This Day in Bengals History: Blakemania is Born
The script is too ridiculous, too far-fetched for Hollywood. But not for Bengaldom on a sun-splashed day at Riverfront Stadium an obscure third-year third-string quarterback in his first NFL start comes within five minutes of leading the winless Bengals to a victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Cowboys. Dallas rookie kicker Chris Boniol ends the dream with five minutes left on a 38-yard field goal that snaps a tie and gives the grateful visitors a 23-20 victory.
Kids Muscling Up For Defense In The Second Half
Perpetually upbeat Bengals defensive coordinator Teryl Austin runs his room with optimism and positive reinforcement and he’ll be relying on more and more of it in the second half of a season that begins with a unit that just lost active pass rusher Carl Lawson for the season with a torn ACL when he became the second regular down linemen to suffer that fate.