Whenever anyone questions their win over the environmentally-challenged Chargers in the 1981 AFC title game staged at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Stadium in the second coldest NFL game ever played, the Bengals simply point to this one 62 days before when they melt quarterback Dan Fouts and his prolific Air Coryell offense on six sacks and five turnovers in the Jack Murphy greenhouse of 72 degrees. The Bengals roll to a 40-17 victory that cornerback Louis Breeden salts away when he ties an NFL record with a 102-yard-interception return with 36 seconds left in the first half as the Bengals take a 31-7 lead and knock the ballyhooed Chargers down to 6-4 and raise themselves to 7-3.
TDBH: Breeden, Bengals ground Air Coryell to take command of AFC skies
