The AFC North is one of the NFL’s most physical divisions. Those teams often find themselves in tough battles when any of them meet. The Pittsburgh Steelers have been involved in plenty of classic games against any of their division rivals. While the Baltimore Ravens are the Steelers’ biggest rival, the Cincinnati Bengals have given Pittsburgh some fits over the years, too. However, the Bengals have often been on the wrong side of those games, and Bill Cowher made sure to remind them of that when speaking to Cincinnati native Dan Patrick.

“I love Cincinnati,” Cowher said Monday on The Dan Patrick Show. “Check my record against them. Love you guys.”

Cowher went 22-9 against the Bengals, including the playoffs, as the Steelers’ head coach. In fact, he didn’t lose to the Bengals until his fourth season in Pittsburgh. The Bengals only swept the season series against Cowher’s Steelers once, and that came in 1998. Overall, Cowher dominated Cincinnati.

Patrick asked Cowher if he ever felt bad about beating up on the Bengals.

“No. Matter of fact, my last win as an NFL head coach was down in Cincinnati. It was in overtime. It was a slant pass from Ben Roethlisberger to Santonio Holmes. We walked off, we won that game, and when they said, ‘Who dey?’ I said, ‘We dey.’”

Cowher’s final season coaching was 2006, and the Steelers played the Bengals in the final week of the year. The Steelers weren’t playing for much, entering that game with a 7-8 record. The stakes were significantly higher for the Bengals, who still had a chance to capture a playoff spot.

It was an exciting game, too. The Bengals drove down the field with a chance at a game-winning field goal with 12 seconds left in the game. However, they missed the 39-yard attempt, causing the teams to go into overtime tied 17-17. The Steelers got the ball first, and on their third play, Roethlisberger got the ball to Holmes, who outran the Bengals defense for a 67-yard touchdown.

However, that wasn’t even the worst loss that the Steelers handed the Bengals in the 2006 calendar year. They knocked Cincinnati out in the first round of the playoffs almost a year prior on their way to winning Super Bowl XL. Once again, Cowher’s Steelers got the last laugh over the Bengals.

While Cowher would’ve liked ending his career in Pittsburgh with a shot to defend the Steelers’ Super Bowl title, playing spoiler for one of the team’s biggest rivals wasn’t so bad. He spent much of his head coaching career breaking Bengals fans’ hearts, and he doesn’t regret a second of it.