How Many NFL Teams Have Never Won a Super Bowl?

How Many NFL Teams Have Never Won a Super Bowl?
The answer may surprise you.

Introduction

Including the 2020 season, there have been 53 Super Bowls played. Of the 32 NFL teams, 11 have never won a Super Bowl. The Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings have each appeared in four Super Bowls, but have never won. Below is a list of NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl.

Teams that have never won a Super Bowl

There are currently eleven NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl. This includes teams that have never made it to the big game as well as teams that have made it but lost. These teams are the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers, Seattle Seahawks, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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 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 club in the United States. The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in Glendale, Arizona.

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. Despite their name, the Lions have competed in the NFC since 1970, when they were placed in that conference as part of an NFL expansion plan. Their only division title came in 1993, when they finished first in the NFC Central.

The Lions have never won a Super Bowl and have only made it to the big game twice, both times losing to the AFC’s representative. They are one of four current NFC teams that have not won a Super Bowl, along with the Arizona Cardinals, Carolina Panthers and Atlanta Falcons; and one of eight NFC teams that have never played in a Super Bowl, along with the Cardinals, Panthers, Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Minnesota Vikings and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional 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 and is headquartered in NRGFaner.

The Texans have never won a Super Bowl in their franchise history.

Jacksonville Jaguars

The Jacksonville Jaguars have never won a Super Bowl. They came close in 2017, when they made it to the AFC Championship game, but lost to the New England Patriots.

Los Angeles Chargers

The Los Angeles Chargers have never won a Super Bowl in their franchise history. They have been to one Super Bowl, which was Super Bowl XXIX in 1995, but they lost to the San Francisco 49ers 49-26. The Chargers have been in existence since 1960 and have played in San Diego for most of their history before moving to Los Angeles in 2017.

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 Anaheim. The Rams franchise returned to Los Angeles in 2016.

The Rams have won three NFL championships, and are the only team to win championships representing three different cities (Cleveland in 1945, Los Angeles in 1951, and St. Louis in 1999). The Rams have appeared in eight Super Bowls, winning one (Super Bowl XXXIV), and losing seven (Super Bowl I, Super Bowl XIV, Super Bowl XVI, Super Bowl XI, Super Bowl XXIV, Super Bowl XXXVI and Super Bowl LIII).

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.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) South division. The team was 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, as well as to the fact that the city of New Orleans has historically been referred to as The Crescent City or The Big Easy. They joined the NFL as an expansion team in 1967. The franchise was founded on November 1, 1966.

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. In the 2017 season they won Super Bowl LII, their first Super Bowl win in franchise history and their fourth NFL title overall, after winning the Championship Game in 1948, 1949, and 1960.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team 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 NFL realignment plan that placed each new expansion team into a pre-existing division in order to bring parity to the league.

Conclusion

32 NFL teams have never won a Super Bowl.