Cleveland Browns have never been to the Superbowl in 60 years; name the three other teams that have never been there???? HINT: at least we are not Detroit.
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Which NFL teams have never made the Super Bowl?
The Detroit Lions, Cleveland Browns (current iteration), Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Texans are the only current teams to have never played in a Super Bowl.
Detroit did play in NFL Championships prior to the establishment of the Super Bowl in the 1966-67 season, as did the original Cleveland Browns. The latter two are expansion teams (as is the new iteration of the Browns) so they don't have as many years of history to work with.
Cleveland is weird because the original Cleveland Browns team that became the Ravens never played in a Super Bowl during their time in Cleveland, but did play (and win) as the Ravens. So the city of Cleveland is shut out over two franchises. Similarly, the city of Houston is shut out over two teams -- Houston Oilers and Houston Texans -- but the team that was the Oilers went on to the Super Bowl as the Tennessee Titans.
4 teams have never been to a Super Bowl
Detroit Lions
Cleveland Browns
Houston Texans
Jacksonville Jaguars
The Texans and Jaguars are relatively new (though the Jags made it to two AFC Championship games). The Lions and Browns have had horrible GMs over the years and very little consistency in the front office. The Lions always seem poised to make a run, but the season always seems to unravel as it goes along. The Browns are simply a running gag at this point.
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Brandon C. Williams, 25 years of sports media as a writer, editor and satellite operations.
Written Aug 15
The following teams have yet to reach the Super Bowl. Here’s the list, along with their closest push to Super Sunday:
*Cleveland Browns: AFC title appearances in 1986, 1987 and 1989. Keep in mind, though, the Browns do own NFL championships (pre-Super Bowl era) in 1950, 1954, 1955 and 1964 along with winning all four All-America Football Conference titles from 1946–49.
*Detroit Lions: NFC title appearance in 1991. Like the Browns, the pre-Super Bowl era was kind to them, as they won NFL championships in 1935, 1952, 1953 and 1957. Fun fact: the 1953 championship team is the last one with an entirely white roster.
*Houston Texans: Still pups, they have yet to reach an AFC title game, reaching the divisional round in 2011 and 2012.
*Jacksonville Jaguars: Close but so cigar twice, falling short in the 1996 and 1999 AFC title games.
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Tillman Lanyi, obsessive football fanatic
Written Oct 4
Short answer? Four.
Long answer? The Jaguars and the Texans have never made it to a Super Bowl in franchise history. (This is unsurprising, as the teams are the third-newest (tie) and newest franchises, respectfully.) There are two others, each with astericks: the Lions have also never made it to a Super Bowl since the NFL-AFL merger, but they did play in a number of NFL Championship games before then. Lastly, the Cleveland Browns have never made it to the Super Bowl with the team's current franchise. However, the team previously had made the Super Bowl before they moved to Baltimore and became the Ravens. The new franchise was, in theory, supposed to keep all the previous Browns stats and records, but it's still not *really* the sane franchise, so you can go either way there.
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Jacky Chen, Obsessed with everything about the NFL
Written Sep 11
As of the 2016–17 season, four teams have never had a Super Bowl appearance. Those four teams are: the Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Detriot Lions, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Cleveland Browns was first part of the AAFC that challenged the NFL. They were a four-time (out of 4) AAFC champion from 1946–1949. The Browns went on to win four NFL championships (1950, 1954, 1955, 1964). The Browns have had fourteen playoff appearances since the creation of the Super Bowl. Their last one was in 2002, where they were beaten by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the wild card round 36–33. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers eventually went on to win the Super Bowl. The Browns not winning a championship was viewed as part of the famous 50-year drought Cleveland had, which was broken by the Cleveland Cavaliers NBA Team after they won the NBA Championship this season.
The Houston Texans are the most recent football team. They were created in 2002, the last time the Browns had a playoff appearance. Since their creation, they’ve only three playoff appearances (2011, 2012, 2015). In 2011 and 2012, they lost in the divisional round to the Baltimore Ravens (20–13) and New England Patriots (41–28), respectively. In 2015, they lost in the Wild Card round to the Kansas City Chiefs (30–0).
The Detroit Lions originally started out as the Portsmouth Spartans. They lost the playoff game in 1933 against the Chicago Bears. They had four NFL Championships (1935, 1952, 1953, 1957) and 11 playoff appearances after the creation of the Super Bowl. The most recent ones were in 2011 (lost in Wild Card 45–28 against New Orleans Saints) and 2014 (lost in Wild Card round to Dallas Cowboys 24–20)
The Jacksonville Jaguars are also one of the newer teams, being formed in 1995. Because of this, they only have six playoff appearances (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2007). In 2005, they lost in the Wild Card round to the Washington Redskins 17–10. In 2007, they lost to the New England Patriots in the Divisional Round 31–20.
So, as of 9/11/16, there are
4 NFL teams that have never had a Super Bowl appearance: Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Detroit Lions, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
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