1968 Cincinnati Bengals season

1968 Cincinnati Bengals season

Head coach	Paul Brown
Home field	Nippert Stadium
Results
Record	3–11
Division place	5th AFL West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
AFL All-Stars	3 C Bob Johnson TE Bob Trumpy RB Paul Robinson
Team ROY	Paul Robinson

The 1968 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's first year in professional football. Paul Brown, who left the Cleveland Browns following the 1962 season with National Football League (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 Governor James Rhodes and the two agreed the state could accommodate a second pro football team.

1966 – Fearful the Cincinnati 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 American Football League (AFL) expansion franchise. Brown named 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 quarterback John Stofa.

1968 – The Bengals were awarded 40 veteran players in the allocation draft. In the college draft, they selected University of Tennessee center Bob Johnson as their first pick. The Bengals lost their first preseason game 38–14 to the Kansas City Chiefs before 21,682 fans at the University of Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium. The Bengals upset the Denver Broncos 24–10 and the Buffalo Bills 34–23 in their first two regular-season home games. Halfback Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1,023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.

Offseason

Common draft

Main article: 1968 NFL draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College
1968 Cincinnati Bengals draft
1	2	Bob Johnson *	Center	Tennessee
2	28	Bill Staley	Defensive end	Utah State
2	55	Tom Smiley	Running back	Lamar
3	56	Gary Davis	Quarterback	Vanderbilt
3	82	Paul Robinson *	Running back	Arizona
3	83	Dale Livingston	Placekicker	Western Michigan
4	84	Jess Phillips	Defensive back	Michigan State
4	109	Warren McVea	Running back	Houston
5	112	Dave Middendorf	Guard	Washington State
5	138	Al Beauchamp	Linebacker	Southern
6	139	Howard Fest	Offensive tackle	Texas
6	143	Bill Kindricks	Defensive tackle	Alabama A&M
6	145	John Neidert	Linebacker	Louisville
6	155	Dewey Warren	Quarterback	Tennessee
6	156	Essex Johnson	Defensive back	Grambling State
6	158	Elmo Maple	Wide receiver	Southern
6	160	Sidney Ellis	Defensive back	Jackson State
6	163	Charles Williams	Running back	Arkansas–Pine Bluff
6	165	Jim Johnson	Defensive back	South Carolina State
7	166	Steve Smith	Tight end	Miami (FL)
7	192	Wes Bean	Linebacker	Grambling State
8	193	Harry Gunner	Linebacker	Oregon State
8	219	Ed Brantley	Offensive tackle	North Texas
9	220	Phil Johnson	Defensive back	Long Beach State
9	246	Steve Hanrahan	Defensive tackle	Weber State
10	247	Wayne Patrick	Running back	Louisville
10	273	James Russell	Wide receiver	North Texas
11	274	Wally Scott	Defensive back	Arizona
11	300	Jeff Banks	Linebacker	Pacific
12	301	Bob Trumpy *	Tight end	Utah
12	327	Harold Jones	Offensive tackle	Grambling State
13	328	James Bivins	Linebacker	Texas Southern
13	354	Teddy Washington	Running back	San Diego State
14	355	Les Webster	Running back	Iowa State
14	381	Steve Lewicke	Wide receiver	UTEP
15	382	Harvey Palmore	Guard	Morgan State
15	408	Joe Mira	Wide receiver	Miami (FL)
16	409	James Williams	Defensive back	Alcorn State
16	435	Brown Marks	Linebacker	Indiana (PA)
17	436	Don Manning	Linebacker	UCLA
17	462	Jimmy Smith	Tight end	Jackson State
Made roster * Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Pre-season

1968 Cincinnati Bengals Pre-Season Schedule^[2]
Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance	Record
1	August 3, 1968	vs. Kansas City Chiefs	38–14 L	Nippert Stadium	21,682	0–1
2	August 10, 1968	at Denver Broncos	15–13 L	Denver University Stadium	13,841	0–2
3	August 17, 1968	vs. Buffalo Bills	10–6 L	Nippert Stadium	20,111	0–3
4	August 25, 1968	Pittsburgh Steelers	19–3 W	Old Mountaineer Field	11,500	1–3
5	August 30, 1968	New York Jets	13–9 W	Memphis Memorial Stadium	24,358	2–3

