Tags: National Football League Season.
The 1996 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team’s 29th year in professional football and its 27th with the National Football League. The Dave Shula era comes to a sudden end when he is fired after a 1–6 start as Jeff Blake struggles with turnovers. Former Bengals TE Bruce Coslet former New York Jets head coach and the team’s offensive coordinator would replace Shula as head coach. The move paid off right away as the Bengals won the first 3 games under Coslet.