When former Bengals kicker Jim Breech knocked an extra point through the uprights in the fourth quarter of Cincinnati's 41-14 blowout win over Houston in the 1990 playoffs, he was 34-years-old.
Twenty-four years later, Breech is 15 months away from his 60th birthday and that extra point still stands as the final point scored by a Bengals player in a Bengals playoff win.
That's because the Bengals are in a playoff drought -- and everyone in Cincinnati is well aware of it.
Bengals gotta end the drought Sunday or I'm gonna cry
— Jacob McMillan (@Jmcmillan0325) January 2, 2015
This year's Bengals team will be gunning for the franchise's first playoff win since Jan. 6, 1991. In the 24 years since that win over the Oilers, the Bengals have gone 0-6 in the postseason, including 0-5 under Marvin Lewis and 0-3 with Andy Dalton and Lewis.
In the Super Bowl-era, only the New Orleans Saints went longer without a playoff win than the Bengals. The Saints postseason winless streak hit 33 years in 1999, before the team finally ended the streak with a wild card win over the Rams following the 2000 season.
The Bengals aren't the only team entering the postseason this year in a drought, the Lions haven't won a playoff game since Jan. 5, 1992. Coincidentally, Detroit's last playoff win came against the same team they're playing on Sunday: The Cowboys.
After winning the NFC Central division in 1991, the Lions beat Dallas 38-6 and moved on to the NFC Championship game where they were blown out by Washington 41-10.
Like the Bengals, the Lions are also 0-6 in the postseason since their last playoff win. That six-game losing streak includes two four-point losses to the Packers, one loss came after the 1993 season (28-24) and the other came after the 1994 season (16-12).
If history's any indication, we might not see either drought end this weekend. The Bengals are 1-7 all-time in the wild-card round, while the Lions are 0-7.
The Bengals also have the longest drought without a championship game appearance in the NFL. Cincinnati's last berth in the AFC title game came after the 1988 season.
The longest drought in the NFC belongs to the Redskins and Lions, who both appeared in the 1991 NFC Championship, but haven't played in the game since.
Of the 12 team's in this year's postseason, the Lions are the only team that has never played in a Super Bowl.
So will either drought end? Our experts think there's hope for the Bengals, but not for the Lions. You can check out their picks here.