Regular season

Schedule

1968 Cincinnati Bengals Regular Season Schedule^[3]^[4]
Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Venue	Attendance	Record
1	September 6, 1968	at San Diego Chargers	29–13 L	San Diego Stadium	33,687	0–1
2	September 15, 1968	vs. Denver Broncos	24–10 W	Nippert Stadium	25,049	1–1
3	September 22, 1968	vs. Buffalo Bills	34–23 W	Nippert Stadium	24,045	2–1
4	September 29, 1968	vs. San Diego Chargers	31–10 L	Nippert Stadium	28,642	2–2
5	October 6, 1968	at Denver Broncos	10–7 L	Mile High Stadium	41,257	2–3
6	October 13, 1968	at Kansas City Chiefs	13–3 L	Municipal Stadium	47,096	2–4
7	October 20, 1968	vs. Miami Dolphins	24–22 L	Nippert Stadium	25,942	2–5
8	October 27, 1968	at Oakland Raiders	31–10 L	Oakland Coliseum	37,083	2–6
9	November 3, 1968	vs. Houston Oilers	27–17 L	Nippert Stadium	24,012	2–7
10	November 10, 1968	vs. Kansas City Chiefs	16–9 L	Nippert Stadium	25,537	2–8
11	November 17, 1968	at Miami Dolphins	38–21 W	Miami Orange Bowl	31,747	3–8
12	November 24, 1968	vs. Oakland Raiders	34–0 L	Nippert Stadium	27,116	3–9
13	December 1, 1968	at Boston Patriots	33–14 L	Fenway Park	17,796	3–10
14	December 8, 1968	at New York Jets	27–14 L	Shea Stadium	61,111	3–11

Standings

AFL Western Division
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA	STK
Oakland Raiders	12	2	0	.857	6–2	453	233	W8
Kansas City Chiefs	12	2	0	.857	7–1	371	170	W5
San Diego Chargers	9	5	0	.643	5–3	382	310	L2
Denver Broncos	5	9	0	.357	1–7	255	404	L3
Cincinnati Bengals	3	11	0	.214	1–7	215	329	L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

Game summaries

Week 1

Friday September 6, 1968

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	7	3	3	0	13
Chargers	10	0	13	6	29

at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California

Game time:
Game weather:
Game attendance:
Referee:
TV announcers:

		CIN	SDG
CIN	Paul Robinson 2-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	0
SDG	Dennis Partee 42-yard field goal	7	3
SDG	Dickie Post 48-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	7	10
CIN	Dale Livingston 22-yard field goal	10	10
SDG	Brad Hubbert 1-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	10	17
CIN	Dale Livingston 35-yard field goal	13	17
SDG	Willie Frazier 48-yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed)	13	23
SDG	Willie Frazier 56-yard pass from John Hadl (kick failed)	13	29

	CIN	SDG
First downs	13	27
Rush-yards-TDs	30–122–1	33–229–2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14–26–125–0–1	20–37–325–2–0
Sacked-yards	2–21	0–0
Net pass yards	104	325
Total yards	226	554
Fumbles-lost	4–1	2–2
Turnovers	2	2
Penalties-yards	5–56	10–100

Week 2

Sunday September 15

Week 2
	1	2	3	4	Final
Denver Broncos (0–1–0)	0	0	3	7	10
Cincinnati Bengals (1–1–0)	0	0	10	14	24

		DEN	CIN
CIN	Dale Livingston 49-yard field goal	0	3
CIN	Bob Trumpy 58-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	0	10
DEN	Bob Humphreys 33-yard field goal	3	10
DEN	Eric Crabtree 5-yard pass from Jim M. LeClair (Bob Humphreys kick)	10	10
CIN	Warren McVea 54-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	10	17
CIN	Essex Johnson 35-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	24

