We "finally" won our first Super Bowl

[Smelly McUgly]

Are the Eagles, Lions, and Browns the the only teams that were around before the Super Bowl even existed to never win a Super Bowl (though the first two won NFL Championships and I know CLE at least won an AAFC Championship).

you're kidding right? Cleveland have 8 titles...
four AAFC and 4 NFL championships

Obviously not. I used to be better with my NFL history. I had a GREAT book as a kid that did short summaries of ever NFL season ever. I would kill for an update of that book.

I knew Cleveland ruled the AAFC in the Otto Graham days, but I couldn't remember how many NFL Championships they've won (if any). Thanks for the note.

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Cleveland won the NFL championship in 1964 (beat Johnny U and the Colts....it is also the last major pro sports championship the city of Cleveland has enjoyed)

Philly won the NFL championship in 1960 (beat Green Bay, the only championship game Vince Lombardi ever lost)




Those are the most recent NFL championships for those respective franchises.

 

[253hawk]

With the 49ers I always try to be specific and say it took them 35 years to win their first "championship" since they were around before the Super Bowl. But still accurate.

And they won the first four (and technically the fifth) pre-salary cap. There was a lot less parity in the league before that kicked in.

 

[CANHawk]

Are the Eagles, Lions, and Browns the the only teams that were around before the Super Bowl even existed to never win a Super Bowl (though the first two won NFL Championships and I know CLE at least won an AAFC Championship).

Buffalo & Minnesota jump to mind as missing from that list. San Diego has got to be older that the SB and they don't have one. Arizona is actually one of the oldest franchises in the league and they never won one. Cincinatti and Atlanta might be older than the Super Bowl by a couple of weeks. Too lazy to google it...

Yeah, lots of teams with history more pathetic than ours... now...

 

[TJH]

Why are you people so freaking sensitive about everything....

 

[Zebulon Dak]

Why are you people so freaking sensitive about everything....

Who's being sensitive?

 

[SoulfishHawk]

You're sensitive, poopy head :mrgreen:

 

[IndyHawk]

It's a tough thing..Is it fair to discount NFL championships just because there wasn't a Super Bowl?On one hand they played less games and there was less teams ect ..I wish there was an easy way to make all the fans happy but there isn't..

 

[sutz]

Pretty sure the Stealers were pretty pathetic before the 70's for multiple decades. IDK if they ever won a championship before Bradshaw, but I don't think so.

 

[CANHawk]

Why are you people so freaking sensitive about everything....

Who's being sensitive?

I'm only sensitive because you don't cuddle like you used to. It's because you think I'm fat, isn't it!

 

[hawksfansinceday1]

Are the Eagles, Lions, and Browns the the only teams that were around before the Super Bowl even existed to never win a Super Bowl (though the first two won NFL Championships and I know CLE at least won an AAFC Championship).

Buffalo & Minnesota jump to mind as missing from that list. San Diego has got to be older that the SB and they don't have one. Arizona is actually one of the oldest franchises in the league and they never won one. Cincinatti and Atlanta might be older than the Super Bowl by a couple of weeks. Too lazy to google it...

Yeah, lots of teams with history more pathetic than ours... now...

Buffalo, original AFL team so 1960, 7 years before the first SB
Ditto San Diego (were the Los Angeles Chargers in the first AFL season then moved to SD in '61)
Minnesota, NFL expansion team 1961, 6 years before the first SB
Arizona were the St. Louis Cardinals and before that the Chicago Cardinals and the franchise goes back to the 30s I believe, maybe the 40s
Atlanta, NFL expansion franchise in 1966 IIRC, the season that the first SB followed
Cincy AFL expansion franchise also in '66 I think



Thanks for adding to the list CAN. What I typed above is from memory but I do believe it's mostly or all correct. I love the history of pro football and MLB.

 

[sc85sis]

http://www.profootballhof.com/history/g ... pions.aspx