Cincinnati Bengals

The Cincinnati Bengals were 12-4 in 1981. They finished 1st in the AFC Central and 1st in the AFC. They fell to the San Francisco 49ers, 26 to 21, in Super Bowl XVI. It was their first Super Bowl appearance.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule

DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sun 1/24	vs	SF	L 21-26
Sun 1/10	vs	SD	W 27-7
Sun 1/3	vs	BUF	W 28-21
Sun 12/20	@	ATL	W 30-28
Sun 12/13	@	PIT	W 17-10

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

3,754

Anderson

RUSH YDS

1,077

Johnson

REC YDS

1,009

Collinsworth

1981 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Bengals	12	4	.750
Steelers	8	8	.500
Oilers	7	9	.438
Browns	5	11	.313

1981 Stats

See stats

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	SCK	SCKY	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	16	421	5,968	1,078	5.5	1,973	493	4.0	4,200	550	7.6	35	205	361	124	210	27	109	896
Team Rank		3rd	2nd	12th	2nd	17th	18th	17th	4th	5th	6th	12th	24th	3rd	14th	3rd	8th	19th	15th
Opponent	16	304	5,289	1,055	5.0	1,881	465	4.0	3,757	548	6.9	42	349	324	126	167	31	104	787
Opponent Rank		12th	12th	15th	14th	9th	3rd	16th	22nd	25th	11th	8th	21st	21st	20th	18th	23rd	12th	23rd
Net		+117	+679	+23	+0.5	+92	+28	0.0	+443	+2	+0.8	-7	-144	+37	-2	+43	-4	+5	+109
Net Rank		2nd	5th	14th	5th	12th	13th	15th	6th	12th	6th	8th	24th	6th	17th	2nd	17th	18th	22nd

NFL 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,684

Stafford

1,617

Prescott

1,541

Darnold

Rush Yards Leaders

603

Taylor

476

Williams

472

Dowdle

Rec Yards Leaders

696

Smith-Njigba

616

Nacua

525

Pickens

Pass TD Leaders

14

Goff

13

Prescott

12

Mayfield

Rush TD Leaders

7

Taylor

6

Jacobs

5

Cook

Rec TD Leaders

6

Pickens

6

St. Brown

5

Egbuka

QB Rating Leaders

130.5

Jackson

120.6

Goff

116.0

Darnold

Sack Leaders

8.0

Bonitto

7.5

Young

7.0

Burns

NFL 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

32.3

31.8

30.6

29.7

27.7

27.5

Opp PPG Rankings

12.2

15.8

18.3

19.3

19.4

19.5

Total Yards Rankings

395.8

387.5

376.8

375.0

373.7

362.8

Rush Yards Rankings

156.4

154.4

142.7

136.5

135.7

131.8

Pass Yards Rankings

306.3

280.7

276.3

259.3

256.5

256.2

Sack Leaders

30.0

20.0

19.0

16.0

NFL Fantasy 2025

Fantasy RB Rankings

125

Taylor

102

McCaffrey

94.5

Achane

Fantasy WR Rankings

88.5

Pickens

86.7

Smith-Njigba

84.8

Nacua

Fantasy TE Rankings

55.6

Warren

54.5

Ferguson

54.3

Goedert

Fantasy K Rankings

65

Aubrey

64

McLaughlin

64

Pineiro

NFL 2025 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-2

Worst Record ATS

1-5

2-4

NFL 2025 Division Standings

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	4	2	0	.667
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Steelers	4	1	0	.800
Bengals	2	4	0	.333
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Colts	5	1	0	.833
Jaguars	4	2	0	.667
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chargers	4	2	0	.667
Broncos	4	2	0	.667

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	4	2	0	.667
Commanders	3	2	0	.600
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Packers	3	1	1	.700
Lions	4	2	0	.667
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Buccaneers	5	1	0	.833
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	4	2	0	.667
Seahawks	4	2	0	.667