Tight end Dan Ross had 71 receptions for 910 yards and 5 touchdowns, while wide receivers Isaac Curtis and Steve Kreider each recorded 37 receptions, combining for a total of 1,129 yards and 9 touchdowns. I'm not interested in seeing how tough of a man you are." Gregg passes the torch of toughness to his Bengals in the bitterly cold weather embedding Cincinnati the week of the game with ominous game day weather forecasts. He was also a good receiver out of the backfield, catching 46 passes for another 320 yards and 4 touchdowns. That said, going into Super Bowl XVI, most experts agreed that both teams were very evenly matched, but many thought Pete Johnson's rushing ability could prove to be the difference. He passed away earlier this year from COVID-19 complications at age 67. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. [5] Automotive executives Tom Murphy (GM), Henry Ford II (Ford), John J. Riccardo (Chrysler), and Gerald C. Meyers (AMC) were all members of the Detroit host committee. Despite a spirited fightback to 20-14 in the third quarter, the Bengals could never take the lead. All rights reserved. Record: 7-2-0, 1st in "Big Hands Johnson. He helped resurrect the Taft High School football program. Ken Anderson led the AFC in passing for the fourth time as the Bengals boasted the second-best offense in the NFL. 1982 Cincinnati Bengals Roster & Players Previous Season Next Season Record: 7-2-0, 1st in AFC Central Division ( Schedule and Results ) Coach: Forrest Gregg (7-2-0) Points For: 232 (25.8/g) 4th of 28 Points Against: 177 (19.7/g) 15th of 28 Expected W-L: 5.9-3.1 SRS: 3.63 (9th of 28), SOS: -2.48 Playoffs: Lost Wild Card 17-44 vs. New York Jets This was the first touchdown of the game and the only one the Bengals scored all day. Gary Burley The defensive lineman was a Bengal between 1976-1983. Glenn Bujnoch Bujnoch was an offensive lineman between 1976-1982 with the Bengals. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. The Eagles have some ground to make up if they want to rank among the most successful teams in Super Bowl history. A big reason for Cincinnati's production on offense was their line, led by future Hall of Fame tackle Anthony Muoz and guard Max Montoya. "He said, Ive got the radio on and were leading 7-0. Chargers linebacker Woodrow Lowe makes the stop during first half action. He was drafted in 1980, and like Collinsworth, he played in both Super Bowls that the Bengals went to in the decade. Perhaps the best moment of the season for the Bengals was defeating the Raiders 3117. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. Weitere Informationen ber die Verwendung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten finden Sie in unserer Datenschutzerklrung und unserer Cookie-Richtlinie. The Bengals faced the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XVI on January 24, 1982. It was the first year in which the Bengals made the playoffs for a second-consecutive season, and they would not do so again for another 30 years . Pat McInally The Harvard grad achieved a perfect score on the Wonderlic Test that NFL clubs use to assess intelligence. Anderson faked to Johnson and threw a swing pass out to Alexander, who was isolated on Bunz. When Joe Burrow said his career is the Bengals' Super Bowl window, he wasn't kidding. Mark it down. The NFL awarded Super Bowl XVI to Detroit on March 13, 1979, at the owners' meetings in Honolulu. In a low-scoring game, the two teams were tied at 3-3 entering the half. Arms, hands, face. Is this Siberia?'" He died at age 38 in California in 1998. Max Montoya Starting at right guard, Montoya was in his third year with the Bengals. 60 Minutes was broadcast after the game on CBS, representing the Super Bowl lead-out program. "Coach Walsh was pretty loose on the bus," Montana told Sports Illustrated after the game. In 1988, Esiason passed for 3,572 yards on 388 attempts and won the MVP award, much like Anderson did the year he took the team to the title game. Last but not least is tight end Dan Ross. "1982 Super Bowl" redirects here. However, despite the Bengals once again taking the lead 16-13 in the fourth quarter, a touchdown pass from Joe Montana to John Taylor with 34 seconds remaining would see the 49ers victorious once again. 5Times targeted. Cincinnati head coach Forrest Gregg became the first man to play in a Super Bowl and then be a head coach in a Super Bowl. A then-franchise record 13-3 season led to San Francisco's first Lombardi Trophy. Jack Thompson The "Throwin' Samoan" was a first-round quarterback pick in 1979 and was with the Bengals through 1982. The Bengals managed to score their final touchdown with 16 seconds left, but could not recover the ensuing onside kick. 1982 Oct 01, 2000 at 10:27 AM Summary The Bengals finished a strike-shortened season at 7-2, tied for the second-best record in the AFC. This was the first Super Bowl to be played in the Midwest. But after catching a 19-yard pass from Anderson at the 5-yard line, wide receiver Cris Collinsworth lost a fumble while being tackled by 49ers defensive back Eric Wright. Former NFL executive director Don Weiss wrote in his book "The Making of the Super Bowl" that the game had been awarded to the Silverdome by the league as a "reward" to the locally-headquartered automobile companies Ford Motor Company and Chrysler for their "many years of sponsoring pro football". Super Bowl XVI wasJan. 