The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). Their first two seasons, 1968 and 1969, were as an American Football League franchise. They joined the NFL as part of the 1970 AFL-NFL Merger, which had actually been agreed to in 1966.
- Mascot: Who Dey
- Owner(s): Mike Brown
- General manager: Mike Brown
- Head coach: Marvin Lewis
- Team colors: Black, orange, white
