Super Bowl Ads from 1989..the last time the Bengals were there.

The last time the Cincinnati Bengals were in the Super Bowl was 1989 when they lost to the San Francisco 49ers 20-16 in Super Bowl XXIII. This was also the first year that USA Today introduced the Super Bowl ad meter, where they would rank the most popular ads in the big game. Here are the top 5 from 1989.

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American Express: 'Saturday Night Live'

Diet Pepsi: Michael J. Fox Builds Clone

Diet Coke: Runaway Diet Coke Machine

Budweiser: Bud Bowl I

Gillette: “The Best a Man Can Get”