Cincinnati Bengals playoff history notes part 2

After the Houston Oilers did themselves and the Cincinnati Bengals a big favor by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in a season finale Sunday night tilt, in 1990–Cincy had no mercy, routing the Oilers in a wild card round game the following week.

That game 25 years ago was the last time that the Bengals won a post-season game.

Starting with a loss to the Oakland Raiders in the divisional round (a game best remembered as the one in which the Raiders’ Vincent “Bo” Jackson suffered a football career ending injury) a week later, the Bengals currently are amidst a 25 year, 7 game post season losing streak.

They have lost in all six wild card round games since the 1990 win.

Additionally Cincy has lost in the wild card round in each of the last 4 seasons, all in games started by quarterback Andy Dalton.

It is very likely that A.J. Mc Carron and not the injured Dalton will start at the quarterback position in the Saturday night (first time ever that the neutral/Al Michaels affiliated network is not televising the Saturday night or later Saturday or until last year any Saturday wild card round game) game on CBS likely with Jim Nantz as the lead announcer.

Vincent “Bo” Jackson who also played major league baseball for the team that won this year’s World Series (The Kansas City Royals) and at least one other, was injured in the game that started the current 7 game Cincinnati Bengals post-season losing streak.