Bengals fans celebrate long-awaited Super Bowl appearance

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"Who dey" got its own day on Monday.

The Cincinnati Bengals' 40-year-old rally cry rang out over and over during the team’s Paul Brown Stadium NFL Opening Night Fan Rally on Monday night.

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The celebration for the team was loud and festive a day before the Bengals travel to Los Angeles and the Super Bowl against the Rams on Sunday.

Fans wanting to be on hand to celebrate in-person the team’s first Super Bowl trip since January 1989 and third in team history needed fewer than five hours to grab the 30,000 free tickets when they became available on Wednesday. Enough showed up to fill the lower bowl.

Six Super Bowl tickets were given away. The big screen showed highlights and interviews.

Former Bengals greats including David Fulcher, Tim Krumrie and Max Montoya, all members of the most-recent Super Bowl team, were interviewed on stage near midfield, where the AFC championship trophy was displayed.

"This team has found a way to win all year, and they will win one more time," said Ken Anderson, quarterback on Cincinnati’s first Super Bowl team in 1982.

A banner hanging on an upper-deck façade proclaimed. "This one’s for you, Mike," referring to team president Mike Brown.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow speaks during the Super Bowl LVI Opening Night Fan Rally, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)

Forty-three minutes into the scheduled hour-long rally, Coach Zac Taylor, his assistants and the players took the field wearing matching white warmup outfits. Many shot cellphone videos as they exited the tunnel.

"I promise you we will feed off the energy from wherever you’re