Guilty as charged, your honor. The Bears drought now stands at 31 years and counting. But there are quite a few teams that have gone longer. The way I figure it, 17 teams are more pathetic than the Bears. 13 teams have never won it, and four more have gone longer than the Bears since they did. Here's the full list...
Drought/Seasons (first Super Bowl was in 1966)
51 Arizona Cardinals (Never)
— 1947 NFL Championship 69 years
51 Detroit Lions (Never)
— 1957 NFL Championship 59 years
51 Philadelphia Eagles (Never)
— 1960 NFL Championship 56 years
51 Tennessee Titans (Never)
— 1961 AFL Championship (as Oilers) 55 years
51 Los Angeles Chargers (Never)
— 1963 AFL Championship 53 years
51 Buffalo Bills (Never)
— 1965 AFL Championship 51 years
51 Cleveland Browns (Never)
— 1964 NFL Championship 49 years
51 Minnesota Vikings (Never)
51 Atlanta Falcons (Never) (enfranchised 1966)
49 Cincinnati Bengals (Never) (enfranchised 1968)
48 New York Jets Super Bowl III 1968
47 Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl IV 1969
43 Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII 1973
33 Oakland Raiders Super Bowl XVIII 1983
31 Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX 1985
22 Jacksonville Jaguars (Never) (enfranchised 1995)
22 Carolina Panthers (Never) (enfranchised 1995)
15 Houston Texans (Never) (enfranchised 2002)
Four of those teams have never even been in a Super Bowl (Lions, Browns, Jags, Texans).
Only 11 teams have more Super Bowl wins than the Bears (Steelers 6, Pats 5, 49ers 5, Giants 4, Packers 4, Broncos 3, Raiders 3, Redskins 3, Ravens 2, Dolphins 2).
Somehow that doesn't make me feel any better.