	DEN	CIN
First downs	15	11
Rush-yards-TDs	25–78–0	27–104–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14–33–171–1–1	12–22–224–2–0
Sacked-yards	4–50	3–39
Net pass yards	121	185
Total yards	199	289
Fumbles-lost	2–0	1–0
Turnovers	1	0
Penalties-yards	2–15	2–24

Week 3

Sunday September 22

Week 3
	1	2	3	4	Final
Buffalo Bills (0–3–0)	0	7	7	9	23
Cincinnati Bengals (2–1–0)	10	0	10	14	34

	BUF	CIN
CIN Dale Livingston 11-yard field goal	0	3
CIN Warren McVea 80-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	0	10
BUF Max Anderson 14-yard rush (Mike Mercer kick)	7	10
BUF Gary McDermott 5-yard rush (Mike Mercer kick)	14	10
CIN Dale Livingston 39-yard field goal	14	13
CIN Charlie King 32-yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick)	14	20
CIN Al Beauchamp 17-yard interception return (Dale Livingston kick)	14	27
BUF Max Anderson 100-yard kickoff return (Mike Mercer kick)	21	27
BUF Safety, Robinson tackled in end zone	23	27
CIN Tommie Smiley 1-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	23	34

	BUF	CIN
First downs	17	9
Rush-yards-TDs	24–92–2	29–149–2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	15–36–160–0–2	8–18–68–0–1
Sacked-yards	5–37	2–16
Net pass yards	123	52
Total yards	215	201
Fumbles-lost	1–0	2–1
Turnovers	2	2
Penalties-yards	5–65	6–34

Week 4

Sunday September 29

Week 4
	1	2	3	4	Final
San Diego Chargers (3–0–0)	0	17	0	14	31
Cincinnati Bengals (2–2–0)	3	0	7	0	10

	SDG	CIN
CIN Dale Livingston 21-yard field goal	0	3
SDG Gary Garrison 10-yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick)	7	3
SDG Dennis Partee 21-yard field goal	10	3
SDG Gary Garrison 19-yard pass from John Hadl (Dennis Partee kick)	17	3
CIN Essex Johnson 6-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	10
SDG John Hadl 2-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	24	10
SDG John Hadl 1-yard rush (Dennis Partee kick)	31	10

	SDG	CIN
First downs	18	14
Rush-yards-TDs	37–101–2	25–66–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	11–24–215–2–1	17–29–153–0–2
Sacked-yards	1–14	3–24
Net pass yards	201	129
Total yards	302	195
Fumbles-lost	0–0	0–0
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	6–51	8–90

Week 5

Sunday October 6

Week 5
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2–3–0)	0	7	0	0	7
Denver Broncos (1–3–0)	0	0	3	7	10

	CIN	DEN
CIN Bobby Hunt 5-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	0
DEN Bobby Howfield 34-yard field goal	7	3
DEN Mike Haffner 4-yard pass from Steve Tensi (Bobby Howfield kick)	7	10

	CIN	DEN
First downs	15	11
Rush-yards-TDs	37–111–1	23–99–0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	15–38–139–0–0	14–34–125–1–0
Sacked-yards	1–3	2–13
Net pass yards	136	112
Total yards	247	211
Fumbles-lost	3–1	1–0
Turnovers	1	0
Penalties-yards	5–49	3–28

Week 6

Sunday October 13

Week 6
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2–4–0)	0	0	3	0	3
Kansas City Chiefs (5–1–0)	0	3	3	7	13

	CIN	KAN
KAN Jan Stenerud 52-yard field goal	0	3
CIN Dale Livingston 15-yard field goal	3	3
KAN Jan Stenerud 46-yard field goal	3	6
KAN Robert Holmes 1-yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)	3	13

	CIN	KAN
First downs	7	15
Rush-yards-TDs	28–99–0	40–136–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	7–19–48–0–1	11–17–152–0–1
Sacked-yards	3–31	3–23
Net pass yards	17	129
Total yards	116	265
Fumbles-lost	1–0	2–1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	3–25	5–42

Week 7

Sunday October 20

Week 7
	1	2	3	4	Final
Miami Dolphins (2–3–1)	10	0	0	14	24
Cincinnati Bengals (2–5–0)	0	2	14	6	22

