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List of NFL franchise post-season droughts
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This is a list of current National Football League (NFL) franchise post-season and Super Bowl droughts (multiple consecutive seasons of not winning). Listed here are both appearance droughts and winning droughts in almost every level of the NFL playoff system.
As of the 2016 NFL season, every active NFL team has qualified for, and won a game in, the playoffs at least once. Teams that have never made it beyond each successive milestone are listed under the year in which they began NFL play.
Of the 15 teams that have never won the Super Bowl, four (4) are expansion franchises younger than the Super Bowl itself (Bengals, Panthers, Jaguars, and the Texans). The Falcons were enfranchised the season the Super Bowls began. The eight (8) other clubs (Cardinals, Lions, Eagles, Oilers/Titans, Chargers, Browns, Bills, and Vikings) all won an NFL or AFL championship prior to the AFL–NFL merger; in the case of the Vikings, however, the Super Bowl existed at the time they won their league title, leaving them and the Falcons as the only two teams to have existed for as long as or longer than the Super Bowl and to have never secured the highest championship available to them. The longest drought since a championship of any kind is that of the Cardinals, at 69 seasons.
Note that for continuity purposes, the Cleveland Browns are officially considered to have suspended operations for the 1996, 1997 and 1998 seasons, and that the Baltimore Ravens are a separate team that began play in 1996. The Ravens, as a result of the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy, absorbed the Browns' personnel upon their suspension, but not their history.
Contents
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1 Active team droughts
1.1 Post-season droughts
1.2 Playoff game victory droughts
1.3 AFC/NFC Championship game appearance droughts
1.4 Super Bowl or NFL Championship appearance droughts
1.5 Super Bowl win droughts
1.6 Super Bowl crown droughts by division
1.7 Cities/regions awaiting first Super Bowl crown
1.8 Division title droughts
2 Historical team droughts
2.1 Playoff droughts of 5 plus seasons
2.2 Most consecutive post-season losses in team history
2.3 Longest post-season droughts in team history
3 See also
4 References
Active team droughts[edit]
Post-season droughts[edit]
Updated through the 2016-17 post season.
0^0 Longest drought in team history
0†0 Tied for Longest drought in team history
Playoff Droughts [1][2]
0Team0
Last earned appearance in post-season
Seasons
Buffalo Bills ^ 1999 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 17
Cleveland Browns ^ 2002 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 14
Los Angeles Rams ^ 2004 NFC Divisional Playoffs 12
Jacksonville Jaguars ^ 2007 AFC Divisional Playoffs 9
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2007 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 9
Tennessee Titans † 2008 AFC Divisional Playoffs 8
New York Jets 2010 AFC Championship Game 6
Chicago Bears 2010 NFC Championship Game 6
Philadelphia Eagles 2013 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 3
Los Angeles Chargers 2013 AFC Divisional Playoffs 3
New Orleans Saints 2013 NFC Divisional Playoffs 3
San Francisco 49ers 2013 NFC Championship Game 3
Baltimore Ravens 2014 AFC Divisional Playoffs 2
Indianapolis Colts 2014 AFC Championship Game 2
Cincinnati Bengals 2015 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 1
Minnesota Vikings 2015 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 1
Washington Redskins 2015 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 1
Arizona Cardinals 2015 NFC Championship Game 1
Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 1
Carolina Panthers Super Bowl 50 1
2016 Playoff Teams
Miami Dolphins 2016 AFC Wild Card Playoffs —
Oakland Raiders 2016 AFC Wild Card Playoffs —
New York Giants 2016 NFC Wild Card Playoffs —
Detroit Lions 2016 NFC Wild Card Playoffs —
Kansas City Chiefs 2016 AFC Divisional Playoffs —
Houston Texans 2016 AFC Divisional Playoffs —
Dallas Cowboys 2016 NFC Divisional Playoffs —
Seattle Seahawks 2016 NFC Divisional Playoffs —
Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 AFC Championship Game —
Green Bay Packers 2016 NFC Championship Game —
New England Patriots Super Bowl LI —
Atlanta Falcons Super Bowl LI —
At 17 seasons, the Bills' playoff drought is also the longest in major North American professional sports.[3]
Playoff game victory droughts[edit]
Updated through the 2016 season.
