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Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals are an NFL team based in Cincinnati, OH and are members of the North Division of the American Football Conference. In 1968, their first season, they were an American Football League team, but they joined the NFL in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL merger; the merger was agreed upon in 1966. Currently, their summer training camp is at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY and their home games are played at Paul Brown Stadium.

A Cincinnati ownership group led by Paul Brown was given a team in the AFL in 1967. Brown was the founder and head coach of the Cleveland Browns from 1946-1962 and led the team to 7 championships, including 4 earned as a member of the All-America Football Conference. After Brown was fired from the Browns, then-governor of Ohio, James A. Rhodes, convinced him the state needed a 2nd team by 1966.

Brown named the team the Bengals to give them a link to the past pro football in Cincinnati; there was another Bengals team that existed in the city from 1937-1942. Also, the city’s legendary zoo was home to a rare Bengal tiger. The MLB’s Cincinnati Reds needed a new arena to replace the dilapidated Crosley Field, which had been in use since 1912; this was one problem Brown faced when deciding where the team would play. The city council, and Hamilton County agreed on building a multi-purpose arena on the rundown riverfront section of the city; it was called Riverfront Stadium. Paul Brown Stadium was built for the 2000 season with private and public money.