Image: Waiting For A Championship

[KJJ]

It wasn't an NFL conference title game. It was the NFL Championship game. The NFL and AFL were not merged yet. It would be like the winner of the Super Bowl in the NFL playing the Champion of say....the NSFL.

The confusion is they merged in 1966 but didn’t officially merge until the 1970 season so the Rams/Viking was an NFL championship game in 1969 even though Minnesota went on to lose the Super Bowl to KC.

The merger was announced on the evening of June 8, 1966. Under the merger agreement, the leagues maintained separate regular-season schedules for the next four seasons—from 1966 through 1969—and then officially merged before the 1970 season to form one league with two conferences.

 

[75boyz]

I wonder how they counted this, the Vikings have never won the Super Bowl, but they have them at 53 years. So if you went to the Super Bowl it counts because that was an NFL championship, but after the merger in 1970 it's not because then you only won a conference?

Yep, me too on how the years are figured. Minnesota's first year as a team was 1961 and they havent won a SB ever, so that would be 61 years. The first SB was 1967 so that would be 55 years.

I guess its like you said, they must be using the1970 merger date as the start date for the Vikings.
Either that or they just made a mistake.

 

[gimmesix]

I'm a little surprised how long it's been for the 49ers, Packers, and Steelers

Seeing this makes me feel better about how long we've gone without a title. But then when I think about how long we've gone without playing for a title, I feel worse.

 

[KJJ]

Right. It was basically a bragging rights game.

The Vikings never brag about it because they went on to lose the Super Bowl which is the only game anyone remembers.

 

[tyke1doe]

The 16th longest drought out of 32 teams. Right smack dab in the middle.
Mediocre at its finest. Sigh.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

Are we saying the Titans are an expansion team?

 

[plasticman]

Are we saying the Titans are an expansion team?

That is what they are trying to say and that is incorrect. They maintain the history of the Houston Oilers.

At the same time, the Houston Oilers were AFL champions the first two years of the leagues existence, with George Blanda at QB and Billy Cannon at RB. However, this was 1960 and 1961 before the merger. The correct year would be the first time they were eligible to win an NFL championship, 1970. This would put them at 53 years.

 

[CowboysRule]

Show me the list of teams and how long it has been since they at least played in a super bowl. Several of the teams ahead of Dallas and a few below have played in 1 or more super bowls since 1996.

Take the Cardinals for example - the list above says 75 years, but they played in a super bowl 13 years ago.

But they lost. I'd rather not play in the Super Bowl than play and lose.

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Seeing this makes me feel better about how long we've gone without a title. But then when I think about how long we've gone without playing for a title, I feel worse.

Exactly........mixed feelings

 

[Hawkeye0202]

Show me the list of teams and how long it has been since they at least played in a super bowl. Several of the teams ahead of Dallas and a few below have played in 1 or more super bowls since 1996.

Take the Cardinals for example - the list above says 75 years, but they played in a super bowl 13 years ago.

Does this help?????

 

[TequilaCowboy]

The 16th longest drought out of 32 teams. Right smack dab in the middle.
Mediocre at its finest. Sigh.

The Cowboys had gone to championship games in every single decade up to the 90's until Bozo took over GM duties and now going on their third decade of futility. At this rate, I think the Mavs will win an NBA title before the Cowboys win another SB. Maybe even the Rangers will finally win a WS before doofus does. But hey, Dallas is the most valuable franchise in the world. Yeah, baby......

 

[rambo2]

Does this help?????

All of the idiots, cry babies, the ignorant, trolls, and a holes should look at this.

 

[rambo2]

The Cowboys had gone to championship games in every single decade up to the 90's until Bozo took over GM duties and now going on their third decade of futility. At this rate, I think the Mavs will win an NBA title before the Cowboys win another SB. Maybe even the Rangers will finally win a WS before doofus does. But hey, Dallas is the most valuable franchise in the world. Yeah, baby......

The Cowboys could also win before you think. They do have a good team.

 

[MarcusRock]

Are we saying the Titans are an expansion team?

They're also pretending that the current Cleveland Browns aren't an expansion team. The Baltimore Ravens are the Cleveland Browns of olden days.

 

[Ranched]

Seeing this makes me feel better about how long we've gone without a title. But then when I think about how long we've gone without playing for a title, I feel worse.

That's the problem. We as Cowboys fans are spoiled by having 5. Now everyone expects them to repeat when in fact there's teams that never even seen one. If it were that easy, every franchise would have a Lombardi.

 

[gimmesix]

That's the problem. We as Cowboys fans are spoiled by having 5. Now everyone expects them to repeat when in fact there's teams that never even seen one. If it were that easy, every franchise would have a Lombardi.

I'm more frustrated that we haven't made an NFC Championship Game. I think that's more of a sign of being mediocre than not reaching Super Bowls. In that category, we're fifth. In the NFC, only two teams (Washington and Detroit) have gone longer without playing in a championship game.

 

[Motorola]

I wonder how they counted this, the Vikings have never won the Super Bowl, but they have them at 53 years. So if you went to the Super Bowl it counts because that was an NFL championship, but after the merger in 1970 it's not because then you only won a conference?

The Vikings were NFL Champions for the 1969 season. They played the AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs for an "inter-league" championship game. That was the fourth and last time the NFL and AFL Champions played the game. The following year (1970) the two leagues merged. The leagues were renamed as conferences, reorganized (expansion, teams switching over) - resulting in a larger NFL.
Even though the Baltimore Colts and Minnesota Vikings lost to the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs respectfully, the Colts are recognized and in the record books as the 1968 NFL Champions, as are the Vikings the 1969 NFL Champions.
So the Minnesota NFL drought is 52 years - 1970 through the 2021 seasons.

 

[Hagman]

The Vikings were NFL Champions for the 1969 season. They played the AFL Champion Kansas City Chiefs for an "inter-league" championship game. That was the fourth and last time the NFL and AFL Champions played the game. The following year (1970) the two leagues merged. The leagues were renamed as conferences, reorganized (expansion, teams switching over) - resulting in a larger NFL.
Even though the Baltimore Colts and Minnesota Vikings lost to the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs respectfully, the Colts are recognized and in the record books as the 1968 NFL Champions, as are the Vikings the 1969 NFL Champions.
So the Minnesota NFL drought is 52 years - 1970 through the 2021 seasons.

I remember watching the game. We had/have family in Minnesota and gave them tons of crap when they lost.

 

[Motorola]

I remember watching the game. We had/have family in Minnesota and gave them tons of crap when they lost.

I thought the Vikings would win because of that defense.
One member of that Chiefs team was Warren McVea - a legendary Texas High School player with the San Antonio Brackenridge Mighty Eagles back in the 1960s.

 

[ShortRound]

9 teams at 50+ years … eeeek