The NFL's best teams to NOT win a Superb Owl

[TP76]

That 76 Patriots team won me over, great team.

 

[Rock Strongo]

I wasn't alive, so I only hear stories about that team. My wife's grandfather, who has since passed, lived in Foxboro and had season tickets from the inaugural season until the late 80s. He loved that team. His favorite all time he always said. Then he would mumble "fucking Ben Dreith"

The 1978 team still holds the record for most rushing yards by a team post-merger.

i was 1

but i saw video, and my old man remembers.

 

[Sharkonabicycle]

 

[poprocksncoke]

2001 Raiders












It was a fumble

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

2004 Steelers. Goddamned you patriots!

Yeah, but '76 Steelers won 4 other SBs and '76 was considered the best team of their 70's run.

 

[Ojb81]

good list

1976 pats would have won a SB if not for sugar bears phantom roughing call. that team was a steamroller.

Doubtful with the Steelers' steel-curtain defense having their best season of their entire run.

 

[Ojb81]

Yeah, but '76 Steelers won 4 other SBs and '76 was considered the best team of their 70's run.

Yeah I originally misinterpreted the article

 

[soxfan1468927]

Doubtful with the Steelers' steel-curtain defense having their best season of their entire run.

Certainly not guaranteed, but the Raiders did beat them. So the Patriots would have had a chance if they beat the Raiders. Plus the Pats had beaten the Steelers earlier in the year at Pittsburgh

 

[TP76]

Doubtful with the Steelers' steel-curtain defense having their best season of their entire run.

1976 Patriots beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh earlier in the year - and curb-stomped the Raiders 48-17 in Foxboro.

 

[Ewa PGH Fan]

So, they didn't split the Colts into their Baltimore era and Indianapolis era. Wonder how Indy fans feel about that???

 

[PatsFan2003]

So, they didn't split the Colts into their Baltimore era and Indianapolis era. Wonder how Indy fans feel about that???

They count the 71 Superbowl win as theirs.

 

[TP76]

So, they didn't split the Colts into their Baltimore era and Indianapolis era. Wonder how Indy fans feel about that???

Who cares - after the Shula-led Colts team lost to the upstart Jets in 1969 the Colts became a team-non-grata - and jettisoned from the NFC to the AFC.

 

[Rock Strongo]

Doubtful with the Steelers' steel-curtain defense having their best season of their entire run.

that was our best team until the 2000's.

says a lot.

PS the steelers lost in the conf round in 76 too

 

[Pure Steel]

that was our best team until the 2000's.

says a lot.

PS the steelers lost in the conf round in 76 too

No Harris or Bleier = no shot vs Oakland....

 

[Roy Munson]

They chose the wrong team for Philly.

It's either the Dick Vermeil team that lost to the Raiders in the 1981 Super Bowl, or the 2002 Eagles that went 12-4 and lost to Gruden's Tampa Bay in the NFC title game. I think the latter personally.


The 2001 Eagles, the team they chose, were young and McNabb was just starting out. The teams the following few years were better.

and all of those are fighting for 2nd behind the 1991 team... fuck you, Bryce Paup. If Randall plays that year, they would have won. That defense was sick even playing with an inept offense run by Jim McMahon, Jeff Kemp and Brad Goebel.

 

[Ojb81]

that was our best team until the 2000's.

says a lot.

PS the steelers lost in the conf round in 76 too

Correct

 

[Ojb81]

1976 Patriots beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh earlier in the year - and curb-stomped the Raiders 48-17 in Foxboro.

Right, then lost vs Oakland 2nd time around. I'd venture to guess the same would've happened if they'd played Pittsburgh a second time, given how well the Steeler defense finished the year

 

[Rock Strongo]

Right, then lost vs Oakland 2nd time around.

on a horrible call

one of the NFL's worst

 

[Ojb81]

on a horrible call

one of the NFL's worst

I think the league has made it up to them, since then lol

 

[TP76]

Right, then lost vs Oakland 2nd time around. I'd venture to guess the same would've happened if they'd played Pittsburgh a second time, given how well the Steeler defense finished the year

Yep, fortunately we got a makeup call for the screw job we got in Oakland in 76.