Bengals v Giants history.

[BengalFanInNJ]

(11-06-2016, 05:37 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Giants are one of only 3 teams that the Bengals have at least .667 winning percentage against, but we have only played them 9 times (6-3).  Home team has won EVERY game in the series.

Notable games.....

'85....Weak Bengals team (7-9) is held to less than 200 yards in offense while allowing Phil Sims to pass for 513.  But Cincy gets four turnovers (including an int ret td) and a 35-30 upset win against a Giants team that would finish 10-6 and beat the Forty-niners in the playoffs.

'12....Through the first 9 weeks of the season the Bengals looked dead at 3-5 while only 3 teams had a better record than the defending Super Bowl Champion Giants 6-3.  Bengals explode out of the gate (Dalton to Green 56 yd td,....Adam Jones 68 yd PR.....Dalton to Hawkins td) and are up 14 in just four-and-a-half minutes.  Giants never get closer than 11 points as Bengals cruise to 31-13 victory. Most importantly this was the first win in a 7-1 finish that would take the Bengals from dead (3-5) to the playoffs (10-6).

How can you forget the 1991 game?? The 7-5 Giants coming off a Super Bowl win roll into Cincy on a 3 game winning streak against a horrible Bengals team that was 1-11. Giants lead 17-7 in the 3rd and then the Bengals come back thanks to a Mitchell Price punt return to win 27-24. The Giants never didn't recover and finished the year 8-8. Bengals finish 3-13.

Living in a family of Giants fans, it was quite a nice surprise to watch them win. All of my friends and family avoided me for a week (well, for years but that's another story).