Entire season (reg or post) w/out a win vs an above-500 team
Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2024 2:53 pm
"Entire season" as in this excludes a team that went all regular season without beating a team that'd eventually finish over 500, but they made the playoffs and won at least a game vs a winner there. This, of course, leaves out the '98 Cardinals. Even more-so, this excludes the '99 Rams (and Jags from the same season).
Having just spoken of the '80s Jets, how about going into the remaining Namath years following SBIII? 1969 (Broadway Joe's final playoff season), '72, '73, '75, and '76 were all seasons without a win over an eventual above-500 team. Yes, that also goes for '72 in which they were 6-3 going into their close loss to Miami! Sweeping everyone else in their division along with a one-point win over the Saints were all their wins in that 7-7 season. Yet they muster wins over the Rams & Minny in 1970 when they finish 4-10! Go figure.
Plenty of others to come up with.
PS - Two one-game winners that WON'T make the list! And that's the '69 Steelers & '89 Cowboys given Detroit & Washington's respective 9-4-1 & 10-6 finishes! Same with the 2-14 Forty Niners of '79 with their win over Tampa Bay.
Having just spoken of the '80s Jets, how about going into the remaining Namath years following SBIII? 1969 (Broadway Joe's final playoff season), '72, '73, '75, and '76 were all seasons without a win over an eventual above-500 team. Yes, that also goes for '72 in which they were 6-3 going into their close loss to Miami! Sweeping everyone else in their division along with a one-point win over the Saints were all their wins in that 7-7 season. Yet they muster wins over the Rams & Minny in 1970 when they finish 4-10! Go figure.
Plenty of others to come up with.
PS - Two one-game winners that WON'T make the list! And that's the '69 Steelers & '89 Cowboys given Detroit & Washington's respective 9-4-1 & 10-6 finishes! Same with the 2-14 Forty Niners of '79 with their win over Tampa Bay.