This came up in conversation recently. Which NFL franchises have never been to the Super Bowl?
There are six. Here they are (with the number of seasons they could have made it — there have been 40 Super Bowls).
Cardinals (40)
Lions (40)
Saints (39)
Browns (37)
Jaguars (11)
Texans (4)
The Browns, Cardinals and Lions are original NFL teams.
The new Browns franchise, which began play in 1999, is considered a continuation of the old Cleveland Browns, despite the fact that the team left Cleveland after 1995 and became the Ravens. (The Ravens won Super Bowl 35.) The Browns last won the NFL championship in 1964.
The Lions last won the NFL championship in 1957; the Cardinals in 1947 (as the Chicago Cardinals).