What NFL Teams Have Never Made the Super Bowl?

Can you believe that the NFL season is already upon us? It feels like just yesterday that the Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl. As we get ready for another exciting season of football, let’s take a look at which teams have never made it to the big game.

NFL Teams that have never made the Super Bowl

The Super Bowl is the biggest stage in American football, and there are a handful of teams that have yet to make an appearance. This list includes some of the most storied franchises in the NFL, who have come close but never quite made it to the Promised Land.

Arizona Cardinals

The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team 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.

The team has won two NFL championships: both times when they were based in Chicago. The first occurred in 1925, but is the subject of controversy because they claim to have won based on an unfair card playoff system that was used at the time. Their second title came in 1947, nearly two decades before the first Super Bowl was played. They are one of four existing teams and the only team in the NFC to have never played in a Super Bowl game. Along with the Detroit Lions, who have not made a Super Bowl appearance since 1957 (a few months beforeArizona began play), and fellow NFC West rivals Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers, who have each made only one Super Bowl appearance (respectively following the 1979 and 1994 seasons), they are also one of four teams to never make it to even an AFC Championship Game since both conferences were established following the NFL-AFL merger prior to the 1970 season.

Detroit Lions

The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) as part of the NFC North division. The club ranks as the second oldest NFL franchise in existence and is also one of only four current teams that have not made an appearance in the Super Bowl.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium, a stadium it shares with the National League baseball team Houston Astros. The Texans began play in 2002 as an expansion team after Houston’s previous franchise, the Houston Oilers, relocated to Nashville, Tennessee where they eventually became the Tennessee Titans. The Texans’ name alludes to Texas’ history as an independent republic before joining the United States as a state.

NFL Teams that have never won the Super Bowl

The NFL is one of the most popular sports leagues in the United States. Every year, fans of the sport eagerly await the Super Bowl, which is the biggest event in the NFL. Many teams have never made it to the big game, and some have never even won a conference championship. Here is a list of NFL teams that have never won the Super Bowl.

Buffalo Bills

The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo metropolitan area. The Bills compete in the National Football League (NFL), as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in the state of New York. The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford, New York, an eastern suburb of Rochester.

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.

Philadelphia Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football franchise 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. Since then, they have appeared in 13 NFL Championship Games, winning three – in 1949, 1960 and 1980. Their most recent appearance and win was in Super Bowl LII when they defeated the New England Patriots 41–33 on February 4, 2018.