How many NFL teams have not won a Super Bowl? History of most appearances without a win | Sporting News (2024)

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Across all 57 Super Bowls (this year's is Super Bowl 58, in case you aren't familiar with Roman numerals), there are a dozen teams that have yet to win big. Four of those have yet to even play in the Super Bowl. Those teams are the Detroit Lions, the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Houston Texans.

The Buffalo Bills and Minnesota Vikings are tied for the most Super Bowl losses (four) without a win. The Broncos are 3-5 in eight Super Bowl appearances, while the Patriots are 6-5 in 11 appearances.

Four of them -- the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars -- have never reached the big game, while five others have fallen short despite multiple title appearances. Here is a look at all 12 teams who have never won a title, along with their number of Super Bowl appearances.

There are 4 teams that have never been to the Super Bowl: Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans. Three were in the playoffs this past season (Lions, Browns & Texans) and the Jaguars were the year before.

The Buffalo Bills appeared in a record four consecutive Super Bowls from 1991-1994. The Bills and Minnesota Vikings are the only two teams to make four appearances and not have a Super Bowl win.

The Arizona Cardinals hold the title of the oldest NFL team without a Super Bowl win, having been part of the league since its inception in 1920. Despite winning an NFL title in 1947, the Cardinals have faced nearly 80 years of championship drought, making their quest for victory one of the longest in the league.

However, the longest Super Bowl win drought goes beyond just the Super Bowl era. The Arizona Cardinals, who have never won a Super Bowl, haven't won an NFL title in 76 seasons. Their last NFL championship came in 1947, 19 years before the NFL and AFL merged to form the Super Bowl Era in 1966.

The Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football franchise in the United States, and, along with the Chicago Bears, are the only NFL charter member franchises still in operation. In 1960, the team moved to St.

There are still four teams - the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Detroit Lions and the Houston Texans - which have never played the Super Bowl, and 12 which have never won the game. Jacksonville and Houston only joined the competition in 1995 and 2002, respectively.

The Texans began play as an expansion team in 2002, making them the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL.

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The Patriots and Broncos are tied for the most Super Bowl losses at five. The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans, and Jacksonville Jaguars are the four teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl, although the Browns and Lions both won NFL championships before the Super Bowl era.

The Browns are the only team to never play or host a Super Bowl.

Longest Winning Streak in the Super Bowl: 5 San Francisco 49ers (1982-95) The 49ers hold the record for the most consecutive Super Bowl wins with five straight between 1982-95. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the second-longest run with four straight wins between 1975-80.

3. Jim Kelly. Still the only quarterback to take a franchise to four consecutive Super Bowls, Kelly went winless in all of them. Kelly's nine playoff wins are tied with McNabb for the most in NFL history, as he had just two seasons where he made the postseason and failed to win a playoff game.

8 teams are tied for the fewest wins in Super Bowls, with 0 wins. The first three are the Arizona Cardinals, the Carolina Panthers and the Tennessee Titans.

Buffalo Bills

A former AFL team that won two championships, the Bills are the only NFL franchise to ever reach four consecutive Super Bowls (1990-1993 seasons). Unfortunately, Buffalo lost every single one of them.

Of the 12 teams to never win a Super Bowl, an unfortunate four do not even know what it is like to be in one. The Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Houston Texans and Jacksonville Jaguars have never experienced what it is like to play in the NFL's biggest game.

The Minnesota Vikings have come up short 4 times in Super Bowls all-time.

The Bills became the only team ever to play in four straight Super Bowls, and in this game became the first team to face the same team in 2 straight Super Bowls, and looked ready to finally win one when they led at halftime.