<![CDATA[Hold Up On That Ring For Phil]]>OK, so now Phil has gone to the 49ers. But let's just hold up on giving him a ring. History shows that it is highly improbable that he will get one. Here is the fate of all Super Bowl losing teams going back to the 1970 merger. Listed first is the year, then the team that lost the SB, then their fate the following year:

1970 Cowboys WON the Super Bowl

1971 Dolphins WON the Super Bowl

1972 Redskins Lost in division round

1973 Vikings Lost the Super Bowl

1974 Vikings Lost in Division round

1975 Cowboys Lost in Division round

1976 Vikings Lost NFC title game

1977 Broncos Lost in Division round

1978 Cowboys Lost in Division round

1979 Rams Lost Wildcard round

1980 Eagles Lost Wildcard round

1981 Bengals Lost Wildcard round

1982 Dolphins Lost Division round

1983 Redskins Lost Division round

1984 Dolphins Lost AFC title game

1985 Pats Lost Division round

1986 Broncos Lost Super Bowl

1987 Broncos 8-8 no playoffs * first SB loser to fail to make playoffs

1988 Bengals 8-8 no playoffs

1989 Broncos 5-11 no playoffs

1990 Bills Lost Super Bowl

1991 Bills Lost Super Bowl

1992 Bills Lost Super Bowl

1993 Bills 7-9 no playoffs

1994 Chargers Lost Wildcard round

1995 Steeler Lost Division round

1996 Pats Lost Division round

1997 Packers Lost Wildcard

1998 Falcons 5-11 no playoffs

1999 Titans Lost Division round

2000 Giants 7-9 no playoffs

2001 Rams 7-9 no playoffs

2002 Raiders 4-12 no playoffs

2003 Panthers 7-9 no playoffs

2004 Eagles 6-10 no playoffs

2005 Seahawks Lost Division round

2006 Bears 7-9 no playoffs

2007 Pats 11-5 but no playoffs

2008 Cardinals Lost Division round

2009 Colts Lost Wildcard

2010 Steelers Lost Wildcard

2011 Patriots Lost AFC Title game

2012 49ers ??????

Notes:

1. ONLY the first two SB losers came back the next year to win the SB.

2. However, the first 17 SB losers (not counting the first 4, I would have to check on them) all still made the playoffs the following year. Not until the -87 Broncos did the SB loser not make the playoffs.

3. But, since 1998 over half of the SB losers...8 of 14...failed to make the playoffs the following year. Last year when the SB loser Pats made the AFC title game was the first time since the 90s Bills that a SB loser went as far as a conference title game.

4. So, if this pattern holds true, the 49ers may be in for a rough Super Bowl loser hangover,and Phil Dawson may not get his ring...unless the 49ers can find the magic elixer that has not been found since before probably half of you were born.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/topic/25716/hold-up-on-that-ring-for-philRSS for NodeFri, 02 Oct 2026 06:36:03 GMTWed, 20 Mar 2013 14:59:08 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Hold Up On That Ring For Phil on Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:08:23 GMT]]>Fate of the first 4 SB losers:

1966 Chiefs 9-5 no playoffs

1967 Raiders Lost AFL title game

1968 Colts 8-5-1 no playoffs

1969 Vikings Lost Division round

Note: In 66-69 there were no actual "wildcards". You had to win your conference or division to make the playoffs. The playoff system expanded in 1970 to add more teams. Had a wildcard system been in place as was instituted in 1970 both the '66 Chiefs and '68 Colts would have probably made the playoffs.

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