What NFL Teams Don’t Have a Super Bowl?
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It’s hard to believe but there are still four NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl.
The Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, and the Houston Texans have never hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.
The Bills and Browns have come close, each making it to the big game four times, but falling short each time.
The Lions have only made it to the Super Bowl once, in 1992, and lost to the Washington Redskins.
The Texans have
Cleveland Browns
Though the Browns have been to the NFL Championship game eight times, they have never made it to the Super Bowl. The Browns have had some great teams and players over the years, but they have never been able to win that big game.
The Browns have never won a Super Bowl.
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 logo on their helmets.
The franchise was founded in 1946 by businessman Arthur B. McBride and coach Paul Brown as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC). The Browns dominated the AAFC, compiling a 47–4–3 record in the league’s four seasons and winning its championship in each of them. When the AAFC folded after the 1949 season, the Browns joined the NFL along with three other AAFC teams; they were assigned to the Western Conference. Cleveland won a championship in their inaugural NFL season, as well as in 1954, 1955, 1956, and 1964; fans commonly refer to these successes as “The Championship Game” era for Cleveland football. From 1965 to 1995 , they reached the playoffs 14 times but failed to win another league title or make it to any Super Bowls during this period; this stretch of futility is informally known among fans as “The Modell Years”, [15] named after Art Modell , who owned the team from 1961 to 1995. In 1996 , owner Art Modell controversially moved they team to Baltimore , where they became known as The Baltimore Ravens .
When former Browns head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Cleveland’s lack of success compared to other teams since 1999, he famously said: “I’m not going to get into all that…I’ve been very fortunate to coach some great players and be part of some great teams”.
They have never even been to a Super Bowl.
The Browns have never even been to a Super Bowl. In fact, they haven’t won an NFL championship since 1964, which is the longest drought in the league.
Detroit Lions
Of the NFL’s 32 teams, 11 have never won a Super Bowl. For some, like the Detroit Lions, that streak extends back to before the Super Bowl’s inception. The Lions have the dubious distinction of being the only team in the NFL to have never even played in a Super Bowl. In fact, they haven’t even won a playoff game since 1957.
The Lions have never won a Super Bowl.
Since their founding in 1930, the Detroit Lions have won just three NFL Championships – in 1935, 1952 and 1957. Though they made the playoffs numerous times in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Lions have not had much recent success. In fact, they are currently one of just four teams who have never won a Super Bowl.
They have never even been to a Super Bowl.
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 franchise competes in the National Football Conference (NFC) championship game for the first time since 1991 and have not won an NFL title since 1957.
The Lions have never won a Super Bowl and have only been to the playoffs ten times in their sixty-three year history. They have had some success in recent years, making the playoffs three times in the last five years, but they have yet to win a postseason game.
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans have never been to a Super Bowl. They entered the NFL in 2002 as an expansion team, and they have only been to the playoffs seven times in their history. The Texans have never won a playoff game.
The Texans have never won a Super Bowl.
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 in Houston.
The Texans have never won a Super Bowl.
They have never even been to a Super Bowl.
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium.
The Texans were established in 2002 as the expansion team after Houston’s previous NFL team, the Houston Oilers, moved to Nashville, Tennessee. The franchise was founded by Bob McNair and began play in 2002. They are owned by McNair’s grandson, Cal McNair.
The Texans have never appeared in a Super Bowl in their history. They have only been to the playoffs seven times (2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), with four of those appearances coming in the last five years. They have never won a playoff game.
