1984 Cincinnati Bengals season

1984 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach	Sam Wyche
General manager	Paul Brown
Home field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	2nd AFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
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1 2 3 4 Total Oilers 0 0 3 0 3 • Bengals 0 3 7 3 13 Date: October 7 Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game weather: 63°F; wind 8

Scoring summary Q2 CIN Breech 33 yard field goal CIN 3–0 Q3 HOU Kempf 24 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q3 CIN Esiason 3 yard run (Breech kick) CIN 10–3 Q4 CIN Breech 22 yard field goal CIN 13–3

Scoring summary
Q2		CIN	Breech 33 yard field goal	CIN 3–0
Q3		HOU	Kempf 24 yard field goal	Tie 3–3
Q3		CIN	Esiason 3 yard run (Breech kick)	CIN 10–3
Q4		CIN	Breech 22 yard field goal	CIN 13–3

1 2 3 4 Total Browns 3 3 0 3 9 • Bengals 3 3 0 6 12 Date: October 21 Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game weather: 63°F; wind 12

Scoring summary Q1 CIN Breech 24 yard field goal CIN 3–0 Q1 CLE Bahr 50 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 CIN Breech 23 yard field goal CIN 6–3 Q2 CLE Cox 60 yard field goal Tie 6–6 Q4 CIN Breech 25 yard field goal CIN 9–6 Q4 CLE Bahr 47 yard field goal Tie 9–9 Q4 CIN Breech 33 yard field goal CIN 12–9

Scoring summary
Q1		CIN	Breech 24 yard field goal	CIN 3–0
Q1		CLE	Bahr 50 yard field goal	Tie 3–3
Q2		CIN	Breech 23 yard field goal	CIN 6–3
Q2		CLE	Cox 60 yard field goal	Tie 6–6
Q4		CIN	Breech 25 yard field goal	CIN 9–6
Q4		CLE	Bahr 47 yard field goal	Tie 9–9
Q4		CIN	Breech 33 yard field goal	CIN 12–9

1 2 3 4 Total Steelers 0 13 0 7 20 • Bengals 3 0 12 7 22 Date: November 11 Location: Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 52,497 Game weather: 43°F; wind 17

Scoring summary Q1 CIN Jim Breech 21 yard field goal CIN 3–0 Q2 PIT Gary Anderson 47 yard field goal Tie 3–3 Q2 PIT Mark Malone 1 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) PIT 10–3 Q2 PIT Gary Anderson 21 yard field goal PIT 13–3 Q3 CIN James Brooks 24 yard run (kick failed) PIT 13–9 Q3 CIN Jim Breech 42 yard field goal PIT 13–12 Q3 CIN Jim Breech 28 yard field goal CIN 15–13 Q4 PIT Louis Lipps 36 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) PIT 20–15 Q4 CIN Larry Kinnebrew 3 yard run (Jim Breech kick) CIN 22–20

Scoring summary
Q1		CIN	Jim Breech 21 yard field goal	CIN 3–0
Q2		PIT	Gary Anderson 47 yard field goal	Tie 3–3
Q2		PIT	Mark Malone 1 yard run (Gary Anderson kick)	PIT 10–3
Q2		PIT	Gary Anderson 21 yard field goal	PIT 13–3
Q3		CIN	James Brooks 24 yard run (kick failed)	PIT 13–9
Q3		CIN	Jim Breech 42 yard field goal	PIT 13–12
Q3		CIN	Jim Breech 28 yard field goal	CIN 15–13
Q4		PIT	Louis Lipps 36 yard run (Gary Anderson kick)	PIT 20–15
Q4		CIN	Larry Kinnebrew 3 yard run (Jim Breech kick)	CIN 22–20

The 1984 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 17th year in professional football and its 15th with the National Football League (NFL). The team lost their first five games, before winning eight of their final eleven games to finish the season with a .500 record.

The season was the first for head coach Sam Wyche, who had replaced former coach Forrest Gregg after Gregg had resigned following the previous season. Wyche had been the head coach at Indiana University in 1983.

The club stumbled out of the gate, and went winless in September en route to a 1–6 start. However, the team began a turnaround, and by December, was one of the hottest teams in the league. The team won seven out of their last nine games, including a crucial win against division rival Pittsburgh in week 11.

In the final week of the season, Cincinnati needed to win, and hope for the Steelers to lose at the Raiders, to secure an improbable AFC Central division title. The Bengals did their part, routing the Bills 52–21, and finished the season 8–8. Later in the day, the Bengals were forced to "scoreboard watch." The Steelers, however, managed to beat the Raiders, clinching the division, and effectively eliminating the Bengals from the playoffs.

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