Sortable table, click on header arrows.
0^0 Longest drought in team history
0†0 Tied for longest drought in team history
0♦0 Most consecutive losses in team history
0¤0 Tied for most consecutive losses in team history
0♣ ♣0 Most consecutive losses in NFL history

Current Playoff Loss Streak[1]
Team
Last playoff game win
Seasons
Since Win
Loss
Streak
Playoff Losses - Teams
Cincinnati Bengals ^ 1990 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 26 ♦ 8 1990 Divisional - Los Angeles
2005 Wild Card - Pittsburgh
2009 Wild Card - New York Jets
2011 Wild Card - Houston
2012 Wild Card - Houston
2013 Wild Card - San Diego
2014 Wild Card - Indianapolis
2015 Wild Card - Pittsburgh
Detroit Lions 1991 NFC Divisional Playoffs* 25 ♣ ♣ 9 1991 NFC Championship - Washington
1993 Wild Card - Green Bay
1994 Wild Card - Green Bay
1995 Wild Card - Philadelphia
1997 Wild Card - Tampa Bay
1999 Wild Card - Washington
2011 Wild Card - New Orleans
2014 Wild Card - Dallas
2016 Wild Card - Seattle
Buffalo Bills ^ 1995 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 21 ♦ 4 1995 Divisional - Pittsburgh
1996 Wild Card - Jacksonville
1998 Wild Card - Miami
1999 Wild Card - Tennessee
Cleveland Browns ^ 1994 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 19** 2 1994 Divisional - Pittsburgh
2002 Wild Card - Pittsburgh
Miami Dolphins ^ 2000 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 16 4 ¤ 2000 Divisional - Oakland
2001 Wild Card - Baltimore
2008 Wild Card - Baltimore
2016 Wild Card - Pittsburgh
Oakland Raiders ^ 2002 AFC Championship* 14 2 ¤ 2002 Super Bowl - Tampa Bay
2016 Wild Card - Houston
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII* 14 2 2005 Wild Card - Washington
2007 Wild Card - New York Giants
Tennessee Titans 2003 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 13 3 ¤ 2003 Divisional - New England
2007 Wild Card - San Diego
2008 Divisional - Baltimore
Los Angeles Rams 2004 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 12 1 2004 Divisional - Atlanta
Washington Redskins 2005 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 11 4 ¤ 2005 Divisional - Seattle
2007 Wild Card - Seattle
2012 Wild Card - Seattle
2015 Wild Card - Green Bay
Jacksonville Jaguars ^ 2007 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 9 1 2007 Divisional - New England
Philadelphia Eagles 2008 NFC Divisional Playoffs 8 4 2008 NFC Championship - Arizona
2009 Wild Card - Dallas
2010 Wild Card - Green Bay
2013 Wild Card - New Orleans
Minnesota Vikings 2009 NFC Divisional Playoffs* 7 3 2009 NFC Championship - New Orleans
2012 Wild Card - Green Bay
2015 Wild Card - Seattle
New York Jets 2010 AFC Divisional Playoffs 6 1 2010 AFC Championship - Pittsburgh
Chicago Bears 2010 NFC Divisional Playoffs* 6 1 2010 NFC Championship - Green Bay
New York Giants 2011 !Super Bowl XLVI 5 1 2016 Wild Card - Green Bay
Los Angeles Chargers 2013 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 3 1 2013 Divisional - Denver
New Orleans Saints 2013 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 3 1 2013 Divisional - Seattle
San Francisco 49ers 2013 NFC Divisional Playoffs 3 1 2013 NFC Championship - Seattle
Baltimore Ravens 2014 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 2 1 2014 Divisional - New England
