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The Bengals finished with the best regular-season record in the AFC at 12–4. Cincinnati was also a surprise team because, like the 49ers, they had recorded a 6–10 record the previous season. Entering the 1981 season, the Bengals had never won a playoff game in their entire history.
The uniform of the San Francisco 49ers, 1976-1983. The 1982 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 33rd season in the National Football League and their 37th overall. The team was coming off a Super Bowl victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. However, 1982 was strike-shortened, and only nine games were played.
The National Football League playoffs for the 1981 season began on December 27, 1981. The postseason tournament concluded with the San Francisco 49ers defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl XVI, 26–21, on January 24, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.
From 1981 to 1998, the 49ers had one of the most successful stretches of dominance in NFL history. Armed with Bill Walsh 's innovative West Coast offense , Hall of Fame level quarterback play in Joe Montana and later Steve Young , and a dominant defense, the 49ers would win five Super Bowls in 1981 , 1984 , 1988 , 1989 , and 1994 , and made the ...
Brady won a record-tying third MVP award as he and Belichick collected their fourth title together after a decade-long dry spell. 4. XXIII (23, 1988) San Francisco 49ers 20, Cincinnati Bengals 16 ...
Lost Super Bowl XIV (vs. Steelers) 19–31 1980: Atlanta Falcons (1) 12–4: Lost Divisional playoffs 27–30 1981: San Francisco 49ers (4) [5] 13–3: Won Divisional playoffs 38–24 Won NFC Championship 28–27 Won Super Bowl XVI (vs. Bengals) 26–21 1982* Atlanta Falcons* 5–4: Lost First Round playoffs (at Vikings) 24–30 1983
The Super Bowl — the NFL's championship game — pits the winner of the American Football Conference against the winner of the National Football Conference, with the victor receiving the Vince ...
Between 2005 and 2015, the Bengals were more successful, posting seven winning seasons, three division titles and seven wild card playoff berths (including a streak of five consecutive playoff seasons, a first in franchise history). Despite the success, the Bengals did not win a playoff game between 1990 and 2021, one of the longest droughts in ...