How Many NFL Teams Haven’t Won a Super Bowl?
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How many NFL teams haven’t won a Super Bowl? The answer may surprise you.
NFL Teams that have never won a Super Bowl
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. It was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season.
Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are one of nine NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl. The others are the Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Los Angeles Chargers and Tennessee Titans.
The Cardinals have been to the Super Bowl twice, losing to the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009 and the New England Patriots in 2008.
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 Lions have not won a league championship since 1957, when they shared the NFL title with the Cleveland Browns. Even though they have not won a Super Bowl, they are one of four current NFL teams to have never played in the big game (along with the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Minnesota Vikings).
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional football team based in Houston, Texas. They 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.
The Texans franchise was founded in 2002 as the Houston Texans by an ownership group that included Bob McNair. The team’s majority shareholder, whileEmpty seats at an October 2008 game between the Texans and the Cincinnati Bengals at Reliant Stadium. It was the first time in franchise history that the Texans had been shut out at home., Nancy Lee and Tom Benson (owners of the New Orleans Saints) held minority stakes. The team spent its first season on the field of construction workers at Rice Stadium as they waited for their new home stadium, Reliant Stadium (now NRG Stadium), to be completed during the 2002 season.
NFL Teams that have won a Super Bowl
There have been 52 Super Bowls in total. Of those, the Green Bay Packers have won the most with 13. The New England Patriots have won the second most with 11. The Pittsburgh Steelers have won the third most with 8. The San Francisco 49ers have won the fourth most with 5.
Baltimore Ravens
The Baltimore Ravens are a professional American football team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The team plays its home games at M&T Bank Stadium and is headquartered in Owings Mills.
The Ravens were established in 1996, when Art Modell, who was then the owner of the Cleveland Browns, announced plans to relocate the franchise to Baltimore. As part of a settlement between Modell and the city of Cleveland, the Browns’ intellectual property—including team name, logos, training facility, and history—were kept in trust and the franchise was regarded by the NFL as suspended, with a new team to be established later when circumstances permit. The Ravens have qualified for playoffs eleven times since 2000
Dallas Cowboys
The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) East division. They are also one of the most valuable sports franchises in the world, and are worth an estimated $4.8 billion, making them the most valuable franchise in the NFL as of 2019. The Cowboys have made 60 playoff appearances (fifth most all-time), 26 NFL Championships (second most all-time), and have an overall postseason record of 34–19, giving them an 71% winning percentage – tied for 4th with the Pittsburgh Steelers since 1960, behind only New England (.743), San Francisco (.760) and Green Bay (.767).
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers have won 13 league championships, the most in NFL history, and four Super Bowls.
NFL Teams that have never been to a Super Bowl
Nine NFL teams have never been to a Super Bowl. The Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns, Tennessee Titans, Los Angeles Chargers, Carolina Panthers, and Buffalo Bills have all never won a Super Bowl. Of these nine teams, the Buffalo Bills have come the closest to winning, appearing in four Super Bowls but losing all of them.
Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division.
The Browns play their home games at FirstEnergy Stadium, which opened in 1999, with administrative offices and training facilities in Berea, Ohio. The Browns’ official colors are brown, orange, and white. They are unique among the 32 member franchises of the NFL in that they do not have a particular head coach nor general manager.
Cleveland Browns have never been to a Super Bowl.
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Jacksonville Jaguars have never been to a Super Bowl in their history. They came close in 2017, losing to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship game. The Jaguars have never won a conference championship, either.
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. 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.
Despite posting a winning record 17 times and qualifying for the playoffs 10 times since 1967, the Saints have never won a Super Bowl or even played in one. In 52 seasons, they have an overall record of 341–425–5 (.445), including 20 straight losing seasons from 1986 to 2005.
NFL Teams that have been to a Super Bowl but never won
There are currently nine NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl. This includes the Detroit Lions, the Buffalo Bills, and the Cleveland Browns. All of these teams have been to at least one Super Bowl, but they have never been able to win the big game.
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons have never won a Super Bowl in their franchise history. They have made it to two Super Bowls, both times as the NFC representative. The first time was during the 1998 season, where they lost to the Denver Broncos 34-19. The second time was during the 2016 season, where they lost to the New England Patriots in a close game, 34-28 in overtime.
Buffalo Bills
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-Buffalo Bills: The Bills have the dubious distinction of being the only team to make it to four consecutive Super Bowls without winning a single one. They lost to the New York Giants in 1991, the Washington Redskins in 1992, the Dallas Cowboys in 1993, and the Steve Young-led San Francisco 49ers in 1994.
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.