Dallas Cowboys 2014 NFC Wild Card Playoffs 2 2 2014 Divisional - Green Bay
2016 Divisional - Green Bay
Indianapolis Colts 2014 AFC Divisional Playoffs 2 1 2014 AFC Championship - New England
Kansas City Chiefs 2015 AFC Wild Card Playoffs 1 2 2015 Divisional - New England
2016 Divisional - Pittsburgh
Arizona Cardinals 2015 NFC Divisional Playoffs* 1 1 2015 NFC Championship - Carolina
Carolina Panthers 2015 NFC Championship* 1 1 2015 Super Bowl - Denver
Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50* 1 0 3 game win streak
2016 Playoff0 Winners
Houston Texans 2016 AFC Wild Card Playoffs — 1 2016 Divisional - New England
Seattle Seahawks 2016 NFC Wild Card Playoffs — 1 2016 Divisional - Atlanta
Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 AFC Divisional Playoffs — 1 2016 AFC Championship - New England
Green Bay Packers 2016 NFC Divisional Playoffs — 1 2016 NFC Championship - Atlanta
Atlanta Falcons 2016 NFC Championship* — 1 2016 Super Bowl - New England
New England Patriots Super Bowl LI* — 0 3 game win streak
Team
Last playoff game win
Seasons
Since Win
Loss
Streak
Playoff Losses - Teams

(*): Franchise earned a bye in the Wild Card round.
(**): Franchise dormant 1996–1998.
AFC/NFC Championship game appearance droughts[edit]
This is also a list of the last time a particular club won a Divisional playoff game.
0^0 Longest drought in team history
0†0 Tied for longest drought in team history
Drought Reference [1]
Seasons
Team
Last appearance
in Conference Championship Game
Result
28 Cincinnati Bengals ^ 1988 AFC Won vs. Buffalo
25 Washington Redskins ^ 1991 NFC Won vs. Detroit
25 Detroit Lions ^ 1991 NFC Lost vs. Washington
24 Miami Dolphins ^ 1992 AFC Lost vs. Buffalo
24** Cleveland Browns ^ 1989 AFC Lost vs. Denver
23 Buffalo Bills ^ 1993 AFC Won vs. Kansas City
23 Kansas City Chiefs † 1993 AFC Lost vs. Buffalo
21 Dallas Cowboys ^ 1995 NFC Won vs. Green Bay
17 Jacksonville Jaguars ^ 1999 AFC Lost vs. Tennessee
15 Houston Texans ^ 1985Never* y —
15 Los Angeles Rams ^ 2001 NFC Won vs. Philadelphia
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2002 NFC Won vs. Philadelphia
14 Oakland Raiders ^ 2002 AFC Won vs. Tennessee
14 Tennessee Titans 2002 AFC Lost vs. Oakland
9 Los Angeles Chargers 2007 AFC Lost vs. New England
8 Philadelphia Eagles 2008 NFC Lost vs. Arizona
7 New Orleans Saints 2009 NFC Won vs. Minnesota
7 Minnesota Vikings 2009 NFC Lost vs. New Orleans
6 New York Jets 2010 AFC Lost vs. Pittsburgh
6 Chicago Bears 2010 NFC Lost vs. Green Bay
5 New York Giants 2011 NFC Won vs. San Francisco
4 Baltimore Ravens 2012 AFC Won vs. New England
3 San Francisco 49ers 2013 NFC Lost vs. Seattle
2 Indianapolis Colts 2014 AFC Lost vs. New England
2 Seattle Seahawks 2014 NFC Won vs. Green Bay
1 Denver Broncos 2015 AFC Won vs. New England
1 Arizona Cardinals 2015 NFC Lost vs. Carolina
1 Carolina Panthers 2015 NFC Won vs. Arizona
.75 Z2016 Conference Finalists 2015 z
— Pittsburgh Steelers 2016 AFC Lost vs. New England
.5 — New England Patriots 2016 AFC Won vs. Pittsburgh
— Green Bay Packers 2016 NFC Lost vs. Atlanta
— Atlanta Falcons 2016 NFC Won vs. Green Bay

(*): Franchise first played in 2002 season
(**): Franchise dormant 1996–1998.
