Which NFL Teams Have Never 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. See which teams they are and find out why they haven’t been able to make it to the big game.
The Teams
There have been a total of 52 Super Bowls since the event’s inception in 1967. Of the 32 NFL teams, 11 have never made an appearance at the Super Bowl. Let’s take a look at which teams those are.
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 Cardinals play their home games at State Farm Stadium, which opened in 2006 and is located in Glendale, Arizona. Since the franchise’s inception, two Cardinals teams have won one NFL Championship each: Both winning Super Bowls.
Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions is a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Lions compete in the NFL as a member club of the league’s National Football Conference (NFC) North division.
The franchise was originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and called the Portsmouth Spartans from 1929 to 1932. Despite success within those years, they could not survive the Great Depression and relocated to Detroit for the 1934 season.
Houston Texans
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 league’s American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The team plays its home games at NRG Stadium. The franchise’s history began in 2002 with the Houston Texans expansion team, which was created as part of the 2002 league realignment plan that gave each NFL franchise four division opponents and two additional interconference opponents that would rotate each season.
The Reasons
While there are a number of reasons why some NFL teams have never been to the Super Bowl, the most common one is that they simply haven’t had the chance. There are a number of teams that have never had a winning season, let alone make it to the big game. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the teams that have never made it to the Super Bowl and the reasons why.
Lack of a star quarterback
One of the most significant reasons why certain NFL teams have never been to the Super Bowl is the lack of a star quarterback. A great quarterback can single-handedly change the fortunes of a team, and those that have been fortunate enough to draft or sign one have usually found themselves in the Super Bowl sooner rather than later. While some quarterbacks take longer to develop than others, it is hard to win consistently in the NFL without a top-tier signal caller.
Incompetent coaching
Incompetent coaching has been one of the biggest reasons why some NFL teams have never made it to the Super Bowl. For example, the Cleveland Browns have had 20 head coaches since 1999 and only one of them has had a winning record. In that time, the Browns have only made the playoffs once.
Another reason why some teams have never been to the Super Bowl is because they haven’t had a good enough quarterback. This was an issue for the Browns for many years, as they went through a long stretch of starting quarterbacks who were either injured or simply not good enough to get them to the big game.
The final reason why some teams have never been to the Super Bowl is because they’ve just been unlucky. The Buffalo Bills made it to four straight Super Bowls in the early 1990s but lost all of them. sometimes, a team can do everything right and still come up short.
Poor front office decision-making
In some cases, a team just can’t seem to get out of its own way. The front office makes poor decision after poor decision, and the team just can’t seem to get over the hump. In other cases, a team might have been close for a few years, only to have things unravel because of one bad season or a few key injuries.
