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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):
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.
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
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.
Tom Brady would receive a record sixth Super Bowl championship, the most of any player in NFL history, surpassing his tie with Charles Haley for five wins. Brady would also become the oldest player to ever win a Super Bowl at age 41, while Bill Belichick would be the oldest coach to ever win a Super Bowl at age 66. [124]
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 1920 Akron Pros were named the first APFA (NFL) champions. The National Football League champions, prior to the merger between the National Football League (NFL) and American Football League (AFL) in 1970, were determined by two different systems. The National Football League was established on September 17, 1920, as the American Professional Football Association (APFA). The APFA changed ...
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.