2005 Cincinnati Bengals season

2005 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coach Marvin Lewis
Owner Mike Brown
Home field Paul Brown Stadium
Results
Record 11–5
Division place 1st AFC North
Playoff finish Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Steelers) 31–17
Pro Bowlers T Willie Anderson
WR Chad Johnson
QB Carson Palmer
CB Deltha O'Neal
K Shayne Graham

The 2005 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 38th year in professional football and its 36th with the National Football League.

2005 was the team’s first season with a winning record, playoff berth, and division title since 1990. In the fourteen seasons and 224 games in between (1991–2004), the Bengals’ record was 71–153, a 0.317 winning percentage.[1] It would be the Bengals’ lone playoff appearance in a span of 18 years (1991–2008). QB Carson Palmer got off to a strong start on his way to a solid 3836 yard season with 32 Touchdown passes, earning a trip to the Pro Bowl. Receiving many of Palmer’s passes was Chad Johnson, who followed teammate Palmer to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, racking up an impressive 1,432 yards in receiving with nine TDs, many of which were followed by unique celebrations that made him a regular star on the spots highlight shows.

Following a 42–29 win over the Baltimore Ravens, the Bengals faced the Steelers again this time in Pittsburgh, where the Bengals offense continued to fly behind Carson Palmer who had three Touchdown passes and 227 yards passing in an impressive 38–31 win that gave the Bengals first place in the AFC North at 9–3. The Bengals would not relinquish first place winning the next two games to clinch the division with two weeks to go. On December 18, with a 41–17 win over the Detroit Lions, the Bengals clinched a playoff spot.[2] After clinching the division the Bengals played cautiously and dropped their final two games to finish with an 11–5 record, beating out the eventual Super Bowl champion Steelers, who finished with an identical record, on a tiebreaker situation.[3]

Offseason

NFL Draft

2005 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 17 David Pollack  Linebacker Georgia
2 48 Odell Thurman  Linebacker Georgia
3 83 Chris Henry  Wide receiver West Virginia
4 119 Eric Ghiaciuc  Center Central Michigan
5 153 Adam Kieft  Offensive tackle Central Michigan
6 190 Tab Perry  Wide receiver UCLA
7 233 Jonathan Fanene  Defensive end Utah
      Made roster  

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Personnel

2005 Cincinnati Bengals staff
Front office

Head coaches

  • Head Coach – Marvin Lewis
  • Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line – Paul Alexander

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Chip Morton
  • Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Ray Oliver

Roster

2005 Cincinnati Bengals final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 53 Active, 6 Inactive, 8 Practice squad

Regular season

In addition to their regular games with AFC North rivals, the Bengals played teams from the AFC South and NFC North as per the schedule rotation, and also played intraconference games against the Bills and the Chiefs based on divisional positions from 2004.

Schedule

DateOpponent #ResultScoreAttendanceStadium
September 11at Cleveland BrownsW27–13
73,013
Cleveland Browns Stadium
September 18Minnesota VikingsW37–8
65,763
Paul Brown Stadium
September 25at Chicago BearsW24–7
62,045
Soldier Field
October 2Houston TexansW16–10
65,714
Paul Brown Stadium
October 9at Jacksonville JaguarsL20–23
66,137
Alltel Stadium
October 16at Tennessee TitansW31–23
69,149
The Coliseum
October 23Pittsburgh SteelersL13–27
66,104
Paul Brown Stadium
October 30Green Bay PackersW21–14
65,940
Paul Brown Stadium
November 6at Baltimore RavensW21–9
70,540
M&T Bank Stadium
November 20Indianapolis ColtsL37–45
65,995
Paul Brown Stadium
November 27Baltimore RavensW42–29
65,680
Paul Brown Stadium
December 4at Pittsburgh SteelersW38–31
63,044
Heinz Field
December 11Cleveland BrownsW23–20
65,788
Paul Brown Stadium
December 18at Detroit LionsW41–17
61,749
Ford Field
December 24Buffalo BillsL27–37
65,485
Paul Brown Stadium
January 1at Kansas City ChiefsL3–37
77,211
Arrowhead Stadium

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Week 1

1 234Total
• Bengals 0 17100 27
Browns 3 703 13

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Standings

AFC North
W L T PCT DIV CONF PF PA STK
(3) Cincinnati Bengals 11 5 0 .688 5–1 7–5 421 350 L2
(6) Pittsburgh Steelers 11 5 0 .688 4–2 7–5 389 258 W4
Baltimore Ravens 6 10 0 .375 2–4 4–8 265 299 L1
Cleveland Browns 6 10 0 .375 1–5 4–8 232 301 W1

Postseason

Game Stats- AFC Wild Card Playoff
1 2 34Total
Steelers 0 14 14331
Bengals 10 7 0017

at Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati

On January 8, 2006, the Cincinnati Bengals took on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the opening round of the playoffs making it the Bengals’ first playoff appearance of the decade. Early in the game, disaster struck for the Bengals when Steelers lineman Kimo von Oelhoffen hit Bengals quarterback (Carson Palmer)'s knee, resulting in a tear of his ACL (Anterior cruciate ligament). Backup quarterback Jon Kitna took over and did very well, giving Cincinnati leads of 10–0 and 17–7 at points of the game. All seemed well for the Bengals until the Steelers dominated with 24 unanswered points and knocked the Cincinnati Bengals out of the playoffs with a final score of 31–17.[7] The Steelers went on to win the Super Bowl.

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Carson Palmer50934538363212101.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Rudi Johnson33714584.33312

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Chad Johnson97143214.8709

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Odell Thurman1481.5540
Justin Smith926.0011
Deltha O'Neal630.01001

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Shayne Graham322887.5%4747100.0%131
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Kyle Larson60259175143.2

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Tab Perry64156224.4940000.000
Keiwan Ratliff000.000281575.6130

Awards and records

Pro Bowl Selections

All-Pro Award

Milestones

  • Carson Palmer's first six starts of the season, combined with his last three starts of 2004, made him only the second passer in NFL history to post nine straight games with a passer rating of 100 or more (Peyton Manning, 2004)
  • Carson Palmer led the NFL in three major passing categories – TD passes (32), completion percentage (67.8) and TD-INT differential (32–12)[8]
  • Rudi Johnson, 2nd 1000 yard rushing season (1,458 yards)[9]
  • Chad Johnson 4th 1000 yard receiving season [10]
  • Tab Perry, 1st 1000 yard return season (1,562 yards)[11]

Records

  • Cincinnati Bengals Chad Johnson and T. J. Houshmandzadeh set Bengals records for most receptions (175) and receiving yards (2,388) by a duo.
  • The Bengals established a home season attendance record of 526,469 to break the mark of 524,248 set a season earlier.

References

  1. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In multiple seasons, from 1991 to 2004, playing for the Cincinnati Bengals, in the regular season, sorted by descending Date.
  2. ↑ Curnette, Mark (December 19, 2005). "Biggest splash of them all". Cincinnati Enquirer. Archived from the original on January 3, 2006.
  3. ↑ Season summary and tatistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  4. ↑ "2005 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cin/2005.htm
  6. ↑ The Football Database. Retrieved 2016-Sep-16.
  7. ↑ Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  8. ↑ http://www.nfl.com/player/chadjohnson/2504651/profile
  9. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnRu00.htm
  10. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCh01.htm
  11. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerrTa00.htm
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