What NFL Teams Haven’t Won a Super Bowl?

It’s been 52 years since an NFL team has won a Super Bowl. Here’s a look at the teams who have never won a Lombardi Trophy.

Introduction

The Super Bowl is the biggest and most important game in the NFL season. Every year, two teams battle it out in a winner-takes-all showdown for the chance to lift the Lombardi Trophy and be crowned NFL champions.

So far, 52 different teams have played in a Super Bowl, but only 31 of them have won the big game. That means there are 21 teams who are still searching for their first ever Super Bowl victory.

In this article, we’ll take a look at all 21 of those teams and see how close they’ve come to winning the ultimate prize in football.

teams that have never won a Super Bowl

In fifty years of Super Bowls, thirteen NFL teams have never won the big game.
-Baltimore Ravens
-Cincinnati Bengals
-Buffalo Bills
-Cleveland Browns
-Tennessee Titans
-Atlanta Falcons
-Los Angeles Chargers
-Minnesota Vikings
-Houston Texans
-Jacksonville Jaguars
-Detroit Lions
-New York Jets
-Carolina Panthers

teams that have never even been to a Super Bowl

The NFL is one of the most prestigious leagues in American sports. Every year, teams battle it out on the gridiron in hopes of making it to the biggest game of them all: the Super Bowl.

While some teams have been lucky enough to hoist the Lombardi Trophy multiple times, there are a number of teams that have never even been to a Super Bowl. Here’s a look at all 32 NFL teams, and which ones have never made it to the big game.

Arizona Cardinals: The Cardinals are one of only two teams in NFL history (along with the Detroit Lions) to never make a Super Bowl appearance. They’ve come close, reaching the NFC Championship Game four times, but they’ve never been able to get over the hump.

Buffalo Bills: The Bills are the only team in NFL history to make it to four consecutive Super Bowls (1991-1994). Unfortunately for Buffalo fans, they lost all four games. They haven’t been back to the big game since.

Cincinnati Bengals: The Bengals have only made it to two Super Bowls in their history, both losses (XVI and XXIII). Cincinnati has only won two playoff games since 1990, so they’ve got a ways to go before they’re sniffing another trip to the big game.

Cleveland Browns: The Browns have never won a Super Bowl, and they’ve only made it to the AFC Championship Game once in their history (1986). Cleveland has struggled mightily since returning to the NFL as an expansion team in 1999, but they seem to be heading in the right direction under head coach Hue Jackson. Only time will tell if they can finally break through and make it to a Super Bowl.

Dallas Cowboys: The Cowboys are one of the most successful franchises in NFL history, boasting five Super Bowl championships (1972, 1978, 1992, 1993, 1995). Dallas has also made it to eight other Super Bowls, but they haven’t won one since 1996. Given their recent success under head coach Jason Garrett and quarterback Dak Prescott, it wouldn’t be surprising if they added another Lombardi Trophy to their collection sooner rather than later.

Denver Broncos: The Broncos have won three Super Bowls (1997, 1998, 2015), but they haven’t been back to the big game since Peyton Manning retired after winning Super Bowl 50 two years ago. Denver has struggled mightily at quarterback since Manning’s retirement, but they seem to have found their guy in second-year pro Case Keenum. If he can lead them back to prominence, don’t be surprised if they’re playing on football’s biggest stage again soon.

teams that have won the Super Bowl

Since the inaugural Super Bowl in 1967, there have been 52 games played. Of those, there have been a total of 33 different winning teams. That means that 19 teams have never won a Super Bowl.

While some of these teams have never even made it to the big game, others have come close multiple times only to fall short in the end. The Buffalo Bills, for example, made it to four consecutive Super Bowls in the early 1990s but lost all four games.

Here is a complete list of the NFL teams that have never won a Super Bowl:

Arizona Cardinals
Atlanta Falcons
Baltimore Ravens
Buffalo Bills
Carolina Panthers
Cincinnati Bengals
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
Detroit Lions
Green Bay Packers
Houston Texans
Indianapolis Colts
Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Minnesota Vikings New Orleans Saints New York Jets Philadelphia Eagles Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers San Francisco 49ers Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tennessee Titans

teams that have been to multiple Super Bowls

The Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, and Minnesota Vikings have all been to multiple Super Bowls without winning. The Bills and Vikings have each been to four, while the Bengals and Panthers have each been to two.

teams that have lost the Super Bowl

There are a number of teams that have never won the Super Bowl, including the Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars, Minnesota Vikings, and the San Diego Chargers. Though some of these teams have come close to winning the big game, they have ultimately fallen short. For these teams, the Super Bowl remains an elusive goal.