Factoid
They’ve been a little overshadowed (or is it “undershadowed”?) by the Lions, hwo had an 0-16 season, but the Rams actually have been a worse team over the last three years. Despite playing in the NFC West – the worst division in football – St. Louis has gone only 6-42 in the last three years.
That mark, which translates out to a .125 winning percentage, is the worst by a team in a three-year span since the move to the 16-game schedule in 1978. So the Rams are definitely deserving of the No. 1 pick in Thursday’s draft.
WORST THREE-YEAR RECORDS, 1978-2009
Showing only years with 16-game seasons (so any three-year run including the strike-shortened 1982 and 1987 seasons, has been tossed out.
W L Pct. Years
6 42 .125 2007-2009 St. Louis Rams
8 40 .167 1984-1986 Buffalo Bills
9 39 .188 1990-1992 New England Patriots
9 39 .188 2007-2009 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 1978-1980 San Francisco 49ers
10 38 .208 1983-1985 Houston Oilers
10 38 .208 1983-1985 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10 38 .208 1984-1986 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
10 38 .208 1994-1996 New York Jets
10 38 .208 2001-2003 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 2005-2007 Oakland Raiders
10 38 .208 2006-2008 Detroit Lions
10 38 .208 2007-2009 Kansas City Chiefs
11 37 .229 1988-1990 Dallas Cowboys
11 37 .229 1991-1993 Cincinnati Bengals
11 37 .229 1992-1994 Cincinnati Bengals
11 37 .229 1998-2000 Cincinnati Bengals
11 37 .229 2004-2006 Oakland Raiders
11 37 .229 2006-2008 Oakland Raiders
12 36 .250 1983-1985 Buffalo Bills
12 36 .250 1984-1986 Indianapolis Colts
12 36 .250 1989-1991 New England Patriots
12 36 .250 1999-2001 Cleveland Browns
12 36 .250 2000-2002 Cincinnati Bengals
13 35 .271 1979-1981 New Orleans Saints
13 35 .271 1984-1986 Houston Oilers
13 35 .271 1988-1990 Atlanta Falcons
13 35 .271 1990-1992 Phoenix Cardinals
13 35 .271 1991-1993 New England Patriots
13 35 .271 1991-1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
13 35 .271 1993-1995 Washington Redskins
13 35 .271 1993-1995 Cincinnati Bengals
13 35 .271 1995-1997 New York Jets
13 35 .271 2003-2005 San Francisco 49ers
13 35 .271 2003-2005 Oakland Raiders
13 35 .271 2004-2006 San Francisco 49ers
13 35 .271 2006-2008 St. Louis Rams
14 34 .292 1978-1980 Cincinnati Bengals
14 34 .292 1979-1981 Baltimore Colts
14 34 .292 1989-1991 Phoenix Cardinals
14 34 .292 1989-1991 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
14 34 .292 1990-1992 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
14 34 .292 1990-1992 Los Angeles Rams
14 34 .292 1991-1993 Los Angeles Rams
14 34 .292 1991-1993 Indianapolis Colts
14 34 .292 1992-1994 Seattle Seahawks
14 34 .292 1997-1999 Chicago Bears
14 34 .292 1997-1999 Cincinnati Bengals
14 34 .292 1998-2000 San Diego Chargers
14 34 .292 1999-2001 Cincinnati Bengals
14 34 .292 1999-2001 San Diego Chargers
14 34 .292 2000-2002 San Diego Chargers
14 34 .292 2000-2002 Detroit Lions
14 34 .292 2002-2004 Detroit Lions
14 34 .292 2003-2005 Houston Texans
14 34 .292 2004-2006 Detroit Lions
14 34 .292 2004-2006 Cleveland Browns
14 34 .292 2007-2009 Oakland Raiders
—Ian Allan
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Posted by IAN ALLAN | Apr. 13 at 09:44 AM
UPDATING: I double-checked. The winning percentage of .125 is the worst in the NFL during a three-year period. Worse than the Houston Oiler teams that had back-to-back seasons of 1-13 in the early '70s. Worse than the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 2-26 in their first two seasons but then went 5-11. And worse than anything Detroit has been able to put together.