Cincinnati Bengals 2009 Season Recap
Week 1 - The Bengals lose to the Broncos on a crushing last play making the score 12-7.
Week 2 – Bengals handle the Packers with a score of 31-24 making their record 1-1.
Week 3- Bengals finally beat the Steelers with a score of 23-20 making their record 2-1.
Week 4 – A boring game but the Bengals won in overtime against the Browns with a score of 23-20 changing their record to 3-1.
Week 5 – Bengals are on a roll in the AFC north and they beat the Ravens 17-14.
Week 6 – Should have been an easy win but turned out to be a hard loss to the Texans with a score of 28-17.
Week 7 – Finally a blow out!! The Bengals kill the Bears 45-10 raising their record to 5-2.
Week 8 – Bye Week
Week 9 – Cedric Benson leads the Bengals to a record of 6-2 defeating the Ravens 17-7 – Chris Henry broke his arm in this game, too.
Week 10 – For the first time the Bengals defeated the Steelers twice in the AFC North Division match-up with a score of 18-12 and a record of 7-2.
Week 11 – A very disappointing loss to the Raiders 20-17 but the Bengals got lucky because Pittsburgh lost to the Kansas City Chiefs on the same day which kept the Bengals in the lead for the AFC North.
Week 12 – Bengals sweep the AFC North defeating the Browns 16-7 and taking their record to 8-3.
Week 13 – The Bengals took advantage of an easy win and beat the Lions 23-13.
Week 14 – The Vikings crushed the Bengals 30-10 and their record became 9-4.
Week 15 – Another loss on the road, this time at the hands of the Chargers 27-24
Week 16 - It was a close game but in the end the Bengals beat Kansas City, 17-10.
Week 17 – The Bengals didn’t want to win and succeeded, losing to the Jets 37-0, taking their record to 10-6.
Week 18 – Play-offs – A disappointing, season-ending loss to the Jets with a score of 24-14.
The Bengals ended the season with 10 wins and 6 losses. 2009 was a better season than 2008 but I expect better in 2010. Injuries hurt us – Reggie Kelly, Chris Henry, Antwan Odom, Ray Maualuga – we missed them all. I hope our offense comes alive next season. Our defense is one of the best in the league but our offense needs to score more points to bring home more wins. I hope we draft Golden Tate, the wide receiver from Notre Dame, or another good wide receiver. We need another big play guy to help Carson Palmer and Chad Ochocinco bring the offense alive. I’m looking for big things in 2010. 2009 was a great season to be a Bengals fan. Go Bengals! WHO DEY!!!!!
