List of National Football League franchise post-season droughts

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This is a list of National Football League franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (spells of not winning). Those teams which have never made it in franchise history are listed by the date they entered the leagues.

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[edit] NFL franchises with the longest post-season drought

Team Last appearance in post-season
Arizona Cardinals 1998
Buffalo Bills 1999
Detroit Lions 1999
New Orleans Saints 2000
Miami Dolphins 2001
Cleveland Browns 2002
Houston Texans never (franchise started in 2002)
Oakland Raiders 2002
San Francisco 49ers 2002
Baltimore Ravens 2003
Dallas Cowboys 2003
Kansas City Chiefs 2003
Tennessee Titans 2003
Atlanta Falcons 2004
Green Bay Packers 2004
Minnesota Vikings 2004
New York Jets 2004
Philadelphia Eagles 2004
Saint Louis Rams 2004
Carolina Panthers 2005
Cincinnati Bengals 2005
Denver Broncos 2005
Indianapolis Colts 2005
Jacksonville Jaguars 2005
New England Patriots 2005
New York Giants 2005
Pittsburgh Steelers 2005
Seattle Seahawks 2005
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2005
Washington Redskins 2005
Chicago Bears 2006
San Diego Chargers 2006

[edit] NFL franchises with the longest post-season game victory drought

Team Last playoff game win
Cincinnati Bengals 1990
Detroit Lions 1991
Kansas City Chiefs 1993
Chicago Bears 1994
Cleveland Browns 1994
San Diego Chargers 1994
Buffalo Bills 1995
Dallas Cowboys 1996
Arizona Cardinals 1998
Jacksonville Jaguars 1999
New Orleans Saints 2000
New York Giants 2000
Miami Dolphins 2000
Baltimore Ravens 2001
Houston Texans never (franchise started in 2002)
Oakland Raiders 2002
San Francisco 49ers 2002
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2002
Tennessee Titans 2003
Green Bay Packers 2003
Atlanta Falcons 2004
Indianapolis Colts 2004
Minnesota Vikings 2004
New York Jets 2004
Philadelphia Eagles 2004
Saint Louis Rams 2004
Carolina Panthers 2005
Denver Broncos 2005
New England Patriots 2005
Pittsburgh Steelers 2005
Seattle Seahawks 2005
Washington Redskins 2005

[edit] NFL franchises with the longest Super Bowl appearance drought

Note: Super Bowl I took place January 15, 1967 after the 1966 regular season. Super Bowls I through IV matched the respective league champions. The leagues officially merged for the 1970 season, so Super Bowl V was the first Super Bowl after the NFL-AFL merger.
Team Last appearance in League Championship Game before Super Bowl
Arizona Cardinals 1948 (NFL Championship Game, as the Chicago Cardinals)
Detroit Lions 1957 (NFL Championship Game)
Cleveland Browns 1969 (NFL Championship Game)
Team Last appearance in Super Bowl
New Orleans Saints never (franchise started in 1967)
New York Jets Super Bowl III
Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV
Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl V (as the Baltimore Colts)
Minnesota Vikings Super Bowl XI
Miami Dolphins Super Bowl XIX
Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX
Cincinnati Bengals Super Bowl XXIII
Washington Redskins Super Bowl XXVI
Buffalo Bills Super Bowl XXVIII
San Diego Chargers Super Bowl XXIX
San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIX
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXX
Jacksonville Jaguars never (franchise started in 1995)
Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXII
Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl XXXIII
Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII
Tennessee Titans Super Bowl XXXIV
Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV
New York Giants Super Bowl XXXV
St. Louis Rams Super Bowl XXXVI
Houston Texans never (franchise started in 2002)
Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XXXVII
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII
Carolina Panthers Super Bowl XXXVIII
New England Patriots Super Bowl XXXIX
Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl XXXIX
Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL
Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XL

[edit] NFL franchises with the longest Super Bowl crown drought

Note: Super Bowl I took place January 15, 1967 after the 1966 regular season. Super Bowls I through IV matched the respective league champions. The leagues officially merged for the 1970 season, so Super Bowl V was the first Super Bowl after the NFL-AFL merger.
Team Last League Championship crown before Super Bowl
Arizona Cardinals 1947 (won NFL Championship as the Chicago Cardinals)
Detroit Lions 1957 (won NFL Championship)
Philadelphia Eagles 1960 (won NFL Championship)
Tennessee Titans 1961 (won AFL Championship as the Houston Oilers)
San Diego Chargers 1963 (won AFL Championship)
Cleveland Browns 1964 (won NFL Championship)
Buffalo Bills 1965 (won AFL Championship)
Minnesota Vikings 1969* (won NFL Championship)
Team Last Super Bowl crown
Atlanta Falcons never (franchise started in 1966)
New Orleans Saints never (franchise started in 1967)
Cincinnati Bengals never (franchise started in 1968)
New York Jets Super Bowl III
Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV
Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl V (as the Baltimore Colts)
Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII
Seattle Seahawks never (franchise started in 1976)
Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XVIII (as the Los Angeles Raiders)
Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX
New York Giants Super Bowl XXV
Washington Redskins Super Bowl XXVI
San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIX
Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXX
Carolina Panthers never (franchise started in 1995)
Jacksonville Jaguars never (franchise started in 1995)
Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XXXI
Denver Broncos Super Bowl XXXIII
Saint Louis Rams Super Bowl XXXIV
Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XXXV
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII
Houston Texans never (franchise started in 2002)
New England Patriots Super Bowl XXXIX
Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XL

(*) Note:Minnesota Vikings did win the 1969 NFL Championship. However they lost in Super Bowl IV to the AFL Champions Kansas City Chiefs.

[edit] See also

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