1992 Cincinnati Bengals season

1992 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach	Dave Shula
Owner	Mike Brown
Home field	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th AFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
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1 2 3 4 OT Total • Bengals 7 0 14 7 3 31 Bears 7 14 7 0 0 28 Date: November 8 Location: Soldier Field, Chicago Game start: 7:00 p.m. Game attendance: 56,120 Game weather: 36°F; wind 10

Scoring summary Q1 CIN Derrick Fenner 2 yard run (Jim Breech kick) CIN 7–0 Q1 CHI Darren Lewis 15 yard run (Kevin Butler kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 CHI Anthony Morgan 46 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 14–7 Q2 CHI Mark Green 1 yard run (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 21–7 Q3 CIN Eric Ball 35 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) CHI 21–14 Q3 CHI Darren Lewis 97 yard kickoff return (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 28–14 Q3 CIN Craig Thompson 1 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) CHI 28–21 Q4 CIN Carl Pickens 23 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) Tie 28–28 OT CIN Jim Breech 36 yard field goal CIN 31–28

Scoring summary
Q1		CIN	Derrick Fenner 2 yard run (Jim Breech kick)	CIN 7–0
Q1		CHI	Darren Lewis 15 yard run (Kevin Butler kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2		CHI	Anthony Morgan 46 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Kevin Butler kick)	CHI 14–7
Q2		CHI	Mark Green 1 yard run (Kevin Butler kick)	CHI 21–7
Q3		CIN	Eric Ball 35 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)	CHI 21–14
Q3		CHI	Darren Lewis 97 yard kickoff return (Kevin Butler kick)	CHI 28–14
Q3		CIN	Craig Thompson 1 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)	CHI 28–21
Q4		CIN	Carl Pickens 23 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick)	Tie 28–28
OT		CIN	Jim Breech 36 yard field goal	CIN 31–28

The 1992 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 25th year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League (NFL). They finished the year with five wins and 11 losses, and did not qualify for the playoffs. The Bengals, who were then owned by Mike Brown, the son of coach Paul Brown, now turned to the son of another coach to lead the team on the field when he hired assistant Dave Shula to assume the head coaching reins. The Bengals selected University of Houston quarterback David Klingler in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft. The younger Shula got off to a good start as the Bengals won their first two games, but then lost its next five games, on the way to a five-win season. Wide receiver Carl Pickens, a second-round selection out of the University of Tennessee, earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Following the season, perennial all-pro offensive tackle Anthony Muñoz retired, as the Bengals moved in a new direction by trading quarterback Boomer Esiason to the New York Jets.

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