Has Any NFL Team Gone Undefeated and Won the Super Bowl?

The New England Patriots came close in 2007, but no team has ever gone undefeated and won the Super Bowl.

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. The NFL has 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The league consisted of 14 teams until 1936, when the league expanded to 16 teams. Through mergers and various acquisitions, it reached its current size of 32 teams in 2002.

In a given NFL season, each team plays 16 regular season games out of a possible 18, as per their schedule. In addition to these 16 games, most teams also play one additional ” preseason ” game and four or more ” preseason ” practices. These extra games and practices are not required or necessary to win the Super Bowl, but they do affect a team’s win-loss record going into the playoffs.

The playoffs are a single-elimination tournament held after the end of the regular season to determine the NFL’s champion for that year. Sixteen teams qualify for the playoffs: twelve teams get in by winning their divisional championship , while four additional “wild card” Teams make it in by having one of the two best records among all non-division winners . Once in the playoffs, a team’s win-loss record is reset to 0-0; they then play another single-elimination tournament until only two teams remain. These two teams then compete in the Super Bowl , which is typically held on the first Sunday in February and is considered one of America’s biggest national sporting events.

Since its inception in 1920, there have been nine seasons where an NFL team has gone undefeated in both the regular season and playoffs/Super Bowl (not including ties), most recently being achieved by the New England Patriots in 2007 . This means that out of a possible 1,056 REGULAR SEASON AND PLAYOFF GAMES since 1920 , only NINE have been won by an undefeated team.

The 1972 Miami Dolphins

The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team in NFL history to go undefeated and win the Super Bowl. The Dolphins went 14-0 in the regular season and 3-0 in the playoffs, defeating the Washington Redskins 14-7 in Super Bowl VII.

The 2007 New England Patriots

The 2007 New England Patriots became the first and only team in NFL history to go undefeated in the regular season and win the Super Bowl. The Patriots finished the regular season with a perfect 16-0 record and then won their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history with a thrilling victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII.

The 2015 Carolina Panthers

The Carolina Panthers came oh-so-close to going undefeated in the regular season in 2015. The team finished the regular season with a record of 15-1, and went on to win the NFC Championship. However, their bid for a perfect season was dashed when they lost to the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl 50 by a score of 24-10.

Conclusion

After careful research, we have come to the conclusion that no NFL team has gone undefeated and won the Super Bowl.