This list also counts all seasons since a team last won the league championship or Super Bowl. Of active NFL teams, 20 have won the Super Bowl, 7 have not won a Super Bowl, but have won an AFL or NFL championship pre-merger, and 5 have not won any championship or Super Bowl. The Detroit Lions last won an NFL championship in 1957, 9 years before the Super Bowl era began. NFL longest active championship droughts. The Lions have the second-longest active drought The only time the Cardinals advanced to a Super Bowl was Super Bowl XLIII, when the Pittsburgh Steelers defeated them 27-23 at Raymond James Stadium. To this day, the Cardinals still have the longest championship drought out of the 32 NFL franchises. Detroit Lions (66 Years) The longest all time Super Bowl drought belongs to the Detroit Lions, who have gone 66 years without appearing in a Super Bowl in this still active drought. Their last appearance in the Super Bowl, or rather, NFL Championship, which are counted the same for this drought, was in the 1957 season. From the Detroit Lions to the Cleveland Browns to the Dallas Cowboys, here's a look at the list of teams with excruciatingly long Super Bowl droughts. The Detroit Lions had a 17-point lead on the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's NFC Championship game, teasing the franchise's first-ever Super Bowl appearance. Instead, as Dan Campbell noted after Those four include the Jacksonville Jaguars, Houston Texans, Cleveland Browns, and Detroit Lions. However, the longest Super Bowl win drought goes beyond just the Super Bowl era. The Arizona Cardinals, who have never won a Super Bowl, haven’t won an NFL title in 76 seasons. Their last NFL championship came in 1947, 19 years before the NFL and Longest Active Super Bowl Appearance Droughts T-1. Detroit Lions, 59 Years (Never) The Lions are one of four NFL teams that have never reached the Super Bowl. They last reached the NFL championship in 1957, defeating the Cleveland Browns 59-14. T-1. Cleveland Browns, 59 (Never) The Browns are one of those teams to have never played in the Super The Super Bowl Drought Since then, the Lions have had no championship or title. This is one of the longest droughts across all four major American sports. 66 years in the making, the Detroit Lions are poised to hang a banner up at Ford Field this season and capture their first-ever Super Bowl title. With the NFC Championship coming up, the Detroit Lions are two wins away from breaking one of the longest championship droughts in NFL history. Their opponents, the San Francisco 49ers, are The Detroit Lions are entering 2025 with a renewed sense of purpose, a bolstered roster, and an elite coaching staff. After a heartbreaking but promising 2024 season, there are plenty of reasons to believe that the Lions will not only be contenders in 2025 but will WIN Super Bowl LX. How far will Detroit Lions advance in the 2024-25 NFL playoffs?Will they make it all the way to their first Super Bowl — Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans on Feb. 9?. The Lions are on a bye week and await their divisional round opponent, which will be the lowest-seeded team remaining between the 4-seed Rams (vs. Minnesota), 5-seed Vikings (at Los Angeles), 6-seed Commanders (at Buccaneers) and How far will Detroit Lions advance in the 2024-25 NFL playoffs?Will they make it all the way to their first Super Bowl — Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans on Feb. 9?. The Lions are on a bye week The Detroit Lions have never won a Super Bowl. The closest they came to winning a Super Bowl was in 1991 and 2023 when they lost the Conference Championship. Detroit Lions Pages AI Supercomputer Predicts Super Bowl LIX Will Break Team's 60-Year Drought. Published Jan 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM EST Updated Jan 14, When Was The Last Time The Detroit Lions Were In The Super Bowl? The longest currently active Super Bowl drought belongs to the Arizona Cardinals, who have gone 77 seasons without winning the Super Bowl. This drought pre-dates the modern Super Bowl era, so before 1966 the drought also counts seasons since they last won the NFL Championship. Asking 6 Detroit Free Press writers for their predictions on whether this historic Detroit Lions season finishes in Super Bowl 2025. Our NFL picks. After Detroit got its first playoff win in 32 years, there's a new NFL leader for longest drought With their win over the Titans, the Detroit Lions just proved that this year's team is capable of ending the franchise's Super Bowl drought. How far will Detroit Lions advance in the 2024-25 NFL playoffs?Will they make it all the way to their first Super Bowl — Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans on Feb. 9?. The Lions are on a bye week and await their divisional round opponent, which will be the lowest-seeded team remaining between the 4-seed Rams (vs. Minnesota), 5-seed Vikings (at Los Angeles), 6-seed Commanders (at Buccaneers) and
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