Question

Cincinnati on Saturday won its first playoff game in 31 years, ending the league’s longest drought. In the Super Bowl era, what are the only two franchises that have gone even longer without winning a playoff game? These are not active streaks; looking for two teams that at some point in the Super Bowl era (1966 to today) went more than 31 years without winning a playoff game.

Answer

Arizona and New Orleans. The Saints were formed in 1967 and didn’t win a playoff game until 2000. Arizona won its first playoff game of the Super Bowl era in 1998; its last previous playoff win came in the 1947 NFL Championship game (when the team was known as the Chicago Cardinals – before becoming the St. Louis Cardinals, Phoenix Cardinals and finally Arizona Cardinals).