1991 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1991 Cincinnati Bengals season
Cincinnati Bengals wordmark (1971-1996).png
Owner Mike Brown
Head coach Sam Wyche
Home field Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record3–13
Division place4th AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers T Anthony Muñoz

The 1991 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 24th year in professional football and its 22nd with the National Football League (NFL). Prior to the start of the season, the Bengals lost their patriarch when founder, former head coach and general manager Paul Brown died at the age of 82. His son Mike would assume control of the franchise. The Bengals would stumble out the gate losing their first eight games before defeating the Cleveland Browns 23–21 at Riverfront Stadium. The Bengals would only win two more games the rest of the season finishing with a 3–13 record.

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The Bengals' pass defense would surrender 7.586 yards per pass attempt in 1991, one of the ten worst totals in NFL history. [1]

Following the season head coach Sam Wyche was fired and replaced by assistant Dave Shula. Shula, the son of former Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Colts head coach Don Shula, served as the team’s wide receivers coach after a stint with the Miami Dolphins under his father, and the Dallas Cowboys as its offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach under head coach Jimmy Johnson. Upon his hiring as the Bengals’ head coach, he became the youngest head coach to ever be hired by an NFL team at age 32.

Offseason

NFL Draft

1991 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
118 Alfred Williams  *  Linebacker Colorado
252 Lamar Rogers   Defensive end Auburn
372 Bob Dahl   Guard Notre Dame
499 Donald Hollas   Quarterback Rice
4109 Rob Carpenter   Wide receiver Syracuse
5130 Mike Arthur   Center Texas A&M
6157 Richard Fain   Cornerback Florida
7184 Fernandus Vinson   Safety North Carolina State
8211 Mike Dingle   Running back South Carolina
9241 Shane Garrett   Wide receiver Texas A&M
10268Jim Lavin  Guard Georgia Tech
11295 Chris Smith   Tight end Brigham Young
12322 Antoine Bennett  Cornerback Florida A&M
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Personnel

Staff

1991 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • Chairman of the Board – Austin Eldon Knowlton
  • President – John Sawyer
  • Vice President/General Manager – Paul Brown
  • Assistant General Manager/Legal Counsel – Mike Brown
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown
  • Assistant Director of Player Personnel – Frank Smouse

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood


Roster

1991 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

 Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

 Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

none

47 active, 10 inactiveReserved


Rookies in italics

[3]

Preseason

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1August 2at Detroit Lions L 20–240–1 Pontiac Silverdome 47,899
2August 10 Philadelphia Eagles L 24–290–2 Riverfront Stadium 56,390
3August 17 Minnesota Vikings W 27–24 (OT)1–2Riverfront Stadium56,358
4August 24at Green Bay Packers W 19–16 (OT)2–2 Lambeau Field 52,390

[4]

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueAttendance
1September 1at Denver Broncos L 14–450–1 Mile High Stadium 72,855
2September 8 Houston Oilers L 7–300–2 Riverfront Stadium 56,463
3September 15at Cleveland Browns L 13–140–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,269
4September 22 Washington Redskins L 27–340–4Riverfront Stadium52,038
5 Bye
6October 6 Seattle Seahawks L 7–130–5Riverfront Stadium60,010
7October 13at Dallas Cowboys L 23–350–6 Texas Stadium 63,275
8October 21at Buffalo Bills L 16–350–7 Rich Stadium 80,131
9October 27at Houston Oilers L 3–350–8 Houston Astrodome 58,634
10November 3 Cleveland Browns W 23–211–8Riverfront Stadium55,077
11November 10 Pittsburgh Steelers L 27–331–9Riverfront Stadium55,503
12November 17at Philadelphia Eagles L 10–171–10 Veterans Stadium 63,189
13November 24 Los Angeles Raiders L 14–381–11Riverfront Stadium52,044
14December 1 New York Giants W 27–242–11Riverfront Stadium45,063
15December 9at Miami Dolphins L 13–372–12 Joe Robbie Stadium 60,616
16December 15at Pittsburgh Steelers L 10–172–13 Three Rivers Stadium 35,420
17December 22 New England Patriots W 29–73–13Riverfront Stadium46,394
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(3) Houston Oilers 1150.6885–110–2386251L1
Pittsburgh Steelers 790.4384–27–5292344W2
Cleveland Browns 6100.3752–46–6293298L3
Cincinnati Bengals 3130.1881–52–10263435W1

Season summary

Week 16 at Steelers

Week Sixteen: Cincinnati Bengals (2–12) at Pittsburgh Steelers (5–9)
Quarter1234Total
Bengals 073010
Steelers 1000717

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game information

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Boomer Esiason 4132332883131672.5

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Harold Green 1587314.6752
Ickey Woods 36972.7124

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Eddie Brown 5983714.0532
Tim McGee 5180215.7524

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
David Fulcher 950.0443
Tim Krumrie 684.0011

Kicking/Punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Jim Breech 292379.3%2727100.0%96
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Lee Johnson 64279562043.7

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Shane Garrett 1321416.5240177.070
Eric Ball 1326220.224000000
Mitchell Price 59118.22201420314.5781

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References

  1. ↑ Cold Hard Football Facts: Ryan Kalil ad: Carolina D not up to the task
  2. ↑ "1991 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "1991 Cincinnati Bengals starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  4. ↑ "1991 Cincinnati Bengals (NFL)". Pro Football Archives. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
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