Bengals History - 2000 - Cincinnati Bengals

WEEK 1
Ravens
9/7 1:00
WEEK 10
Texans
11/9 1:00
WEEK 2
Titans
9/14 1:00
WEEK 11
Eagles
11/16 1:00
WEEK 3
Giants
9/21 1:00
WEEK 12
Steelers
11/20 8:15
WEEK 4
Browns
9/28 1:00
WEEK 13
Ravens
11/30 1:00
WEEK 5
Cowboys
10/5 4:15
WEEK 14
Colts
12/7 1:00
WEEK 6
Jets
10/12 1:00
WEEK 15
Redskins
12/14 1:00
WEEK 7
Steelers
10/19 1:00
WEEK 16
Browns
12/21 1:00
WEEK 9
Jaguars
11/2 1:00
WEEK 17
Chiefs
12/28 1:00

CINCINNATI BENGALS HISTORY: 2000

2000 FINAL RESULTS
Record: 4-12-0 (5th in AFC Central); 3-5 at home, 1-7 on road Head Coaches: Bruce Coslet (0-3), Dick LeBeau (4-9)
Date	Opponent	W-L	Score	Att.	Stadium
September 10	Cleveland	L	7-24	64,006	Paul Brown
September 17	at Jacksonville	L	0-13	45,653	ALLTEL
September 24	at Baltimore	L	0-37	68,481	PSINet
October 1	Miami	L	16-31	61,535	Paul Brown
October 8	Tennessee	L	14-23	63,406	Paul Brown
October 15	at Pittsburgh	L	0-15	54,328	Three Rivers
October 22	Denver	W	31-21	61,603	Paul Brown
October 29	at Cleveland	W	12-3	73,118	Cleveland Browns
November 5	Baltimore	L	7-27	54,759	Paul Brown
November 12	at Dallas	L	6-23	62,170	Texas
November 19	at New England	L	13-16	60,292	Foxboro
November 26	Pittsburgh	L	28-48	63,925	Paul Brown
December 3	Arizona	W	24-13	50,289	Paul Brown
December 10	at Tennessee	L	3-35	68,498	Adelphia Coliseum
December 17	Jacksonville	W	17-14	50,469	Paul Brown
December 24	at Philadelphia	L	7-16	64,902	Veterans

BENGALS 2000 SUMMARY
The Paul Brown Stadium era began on Aug. 19, as the Bengals christened Cincinnati's new football showplace with a 24-20 preseason win over the Chicago Bears. WR Peter Warrick scored the first Bengals points in PBS on a 14-yard end-around run in the first quarter. In the stadium's Grand Opening regular-season game Sept. 10 vs. Cleveland, a Cincinnati sports record crowd of 64,006 turned out, but the Browns won the game, 24-7. Rookie WR Ron Dugans scored the first Bengals regular-season points in PBS on a 4-yard TD pass from Akili Smith. The Bengals drew four other crowds which exceeded the pre-PBS record for a sports crowd in Cincinnati, but the Browns game stood as the new record. On Sept. 25, following an 0-3 start to the season, Bruce Coslet resigned as head coach and was replaced by assistant head coach/defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau. The team finished 4-9 under LeBeau, including 4-6 in the final 10 games and a 2-2 mark in the final four. On Dec. 20, LeBeau signed a multi-year contract to begin in 2001.

2000 HELMET/UNIFORM

2000 LOGO

WR PETER WARRICK

2000: A CLOSER LOOK

PRO BOWL PLAYERS

RB Corey Dillon

2000 SEASON LEADERS

Passing: Akili Smith (267 Att, 118 Comp, 1253 Yds, 44.2 Pct, 3 TD, 6 Int, 52.8 Rating)
Rushing: Corey Dillon (315 Att, 1435 Yds, 4.6 Avg, 80 Long, 7 TD)
Receiving: Peter Warrick (51 Rec, 592 Yds, 11.6 Avg, 46 Long, 4 TD)
Scoring: Neil Rackers, 57 points (12 FG; 21 PAT)

2000 NEWS AND NOTES

Head coach Dick LeBeau's first victory came on Oct. 22 vs. Denver and featured an NFL-record 278 rushing yards by Corey Dillon, who went on to set a Bengals record of 1435 yards for the season, earning his second straight trip to the Pro Bowl.