CINCINNATI -- The last time the Bengals and San Diego Chargers met in the playoffs was the coldest day the NFL ever played a football game. Thirty-two years later the teams played again.

The Freezer Bowl: a rightful name for the coldest game in NFL history. It was Jan. 10, 1982. The Cincinnati Bengals hosted the San Diego Chargers with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.

Cincinnati Bengals coach Forrest Gregg called the Freezer Bowl -- a 27-7 win over the San Diego Chargers on Jan. 2, 1982 -- worse than the Ice Bowl on Dec. 31, 1967, when he was an offensive ...

On Jan. 10, 1982, San Diego and Cincinnati met for the AFC championship game in Riverfront Stadium in what would become known as the Freezer Bowl.The Bengals won, 27-7, but the game gained fame ...

Only the "Ice Bowl" between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys on New Year's Eve in 1967 was colder. The Bengals used the frigid cold to cool down the "Air Coryell" attack of the Chargers ...

The Freezer Bowl: a rightful name for the coldest game in NFL history. It was Jan. 10, 1982. The Cincinnati Bengals hosted the San Diego Chargers with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line.