Image: Waiting For A Championship

[Motorola]

There’s a few of those teams that have never won a championship. Minnesota and Buffalo have been to the Super Bowl 8 times between them and are 0-8.

Incorrect on one of the three points in your comments.
Minnesota won the NFL Championship for the 1969 season.
They then played the AFL Champions Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV - and lost.
So the Minnesota Vikings have an NFL Championship.

 

[KJJ]

Incorrect on one of the three points in your comments.
Minnesota won the NFL Championship for the 1969 season.
They then played the AFL Champions Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl IV - and lost.
So the Minnesota Vikings have an NFL
Championship.

As you know that’s already been brought to my attention. It’s confusing unless you look into it. I know you’ve already seen this but here it is again for those who haven’t.


“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.”

 

[Techsass]

It makes no sense they credit Minnesota with a championship in 1969 even though they lost the Super Bowl to KC. They won the NFL conference title game against the Rams but lost the SB.

I won my very first bet on that game. Bet my Dad's buddy a quarter - and Minni was one of the teams on my electric rattle & hum football game.

 

[Motorola]

It makes no sense they credit Minnesota with a championship in 1969 even though they lost the Super Bowl to KC. They won the NFL conference title game against the Rams but lost the SB.

The Vikings defeated the Rams in the 1969 NFL Championship game. Then played the AFL Champions Kansas City Chiefs for a then interleague football title in Super Bowl IV.

The same situation took place the year before:

The Baltimore Colts beat the Cleveland Browns 34 - 0 in the 1968 NFL Championship Game.
However, the Colts then lost to the AFL Champion New York Jets in Super Bowl III.
Thus, the last two NFL Champions before the NFL-AFL Merger lost in the 3rd and 4th Super Bowls respectively.
The first two Super Bowls were won by the Green Bay Packers --- were the 1966 and 1967 NFL Champions when they BARELY won over the Dallas Cowboys in both NFL TITLE GAMES.

 

[Motorola]

As you know that’s already been brought to my attention. It’s confusing unless you look into it. I know you’ve already seen this but here it is again for those who
“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.”

I was in the 3rd thru 6th grades for the 1966 to 1969 football seasons...so I was a spectator as the last separate NFL and AFL seasons took place before the merger happened - so it's not confusing to me that the Colts and Vikings were NFL Champions even though they lost in the Super Bowl.

 

[PAPPYDOG]

Does this help?????

21 appearances by the NFC East......

 

[john van brocklin]

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

It's gonna be a long time before we see one here.
Our front office is too unskilled and dysfunctional.
We can't even get to a nfcc game in 26 years.

 

[Motorola]

21 appearances by the NFC East......

And the only current NFL division in which all four teams have won at least one Super Bowl.

 

[KJJ]

I won my very first bet on that game. Bet my Dad's buddy a quarter - and Minni was one of the teams on my electric rattle & hum football game.

Electric football brings back a lot of memories. I went through a couple of those.

 

[Ring Leader]

So the Jets are the only team to win a Super Bowl without an NFL Championship?. Great trivia question.

 

[KJJ]

I was in the 3rd thru 6th grades for the 1966 to 1969 football seasons...so I was a spectator as the last separate NFL and AFL seasons took place before the merger happened - so it's not confusing to me that the Colts and Vikings were NFL Champions even though they lost in the Super Bowl.

I didn’t start following NFL football until the 1972 season. Super Bowl VI was the first football game I ever watched. My dad was a Cowboys fan and convinced me to watch it. Been hooked ever since!

 

[john van brocklin]

Ha, haaaa. Buffalo 62 years and counting.
What can you get from a dollar that you can't get from the Bills?

4 Quarters.

Ouch!

 

[Motorola]

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

On the other hand - look at the number of deep playoff runs those teams have had since their last league title:
Steelers (2008): two__2010 postseason = Super Bowl - loss; 2016 postseason = AFCCG - loss
Packers (2010): four__2014, 2016, 2019, 2020 postseasons = 4 NFCCG apperances - 4 losses
49ers (1994): six___1997, 2011, 2013, 2021 = 4 NFCCG appearances - 4 defeats
2012, 2019 = 2 NFCCG apperances = 2 victories = 2 SB appearances -- 2 losses

The three teams you mentioned were good enough a number of times each to get to a championship (conference or league) opportunity.

 

[Hardline]

26 years is an embarrassment and totally unacceptable.
And there is no end in sight.

 

[Flamma]

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

When I say bragging rights game, I meant the NFL VS AFL game, not the league championship games.

 

[CCBoy]

Waiting for another Lombardi? Naw, I'm too busy enjoying what is going on at AT&T Stadium right now.

 

[Aerolithe_Lion]

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

Actually The Ravens signed over the Browns history to the 1999 Browns when they entered the league. So while Cleveland moved to Baltimore, they are officially listed as a new franchise originating in 1996, whereas the current Browns now are acknowledged to have taken a hiatus and then returned to Cleveland, as per NFL records.

 

[Jake]

I mean it would be nice to get to the SB but all that matters is winning it.

No trophy for 2nd place.

Technically, there is:

 

[nalam]

Dallas will be that zero years teams after this season.

Lets hope so.

 

[MarcusRock]

Actually The Ravens signed over the Browns history to the 1999 Browns when they entered the league. So while Cleveland moved to Baltimore, they are officially listed as a new franchise originating in 1996, whereas the current Browns now are acknowledged to have taken a hiatus and then returned to Cleveland, as per NFL records.

Really? Didn't realize that. Talk about revisionist history. Lol.