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Paul Brown's new Cincinnati Bengals with 1 win and 5 losses would hit bottom after this game with the Steelers, leaving them with a "hopeless" 1 win vs. 7 losses at mid-season in 1970. But the next week the Bengals would begin a march to the top, winning all of their remaining 7 games with a healthy Virgil Carter to end the season with an 8-6 record and a Division Championship in the AFT Central. Steeler fans can enjoy their one victory against rival Cincinnati and catch a glimpse of their heavily promoted new quarterback. Coming with expectations that he would be a welcome "shot in the arm" for the Steelers, Terry Bradshaw shoots himself in the foot with 4 completions in 12 attempts for.a grand total of 40 meaningless yards. But rival QBTerry Hanratty would lead the team to victory with help from former Big Ten basketball player, Preston Pearson (who never played a down of football at U. of ILL) and Don Hoak in a potent Steeler running attack. Nevertheless, the 3-4 Steelers would lose their last three games to end the season with 5 wins and 9 losses, putting them in 3rd place in the AFC Central Division.