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The other two teams that have never appeared in a Super Bowl (Cleveland and Detroit) both held NFL league championships prior to Super Bowl I in the 1966 NFL season. [n 7] Teams are listed below according to the length of their current Super Bowl droughts (as of the end of the 2023 season, after Super Bowl LVIII):
In 1982, the league held a 16-team tournament due to the players strike, which reduced the regular season to just 9 games. The playoffs expanded to 12 teams for the 1990 season, and again to 14 teams for the 2020 season, with an additional game added to this week in each year. Teams who later went on to win the Super Bowl that season are in bold.
Win a Super Bowl in three different decades. Tom Brady – QB. 2000s: Patriots (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) 2010s: Patriots (XLIX, LI, LIII) 2020s: Buccaneers ; Win a Super Bowl with one team and then defeat that same team in the Super Bowl the following season [4] Brandon Browner – CB. Seahawks ; Patriots ; Chris Long – DE. Patriots ; Eagles
13 players have won 5 championships counting the pre-Super Bowl era; with the exception of Charles Haley, all were from the 1960s Packers. Bart Starr (quarterback) won the NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers in 1961, 1962 and 1965, Super Bowls I and II with the Packers after the 1966 and 1967 seasons, respectively.
The AFL–NFL merger between the two leagues was completed before the 1970 season. The teams were divided between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The two conference playoff champions then played in the Super Bowl to determine the NFL champion. [70]
Sports Illustrated predicts Detroit Lions as Super Bowl 59 winners, but the publication has only picked one winner correct in the past 24 years.
0–9. 1966 Green Bay Packers season; 1967 Green Bay Packers season; 1968 New York Jets season; 1969 Kansas City Chiefs season; 1970 Baltimore Colts season
The first round was named the "Divisional Playoffs", the winners advancing to the "Conference Championships" (AFC & NFC). Two weeks later, the AFC and NFC champions met in the Super Bowl, now the league's championship game. Thus, Super Bowl V in January 1971 was the first Super Bowl played for the NFL title.