Introduction
Cincinnati Bengals, professional football team and one of six teams in the Central Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL). Under the league’s realignment plan, which will take affect in 2002, the Bengals will play in the North Division of the AFC. The Bengals play at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati, Ohio, and are scheduled to move to a new venue, Paul Brown Stadium, in the 2000 season. The team wears uniforms of orange, black, and white. The franchise was named after the Cincinnati Bengals football team that played in the now-defunct American Football League between 1937 and 1941.
The Bengals joined a different American Football League (AFL) as an expansion team in 1968. The club was organized by Paul Brown, who as a coach had won three NFL titles with the Cleveland Browns during the 1950s. In the Bengals’ first season, running back Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing and was named rookie of the year.