	MIA	CIN
MIA Jimmy Keyes 26-yard field goal	3	0
MIA Karl Noonan 2-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	10	0
CIN Safety, Gunner tackled Griese in end zone	10	2
CIN Essex Johnson 41-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	9
CIN Paul Robinson 1-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	10	16
MIA Karl Noonan 20-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	16
MIA Stan Mitchell 31-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	24	16
CIN Bob Trumpy 45-yard pass from Dewey Warren (pass failed)	24	22

	MIA	CIN
First downs	21	14
Rush-yards-TDs	38–139–0	30–143–2
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	16–29–186–3–0	14–21–184–1–1
Sacked-yards	4–29	0–0
Net pass yards	157	184
Total yards	296	327
Fumbles-lost	1–0	3–2
Turnovers	0	3
Penalties-yards	2–11	2–10

Week 8

Sunday October 28

Week 8
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (2–6–0)	0	7	3	0	10
Oakland Raiders (5–2–0)	7	7	14	3	31

	CIN	OAK
OAK Fred Biletnikoff 14-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	0	7
OAK Roger Hagberg 7-yard rush (George Blanda kick)	0	14
CIN Paul Robinson 87-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	7	14
OAK Fred Biletnikoff 12-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	7	21
CIN Dale Livingston 37-yard field goal	10	21
OAK Roger Hagberg 7-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	10	28
OAK George Blanda 48-yard field goal	10	31

	CIN	OAK
First downs	8	26
Rush-yards-TDs	28–169–1	42–265–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	11–19–95–0–1	17–34–205–3–1
Sacked-yards	7–36	4–31
Net pass yards	59	174
Total yards	228	439
Fumbles-lost	3–1	2–2
Turnovers	2	3
Penalties-yards	6–90	5–78

Week 9

Sunday November 3

Week 9
	1	2	3	4	Final
Houston Oilers (4–5–0)	10	7	7	3	27
Cincinnati Bengals (2–7–0)	0	3	7	7	17

	HOU	CIN
HOU Wayne Walker 27-yard field goal	3	0
HOU Alvin Reed 5-yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick)	10	0
CIN Dale Livingston 28-yard field goal	10	3
HOU Hoyle Granger 1-yard rush (Wayne Walker kick)	17	3
CIN Paul Robinson 4-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	10
HOU Mac Haik 10-yard pass from Don Trull (Wayne Walker kick)	24	10
HOU Wayne Walker 41-yard field goal	27	10
CIN Paul Robinson 68-yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick)	27	17

	HOU	CIN
First downs	21	21
Rush-yards-TDs	37–159–1	26–179–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	14–23–212–2–0	20–25–228–1–0
Sacked-yards	1–10	5–33
Net pass yards	202	195
Total yards	361	374
Fumbles-lost	1–0	1–0
Turnovers	0	0
Penalties-yards	3–35	4–45

Week 10

Sunday November 10

Week 10
	1	2	3	4	Final
Kansas City Chiefs (8–2–0)	3	3	0	10	16
Cincinnati Bengals (2–8–0)	0	3	6	0	9

	KAN	CIN
KAN Jan Stenerud 30-yard field goal	3	0
CIN Dale Livingston 29-yard field goal	3	3
KAN Jan Stenerud 11-yard field goal	6	3
CIN Dale Livingston 16-yard field goal	6	6
CIN Dale Livingston 23-yard field goal	6	9
KAN Jan Stenerud 17-yard field goal	9	9
KAN Robert Holmes 27-yard rush (Jan Stenerud kick)	16	9

	KAN	CIN
First downs	16	15
Rush-yards-TDs	39–255–1	30–157–0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	5–15–62–0–1	12–21–161–0–2
Sacked-yards	1–13	6–35
Net pass yards	49	126
Total yards	304	283
Fumbles-lost	0–0	0–0
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	4–45	3–44

Week 11

Sunday, November 17

Week 11
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3–8–0)	0	17	0	21	38
Miami Dolphins (3–6–1)	7	0	14	0	21

