Has an NFL team ever lost every game?
Since 1944, only five teams have had winless seasons in the NFL: the 1960 Dallas Cowboys (0–11–1), the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0–14), the 1982 Baltimore Colts (0–8–1) the 2008 Detroit Lions (0–16), and the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0–16).
Since 1940, 9 NFL teams have gone an entire season without winning a single game: the 2017 Cleveland Browns who went 0-16, the 2008 Detroit Lions who went 0-16, the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers who went 0-14, the 1942 Detroit Lions who went 0-11, the 1944 Pittsburgh Card-Pitt who went 0-10, the 1944 Brooklyn Tigers who ...
The Cardinals have recorded the most losses (780), and the Buccaneers hold the lowest winning percentage (. 401), with a 294–439–1 record through the end of Super Bowl LV, a game which they won.
The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.
However, there have been times when both teams struggle to reach the endzone, resulting in low scoring games, or even no scoring. As per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team that has ever achieved a perfect, undefeated season. In the last five seasons, the Eagles have experienced highs and lows. In 2017, the Eagles finished the regular season 13-3 and went on to defeat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.
Six games during the 2021 season ended in final scores that had never been recorded in league history: 38-11: Rams over Giants, Week 6. 31-5: Cardinals over Texans, Week 7. 45-30: Colts over Jets, Week 9.
Rank | Quarterback | Career losses |
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1 | * Tom Brady | 82 |
2 | ^ Brett Favre | 112 |
^ Peyton Manning | 79 | |
4 | Drew Brees | 114 |
1. 1962 Green Bay Packers. Finally, we reached our pick for the best NFL team of all time – the 1962 Green Bay Packers. This team went 13-1 and became NFL champions (before the Super Bowl existed).
1. Consecutive Super Bowl losses (4) The Buffalo Bills have the most unbreakable record in NFL History. Buffalo made it to four consecutive Super Bowls during the years of 1990-1993.
Has any team come back 0 3?
But only one, the 2004 Boston Red Sox, has completed the comeback. Including Boston's historic triumph, here's a look at the teams that made the best comeback attempts from a three-games-to-none deficit in the postseason.
The New England Patriots (USA) scored a 16-0 record in 2007, becoming the first team in NFL history to achieve an undefeated regular season since the league went to a 16-game schedule in 1978.

In the NBA's 75-year history, 146 teams have faced a 3-0 series deficit in a seven-game postseason series. Of those teams, 14 have won at least two games while three have won three straight games to force a decisive Game 7. None have come back to win the series.
A much rarer occurrence is the one-point (or conversion) safety, which can be scored by the offense on an extra point or two-point conversion attempt: these have occurred at least twice in NCAA Division I football since 1996, most recently at the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, though no conversion safeties have occurred since 1940 ...
Has there ever been a 0-0 tie in the NFL? There have been 73 games in pro football history that ended in a 0-0 tie, according to Pro Football Reference. But it's been nearly 80 years since the last one, meaning there's yet to be a scoreless tie in the Super Bowl era.
The 1950 Los Angeles Rams, the best offensive team in NFL history in terms of average points (466 in 12 games, 38.8 PPG), scored 70 points, one of only three teams to ever do so. The following week, they beat the Detroit Lions 65-24, including an NFL record 41 points in one quarter.
Yes, many NFL games have ended 0-0. Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
Numbers 0 and 00 are no longer used, though they were issued in the NFL before the number standardization in 1973. Quarterback Johnny Clement, running back Johnny Olszewski, and safety Obert Logan all wore a single-0 jersey in the NFL.
The only three NFL teams in history to lose all their games were the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0-16), the 2008 Detroit Lions (0-16) and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14).
Georgia Tech football game was played on October 7, 1916, between the Cumberland College Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Engineers on the Engineers' home field of Grant Field in Atlanta. Georgia Tech defeated the Bulldogs 222–0 for the most lopsided score in the history of college American football.
Has anyone ever scored 1 point in football?
It is one of the oddities of American football that a team can score 2, 3, 4, 5 or even 222 points in a game, but never 1.
Yes it is. Team A scores a touchdown, but the extra point attempt kick is not only blocked, but blocked and then run to the opposite end zone for an offensive safety , which counts 1 point.
Only two quarterbacks have done it more than once, including Drew Brees, who did it twice, and Ben Roethlisberger, who has an NFL record of three such games. Norm Van Brocklin holds one of the longest-standing single-game records in NFL history since he threw for 554 yards in a game during the 1951 season.
The first quarterback to hit the 6,000 yard mark was Dan Marino, who did it in 1984.
1. Dan Marino: 1984. Marino's 5,084 yards that season was 282 more yards than the second-highest total in league history at that time. His 48 touchdown throws that year was 16 more than the next-highest total in league annals.
Rank | Player | Position |
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1 | Jerry Rice | WR |
2 | Jim Brown | FB |
3 | Lawrence Taylor | LB |
4 | Joe Montana | QB |
- Dallas Cowboys.
- New England Patriots.
- Green Bay Packers.
- Pittsburgh Steelers.
- Philadelphia Eagles.
- Kansas City Chiefs.
- San Francisco 49ers.
- Chicago Bears.
- Passing Leader: Patrick Mahomes, 5250 Yds.
- Rushing Leader: Josh Jacobs, 1653 Yds.
- Receiving Leader: Justin Jefferson, 1809 Yds.
Currently, Peyton Manning holds the all-time single-season records for most passing yards and most passing touchdowns in a single season. In his 2013 season, Manning passed for 55 touchdowns and 5,477 yards. The modern-day NFL has been developing into what it currently is for years now.