Super Bowl or NFL Championship appearance droughts[edit]
Last appearance in Super Bowl or
NFL Championship[1][4]
Seasons
Team
Last appearance
in Super Bowl
NFL
Season
Result
59 Detroit Lions 7003195700000000000♠ 1957 NFL Championship Game 1957 Won vs. Cleveland
48 New York Jets 7003196800000000000♠ Super Bowl III 1968 Won vs. Baltimore Colts
47 Kansas City Chiefs 7003196900000000000♠ Super Bowl IV 1969 Won vs. Minnesota
44* Cleveland Browns* 7003196910000000000♠1969.1 1969 NFL Championship Game 1969 Lost vs. Minnesota
40 Minnesota Vikings 7003197700000000000♠ Super Bowl XI 1976 Lost vs. Oakland
32 Miami Dolphins 7003198400000000000♠ Super Bowl XIX 1984 Lost vs. San Francisco
28 Cincinnati Bengals 7003198800000000000♠ Super Bowl XXIII 1988 Lost vs. San Francisco
25 Washington Redskins 7003199100000000000♠ Super Bowl XXVI 1991 Won vs. Buffalo
23 Buffalo Bills 7003199300000000000♠ Super Bowl XXVIII 1993 Lost vs. Dallas
22 Jacksonville Jaguars 7000100000000000000♠ Never (enfranchised 1995) Y —
22 Los Angeles Chargers 7003199400000000000♠ Super Bowl XXIX 1994 Lost vs. San Francisco
21 Dallas Cowboys 7003199500000000000♠ Super Bowl XXX 1995 Won vs. Pittsburgh
17 Tennessee Titans 7003199900000000000♠ Super Bowl XXXIV 1999 Lost vs. St. Louis Rams
15 Houston Texans 7000200000000000000♠ Never (enfranchised 2002) Y —
15 Los Angeles Rams † 7003200100000000000♠ Super Bowl XXXVI 2001 Lost vs. New England
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7003200200000000000♠ Super Bowl XXXVII 2002 Won vs. Oakland
14 Oakland Raiders 7003200210000000000♠ Super Bowl XXXVII 2002 Lost vs. Tampa Bay
12 Philadelphia Eagles 7003200400000000000♠ Super Bowl XXXIX 2004 Lost vs. New England
10 Chicago Bears 7003200600000000000♠ Super Bowl XLI 2006 Lost vs. Indianapolis
8 Arizona Cardinals 7003200800000000000♠ Super Bowl XLIII 2008 Lost vs. Pittsburgh
7 New Orleans Saints 7003200900000000000♠ Super Bowl XLIV 2009 Won vs. Indianapolis
7 Indianapolis Colts 7003200900000000000♠ Super Bowl XLIV 2009 Lost vs. New Orleans
6 Green Bay Packers 7003201000000000000♠ Super Bowl XLV 2010 Won vs. Pittsburgh
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 7003201010000000000♠ Super Bowl XLV 2010 Lost vs. Green Bay
5 New York Giants 7003201100000000000♠ Super Bowl XLVI 2011 Won vs. New England
4 Baltimore Ravens 7003201200000000000♠ Super Bowl XLVII 2012 Won vs. San Francisco
4 San Francisco 49ers 7003201210000000000♠ Super Bowl XLVII 2012 Lost vs. Baltimore Ravens
2 Seattle Seahawks 7003201420000000000♠ Super Bowl XLIX 2014 Lost vs. New England
1 Carolina Panthers 7003201500000000000♠ Super Bowl 50 2015 Lost vs. Denver
1 Denver Broncos 7003201500000000000♠ Super Bowl 50 2015 Won vs. Carolina
0 Atlanta Falcons 7003201600000000000♠ Super Bowl LI 2016 Lost vs. New England
0 New England Patriots 7003201600000000000♠ Super Bowl LI 2016 Won vs. Atlanta

(*): Cleveland's drought does not include three seasons (1996–1998) where the franchise was dormant.
