The 1990 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 23rd year in professional football and its 21st with the National Football League (NFL). The Bengals won the AFC Central division for the second time in three seasons.
The Bengals would finish the season 9âÂÂ7 and make the playoffs. In the postseason, Cincinnati won over the Houston Oilers in the wild-card round 41âÂÂ14, but lost to the Los Angeles Raiders 20âÂÂ10 in the divisional round. The Bengals would not make the playoffs again until the 2005 season and would not win a playoff game again until their Super Bowl-appearing 2021 season beginning what eventually became an 8-game playoff losing streak, tied with the Detroit Lions for longest in NFL history.