Even though they’ll be playing in the postseason for the second year in a row, the Cincinnati Bengals have not won a playoff game since the 1990 season. Which got us thinking… what exactly was the world like the last time the Bengals found postseason success? The last time the Bengals won a playoff game…
The "Ickey Shuffle" was all the rage in Cincinnati.
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George H.W. Bush was president of the United States. George W. Bush was a part-owner of the Texas Rangers.
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Ghost was the highest grossing movie of the year, and Macaulay Culkin was Home Alone for the first time.
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Andy Dalton was three years old. A.J. Green was two.
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"Hold On" by Wilson Phillips was the #1 Hot 100 Single on Billboard. Kristen Wiig, who brought the song back to relevance in Bridesmaids, was wrapping up high school in 1990.
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1990 was Chris Farley's first year on SNL.
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Pete Carroll was the defensive coordinator of the New York Jets.
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We still couldn't touch MC Hammer. "U Can't Touch This" came out in January of 1990.
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The Hubble Telescope launched.
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The Simpsons aired for the first time in 1990.
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