	CIN	MIA
MIA Stan Mitchell 48-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	0	7
CIN Bob Trumpy 80-yard pass from Sam Wyche (Dale Livingston kick)	7	7
CIN Dale Livingston 12-yard field goal	10	7
CIN Paul Robinson 54-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	17	7
MIA Karl Noonan 7-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	14
MIA Stan Mitchell 38-yard pass from Bob Griese (Jimmy Keyes kick)	17	21
CIN Warren McVea 55-yard pass from John Stofa (Dale Livingston kick)	24	21
CIN Paul Robinson 15-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	31	21
CIN Paul Robinson 5-yard rush (Dale Livingston kick)	38	21

	CIN	MIA
First downs	17	16
Rush-yards-TDs	38–179–3	23–122–0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	9–17–243–2–0	16–31–253–3–1
Sacked-yards	0–0	6–49
Net pass yards	243	204
Total yards	422	326
Fumbles-lost	2–1	3–1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	2–31	3–22

Week 12

Sunday November 24

Week 12
	1	2	3	4	Final
Oakland Raiders (9–2–0)	7	7	6	14	34
Cincinnati Bengals (3–9–0)	0	0	0	0	0

	OAK	CIN
OAK Charlie H. Smith 7-yard rush (George Blanda kick)	7	0
OAK Hewritt Dixon 5-yard pass from Daryle Lamonica (George Blanda kick)	14	0
OAK George Blanda 43-yard field goal	17	0
OAK George Blanda 27-yard field goal	20	0
OAK Charlie H. Smith 9-yard rush (George Blanda kick)	27	0
OAK Billy Cannon 12-yard pass from George Blanda (George Blanda kick)	34	0

	OAK	CIN
First downs	33	7
Rush-yards-TDs	46–208–2	25–116–0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	26–34–396–2–0	7–14–44–0–1
Sacked-yards	0–0	2–12
Net pass yards	396	32
Total yards	604	148
Fumbles-lost	2–1	2–2
Turnovers	1	3
Penalties-yards	9–92	5–52

Week 13

Sunday December 1

Week 13
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3–10–0)	0	0	7	7	14
Boston Patriots (4–8–0)	2	24	0	7	33

	CIN	BOS
BOS Safety, Satcher tackled Robinson in end zone	0	2
BOS Gino Cappelletti 27-yard field goal	0	5
BOS Jim Whalen 11-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	12
BOS Gino Cappelletti 18-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	19
BOS Jim Nance 5-yard rush (Gino Cappelletti kick)	0	26
CIN Estes Banks 5-yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick)	7	26
BOS Jim Whalen 21-yard pass from Tom Sherman (Gino Cappelletti kick)	7	33
CIN Rod Sherman 27-yard pass from John Stofa (Rod Sherman kick)	14	33

	CIN	BOS
First downs	14	20
Rush-yards-TDs	30–106–0	37–129–1
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	18–37–126–2–1	12–25–142–3–1
Sacked-yards	2–20	0–0
Net pass yards	106	142
Total yards	212	271
Fumbles-lost	2–0	1–1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	3–35	2–19

Week 14

Sunday December 8

Week 14
	1	2	3	4	Final
Cincinnati Bengals (3–11–0)	0	7	0	7	14
New York Jets (10–3–0)	14	3	3	7	27

	CIN	NYJ
NYJ George Sauer 10-yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick)	0	7
NYJ Don Maynard 12-yard pass from Joe Namath (Jim Turner kick)	0	14
CIN Paul Robinson 14-yard rush (Rod Sherman kick)	7	14
NYJ Jim Turner 35-yard field goal	7	17
NYJ Jim Turner 22-yard field goal	7	20
CIN Jim Griffin 0-yard fumble return (Rod Sherman kick)	14	20
NYJ Bake Turner 34-yard pass from Babe Parilli (Jim Turner kick)	14	27

	CIN	NYJ
First downs	6	19
Rush-yards-TDs	38–107–1	29–85–0
Comp-Att-Yd-TD-INT	3–7–58–0–0	21–39–299–3–1
Sacked-yards	1–7	1–13
Net pass yards	51	286
Total yards	158	371
Fumbles-lost	3–1	1–1
Turnovers	1	2
Penalties-yards	1–5	3–29

