Four NFL teams have never been to the Super Bowl: the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans.

Quick Scoop

Teams still waiting

These are the franchises that have never appeared on Super Bowl Sunday.

  • Cleveland Browns
  • Detroit Lions
  • Jacksonville Jaguars
  • Houston Texans

Both the Browns and Lions are older franchises that won NFL championships before the Super Bowl era, but they have not reached a Super Bowl since the game began in the 1966 season.

Context for today’s fans

  • The Jaguars (1995) and Texans (2002) are relatively new expansion teams, so their Super Bowl droughts are shorter historically.
  • The Lions’ recent NFC title game run and the Browns’ playoff pushes have made “which teams have never been to the Super Bowl” a trending discussion topic in recent seasons as fans wonder who will break through next.

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