Dallas Cowboys 38 - 0 win over Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Divisional football game Saturday, Jan. 3, 1982, Irving, Tex. 38 point difference. New England Patriots 45 - 7 win over Indianapolis Colts during the AFC Championship playoff football game at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015 in Foxborough, MA.
Has any NFL team hit 100 points?
No, an NFL team has never scored 100 points in a game. The Raiders beat the Oilers 52-49 on Sunday to clinch their first division title in 25 years. They were led by quarterback Derek Carr who threw for 447 yards and five touchdowns.
14 teams have rebounded from losing 1st 2 games of 7-game series. Teams that win the first two games in a best-of-seven postseason series have history on their side. Those clubs have prevailed in 74 of 88 instances, but all isn't lost for the team facing a 2-0 deficit.
In the history of these leagues, teams that were down 3–1 in a series have come back to win the series 58 times; 14 times in MLB, 13 times in the NBA, and 31 times in the NHL. The most recent instance was accomplished by the New York Rangers of the NHL in the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
For any team that gets to 3-0, that bodes well for their playoff chances. Dating back to the 1970 merger, NFL teams that start the season with three straight wins have made the playoffs at a 75% clip. Through 2021, 236 teams have started 3-0 and 178 have ended up in the playoffs.
Apart from the 1972 Dolphins, three NFL teams have completed undefeated and untied regular seasons: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1942 Chicago Bears, and the 2007 New England Patriots.
The Patriots added postseason victories over the Jacksonville Jaguars in the divisional playoff round and a 21-12 win over the San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship Game to run the streak to an amazing 18-0. In doing so, the Patriots became the first team ever to go 18-0 in a season.
14, 1973 — and no one was hotter than the undefeated Miami Dolphins. On that day, the Dolphins not only beat Washington, 14-7, but also completed their 17-0 season and cemented themselves in NFL history as the only team in the Super Bowl era to win every game.
In association football, a team leading 2–0 at half-time only goes on to lose the game in about 2% of cases. In ice hockey, statistics show that if a team builds a two-goal advantage, they go on to win the game in the majority of instances, and that a one-goal lead is far more dangerous.
The Raiders are 0-3 for the first time since 2018, and since 1979, six NFL teams have started 0-3 and made the playoffs, the last one being the Houston Texans, which started 0-3 in 2018 but rebounded to win their next nine games and made the playoffs at 11-5 before losing to the Indianapolis Colts, 21-7, in an AFC Wild ...
Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.
Has an NFL team ever gone 10 0?
The other times it happened were 2008 (10-0 Tennessee, 0-10 Detroit), 2007 (10-0 New England, 0-10 Miami), 1984 (10-0 Miami, 0-10 Buffalo and Houston), and 1975 (10-0 Minnesota and 0-10 San Diego). In all, 17 teams started 10-0 in the Super Bowl era before the Steelers did it this season.
Yes, many NFL games have ended 0-0. Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.
The only three NFL teams in history to lose all their games were the 2017 Cleveland Browns (0-16), the 2008 Detroit Lions (0-16) and the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14). So far, no team has gone 0-17, since the league has only expanded to 17 regular season games last year.
Through the 2008 season there have been two 2-0 games in the NFL: 1) The Green Bay Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 2-0 on October 16, 1932. 2) The Chicago Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers 2-0 on September 18, 1938.
Who has the longest all time NFL playoff game win drought? The longest all time NFL playoff game win drought belongs to the Arizona Cardinals, who went 50 years without winning a playoff game between 1948 and 1998.
The Seahawks made history by becoming the first 7–9 team ever to make the playoffs and then did it again by becoming the first to win a playoff game, racking up 31 first downs and 474 yards, including a 67-yard touchdown run by Marshawn Lynch late in the fourth quarter.
1984 San Francisco 49ers
The '84 49ers were the first team in NFL history to go 15-1 after the league expanded its schedule to 16 games in 1978. Led by coach Bill Walsh and quarterback Joe Montana, the 49ers suffered their only loss of the regular season in Week 7 against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The most recent time a nfl team scored 60 or more points was when the New Orleans Saints defeated the Indianapolis Colts 62–7 on October 23, 2011.
So far, 1,075 different final scores have been achieved in NFL history. The lowest possible score is 0-0 and has been achieved 73 times, though the most recent scoreless tie came on Nov. 7, 1943.
A much rarer occurrence is the one-point (or conversion) safety, which can be scored by the offense on an extra point or two-point conversion attempt: these have occurred at least twice in NCAA Division I football since 1996, most recently at the 2013 Fiesta Bowl, though no conversion safeties have occurred since 1940 ...
Has there ever been a 100 point NFL game?
No, an NFL team has never scored 100 points in a game. The Raiders beat the Oilers 52-49 on Sunday to clinch their first division title in 25 years. They were led by quarterback Derek Carr who threw for 447 yards and five touchdowns.
The Las Vegas Raiders are the least-liked sports team in the U.S. No one wants to be in first place, but unfortunately the Las Vegas Raiders have made the top of the list.
No, but the worst record by a single team was the 76ers and they were 9–73. The best record was the Warriors who went 82–0. How many times does one team in the NBA play another in a regular season? A conference has 15 teams.
At least one team has started the season 7-0 every year dating back to 2018. Last year, the Cardinals started 7-0 before finishing 11-6 and losing in the Wild Card round. The year before, the Steelers started 7-0 before finishing 12-4 and losing in the Wild Card round.