Word: bengal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Super Bowl footnotes: Bengal QB Ken Anderson should shave his mustache, but he still gets my vote for Father of the Year. After dropping Sunday's game to San Francisco, 26-21, Anderson walked off the field carrying his son in his arms...
Dave Bunz of the 49ers stopped Bengal running back Charles Alexander just inches away from a touchdown on the next play, and Johnson was denied once more on fourth down when middle linebacker Jack "Hacksaw" Reynolds met him over the right guard hole...
...Bengal punter Pat McInally '75, only the second Harvard player to appear in a Super Bowl, averaged 43 yards on three kicks for the Bengals. McInally led the NFL in punting this season and will play in the Pro Bowl in Honolulu next week...
Naturally, the network paying millions of dollars for broadcast rights milked the event for all it was worth--and more. CBS showed us the now-standard bar scenes with loyal football fans gathered around the television wearing Bengal baseball caps or 49er football shirts. Irv Cross told us how Super Bowl rings are made...
Cincinnati came out hitting, and when the Browns realized that they were not going to get their title without a fight, they did some hitting of their own. Late in the first quarter, McInally caught a pass for a Bengal first down, but on the tackle he was hit hard in the head by an illegal forearm and knocked unconscious...