CINCINNATI (AP) -- Jerry Rice played like a Hall of Famer, the West Coast offense rolled up 542 yards, and Jeff Garcia lived up to the tradition of Montana and Young.

All it got the San Francisco 49ers was another unfathomable low point in a season full of them.

	Bengals running back Corey Dillon exploded for 133 yards on 25 carries.

Jeff Blake tied his career high with four touchdown passes Sunday as the Cincinnati Bengals -- the NFL's worst team of the '90s -- swamped the 49ers 44-30 in the rain.

Cincinnati (3-10) put up its highest point total in 10 years, ended a streak of 11 straight home losses, got back-to-back wins for the first time since 1997 and had some fun at the expense of the team that has tormented them more than any other.

The Bengals had lost their last nine games to the Niners since 1975, including a pair of Super Bowls in the '80s. Fans booed as highlights of those games were shown on the video board.

At the end, thousands stuck around in the rain to cheer the most satisfying win of the season.

"We're not acting like we won the Super Bowl, but we're happy we won," second-year linebacker Takeo Spikes said. "Two wins in a row means a lot to me because it's never been done since I've been here."

The Bengals won a game that resembled touch football with its never-ending offense and slipshod tackling.

"We moved the ball, but so did they," coach Bruce Coslet said. "I thought it was an entertaining game, at least from where I sit."

The 49ers trudged off the field with helmets in hand after losing their eighth in a row -- their worst skid in 19 years -- and clinching their first losing season since 1982.

"We've got to put it together because I see flashes in every phase of some good things, and then we have breakdowns," coach Steve Mariucci said.

With quarterback Steve Young standing on the sideline like a ghost of glory days past, San Francisco (3-9) erupted from its worst offensive slump ever -- no more than seven points in any of the last four games. Rice led the way, catching two touchdown passes for the first time all season and piling up 157 yards on nine catches.

But a 49ers defense that was missing two cornerbacks -- R.W. McQuarters and Monty Montgomery broke bones in a rainy 20-3 loss to Green Bay on Monday -- became easy pickings for Blake, Corey Dillon and Carl Pickens.

Blake completed 21-of-30 for 334 yards in an offense that did whatever it wanted. Dillon rushed 25 times for 133 yards and had five catches for 77 yards and a touchdown, while Pickens had two touchdown catches and 107 yards overall.

Blake got emotional after the big game, which most likely was his second-to-last in Cincinnati. He's a free agent after the season.

"It feels like the only people who can stop us are ourselves," Blake said. "We played an almost flawless game."

San Francisco's beleaguered defense gave up 40 points for the fourth time this season. It couldn't stop the Bengals enough times to give its offense a chance to catch up at the end.

GAME NOTES

This was Jerry Rice's 65th 100-yard receiving game, his 36th multiple-TD receiving game and his first two-touchdown game since Sept. 27, 1998. In five regular-season games against Cincinnati, Rice has 32 catches for 508 yards and four touchdowns. He was MVP of the 1989 Super Bowl win over Cincinnati, setting a record with 215 yards receiving. San Francisco had 542 yards and averaged 7.5 per play. Cincinnati had 476 yards and averaged 7.9 per play. Corey Dillon's rushing touchdown in the first quarter was his first since the season opener. It was Cincinnati's highest point total since a 61-7 win over Houston on Dec. 17, 1989.

Garcia had a career day, completing 33-of-49 for 437 yards with three touchdowns, but couldn't convert two late opportunities. His fourth-down pass in the end zone skidded away from J.J. Stokes with 4:25 left, and the game ended with an incompletion to Rice in the end zone.

"Unfortunately we didn't finish off our last two drives. We could have gotten the ball in the end zone every single time in that second half," Garcia said.

Rice, frustrated much of the season by the 49ers' offensive struggles, reiterated after the game that he intends to return for another season.

"I don't feel like I really have to prove anything about if I score touchdowns or how many balls I catch," Rice said. "I do enjoy opportunities, though, and overall I feel like we got some opportunities today."

San Francisco, which has the most regular-season wins in the decade, set up 13 of Cincinnati's points with turnovers. The 49ers fumbled, bumbled and inadvisably rumbled -- they had three personal fouls.

On the flip side, the Bengals played nothing like their 1990s legacy -- 106 losses, most in the NFL.

Ignoring a sometimes heavy rain, the Bengals surged ahead by 17 points by making big plays just like the 49ers used to. They piled up 300 yards in the first half and didn't commit a penalty until the fourth quarter.

The 49ers got within six points but were let down by their defense, the three turnovers and a 73-yard kickoff return by Tremain Mack that set up Blake's clinching touchdown pass late in the third quarter.