L	35–3	58,634	Astrodome
Nov 3	Cleveland Browns	W	23–21	55,077	Riverfront Stadium
Nov 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	L	33–27	55,503	Riverfront Stadium
Nov 17	at Philadelphia Eagles	L	17–10	63,189	Veterans Stadium
Nov 24	Los Angeles Raiders	L	38–14	52,044	Riverfront Stadium
Dec 1	New York Giants	W	27–24	45,063	Riverfront Stadium
Dec 9	at Miami Dolphins	L	37–13	60,616	Joe Robbie Stadium
Dec 15	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L	17–10	35,420	Three Rivers Stadium
Dec 22	New England Patriots	W	29–7	46,394	Riverfront Stadium

Standings

Template:1991 AFC Central standings

External links

• Bengals History on official website
• Bengals on Pro Football Reference
• Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com