Blistering cold temperatures and windy conditions left fans freezing during the 1981 AFC Championship featuring the Cincinnati Bengals and San Diego Chargers. The temperature at Riverfront Stadium was a chilly negative nine, but factor in the wind chill and it plummeted the temperature to negative 59. Long time Bengals fan Richard Hill remembers sitting there
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