src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=674090812743125&ev=PageView&noscript=1"/>. Even with four total franchises between Nashville and Memphis, the state has never won a professional sports title in 25 years. Having played more seasons naturally makes it more likely that a team would win a championship at some point. The team left town in 1934. Tennessee Titans. After consecutive first-round losses in 2005 and 2006, the Kings fired Adelman despite a .633 win percentage over 8 years. . Buffalo's drought tops the next-highest city by nine years, and only two other cities besides Buffalo have championship droughts longer than 50 years. Here are the longest active playoff droughts in the NFL entering the 2022 season. This is a sortable table of all 32 current NFL teams. Last championship in the city: New York Giants (2012), or for Brooklyn specifically, the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers. Back in 1925, the Cardinals faced the Pottsville Maroons in the 1925 NFL Championship game. The Bucks were in their third year as a franchise and were led by MVP Kareen Abdul-Jabbar in his second season, Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and the great power forward Bob Dandridge. Under Coach Tom Coughlin, the Jaguars were a remarkably successful expansion franchise. Despite having a team in each of the five major sports, it has been more than three decades since Minnesota last saw a title, when the MLBs Twins won in 1991. If the Titans had completed the comeback, it would have . After snapping one of the longest playoff droughts in MLB, the Phillies made it back to the World Series for the first time since 2009. When the Cubs rallied from a 3-1 World Series deficit and then broke a 6-6 tie in the 10th inning Wednesday, they broke, as we all know, the longest championship . Not included are some long-suffering cities whose prayers were recently answered such as Atlanta (Atlanta United), Cleveland (Cavaliers), Houston (Astros), Kansas City (Royals), Portland (Timbers) and Washington (Capitals). Charlotte has been a professional city since 1988 when the NBA expanded with the Charlotte Hornets. The next season, the Predators won the NHLs Presidents Trophy for the best record but were upset by the Winnipeg Jets 4-3. New York went from 1906-1920 without a championship, and that dry spell was bookended by World . However, their drought pales in comparison to ones endured by other franchises. The Mariners have gone 20 years without reaching the MLB playoffs, it is the longest active postseason drought in the top four American mens sports. The longest drought since a championship of any kind is that of the Cardinals, at 75 seasons. Though no other American sports franchise has reached the century mark for years without a title, there . They returned to the AFC Championship in 2002-03, losing to the Oakland Raiders 41-24. Entering Week 18, the Giants have only their second winning season in 10 yers. Then Hulu started and he was hooked. By ending the 2021-22 season with a 30-52 record, the Kings have failed to reach the postseason for. The Blue Jays' drought continued to grow in 2022 after they lost in the Wild Card Series to the Mariners. . But the tide turned with a name change and new colors in 2008, when the franchise enjoyed a 31-win turnaround and claimed its first pennant before losing to the Phillies in five games in the World Series. Since then the Twins have only advanced as far as the ALCS once (2002). Cleveland Guardians (MLB) - 73 years. While the Cardinals appeared in Super Bowl XLIII in 2009, their lone Super Bowl appearance, this organization has never hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. But cities that have been awarded franchises recently have an additional disadvantage, because there are now more teams to compete against than in earlier years. Cleveland reached the World Series multiple times (1954, 95, 97 and 2016). Tom Brady, however, drove the Patriots 37 yards to set up the game-winning Adam Vinatieri 41 yard field goal. 2023 Cable News Network. Minnesota United has yet to make the playoffs in two seasons of play in the MLS. In the 1990s the Bills had a dynasty, winning four consecutive AFC Championships (a feat that has not been matched) from 1990-1993 with Hall of Famers Cornelius Bennett (LB), Jim Kelly (QB) James Lofton (WR), Andre Reed (WR), Bruce Smith (DE), Thurman Thomas (RB) and Coach Marvy Levy. Photo Credit: The Speedy Butterfly / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: Natalia Pushchina / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: nikitsin.smugmug.com / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: Songquan Deng / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: Andriy Blokhin / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock, Photo Credit: Richard Cavalleri / Shutterstock. Which NFL team has the longest Super Bowl drought? Buffalo has been home to the NFLs Buffalo Bills, the NHLs Buffalo Sabres and the NBAs Buffalo Bison (now Atlanta Hawks) and Buffalo Braves (now Los Angeles Clippers). Pirates: 43 seasons (Last title in 1979)Only six franchises have won more championships than Pittsburgh (five), but its been a rough road for the franchise since Barry Bonds departure following a heartbreaking loss in Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS. This is a list of current National Football League (NFL) franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not winning). San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA. Which NBA team has the longest championship drought? Teams With Longest Championship and Playoff Droughts 2019 Edition Trophy Lives, Seattle Kraken Set NHL Record With 7-0 Road Trip, Dec-23-79: Bruins-Rangers Donnybrook at MSG, England France Meet in