(†): Team was based in St. Louis.
Super Bowl win droughts[edit]
This list also counts all seasons since a team last won the league championship.
Drought References[1][4]
Seasons
Team
Last Super Bowl crown
(1966–present)
NFL
Season
Last League Championship crown
Before 1970 Merger
(1920–1969)
Seasons
51 Arizona Cardinals[a] Never — 1947 NFL Championship 69
51 Detroit Lions Never — 1957 NFL Championship 59
51 Philadelphia Eagles Never — 1960 NFL Championship 56
51 Tennessee Titans[b] Never — 1961 AFL Championship 55
51 Los Angeles Chargers Never — 1963 AFL Championship 53
51 Buffalo Bills Never — 1965 AFL Championship 51
48 Cleveland Browns [d] Never — 1964 NFL Championship 49
51 Minnesota Vikings Never — 1969 NFL Championship[c] 47
51 Atlanta Falcons Never (enfranchised 1966) —
49 Cincinnati Bengals Never (enfranchised 1968) —
48 New York Jets[e] Super Bowl III 1968
47 Kansas City Chiefs[e] Super Bowl IV 1969
43 Miami Dolphins Super Bowl VIII 1973
33 Oakland Raiders[f] Super Bowl XVIII 1983
31 Chicago Bears Super Bowl XX 1985
25 Washington Redskins Super Bowl XXVI 1991
22 Jacksonville Jaguars Never (enfranchised 1995) —
22 Carolina Panthers Never (enfranchised 1995) —
22 San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl XXIX 1994
21 Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl XXX 1995
17 Los Angeles Rams[g] Super Bowl XXXIV 1999
15 Houston Texans Never (enfranchised 2002) —
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII 2002
10 Indianapolis Colts Super Bowl XLI 2006
8 Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl XLIII 2008
7 New Orleans Saints Super Bowl XLIV 2009
6 Green Bay Packers Super Bowl XLV 2010
5 New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI 2011
4 Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl XLVII 2012
3 Seattle Seahawks Super Bowl XLVIII 2013
1 Denver Broncos Super Bowl 50 2015
0 New England Patriots Super Bowl LI 2016
a Team won as the Chicago Cardinals in 1947.
b Team won as the Houston Oilers in 1961.
c AFL and NFL league champions met in Super Bowls I thru IV before the 1970 merger (1966–1969). They are not generally counted in the overall league championship list.
d Cleveland's drought does not include three seasons (1996–98) when the franchise was dormant.
e Super Bowl winner was not the NFL league champion till after 1970 merger (Super Bowl V).
f Team was based in Los Angeles when it won Super Bowl XVIII.
g Team was based in St. Louis when it won Super Bowl XXXIV.
