When was the last time the Bengals won a playoff game?

When was the last time the Bengals won a playoff game?

The last time the Cincinnati Bengals won a playoff game, they beat a team that longer exists.

For the first time in six seasons, the Cincinnati Bengals are playing in the AFC playoffs.

Cincinnati surprisingly won the AFC North this year. While the Bengals regularly made the AFC playoffs during the lengthy Marvin Lewis era of Cincinnati football, they went 0-7 under his watch in the postseason. Ultimately, this led to his dismissal as the team’s head coach after the 2018 NFL season. Maybe his successor Zac Taylor can do what his predecessor never could in January?

We know it has been a long time since the Bengals won a playoff game, but how long has it been?

Cincinnati Bengals: When was the last time they won a playoff game?

As sad as it is, the Bengals have the longest active playoff win drought in football. They have not won a playoff game since the 1990 AFC Wild Card Game vs. the then-Houston Oilers. Boomer Esiason was two years removed from his NFL MVP campaign. The late Sam Wyche was their head coach. Superstar left tackle Anthony Muñoz was still playing at an All-Pro level for the Bengals.

After their effortless 41-14 home win over Houston, Cincinnati lost a tough one on the road to the then-Los Angeles Raiders in the divisional round, 20-10. That would be the Bengals’ last playoff game until the Carson Palmer-led 2005 Bengals ended the franchise’s 15-year drought. Palmer suffered a season-ending injury on the second play of the game vs. the rival Pittsburgh Steelers.

If the Bengals beat the Las Vegas Raiders at home on Saturday, they will face either the Tennessee Titans, the Kansas City Chiefs or the Buffalo Bills on the road or host the New England Patriots in the AFC Divisional Round.