It was stated on ESPN this moring that a team has gone 0-16 before. If you read my profile, then you would know that the St. Louis Rams are one of my favoirte teams. John Madden said that the Dolphins and the Rams are not going to go 0 - 16, but it has happened before. Who was that other team to go 0 - 16?
2007-10-28 05:30:36 · 14 answers · asked by GOLDBERG 3 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
There's never been an 0-16 team.
Tampa Bay went winless in their initial NFL season, but that was during the days of the 14-game regular season schedule.
2007-10-28 05:34:39 · answer #1 · answered by Craig S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember the source.. John Madden is NOT the best choice for football facts and figures. As a former coach, he's outstanding on colour commentary and the x's and o's of the game, but do not put this man in a trivia contest.
As other posters have stated, Tampa Bay was the most recent team to go winless for an entire season, which at the time was only 14 games.
Big John is right about one thing, it's very unlikely that the Rams or Dolphins will go winless this year.
2007-10-28 13:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by shutupvox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No team has ever gone 0-16.
The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 0-14.
Since going to the 16 game schedule, 5 teams have gone 1-15.
Other Winless Teams:
1960 Cowboys (0-11-1)
1982 Colts (0-8-1) (strike-shortened season)
1942 Lions (0-11)
1943 Cardinals (0-10)
1944 "Carpets" (Chicago Cards-Pittsburgh Steelers merged team) (0-10)
2007-10-28 12:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by Jon M 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think any team went 0-16, but there were some close ones:
1990 Patriots (1-15)
1976 Buccaneers (0-14)
1980 Saints (1-15)
2001 Carolina Panthers (1-15)
2000 Chargers (1-15)
2007-10-28 12:36:12 · answer #4 · answered by Ic3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tampa Bay lost their first 26 games going 0-14 in 1976 and starting 0-12 in 1977, before winning their last 2 game of the 1977 season.
2007-10-28 12:39:07 · answer #5 · answered by Steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe that it has. Tampa Bay went 0 - 14 before the NFL went to a 16 game season.
2007-10-28 12:33:23 · answer #6 · answered by Riggo 44 (Joe DeForest is the worst DC in history) 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was tampa bay, and they went 0-14. That was before they changed the season lenth to 16 games.
2007-10-28 12:34:07 · answer #7 · answered by Will T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
None have gone 0-16 but
New Orleans, 1980
Dallas, 1989
New England, 1990
Indianapolis, 1991
N.Y. Jets, 1996
San Diego, 2000
Carolina, 2001
Went 1-15.
2007-10-28 12:32:59 · answer #8 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no team in modern NFL history has ever gone a whole season without winning at least one game, except the Bucs, who went 0-14, and I don't count the strike shortened season because it WASN'T a true regulation season, and I don't really count the earlier seasons where they only played 10-11 games.
And, I hope they don't this year.
2007-10-28 12:50:02 · answer #9 · answered by vetone10 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tampa Bay lost 20 something games when they first got started.
2007-10-28 12:34:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