Has a team under 500 ever made the playoffs?

The 2022 Tampa Bay Buccaneers are the most recent team to qualify for the NFL Playoffs with a losing record. They finished the season with a 8-9 record to win the NFC South and secure a spot in the playoffs. Thus, all teams in the NFC South division in the 2022 season finished below a . 500 win percentage.

How many under 500 teams have made the NFL playoffs?

There's never been a season in NFL history where multiple teams made the playoffs after being four-plus games under . 500. In 42 seasons since the 1970 NFL-AFL Merger, only seven teams have rebounded from being four-plus games below . 500 to make the playoffs.

Has a sub 500 team ever made the playoffs?

1982 Detroit Lions (4-5)

The '82 Lions also carry the distinction of being a sub . 500 football team to play in the postseason. In fact, the Lions also won a division title.

What is the lowest record to make the playoffs?

Has a 1 6 team ever made the playoffs?

Only one time in league history has a team made the playoffs after starting 1-6, and that was the 1970 Cincinnati Bengals.

Which under .500 team makes the NFL Playoffs?

Has a 1 7 NFL team ever made the playoffs?

No team that started 1-7 has ever made the NFL playoffs — although one came close. The 2004 Panthers were coming off an 11-5 season and a Super Bowl loss to the Patriots in Houston. The team followed a season opening loss to Green Bay at home with a road win at Kansas City.

Has a 7-9 team made the NFL playoffs?

The 2010 Seahawks were the first team to make the playoffs with a losing record in a 16-game NFL regular season. The team was able to take advantage of the weak competition in the NFC West, winning the title and advancing to the Wild Card Round despite a 7-9 record.

Has an 0 4 NFL team made the playoffs?

As for an 0–4 start, it was down to just the 1992 San Diego Chargers, the only team to traverse that deficit and make the playoffs.

Has a 50 win team ever missed the playoffs?

A 50 win NBA team has never missed the playoffs.

Has an 1/4 team made the playoffs?

You've undoubtedly heard that only one team in NFL history has started a season 0-4 and made the playoffs. That team was the 1992 San Diego Chargers, who shocked the world by going 6-10 in 1990, 4-12 in 1991, and then making the playoffs in 1992 after an 0-4 start.

What is the lowest record a NFL team make the playoffs?

2010 Seattle Seahawks, 7-9

Aside from the 1982 season that was shortened due to the players' strike, this was the first time a team with a losing record made the playoffs.

Has a 0 and 5 team made the playoffs?

No. To my knowledge only one team has ever started 0–4 and made the playoffs (the Chargers in 1992). No team has ever started 0–5 or worse and made it to the post season.

Has any NFL team gone 16 and 0?

The 2007 New England Patriots were the first NFL team to achieve a perfect 16-0 regular season record, and seemed destined to go down as the greatest team ever until their stunning defeat in Super Bowl XLII.

Has there ever been a 17 0 NFL team?

Since the National Football League began in 1920, only one team has played a perfect season (both regular season and playoffs): the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who won all fourteen of their regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0.

Was there ever a 0 to 0 NFL game?

Yes, many NFL games have ended 0-0. Per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time it happened was almost 80 years ago, meaning there have been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.

Has a 100 win team ever missed the playoffs?

The following teams missed the postseason despite winning 100 games or more during the regular season: 1909 Chicago Cubs ( 104–49 ) (. 680): Finished 2nd in NL. 1915 Detroit Tigers ( 100–54 ) (.

Has a team ever lost a 3 0 lead in the playoffs?

How many times has an NBA team come back from a 3-0 deficit in the playoffs? The unfortunate answer is zero times. While no teams have come back to win after being down 3-0, there are three teams that have rallied to tie up a series 3-3 and went on to lose Game 7.

Has an NFL team never scored in a game?

Has an NFL team ever not scored in a game? As per Pro Football Reference, 73 games in pro football history have ended in a 0-0 tie. However, the last time that took place was almost 80 years ago, meaning there's been no scoreless ties in the Super Bowl era.

Has a 3 7 team ever made the playoffs NFL?

While this can be classified as a rally by default, this Washington team (7-9) did make some history by winning a putrid NFC East. This is the only team to start 3-7 and make the playoffs.

Who is the only 0-3 NFL team?

The Las Vegas Raiders are the only team in the National Football League with an 0-3 record, but incredibly, had one play in any of those games gone the other way, the Silver and Black actually could be 3-0.

Has an NFL team ever started 0-3 and made the playoffs?

Entering Week 3, it's worth now looking at how often a team can start 0-3 and still make the playoffs. It's an even more rare occurrence than the 0-2 turnaround, but it has happened. Dating back to 1979 NFL playoff expansion, six teams have accomplished the feat. The most recent team to do so was the Texans in 2018.

Has a 2 6 team ever made the playoffs?

Before this season, 186 teams in the Super Bowl era started a season 2-6, with only Cincinnati in 1970 and Washington in 2020 making it to the postseason.

Has a team with a losing record ever won the Super Bowl?

Has a team with a losing record ever won the Super Bowl? No, a team with a losing record in the regular season has never won the Super Bowl.

Has an entire division ever made the playoffs before?

It's the holiday season, and the playoff race in the NFC East could give us an unprecedented gift: All four teams in one division making it to the postseason, which has never happened in the 90-year history of the NFL playoffs.