The 1975 Cincinnati Bengals season was the franchise's 6th season in the
National Football League, and the 8th overall.
The final season for Paul Brown as head coach, Cincinnati opened the season with six straight wins and went on to post an 11–3 record, their best regular-season mark. The Bengals qualified as the AFC
wild card team for the playoffs, but lost to the
Oakland, 31–28, in the
divisional round of the playoffs.
Ken Anderson won his second NFL passing championship. A serious blow was the loss of defensive tackle
Mike Reid, who, only 27, retired in the off-season to pursue a career in music.
The team qualified for the postseason for the third time in just eight years of existence, but 1975 would be the last time that the Bengals would do so until
1981. Despite the Bengals' great record, they were only 3–3 in division play, losing twice to the eventual champion
Steelers, and losing on the road to what was an
0–9 Cleveland Browns team. Other than division play, the Bengals were 8–0 against teams outside of the
AFC Central division.