World Cup For Only Third Time, First Elimination Round Match. In 1990, the Cincinnati Reds swept the favored Oakland As for their 5th World Series Championship. Locations were attributed championships for championships won by teams that were branded to be from the location at the time that they won the championship. With their Game 7 win in the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers became the first professional sports team in Cleveland to win a championship in 52 years ending what had been the longest drought between . The team lost the World Series four times over the last 73 seasons, most recently in 2016 when the Cubs snapped their unprecedented 108-year skid. Orlando is the 23rd largest metropolitan area with a 2017 population of 2,509,831. The Ravens, as a result of the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, absorbed the Browns' personnel upon their suspension, but not their history. Active droughts are listed in bold type. In 2016-17 they claimed the final playoff spot in the Western Conference and then swept the top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks and then beat the St. Louis Blues (4-2) and Anaheim Ducks (4-2) to reach the Stanley Cup Final for the first time. This is the second-longest championship drought the city has ever experienced dating back to 1900. Longest Drought: N.C. State Wolfpack (Last title: 1979) Upon leaving the Southern Conference to become a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953, NC State was not always an . It could be tantalizingly close misses, like the Buffalo Bills run of four straight Super Bowl losses in the 1990s. Longest championship drought, by sport. The Yankees swept the Padres, clinching Game 4 at Qualcomm Stadium. There are long-suffering franchises and fan bases across American sports. And some of these droughts are especially surprising. Still, 15 of the 30 teams have gone at least the past 25 seasons -- since MLB's most recent expansion in 1998 -- without winning the World Series. All 32 active NFL teams have qualified for and won a game in the playoffs. Its one thing to never hoist the championship trophy and witness a parade, but not even experiencing the brief second of joy from a playoff game makes rooting for teams even more painful. The Buffalo Bills won AFL championships in 1964 and 1965 prior to Super Bowls between the two football leagues. At the metro level, one city currently stands out for the length of time without a professional sports title. Manchester United are middle of the pack when it comes to the longest trophy droughts ever suffered by the 20 current Premier League clubs. The Sabres made it to the Conference Finals in 2006 and 2007, but have not won a playoff series since then. And some of these droughts are especially surprising. Blue Jays: 29 seasons (Last title in 1993)The road to the World Series title ran through Toronto at the beginning of the 1990s, but dynastic days north of the border subsided at the turn of the millennium. Throughout the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), franchises have had various postseason and World Series droughts.. All 16 of the original Major League franchises (i.e., those in place when the first World Series was played in 1903) have won the World Series, with the longest wait for a franchise's first championship being for the Phillies (77 seasons, ending in 1980). Orlando has not won a title since becoming a pro-city in 1989 when the Orlando Magic joined the NBA. Researchers at HotDog.com ranked U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas according to active professional sports championship droughts, including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS. The team was an original WNBA team as the Utah Starzz starting in 1997 before turning into the San Antonio Silver Stars in 2003 and the Aces in 2018. The Kings haven't won a Stanley Cup . One of the NHLs Original Six organizations has gone over five decades without lifting the Cup. The Cubs last win came in 1945 against the . . Researchers at HotDog.com ranked US and Canadian metropolitan areas according to active professional sports championship droughts, including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS. This list only shows droughts of 30 or more seasons for teams. But if youre not going to count those as championships then you have to start counting years with the start of Super Bowls. For these teams, its practically impossible. With C-Town now anointed NBA champions, let's look at the cities with two or more "Big Four" sports teams (meaning from the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL sorry, MLS and college sports) that have gone the longest without a title. The Browns last appeared in the AFC Championship Game during the 1989 season when they fell . The franchise will hope to find a new quarterback in 2023, someone who can finally take this team back to the playoffs. The sport was also just two years removed from Wayne Gretzky retiring. The NFL's longest current drought is held by the Oakland Raiders, who have not won a championship since 1972. Despite having a team in each of the five major sports, it has been more than three decades since . They have two teams but took a World Series home in 1990. For example, Canadathe birthplace of hockeyis home to seven cities with NHL franchises, but none of them have brought home a Stanley Cup in the last 30 years. During this period, the Minnesota Vikings have lost in the NFC Championship four times (1998, 2000, 2009 and 2017). It is the second largest city on this list. While the Seattle Mariners are far behind some others in the length of their title drought, they are in MLB history for another unfortunate reason. Since then they have had only 7 winning seasons and 4 