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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
In descending order of number of appearances and then years since their last appearance, they are: Minnesota Vikings (4) – appeared in Super Bowls IV , VIII , IX , and XI ; they won the NFL Championship in 1969 , the last year before the AFL–NFL merger , but failed to win the subsequent Super Bowl .
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 ...
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 ...
Pittsburgh franchise changed its nickname from the Pirates to the Steelers before the start of the 1940 season. The NFL raised the maximum number of players allowed on a league roster from 30 to 33 players effective with the 1940 season. [4]
The Detroit Lions haven't won a playoff game since Jan. 5, 1992, and own the longest drought across American sports.
The NFL officially counts and includes the statistical records logged by teams that played in the American Football League (AFL) as part of NFL history. Therefore, these teams' pre-merger win–loss records are accounted for. However, the NFL does not officially count All-America Football Conference statistics, despite the 1950 NFL–AAFC ...