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This is a list of current and former National Football League (NFL) franchise droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not reaching a certain achievement) related to the post-season and Super Bowl. The length of a drought is the number of seasons since the last time a franchise achieved a certain milestone.
Longest playoff drought, 25 seasons; Washington Redskins, 1946–1970 Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals, 1949–1973. Longest playoff drought, expansion team, 20 seasons; New Orleans Saints, 1967–1986. Longest playoff drought, active, 12 seasons; New York Jets, 2011–present. Most consecutive seasons participating in playoffs, 11 seasons
The American Professional Football Association is reorganized at Akron, Ohio on April 30, 1921, with Joe F. Carr elected as new league president. [1] With the low entry barrier of a $100 membership fee, the number of teams balloons to 21. [1] Four of these franchises would last only one season, with Tonawanda Kardex only making it through a ...
Dallas' last appearance in an NFC championship game came in the 1995 NFL season. More specifically, it came on Jan. 14, 1996, when the Cowboys defeated the Green Bay Packers to advance to Super ...
The Super Bowl is also among the most-watched sporting events in the world, [11] with the individual games accounting for many of the most watched television programs in American history and all occupying the top five of Nielsen's all-time most-watched U.S. television broadcasts by 2015. [12]
The youngest NFL franchise, the Texans turned 23 this season. Despite hosting two Super Bowls in their stadium, the Texans have required a ticket to gain entry each time.
With Sunday's 32-26 overtime loss to the Miami Dolphins, the Jets (3-10) were officially eliminated from playoff contention, extending the NFL's longest active postseason drought – and worst in ...
In June 2020, amid the George Floyd protests, The New York Times wrote that the NFL had wrestled with the issue of race, noting that three-quarters of NFL players are African-American, yet nearly every NFL team owner is white. [69] Goodell put out a statement where he apologized for not listening to the concerns of African-American players. [69]