2005 Cincinnati Bengals season

The 2005 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 36th season in the National Football League, the 38th overall, and the third under head coach Marvin Lewis. It 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 sports highlight shows.

2005 Cincinnati Bengals season
OwnerMike Brown
Head coachMarvin Lewis
Home fieldPaul Brown Stadium
Results
Record11–5
Division place1st AFC North
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs (vs. Steelers) 17–31
Pro BowlersT Willie Anderson
WR Chad Johnson
QB Carson Palmer
CB Deltha O'Neal
K Shayne Graham

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]

However, a costly loss to the Steelers in the wild card round extended their playoff win drought to 16 years.

Offseason

NFL Draft
Main article: 2005 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

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
 , 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
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap
1 September 11 at Cleveland Browns W 27–13 1–0 Cleveland Browns Stadium Recap
2 September 18 Minnesota Vikings W 37–8 2–0 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
3 September 25 at Chicago Bears W 24–7 3–0 Soldier Field Recap
4 October 3 at Houston Texans W 16–10 4–0 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
5 October 9 at Jacksonville Jaguars L 20–23 4–1 Alltel Stadium Recap
6 October 16 at Tennessee Titans W 31–23 5–1 The Coliseum Recap
7 October 23 Pittsburgh Steelers L 13–27 5–2 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
8 October 30 Green Bay Packers W 21–14 6–2 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
9 November 13 at Baltimore Ravens W 21–9 7–2 M&T Bank Stadium Recap
10 Bye
11 November 20 Indianapolis Colts L 37–45 7–3 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
12 November 27 Baltimore Ravens W 42–29 8–3 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
13 December 4 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 38–31 9–3 Heinz Field Recap
14 December 11 Cleveland Browns W 23–20 10–3 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
15 December 18 at Detroit Lions W 41–17 11–3 Ford Field Recap
16 December 24 Buffalo Bills L 27–37 11–4 Paul Brown Stadium Recap
17 January 1 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3–37 11–5 Arrowhead Stadium Recap

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

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Week 8 vs Packers
See also: 2005 Green Bay Packers season
Week Eight: Green Bay Packers (1–5) at Cincinnati Bengals (5–1)
1 2 34Total
Packers 0 7 0714
Bengals 7 7 0721

at Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

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 4–8 232 301 L1
Cleveland Browns 6 10 0 .375 1–5 4–8 265 299 W1

Postseason

Wild Card vs Steelers
AFC Wild Card Game: (#6) Pittsburgh Steelers (11–5) at (#3) Cincinnati Bengals (11–5)
1 2 34Total
Steelers 0 14 14331
Bengals 10 7 0017

at Paul Brown Stadium • Cincinnati, Ohio

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 Palmer's anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). 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 came back with 24 unanswered points and upset the Cincinnati Bengals with a final score of 31–17.[6] The Steelers went on to win the Super Bowl.

With the costly loss, the Bengals season ended at 11–6, thus once again it extended their playoff win drought to 16 years.

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)[7]
  • Rudi Johnson, 2nd 1000 yard rushing season (1,458 yards)[8]
  • Chad Johnson 4th 1000 yard receiving season [9]
  • Tab Perry, 1st 1000-yard return season (1,562 yards)[10]

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 statistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  4. "2005 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  5. The Football Database. Retrieved 2016-Sep-16.
  6. Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cyclopedia
  7. http://www.nfl.com/player/chadjohnson/2504651/profile
  8. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnRu00.htm
  9. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/J/JohnCh01.htm
  10. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerrTa00.htm
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