Which NFL Team Hasn’t Won a Superbowl?

The NFL season is in full swing and we’re already seeing some surprise contenders for the Superbowl. But which NFL team hasn’t won a Superbowl?

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important American annual professional championship game of the NFL. As of 2020, there have been 54 Super Bowls, in which 24 different teams have won. Which NFL team hasn’t won a Superbowl?

The Teams

There are a total of twelve NFL teams who have never won a Super Bowl. Those teams are the Arizona Cardinals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Tennessee Titans.

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The Cardinals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Cardinals were founded as the Morgan Athletic Club in 1898, and are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States. The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in Glendale, Arizona. Since the franchise’s founding 1900, the team has won two NFL championships, both while it was based in Chicago.

The Cardinals have been to the playoffs 10 times (1947, 1948, 1949, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1982, 1998, 2008, 2009), winning four NFL West titles (1975, 1976, 2008, 2009), three NFC championships (1974, 2008, 2009), and one Super Bowl appearance (Super Bowl XLIII). They have never played in a Super Bowl hosted in their home market state of Arizona; however they have played two NFC Championship games at University of Phoenix Stadium (2008 and 2015). Their all-time win-loss record at University of Phoenix Stadium is 8-3 (.727). The Cardinals’ current head coach is Vance Joseph.

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL), and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit. The team has not won a Super Bowl as of 2019, but they have won four NFL Championships (1935, 1952, 1953, and 1957).

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional football team based in Houston, Texas. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Texans joined the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston’s previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where they are now the Tennessee Titans. The team’s majority owner is Bob McNair. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium.

Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars have never won a Super Bowl in their history. The franchise was founded in 1993, and they have only made it to the playoffs eight times in their 25-year history. They have never made it to the Super Bowl, and their only conference championship came in 1999.

Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Chargers compete in the National Football League as a member of the league’s American Football Conference West division. The team was founded on August 14, 1959, and began play on September 10, 1960, as a charter member of the American Football League. They played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for their first 51 seasons, another year at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, and have been playing their home games at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson since 2019. The Chargers won one AFL title in 1961 and reached the AFL playoffs five times. In 1984, the team had their best season ever, winning all but one of their regular season games and cruisin to victory in Super Bowl XVIII. They reached the AFC Championship Game in 2007 and 2010 but haven’t been back to the big game since then.

Los Angeles Rams

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team that compete in the National Football League (NFL). The Rams franchise was founded in 1936 as the Cleveland Rams in the short-lived second American Football League (AFL) before joining the NFL the next year. In 1946, the franchise moved to Los Angeles. The Rams franchise remained in the metro area until 1994, when they moved to St. Louis, Missouri. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016. Through 2017, the Rams have appeared in 15 NFL playoffs games, winning nine of them.. They played in Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl LIII, losing both games.

Minnesota Vikings

The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion team in 1960, and first took the field for the 1961 season. The team competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
The Vikings have played in four Super Bowls: IX (1974), VIII (1975), XI (1977), and XIV (1980), losing all four. As of 2020, they have appeared in the NFC Championship Game 20 times, and made it to the Super Bowl eight times.
The team has played in more conference championship games (27) without winning than any other team in NFL history.
They are also one of only five teams to lose four consecutive Super Bowls. The other teams who have done so are the Buffalo Bills, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, and New England Patriots.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Founded by John W. Mecom Jr., David Dixon, and the city of New Orleans on November 1, 1966, the Saints began play in Tulane Stadium in 1967. The name “Saints” is an allusion to November 1 being All Saints Day in the Catholic faith.[9][10]

The franchise was founded on November 1, 1966.[1] The team’s primary colors are old gold and black; their logo is a simplified fleur-de-lis.[2] They played their home games in Tulane Stadium through 1974,[11] and then moved to the new Louisiana Superdome (now Mercedes-Benz Superdome).[12]

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) East division. They have won three NFL championships, with their first coming in 1948.

San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team located in the San Francisco Bay Area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The 49ers were founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and joined the NFL in 1949 following the merger of the AAFC and NFL. The team plays its home games at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California, located 38 miles (61 kilometers) southeast of San Francisco in the Silicon Valley. Since 1988, the 49ers have been headquartered in Santa Clara.

Seattle Seahawks

While the Seahawks have been around since 1976, they haven’t won a Super Bowl. In fact, they’ve only made it to the big game once, in 2005. They lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers 21-10.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida. The Buccaneers currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Along with the Seattle Seahawks, the team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team. The Bucs played their first season in the American Football Conference (AFC) West division as part of an agreement between the two newly founded franchises and the then-existing NFL teams that were members of that division. After one season in that conference, the team switched conferences with Seattle and became a member of the NFC Central, where it spent 18 seasons. Meanwhile, since its first season Tampa Bay has won six division championships – one while it was members of each of three different divisions – along with one conference championship and one Super Bowl victory during its Super Bowl XXXVII championship season of 2002.

Tennessee Titans

The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee. The Titans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 in Houston, Texas, as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). The Oilers won the first two AFL Championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL merger in 1970.

Conclusion

There you have it, the eight NFL teams who have never won a Super Bowl. While some of these teams have come very close, they all ultimately came up short. Do any of these teams have what it takes to win a Super Bowl in the future? Only time will tell.