Super Bowl crown droughts by division[edit]
Division
Last Super Bowl crown
Seasons
AFC South XLI — Colts 10
NFC South XLIV — Saints 7
NFC North XLV — Packers 6
NFC East XLVI — Giants 5
AFC North XLVII — Ravens 4
NFC West XLVIII — Seahawks 3
AFC West 50 — Broncos 1
AFC East LI — Patriots 0
Cities/regions awaiting first Super Bowl crown[edit]
Listed according to seasons waited. Current NFL cities/regions only
Last city to leave list - Seattle, 2013 season
City/region
Seasons waited
Conference Title(s)
Team(s)
Notes
Detroit 51 None Detroit Lions (1966–) Played in the 1991 NFC Championship Game
Philadelphia 51 1980, 2004 Philadelphia Eagles (1966–) Played in Super Bowls XV and XXXIX
Buffalo 51 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993 Buffalo Bills (1966–) Played in Super Bowls XXV, XXVI, XXVII, and XXVIII
Atlanta 51 1998, 2016 Atlanta Falcons (1966–) Played in Super Bowls XXXIII and LI
Minneapolis–St. Paul 51 1969, 1973, 1974, 1976 Minnesota Vikings (1966–) Played in Super Bowls IV, VIII, IX, and XI
Cincinnati 49 1981, 1988 Cincinnati Bengals (1968–) Played in Super Bowls XVI and XXIII
Cleveland 48 None Cleveland Browns (1966–) Played in the 1986, 1987, and 1989 AFC Championship Games
Houston 46 None Includes 31 Oilers seasons (1966–1996) and 15 Texans seasons (2002–) Played in the 1978 and 1979 AFC Championship Games
Phoenix 29 2008 Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals (1988–) Played in Super Bowl XLIII
Jacksonville 22 None Jacksonville Jaguars (1995–) Played in the 1996 and 1999 AFC Championship Games
Charlotte 22 2003, 2015 Carolina Panthers (1995–) Played in Super Bowls XXXVIII and 50
Nashville 20 1999 Tennessee Oilers/Titans (1997–) Played in Super Bowl XXXIV
Division title droughts[edit]
Listed according to seasons waited. Updated through the 2016 season.
0^0 Longest drought in team history
0†0 Tied for Longest drought in team history
Franchise
0 0 Most recent0 0
division title
0Year0
Seasons
Cleveland Browns^ AFC Central 1989 24**
Detroit Lions^ NFC Central 1993 23
Buffalo Bills^ AFC East 1995 21
Jacksonville Jaguars^ AFC Central 1999 17
Oakland Raiders^ AFC West 2002 14
New York Jets AFC East 2002 14
Los Angeles Rams† NFC West 2003 13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC South 2007 9
Miami Dolphins^ AFC East 2008 8
Tennessee Titans AFC South 2008 8
Los Angeles Chargers AFC West 2009 7
Chicago Bears NFC North 2010 6
New York Giants NFC East 2011 5
New Orleans Saints NFC South 2011 5
Baltimore Ravens AFC North 2012 4
San Francisco 49ers NFC West 2012 4
Philadelphia Eagles NFC East 2013 3
Indianapolis Colts AFC South 2014 2
Cincinnati Bengals AFC North 2015 1
Denver Broncos AFC West 2015 1
Washington Redskins NFC East 2015 1
Minnesota Vikings NFC North 2015 1
Carolina Panthers NFC South 2015 1
Arizona Cardinals NFC West 2015 1
2016 Division Champions
New England Patriots AFC East 2016 —
Pittsburgh Steelers AFC North 2016 —
Houston Texans AFC South 2016 —
Kansas City Chiefs AFC West 2016 —
Dallas Cowboys NFC East 2016 —
Green Bay Packers NFC North 2016 —
Atlanta Falcons NFC South 2016 —
Seattle Seahawks NFC West 2016 —

**Does not include the three seasons (1996–1998) during which the franchise suspended operations.
Historical team droughts[edit]
Playoff droughts of 5 plus seasons[edit]
Updated through the 2016 season.
Sort by clicking on desired column heading.
When sorting, Indianapolis and Baltimore Colts are grouped together,
Arizona, Phoenix, St. Louis and Chicago Cardinals are grouped together,
Tennessee Titans, Houston Oilers and Tennessee Oilers are grouped together,
Los Angeles, St. Louis and Cleveland Rams are grouped together,
Oakland and Los Angeles Raiders are grouped together.

