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That team finished 8-8, but Pittsburgh rebounded the next year with a 10-6 record and a trip back to the playoffs, where they were one-and-done. Three seasons removed from their Super Bowl win For the first time in 13 years, neither of the teams that played in the previous year’s Super Bowl made the playoffs. The last time it happened was in 2003 when the Buccaneers went 7-9 and the Here are five teams who failed to do so this year, but could be Super Bowl contenders in the 2025 season. Super Bowl contenders in 2025 that missed playoffs this year 70% Win More than half the time, both teams make the playoffs next season (51.9 percent of the time) and only 9.6 percent of the time have both Super Bowl teams missed the playoffs the next season. The home-field curse is said to affect a team if the Super Bowl is played at its home stadium. As of 2024, only two teams have played the Super Bowl in their stadiums, the 2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium against the Kansas City Chiefs for Super Bowl LV and the 2021 Los Angeles Rams against the Cincinnati Bengals for Super Bowl LVI at their new home, SoFi Stadium; both host Only eight teams in NFL history -- the 1971 Cowboys, '72 Dolphins, the '73 Vikings, the '87 Broncos, the 1991-93 Bills and the 2018 Patriots-- have returned to the Super Bowl the year after losing After a two-year hiatus from the Super Bowl, Pittsburgh once again won consecutive titles to cap off the 1978 and 1979 campaigns. The 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos and New England Patriots are the other four franchises to win two Super Bowls in a row. How many NFL teams missed the playoffs after winning the Super Bowl? Won Super Bowl XXIII and Super Bowl XXIV. 1990 season: San Francisco won its first 10 games and rolled to the NFC West title with a 14-2 record. After beating Washington 28-10 in the NFC The root of the 49ers' Super Bowl hangover is easy to pinpoint. Injuries pulverized this team. Nick Bosa, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle, and Jimmy Garoppolo missed much of the season, a 6-10 campaign. Cowboys Eliminated From Playoffs, Shock Bucs 26-24 49ers Join Long List of 'Super Bowl Hangover' Teams San Francisco 49ers become the latest Super Bowl runner-up to miss the playoffs. Out of the first 57 Super Bowl losers, 40 came back to make the playoffs the next season. The 70.2% playoff rate would refute the notion of a Super Bowl jinx. Out of the first 57 Super Bowl losers, 40 came back to make the playoffs the next season. The 70.2% playoff rate would refute the notion of a Super Bowl jinx. The next season they went 7–9 and missed the playoffs. 70% of losing Super Bowl teams got back to the playoffs the next year. They returned to the playoffs at a 51% rate. The Super Bowl Out of the first 57 Super Bowl losers, 40 came back to make the playoffs the next season. The 70.2% playoff rate would refute the notion of a Super Bowl jinx. Below is the timeline of each Super Bowl winning teams playoff status the next year. Winning Super Bowl teams have missed the playoffs 32% of the time the next season. I mentioned earlier, that since 1998, the losing team has missed the next playoffs the next season at an elevated rate in recent years (nine years missed in the last 18 years). The other two champions to miss the next season’s playoffs were the New Jersey Devils (1995 Stanley Cup Champions) and the Carolina Hurricanes (2006). 13 times in the Super Bowl era. Most More than 20 NFL teams have missed the playoffs despite winning 10 games — since the league expanded to 16 games in 1978 — including most recently the Miami Dolphins in 2020. Here are those 10-win teams: 1979 Washington Redskins (10-6) 1980 New England Patriots (10-6) 1981 Denver Broncos (10-6) 1985 Washington Redskins (10-6) The NFC was loaded that year. Washington made the next three playoff brackets, winning it all in 1991. Steve McMichael later played key roles for Super Bowl teams.) These Pats started 7-2 and The team beat the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and had a chance to defend its title the next year against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tom Brady and an impressive defensive effort put an end Only seven teams finished with a sub-.500 record the year after winning a Super Bowl, and only one of those teams picked up double-digit wins. The Broncos went from two straight championships in
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