Gunzlingr
12-27-2003, 08:50 AM
With one more win, the Bengals can finally snap the streak that's as close to them as their tiger stripes.
They'd be losers no more.
The Bengals (8-7) can clinch their first winning season since 1990 with a victory Sunday over the Cleveland Browns. They can go one better and make the playoffs if they get their victory and Baltimore loses later in the day.
Regardless of how the Ravens' game turns out, the Bengals are on the verge of ending a streak that has historical significance.
"It gives you something legitimate to build off of and say this franchise is going in the right direction," Pro Bowl offensive tackle Willie Anderson said.
The Bengals haven't had a winning record since a 9-7 mark in 1990, when Sam Wyche was the head coach and franchise founder Paul Brown was still in the front office. One year later, the bottom fell out.
Over the next 12 seasons, the Bengals went 55-137 and bungled their way into the annals of NFL futility. They went 8-8 only once - in 1996 - and won four or fewer games in seven of those 12 seasons.
Few teams have been so bad.
more (http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=1989986)
They'd be losers no more.
The Bengals (8-7) can clinch their first winning season since 1990 with a victory Sunday over the Cleveland Browns. They can go one better and make the playoffs if they get their victory and Baltimore loses later in the day.
Regardless of how the Ravens' game turns out, the Bengals are on the verge of ending a streak that has historical significance.
"It gives you something legitimate to build off of and say this franchise is going in the right direction," Pro Bowl offensive tackle Willie Anderson said.
The Bengals haven't had a winning record since a 9-7 mark in 1990, when Sam Wyche was the head coach and franchise founder Paul Brown was still in the front office. One year later, the bottom fell out.
Over the next 12 seasons, the Bengals went 55-137 and bungled their way into the annals of NFL futility. They went 8-8 only once - in 1996 - and won four or fewer games in seven of those 12 seasons.
Few teams have been so bad.
more (http://www.foxsports.com/content/view?contentId=1989986)