▁divis ional ▁real ignment , ▁the ▁Ste el ers ▁have ▁made ▁the ▁play offs ▁ten ▁times , ▁the ▁Rav ens ▁eight ▁times , ▁the ▁Beng als ▁seven ▁times , ▁and ▁the ▁Brow ns ▁one ▁time . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁although ▁finishing ▁second ▁in ▁the ▁division ▁to ▁the ▁Beng als , ▁the ▁Ste el ers ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁team ▁in ▁NFL ▁history ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁play offs ▁as ▁a ▁# 6 ▁seed ed ▁wild ▁card ▁team ▁and ▁win ▁the ▁Super ▁Bowl . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁the ▁Ste el ers ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁team ▁to ▁repeat ▁as ▁division ▁champion ▁since ▁the ▁division ' s ▁real ignment ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁The ▁team ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁Super ▁Bowl ▁X L III ▁that ▁season , ▁their ▁second ▁Super ▁Bowl ▁in ▁four ▁years ▁and ▁an ▁NFL - record ▁sixth ▁overall . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁C inc inn ati ▁Beng als ▁swe pt ▁their ▁annual ▁six - game ▁sl ate ▁of ▁divis ional ▁oppon ents . ▁Their ▁first ▁three ▁games ▁against ▁the ▁A FC ▁North ▁came ▁in ▁weeks ▁three - through - five ▁when ▁they ▁beat ▁the ▁Ste el ers , ▁Brow ns ▁and ▁Rav ens , ▁respectively , ▁each ▁by ▁three ▁points . ▁The ▁close ▁finish es ▁de emed ▁the ▁Beng als , ▁" Card iac ▁C ats ." ▁C inc inn ati ▁cl inch ed ▁their ▁first ▁division ▁title ▁since ▁' 0 5 ▁in ▁a ▁week ▁