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome and Super Bowl XXIII was Jan. 22, 1989, atJoe Robbie Stadium,Miami, Florida. All rights reserved. The following records were set in Super Bowl XVI, according to the official NFL.com boxscore[17] and the ProFootball reference.com game summary. Much like Anderson, Collinsworth was a Bengal for his entire eight-year career, including Cincinnatis second Super Bowl appearance in 1989. Cincinnati Bengals players listed alphabetically or numerically. Not too bad for a tight end no ones heard of if you ask me. Bobby Kemp Kemp was a rookie strong safety in 1981 and played with the Bengals through 1986. Here's a breakdown of the Bengals and Rams'' rosters by . I wont lie, Ickey Woods makes this list largely because of his famous end-zone dance, the Ickey Shuffle. Super Bowl 56 will make history for the Bengals franchise as they face a team other than the San Francisco 49ers for the first time. Hes the Bengals all-time passing leader with 32,838 yards and is easily worthy of a spot among the top Bengals players to ever play in a Super Bowl. Post-football, he was a sports agent, founded Courts 4 Sports in Mason and has appeared on radioon 700WLW's Bengals programming. Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts, who is in the Hall while Anderson has been inexplicably frozen out, floats 15 of 28 for 185 yards, a TD and two picks. Pro Football Network, LLC. He returned to the Bengals as defensive backs coach between 1997-2001. Wersching then kicked his fourth field goal to increase the 49ers' lead to 2614 with less than 2 minutes left in the game. Either way, almost every football fan from the late 80s remembers his name as well as his signature dance. The Bengals finished the regular season with a 124 record, and had postseason victories over the Buffalo Bills and the San Diego Chargers. The 49ers' success surprised many because they finished with a 610 record during the previous season and a 214 record in 1979 (they even still had home blackouts early on in the 1981 season, the last blackouts for the 49ers to date). (AP Photo), San Diego Chargers running back Chuck Muncie (46) reaches for a pass from quarterback Dan Fouts during the AFC championship game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati on Jan. 11, 1982. NOTE: Officials were numbered separately by position from 1979 to 1981. At the end of CBS' telecast, they played ABBA's "The Winner Takes It All" over a montage of the 49ers playing in the game and the city of San Francisco. Cornerback Louis Breeden remembers it being so cold in practice that it hurt. However, Flores did not play in Super Bowl IV. After recovering the fumble, the 49ers drove for a Super Bowl record 92 yards, scoring on a 10-yard pass from Montana to fullback Earl Cooper, increasing their lead to 140. Lee Johnson Johnson's Bengal career spanned from 1988 to 1998 when he was cut for saying if he were a Bengals' season ticket holder, he would probably sell them. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Thats definitely a solid career. But then Montana threw two straight incompletions, forcing the 49ers to settle for Wersching's 22-yard field goal to increase their lead to 170. Ross is currently 14th in Bengals history in terms of receiving yards with 3,204. Chase won Offensive Rookie of the Year and broke the rookie receiving record on the way to this years title game. Wersching scored 14 points on 4 field goals and 2 PATs. This seemed to fire up Cincinnati's defense, which limited the 49ers to only 8 plays and 4 offensive yards for the entire third quarter. Focus on Sport/Getty Images The same held true for the Chargers. Temperature at the game was minus 9 degrees. The 49ers defeated the Bengals. After football, Lapham entered the media and has been the long-time color analyst on the Bengals Radio Network. Isaac Curtis He had three catches for 42 yards.The four-time Pro Bowler has been in the hotel management industry locally with Winegardner and Hammons. That alone makes him deserving of a spot on this list, even though the team didnt win in his only Super Bowl appearance. Cincinnati's defense was also led by defensive backs Louis Breeden and Ken Riley, and linebackers Bo Harris, Jim LeClair, and Reggie Williams, who intercepted four passes and recovered three fumbles. Don Bass Between 1978-1981, Bass caught 117 passes at tight end including a touchdown in the AFC Championship "Freezer Bowl" against San Diego. Super Bowl XXIII was held at Joe Robbie Stadium near Miami, FL, on January 22, 1989, and was a rematch between Cincinnati Bengals and San Francisco. All Rights Reserved. Anderson is the only NFL QB with wins on two different planets. This Super Bowl was simulcast in Canada on the CTV Television Network, which was airing the Super Bowl for the first time. Even though the team came up short in Super Bowl XVI, Anderson is one of the best quarterbacks the Bengals have ever had. Alongside Burrow is his college teammate JaMarr Chase. Sam WycheWyche coached the Bengals through 1991, then led Tampa Bay from 1992-1995. A win over the Chiefs would turn the clocks back to the 80s in Cincinnati, given it made two Super Bowl appearances before a serious team drought in the 90s and 2000s. Until the 1981 season, they had never won a playoff game in their entire history. They're 0-3 in the Super Bowl thus far, but it would be hard to bet against a team playing for the Lombardi Trophy for the second year in a row. Ross scored two touchdowns and had . We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. After receiving the opening kickoff of the second half, the Bengals drove 83 yards in 9 plays. The Riverfront Stadium scoreboard, locked at Bengals 27, Chargers 7. He died of melanoma Jan. 2, 2020. Across from Collinsworth in Super Bowl XVI was WR Isaac Curtis. The Bengals' main deep threat was rookie wide receiver Cris Collinsworth, who caught 67 passes for 1,009 yards and 8 touchdowns. Naturally, Harris gloves the first touchdown of the day on eight-yard pass from quarterback Ken Anderson for a 10-0 lead midway through the first quarter and Bengaldom begins to feel the thaw. Wersching's squib kickoffs caused 2 Cincinnati fumbles; the 49ers recovered one of them, leading to their 2nd field goal. Pro Football Network, LLC. San Francisco finished the regular season with a league-best 133 record. On third down, 49ers linebacker Dan Bunz made probably the key defensive play of the game. Furthermore, Anderson had advanced through the playoffs without throwing a single interception, while Montana had been intercepted 4 times, 3 of them in the NFC title game. M.L. Ray Griffin The younger brother of Archie played cornerback for the Bengals between 1978-1984. Solomon Wilcots Free safety Wilcots was a Bengal between 1987 and 1990. Newer generations of Cincinnati Bengals fans may not know the players whotwice faced the San Francisco 49ers in the team's two Super Bowls in the 1980s. Free shipping for many products! The Bengals' bully-boy offense hadn't even scored a touchdown, yet Cincinnati still led on a 93-yard Stanford Jennings kickoff return and three Jim Breech field goals. Cincinnati receiver David Verser also missed a blocking audible by Anderson. [6][7], Michigan governor William Milliken, Detroit mayor Coleman Young, and Pontiac mayor Wallace E. Holland were part of the delegation, and notably offered the Silverdome rent-free. Subsequently, they beat both the Seattle Seahawks and Buffalo Bills to head to Super Bowl XXIII in Miami. On the day of the game, a 49ers bus which had Bill Walsh and Montana on board was stuck in traffic due to bad weather and a motorcade carrying then-Vice President George H. W. Bush. Tim Krumrie A 10th-round draft pick out of Wisconsin, Krumrie played from 1984 to 1993. Just a year after the Bengals made it to the Super Bowl only to be beaten by the Rams, they're back in the AFC Championship Game against the same team they beat last season: The Kansas City Chiefs. The Bengals have once again challenged and failed to win the franchise's first Super Bowl championship. Pete Johnson A member of Ohio State's All-Century team, Johnson gained 5,626 yards in the NFL, most of it with the Bengals between 1977-1983. (AP Photo), Cincinnati Bengals tight end M.L. The Bengals have an 0-3 record following Super Bowl 56. He didnt do much in the Super Bowl game itself, but in his 15-year career (all with the Bengals), he played in an astounding 207 contests. It was more like, 'Where are we? "I remember how elated he was," says their coach that day, Forrest Gregg, recalling it all on the 20th anniversary. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Eric Thomas Starting at right corner, Thomas made the Pro Bowl in 1988. The College Football Hall of Famer coached with the Bengals from 1995-2002. Gregg died at age 85 in 2019. As a broadcaster, he joined WLWT locally then advanced to be a sideline reporter for ESPN's Sunday Night Football. Carl ZanderZander started at left inside linebacker and played 106 games for the Bengals between 1985-1991. But the cold front for the Freezer Bowl moves in during Lombardi's first NFL championship game in 1960 on an icy mud patch in Philadelphia, ending with the Packers on the Eagles 10 down, 17-13. Munoz knows what gets them to the Big Game and why Anderson should join him in the Hall. 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Join our linker program. "M.L. Thats not saying much, unfortunately. Ken Riley "The Rattler" is in the inaugural Bengals Ring of Honor and was with the team from 1969-1983. A string of wild card losses later and here they are, playing to represent the AFC in the Super Bowl for the second time in as many years. The 1982 season was the Cincinnati Bengals ' 13th season in the National Football League, their 15th overall and their third under head coach Forrest Gregg. But like several of his teammates, Curtis played his entire career as a Bengal. It wasn't like they were deflated. [18] Some records have to meet NFL minimum number of attempts to be recognized. Cincinnati had the fewest turnovers of any team during the 1981 season with 24, while San Francisco ranked second with 25. He had 65 career interceptions. Leon White A Bengal from 1986-1991, White started at left outside linebacker. Dan Ross Ross had 11 catches for 104 yards and two touchdowns. The Bengals earned their first playoff victory in team history by defeating the Buffalo Bills 2821, then beating the San Diego Chargers 277 in a game known as the Freezer Bowl because of the 59 wind chill conditions at Riverfront Stadium. Ken Anderson | QB Anthony Munoz is easily the best lineman the team has ever had. For instance, Super Bowl LIV was played in 2020, but was the championship for the 2019 season. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Except tight end M.L. Anderson followed with an 11-yard pass to tight end Dan Ross, moving the ball to the 5-yard line.

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