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Bengals News (12/1): Still getting close

Bengals great Louis Breeden is happy for Brandon Wilson to have broken his longest play record
Back on Nov. 8, 1981, Breeden's 102-yard dash out of his own end zone in San Diego put away one of the biggest games in Bengals history. Chargers quarterback Dan Fouts was just a few yards from cutting the score to 24-14 in the last minute of the half when his receiver fell down and Breeden was right where he should be. Suddenly, it was 31-7 and the Bengals finished off a 40-17 victory that made sure they would host and beat Fouts and friends two months later in the AFC title game better known in Bengaldom as "The Freezer Bowl.