playoff appearances, never getting past the second round (most recently in 2017-18 when they lost 34-14 to the defending champion New England Patriots). Longest playoff drought - New York Jets: With the Browns and Bucs both having made the playoffs in 2020, the Jets now own the longest drought, not having appeared in a postseason contest since the 2010 AFC Championship Game. Your email address will not be published. Since then, the Os have fallen in the ALCS in 1996, 97 and 2014. Far more importantly, New York is in the playoffs for the first time since Ben McAdoo was the head coach, bringing an end to the Giants five-year playoff drought. , Cleveland Browns and Buffalo Bills are the other franchises that were in existence before the Super Bowl era that have yet to take home the Lombardi Trophy. Cincinnati is the 29th largest metropolitan area with a 2017 population of 2,179,082. Here are the longest title droughts among the remaining NBA playoff teams, starting with the longest. breaking their respective curses this century, the longest World Series drought now belongs to the Cleveland Guardians. The T-Wolves fell 4-2 to the defending champions Los Angeles Lakers. Here is how they compare to those 12. Active droughts are listed in bold type. The closest the Kings have come to an NBA title, however, was in 2002 when Kings played in their only Conference Finals since moving from Kansas City. Here are the U.S. and Canadian metros with the longest active championship droughts. Milwaukee since has made two National League Championship Series appearances. Meanwhile, the Denver Broncos playoff drought extended to seven seasons. It has been an essential part of our streaming toolkit for years. Frank loves video. Whether curses are to blame or just bad management and worse luck, fans put up with a lot. In 2015-16, Cam Newton would lead the Panthers to a 15-1 season that was capped off with a 49-15 rout of the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game. Led by Dwight Howard, the Magic stunned LeBron James and the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. NFL. Padres: 54 seasons (No titles)An expansion team in 1969, San Diego has yet to bring home a title. Most cities, however, have tasted recent success in a major sport in one form or another. The Bucks swept through the NBA playoffs beating Nate Thurmond and the San Francisco Warriors (4-1), Wilt Chamberlain and the Los Angeles Lakers (4-1) and sweeping Wes Unseld and the Baltimore Bullets. When the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, they ended a 108-year drought and broke one of baseball's most famous curses. Listed according to seasons waited. In 2015, the MLS added Orlando FC, which has yet to qualify for the playoffs. Only one team can win the World Series every year, but some fanbases have been waiting a long time to see their team raise the Commissioners Trophy. Counted from the first Super Bowl season, 1966, to present. Only locations . 57 years. Seattle made it as far as the American League Championship Series in 1995, 2000 and 01, when it won 116 regular-season games. Jacksonvilles debut as a pro-sports city came in 1970 when the American Basketball Associations The Floridians played some of their games in Jacksonville as a regional franchise in 1970 and 1971. For some fans, however, hope all is all they have had for too long. 12. Over the last 25 years, 62.7% of cities have won a championship in either the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS. The Queen City is home to the MLBs Cincinnati Reds, NFLs Cincinnati Bengals and MLS FC Cincinnati (debuting this season) and was once home to the NBAs Cincinnati Royals (now Sacramento Kings) and the World Hockey Associations Cincinnati Stingers. Ottawa. The NBA team with the longest championship drought is the sad-Sack-ramento Kings, who last won the league championship in 1951 as the (wait for it) Rochester Royals . Ultimately, they were passed over for another city with a similar drought, only this city has four teams rather than two. The NBA returned to Charlotte in 2004 with the expansion Bobcats who reclaimed the Hornets name in 2014. Kansas City Royals - 6 years. The Rays pushed the Dodgers one game further in '20, but still came up short in six games. Rockies: 30 seasons (No titles)Colorado had all the momentum in 2007, when "Rocktober" swept Denver and the team won eight straight postseason games and the NL pennant after prevailing over the Padres in a Game 163. Locations were attributed wins for championships won by teams that were branded to be from the location at the time it took place. The organization's last championship came in 1951, when the team was the Rochester Royals. Brewers/Pilots: 54 seasons (No titles)After one season in Seattle, the franchise moved to Milwaukee in 1970. 8 Philadelphia 76ers: 38 . A championship is listed as winning an NFL Championship (19201969), AFL Championship (19601969), and Super Bowl Championship (1966present). It could be a decades-long, mythic streak of losing, like the 86- and 108-year World Series droughts of the Boston Red Sox (ended in 2004) and the Chicago Cubs (ended in 2016). 