The Cincinnati Bengals were 12-4 in 1981. They finished 1st in the AFC Central and 1st in the AFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 26 to 21, in Super Bowl XVI. It was their first Super Bowl appearance.

1981 Stats

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GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
16
421
5,968
1,078
5.5
1,973
493
4.0
4,200
550
7.6
35
205
361
124
210
27
109
896
Team Rank
3rd
2nd
12th
2nd
17th
18th
17th
4th
5th
6th
12th
24th
3rd
14th
3rd
8th
19th
15th
Opponent
16
304
5,289
1,055
5.0
1,881
465
4.0
3,757
548
6.9
42
349
324
126
167
31
104
787
Opponent Rank
12th
12th
15th
14th
9th
3rd
16th
22nd
25th
11th
8th
21st
21st
20th
18th
23rd
12th
23rd
Net
+117
+679
+23
+0.5
+92
+28
0.0
+443
+2
+0.8
-7
-144
+37
-2
+43
-4
+5
+109
Net Rank
2nd
5th
14th
5th
12th
13th
15th
6th
12th
6th
8th
24th
6th
17th
2nd
17th
18th
22nd

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NFL 2024 Division Standings

NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
8
2
0
.800
Commanders Commanders
7
4
0
.636
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
9
1
0
.900
Vikings Vikings
8
2
0
.800
NFC South W L T PCT
Falcons Falcons
6
5
0
.545
Buccaneers Buccaneers
4
6
0
.400
NFC West W L T PCT
Cardinals Cardinals
6
4
0
.600
Rams Rams
5
5
0
.500
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
9
2
0
.818
Dolphins Dolphins
4
6
0
.400
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
8
2
0
.800
Ravens Ravens
7
4
0
.636
AFC South W L T PCT
Texans Texans
7
4
0
.636
Colts Colts
5
6
0
.455
AFC West W L T PCT
Chiefs Chiefs
9
1
0
.900
Chargers Chargers
7
3
0
.700

NFL 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
11/17
HOU HOU
@
DAL DAL
34-10
Sat
11/16
CIN CIN
@
LAC LAC
27-34
Sat
11/16
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
21-30
Sat
11/16
ATL ATL
@
DEN DEN
6-38
Sat
11/16
SEA SEA
@
SF SF
20-17

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
11/21
PIT PIT
@
CLE CLE
8:15 PM
Sun
11/24
TB TB
@
NYG NYG
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
DET DET
@
IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
11/24
NE NE
@
MIA MIA
1:00 PM