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With the Texas Rangers winning the 2023 World Series, the Atlanta Falcons are now the oldest American sports team to never win a league championship (alien.top)
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The falcons were founded in 1966 and have never won a Super Bowl.

While the Cardinals, Lions, Titans, Chargers, Browns, Bills and Vikings are older and have never won a Super Bowl, all won at least one AFL or NFL title before the 1970 AFL-NFL merger.

Congrats Falcons!

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[–] ChiDude617@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

For a league with as much parity as the NFL, it's actually crazy that a team can go over 50 years without winning a title.

Not just the Falcons, but other teams as well.

[–] branyk2@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

It's actually a lot less time than you think when you consider that Brady was active for a little over 40% of the last 50 years.

[–] KCShadows838@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

12 teams still ringless

It was 13 until the Eagles won in 2017

[–] -_-Moss-_-_@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Dont jinx us on a title by 2035

[–] DryDefenderRS@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Its really not. Even if the winner was totally random every season, you'd probably get 1 unlucky team for a 50 season test, even accounting for the fact that the league used to be smaller.