(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1968 1970 1991 2000 Cincinnati Bengals Team Formation By 1966, Paul Brown wanted to become involved in professional football again. James A. Rhodes, then the governor of Ohio, convinced Brown that Ohio needed a second team. Cincinnati was deemed the logical choice, in essence, splitting the state. In 1967 a Cincinnati-based ownership group led by …