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Strength of Schedule Remarks 2017: Cleveland Browns: 0: 16: 0: 0.520: 19-game winless streak, beginning with a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the final game of the 2016 NFL season and ending with a victory over the New York Jets in Week 3 of the 2018 season. Ties the 2008 Detroit Lions for most losses in a single season. Coincidentally ...
The Browns failed to improve on their 1–15 record from the previous season, as they instead joined the 2008 Detroit Lions as the only teams in NFL history to finish a season 0–16 since the season was expanded to 16 games in 1978, and the last due to the NFL expanding its regular season schedule to 17 games in 2021. They extended a losing ...
The Baltimore Ravens would begin play in 1996, and the Browns would return to the league in 1999. For record-keeping purposes, the Browns are considered to have suspended operations from 1996 to 1998, which is reflected in this list. In 2017, the Cleveland Browns became the second team in NFL history (2008 Detroit Lions) to suffer an 0–16 record.
Season(s) Season record(s) Date Score Opponent Date Score Opponent Beginning (first defeat) End (first victory or tie) 1 29 (6+10+10+3) Chicago Cardinals^ 1942 1943 1944 [a] 1945: 3–8 0–10 0–10 1–9 October 25, 1942 3–7: Cleveland Rams: October 14, 1945 16–7: Chicago Bears: 2 26 (14+12) Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 1976 1977: 0–14 2–12 ...
For the Browns, their 21-point victory marked their largest road margin since the 1993 season (when the Browns beat the L.A. Rams by 28 points), won multiple road games in a season for the first time since 2010, snapped a 5-game road losing streak to the Bengals and a 17-game road losing streak to division foes (both of which began in 2008).
The Browns headed to Buffalo to try to collect their first win of the season, but the Bills routed the Browns 33–13. With the loss, the Browns fell to 0–14 and became the first team to lose 17 consecutive regular season games since the St. Louis Rams in the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
The league's other still-active charter member, the Arizona Cardinals, have recorded the most regular season losses (812), through the end of the 2024 season. [4] The Dallas Cowboys hold the highest regular season win–loss percentage (.573), with a 569–423–6 record through the end of the 2023 season. [ 5 ]
This category lists the National Football League teams that finished a winless season (via 0–16 season). Note that this is not for perfectly winless seasons (i.e. no wins and untied), so teams with that have accumulated ties still qualify for inclusion since they never won a game.