11/4/2016. Three more MLB teams have World Series droughts that extend 50-plus years: the. The first time was in 1920 behind the guise and bat of player/manager Tris Speaker. Researchers at HotDog.com ranked U.S. and Canadian metropolitan areas according to active professional sports championship droughts. Here are some of sports' longest-standing droughts for things other than championships. Orlando has only one active team, the, The most recent championship for Calgary was the, The most recent championship for Indianapolis was the, The most recent championship for Edmonton was the, There have been no championships in San Jose history. Ironically, the 2016 World Series loss to the Chicago Cubs snapped the longest championship drought ever, with the Cubs going 107 years without a title. The Brewers have made it to the playoffs only three times since then. The Toronto Maple Leafs have played 54 seasons since winning their last championship in the 1966-67 season. Others, meanwhile, are annually telling themselves Maybe next year just to repeat the cycle. The city of Los Angeles has the longest championship drought of any NBA city. With spring training having begun in baseball and basketball and hockey seasons ramping up towards the playoffs towards, hope springs eternal for dedicated fans. Sacramento has only one active team, the, The most recent championship for Miami was the, The most recent championship for Ottawa was the, There have been no championships in Orlando history. Projected by many as a contender entering the season, Russell Wilson regressed and Nathaniel Hackett didnt make it a full season before he was fired. They are one of 11 teams without an NBA championship. Seattle tied the record for the most wins in an MLB season (116), but lost in the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees. Sacramento has quite a playoff drought going, as it last reached . 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The Minnesota Timberwolves reached the conference finals only once in 2004 when league MVP Kevin Garnett led them to a conference-best record of 58-24. The Twins havent advanced past the LDS round since 02. Following the 2021-22 NBA season, Sacramento has missed the playoff in 16 consecutive seasons. The Padres were the last San Diego team with a shot at a title. In 2017-18, they returned to the AFC Championship and had a 20-10 lead early in the fourth quarter over the defending champion New England Patriots, but Tom Brady led the Patriots back to a 24-20 win. Contact Frank with thoughts, questions, and story ideas at [emailprotected]. The Bucks have not won a series since then, although this year certainly looks promising. For current droughts, Minnesota leads all states in the US for the longest championship drought. **Does not include the three seasons (19961998) during which the franchise suspended operations. Additionally, each location must have had at least one professional sports team operating in all years of its championship drought for that losing streak to count. Since then the Bills have won only one playoff game the 1995 Wild Card game. Your email address will not be published. Jabbar played only one more season with the Bucks, but the franchise found new life in the 1980s under Coach Don Nelson with 7-straight 50-win seasons and three trips to the Eastern Conference Finals only to face dynastic Philadelphia and Boston teams. The Sacramento Kings have a historic playoff drought to go along with their historic championship drought. Kurt Warner and Larry Fitzgerald came within a minute of ending that streak in 2007, but a six-yard Santonio . But the magic hasnt been sufficient enough in the years since, though the Mets did enjoy plenty of memorable moments during their NL pennant runs in 2000 and 15. Tigers: 38 seasons (Last title in 1984)Detroits last trip to the World Series came in 2012, when the Tigers were swept at the hands of the Giants. The team has two WNBA Finals appearances in its history: 2008 and 2020. Prior to the 1972 season, the AFL's Oakland Raiders defeated the NFL's Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl. One of two teams from Cleveland on the list, the Guardians not only hold the longest drought, but also have the most championship appearances of any team on this list with . An early exit extended Torontos futility with one of the longest championship droughts in sports. The Seattle Mariners snapped one of the longest playoff droughts ever, making it into the MLB postseason . While it was a finalist in MLBs 1993 and 1998 expansion, it got overlooked in favor of Miami and Tampa Bay. Cleveland last won a championship 69 years ago, in 1948. After losing Game 6, the Brewers jumped to a 3-1 lead in Game 7 and were 9 our away from a World Series title, but the Cardinals came back to win 6-3. The Buffalo Sabres made it to the Stanley Cup Finals in only their 5th season in 1974-75, led by Hall of Fame Center Gilbert Perreault They lost to the defending champion Philadelphia Flyers 4-2, who clinched Game 6 in Buffalo with a 2-0 win. Los Angeles Clippers - 52 years. Each sports season is referred to by the year that the season started. Twins: 31 seasons (Last title in 1991)The days of Jack Morris, Kirby Puckett and the "Homer Hanky" are growing further and further into the rearview mirror for the Twins. Others, meanwhile, are annually telling themselves Maybe next year just to repeat the cycle. Buffalo is the nations 50th largest metropolitan area with a 2017 population of 1,136,856. Your email address will not be published. This The Bert Bell Benefit Bowl (aka the Playoff Bowl; 19601969) is considered an exhibition game for the purpose of this list. The Braves swept the Reds in the 95 NLCS, and the franchise has not advanced past the LDS since then. In 2008-2009, the Arizona Cardinals came back from a 20-7 fourth quarter deficit to go ahead 23-20 with only 2:47 remaining in Super Bowl XLIII but Santonio Holmes amazing end zone catch gave the Pittsburgh Steeles the 27-23 win. 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Here is a look at the longest active championship droughts, all of which go back to at least 1998. Last year they had the best record in the National League and were one game away from returning to the World Series, but lost Game 7 of the NLCS to the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1.
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