Not just two years after that awful first preseason game at Nippert Stadium, when the Bengals never even ran a play in the first quarter against the Chiefs.
But here it is, Dec. 20, 1970, and his players are carrying Brown off the field with the brand new Riverfront Stadium scoreboard flashing, "Baltimore Here We Come," as some of the 60,157 spill on to the turf around them.
Long before blank checks and endless salaries for expansion teams, the men they call "The Miracle Bengals" have become the youngest expansion team to ever win a pro sports title.