What NFL Teams Have Not Been to the Super Bowl?
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It’s hard to believe but there are still four NFL teams who have never made it to the Super Bowl. Here’s a look at the teams who have yet to make an appearance on the big stage.
Introduction
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues, the highest professional level of American football in the world.
Super Bowl History
The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) with ten charter member franchises. The NFL considers the 1924 season to be the one in which the league was truly established, with an expansion to twelve franchises that year (including the addition of three former APFA teams). The NFL was the first professional football league to successfully establish itself on a nationwide scale in the United States.
The First Super Bowl
The First Super Bowl was held on January 15th, 1967 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. The game was between the NFL’s Green Bay Packers and the AFL’s Kansas City Chiefs. The Packers won the game by a score of 35-10.
The Early Years
The National Football League (NFL) was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL made its debut in 1920 with 11 teams, and only two of those teams are still in existence today: the Chicago Bears and the Arizona Cardinals. In its early years, the NFL saw a great deal of team turnover; of the 18 teams that played between 1920 and 1929, only six would remain by 1930.The first official NFL champions were the Akron Pros, who went 8-0-3 in 1920; the Pros also won the championship in 1925. In addition to being one of only two teams to survive from the NFL’s inaugural season, Chicago has also won more NFL championships than any other team, with nine total (eight pre-Super Bowl wins and one Super Bowl win).
The Modern Era
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL). Since its inception in 1966, the game has been played on the first Sunday in February. The game was originally created as a way to end the NFL season on a high note and to ensure that the best team in the league would be crowned champion.
In the modern era, the Super Bowl has become one of the most watched sporting events in the world. It is now one of the biggest cultural events in America, with parties, celebrations, and gatherings taking place across the country on Super Bowl Sunday.
Despite its popularity, there are still a handful of NFL teams that have never been to the Super Bowl. Here is a look at those teams and their histories.
NFL Teams That Have Never Been to the Super Bowl
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league. It was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League (NFL).
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 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 team was established in Chicago in 1902, and then moved to St. Louis in 1960 and then to Phoenix in 1988. The Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located adjacent to Cardinal Stadium, home of their former NFL Championship teams from 1947 to 1949, and again from 1951 to 1959 first at Comiskey Park and then Busch Memorial Stadium.
The Cardinals have won two NFL championships (in 1925 and 1947), while their all-time record is 915–610–39 (.601). They have won 19 playoff appearances (more than any other NFL team) and seven NFC championships (second most in the NFL). The Cards are also the only original NFL team that has never played in a Super Bowl, meaning they are the only team yet to make a Super Bowl appearance since the championship’s inception in 1967.
Detroit Lions
While the Detroit Lions have been around since 1930, they have yet to make an appearance in the Super Bowl. The Lions have won four NFL Championships (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957), but they have never made it to the big game. The closest they came was in 1991 when they lost to the Washington Redskins in the NFC Championship game.
Houston Texans
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 American Football Conference South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium.
Conclusion
There have been a total of 52 Super Bowls played since the game’s inception in 1967 – and of the 32 NFL teams, 28 of them have made an appearance. The four teams that have not been to the big game are:
-The Detroit Lions
-The Houston Texans
-The Jacksonville Jaguars
-The Minnesota Vikings