Final roster

1968 Cincinnati Bengals final roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

45 Tom Smiley
22 Ted Washington
18 Paul Robinson
40 Ron Lamb
19 Essex Johnson
30 Jess Phillips
38 Estes Banks

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

54 Bob Johnson
52 John Matlock
75 Ernie Wright
78 Dan Archer
77 Bob Kelly
73 Pat Matson
68 Dave Middendorf
64 Pete Perreault
72 Howard Fest

Defensive linemen

76 Jim Griffin
89 Harry Gunner
85 Martin Baccaglio
81 Dennis Randall
70 Andy Rice
83 Bill Staley
79 Steve Chomyszak
65 Bill Kindricks
74 Willie Lee Jones

Linebackers

52 Paul Elzey
50 Bernard Erickson
58 Al Beauchamp
85 Dan Brabham
55 Frank Buncom
69 Sherrill Headrick
56 Mike Hibler
87 Bill Peterson
53 John Neidert
66 Wayne McClure

Defensive backs

37 Bill Scott
31 Sam Fletcher
47 Charlie King
43 Curt Frazier
20 Bobby Hunt
41 White Graves
48 Phil Spiller

Special teams

44 Rex Keeling P
11 Dale Livingston P
41 Terry Swanson P

Reserve lists

Practice squad

Rookies in italics
56 Active, 0 Inactive, 0 Practice squad

Awards and records

Paul Robinson led the AFL in rushing with 1023 yards and was named Rookie of the Year.

References

↑ "1968 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
↑ "1968 Cincinnati Bengals". The Pro Football Archives. Maher Sports Media. Retrieved December 9, 2012.
↑ "1968 Final Statistics (3–11–0)" (PDF). Cincinnati Bengals. Retrieved December 6, 2012.
↑ "Cincinnati Bengals History: 1968". Cincinnati Bengals. Retrieved December 6, 2012.

Cincinnati Bengals

Founded in 1968 Based and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio

Franchise	Franchise History Seasons Coaches Players First-round draft picks Draft history Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Nippert Stadium Riverfront Stadium Paul Brown Stadium

Rivalries	Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers

Culture and lore	Freezer Bowl Ickey Shuffle "Welcome to the Jungle" Ben–Gals Bengalized Laura Vikmanis

Division championships (9)	1970 1973 1981 1988 1990 2005 2009 2013 2015

Conference championships (2)	1981 1988

Retired numbers	54

Media	WCKY WEBN WLW Radio network WKRC-TV

Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1970–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: North Division

Former league affiliation	League: American Football League (1968–1969)

Seasons (48)	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Cincinnati Bengals seasons

1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

Cincinnati Bengals 1968 inaugural season roster

Dan Archer
Marty Baccaglio
Estes Banks
Al Beauchamp
Danny Brabham
Frank Buncom
Steve Chomyszak
Paul Elzey
Bernie Erickson
Howard Fest
Curt Frazier
White Graves
Jim Griffin
Harry Gunner
Sherrill Headrick
Ken Herock
Mike Hibler
Bobby Hunt
Bob Johnson
Essex Johnson
Willie Jones
Rex Keeling
Bob Kelly
Bill Kindricks
Charlie King
Ron Lamb
Dale Livingston
John Matlock
Pat Matson
Ed McCall
Wayne McClure
Warren McVea
Dave Middendorf
John Neidert
Pete Perreault
Bill Peterson
Jess Phillips
Dennis Randall
Andy Rice
Paul Robinson
Saint Saffold
Bill Scott
Rod Sherman
Tom Smiley
Fletcher Smith
Philip Spiller
Bill Staley
John Stofa
Bob Trumpy
Dewey Warren
Teddy Washington
Andre White
Monk Williams
Ernie Wright
Sam Wyche
Head Coach: Paul Brown

1968 AFL season

Eastern Division	Boston	Miami	Cincinnati	Kansas City	Western Division
	Buffalo	NY Jets	Denver	Oakland
	Houston			San Diego

Related: 1968 NFL season

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