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Top 3 NFL team records without losing seasons
#3 - Pittsburgh Steelers, 18 seasons, 2004 to 2021
The Pittsburgh Steelers are currently in the middle of their streak without a losing season, a record that stretches back to 2004. Their 18 seasons and counting, currently ranks third-best in NFL history. Coincidentally, this entire period has coincided with the tenure of Ben Roethlisberger as their quarterback. With this most likely to be his last year, it will be a challenge to see if the Steelers can carry on their impressive run going into next season.
Bill Cowher was the coach when this streak began. At the end of the 2005 season, they would win a Super Bowl. The next season they recorded an 8-8 record and Bill Cowher retired. Mike Tomlin took over in 2007 and has had 15 consecutive non-losing seasons. Amidst this run, they also won the Super Bowl at the end of the 2008 season, which remains their last Super Bowl win to date.
#2 - New England Patriots, 19 seasons, 2001 to 2019
The New England Patriots never had a losing season when Tom Brady was the starting quarterback. He took over in 2001 and led the team all the way to the Super Bowl title. While they could not repeat that success the following year, 2003 and 2004 saw the New England Patriots win two consecutive Super Bowls.
While they did not have any losing seasons in the years that followed their back-to-back titles, the Patriots kept falling short by their standards. New England did not win another Super Bowl until 2014.
They did have a perfect regular season in 2007, though, losing their only game in the Super Bowl against the Giants. The 2014 Super Bowl proved to be a watershed moment, as Tom Brady and the Patriots would go on to win three more Super Bowls with the franchise before Brady left in 2019.
After Brady's departure, Bill Belichick could not produce a winning season in 2020, missing the playoffs altogether. However, with Mac Jones as their quarterback of the future, New England find themselves back in the playoffs this year. One would imagine that Bill Belichick is hoping this is the beginning of a new era.
#1 - Dallas Cowboys, 20 seasons, 1966 to 1985
Much like with the Oakland Raiders, if we consider the 1965 season, the Dallas Cowboys had 21 years without a losing season as they went 7-7 that year. But even though the Cowboys were part of the NFL and not the AFL, for the purposes of this article, we are considering losing seasons beginning in 1966 when the AFL and NFL merged.
Coached by Tom Landry, the Cowboys were perennial contenders in the postseason, although they had to wait until 1971 to win their first Super Bowl. In 1977, Dallas would add a second to their tally after falling short a couple of times prior.
They would eventually go on to suffer their first losing season in two decades, when they finished 7-9 in 1986. It was during this period of sustained success under Landry and General Manager Tex Schramm, with the Super Bowl winning teams quarterbacked by Roger Staubach, that they became known as "America's Team."
