Entering the 2021 season, there are still 12 teams in the NFL who have yet to win the Super Bowl, but if the Cincinnati Tigers can beat the Los Angeles Rams, the roster could drop to 11. Of the 12 teams that haven't yet won the Super Bowl, the Tigers are one of only five teams that have made multiple super bowls but haven't won. Before this year, the Tigers had entered the Super Bowl twice, but each time it had a heartbreaking ending.
The Tigers are close to ending their Super Bowl drought, so let's take a look at the remaining 11 teams that have never won the Super Bowl.
Buffalo Bills 0-4
25th Super Bowl: Giants beat Beal 30-19
26th Super Bowl: Huasheng beat Beal 37-24
27th Super Bowl: Cowboys beat Beal 52-17
Super Bowl 28: Cowboys beat Beal 30-13
Beal are the only team in NFL history to play in the Super Bowl four times in a row, but unfortunately they lost all of them. From 1990-1993, Beal was one of the league's best offensive teams, which allowed them to dominate the League for a time. Four Super Bowl defeats, the most painful of which was undoubtedly the first, with the 25th Super Bowl Beal losing 19-20 to the Giants and Scott Wood deflecting his shot off target from the final 47 yards. After losing the game by one point, Beal lost an average of 13.3 points in the next Super Bowl.
Minnesota Vikings 0-4
Super Bowl 4: The Chiefs beat the Vikings 23-7
8th Super Bowl: Dolphins beat vikings 24-7
9th Super Bowl: Steelers beat Vikings 16-6
11th Super Bowl: Raiders beat the Vikings 32-14
The Vikings have not participated in the Super Bowl for so long that it's easy to forget that they made the Super Bowl many times in the early days. In the first 11 Super Bowls, the Vikings played four times, but lost all of them. Unlike Beal, the Vikings lost by double-digit margins. Since losing the Super Bowl last time, the Vikings have returned to the National League Championship six times, but all have been in the sand.
Atlanta Falcons 0-2
Super Bowl 32: The Mustang beat the Falcons 34-19
51st Super Bowl: Patriots beat the Falcons 34-28
If the Falcons could hold on to a 28-3 lead, they wouldn't be on this list. But we all know that in 2016 against Tom Brady and the Patriots, they helped their opponents complete a stunning comeback. The loss was reminiscent of the 2012 National League Championship, when the Falcons also lost to the 49ers with a 17-0 lead.
Carolina Panthers 0-2
38th Super Bowl: The Patriots beat the Panthers 32-29
50th Super Bowl: The Wilds beat the Panthers 24-10
In the 8th season of the team's existence, the Panthers made their way to the Super Bowl, shocking the NFL and it looked like they were really going to win. But Adam Vinatitri took a 41-yard free-kick in the final moments to help the Patriots achieve a dead end. In the 2015 season, the Panthers arguably had the best regular season record (15 wins and 1 loss), but in the 50th Super Bowl, they were defeated by the Broncos.
Arizona Cardinals 0-1
43rd Super Bowl: Steelers beat cardinals 27-23
Thanks to Kurt Warner, the Cardinals rose to prominence in 2008, winning the National West Championship to reach the Super Bowl. They were leading by three points in the final 45 seconds and were on the verge of winning, but Big Ben and San Antonio Holmes staged a deadlock.
Tennessee Titans 0-1
Super Bowl 34: Rams beat the Titans 23-16
Los Angeles Lightning 0-1
Super Bowl 29: The 49ers beat the Appliance 49-26
The lightning made the only time they made it to the Super Bowl, and the whole stadium was crushed by the 49ers. The 49ers led 28-10 in the first half and then won the game. The Lightning have not had a real chance of winning since the 1994 game, and they have played only one American League Championship game since then.
Teams that haven't made the Super Bowl
Cleveland Browns
Detroit Lions
Jacksonville Jaguar
Houston Texans
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