- 1968 Cincinnati Bengals season
NFL season
team = Cincinnati Bengals
year = 1968
record = 3-11-0
division_place =5th, AFL West
coach = Paul Brown
stadium =Nippert Stadium
playoffs =
previous = First SeasonThe 1968 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 1st year in professional football.
Paul Brown , who left the Cleveland Browns following the 1962 season with an NFL record of 115-49-6, seven conference titles, and three NFL championships, had the urge to get back into football. His son Mike Brown did a study on pro football expansion and recommended Cincinnati as a potential site. In 1965, Brown met with Ohio GovernorJames Rhodes and the two agreed the state could accommodate a second pro football team.1966 - Fearful the Reds baseball team would leave town and feeling pressure from local businessmen pushing for a pro football franchise, Cincinnati's city council approved the construction of Riverfront Stadium.
1967 - Brown's group was awarded an AFL expansion franchise. Brown called the team the Bengals, the name of Cincinnati's pro teams in the old AFL of the late 1930s. The Bengals acquired their first player late in the year when they traded two draft picks to Miami for QB John Stofa.
1968 - The Bengals were awarded 40 veteran players in the allocation draft. In the college draft, they selected Tennessee center Bob Johnson as their first pick. The Bengals lost their first preseason game, 38-14, to Kansas City before 21,682 fans at Nippert Stadium. The Bengals upset Denver, 24-10, and Buffalo, 34-23, in their first two regular-season home games. Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.
Offseason
AFL Draft
[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 298 ]
eason Schedule
Week 2
*Sunday
September 15 Week 3
*Sunday
September 22nd Week 4
Sunday
September 29th Week 5
Sunday
October 6th Week 6
Sunday
October 13 Week 7
Sunday
October 20 Week 8
Sunday
October 28 Week 9
Sunday
November 3 Week 10
Sunday
November 10th Week 11
Sunday,
November 17 Week 12
Sunday
November 24th Week 13
Sunday
December 1st Week 14
Sunday
December 8th Team Season Stats
Rushing and Receiving
Awards and records
AFL Rookie of the Year
*RB Paul Robinson
AFL Pro Bowl Selections
*C
Bob Johnson
*TEBob Trumpy Highlights
Paul Brown , founder of theCincinnati Bengals , was enshrined in thePro Football Hall of Fame in 1967.Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.
References
* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/1968.htm Bengals on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1968-cin Bengals Schedule on jt-sw.com]
* [http://www.bengals.com/team/history/1968.asp Bengals History on Official Site]
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