0^0 Denotes active streak
Last place NFL finishes Last place AFL finishes (1960–1969)
7003197800000000000♠
List of Droughts[1]
Seasons
Team
Drought Duration
Division or Conference Last Place
finishes during drought
League Worst win-loss record
during drought
Last Place
Seasons
7001250000000000000♠25 Washington Redskins A !Washington Redskins 1946–1970 4 1950, 1952, 1960–1961 1961
7001250000000000000♠25 Arizona Cardinals A !Chicago / St. Louis Cardinals 1949–1973 5 1951, 1953–1954, 1957, 1959 1953, 1954, 1957 tie, 19591959 tie
7001240000000000000♠24 Pittsburgh Steelers A !Pittsburgh Steelers 1948–1971 5 1955, 1965, 1967–1969 1965, 1969 tie
7001200000000000000♠20 New Orleans Saints A !New Orleans Saints 1967–1986 9 1967, 1970–1972, 1975, 1977, 1980–1981, 1986 19751975 tie, 1980
7001170000000000000♠17 Denver Broncos A !Denver Broncos 1960–1976 8 1960, 1963–1967, 1970–1971 1960, 1963, 1964, 1965 tie, 1967
7001170000000000000♠17 Philadelphia Eagles A !Philadelphia Eagles 1961–1977 7 1962–1963, 1968–1970, 1972, 1975 1968 tie
7001170000000000000♠17 New York Giants D !New York Giants 1964–1980 9 1964, 1966, 1971, 1973–1974, 1976–1978, 1980 1964, 1966, 1974 tie
7001170000000000000♠17 ^ Buffalo Bills A !Buffalo Bills 2000–2016 8 2001–2002, 2008–2013 —
7001160000000000000♠16 Detroit Lions A !Detroit Lions 1936–1951 4 1942, 1946–1948 1942, 1946, 1948
7001150000000000000♠15 Arizona Cardinals B !Chicago Cardinals 1932–1946 10 1933, 1935–1936, 1938–1940, 1943–1946 1933, 1938 tie, 1939, 1943, 1944 tie[a], 1945
7001150000000000000♠15 Green Bay Packers A !Green Bay Packers 1945–1959 4 1949, 1953, 1957, 1958 1957 tie, 1958
7001150000000000000♠15 Arizona Cardinals C !St. Louis / Phoenix / Arizona Cardinals 1983–1997 7 1985–1986, 1990–1992, 1995, 1997 —
7001140000000000000♠14 Pittsburgh Steelers B !Pittsburgh Pirates / Steelers 1933–1946 7 1933–1934, 1938–1939, 1941, 1944–1945 1938 tie, 1941, 1944 tie[a]
7001140000000000000♠14 Philadelphia Eagles B !Philadelphia Eagles 1933–1946 5 1935–1937, 1940, 1942 1935, 1936, 1940
7001140000000000000♠14 Kansas City Chiefs A !Kansas City Chiefs 1972–1985 5 1977–1979, 1983, 1985 19771977 tie
7001140000000000000♠14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers A !Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1983–1996 8 1983, 1985–1986, 1989, 1991, 1993–1995 19831983 tie, 1985 tie, 1986
7001140000000000000♠14 Cincinnati Bengals A !Cincinnati Bengals 1991–2004 6 1991–1993, 1998, 2001–2002 1993, 1998 tie, 2002
7001140000000000000♠14 ^ Cleveland Browns A !Cleveland Browns 2003–2016 12 2003–2006, 2008–2009, 2011–2016 2015 tie, 2016
7001130000000000000♠13 Chicago Bears A !Chicago Bears 1964–1976 5 1969–1970, 1972–1974 1969 tie
7001130000000000000♠13 San Diego Chargers A !San Diego Chargers 1966–1978 3 1972–1973, 1975 1975 tie
7001130000000000000♠13 Oakland Raiders A !Oakland Raiders 2003–2015 6 2004–2007, 2013–2014 2003 tie, 2006
7001120000000000000♠12 Detroit Lions B !Detroit Lions 1958–1969 2 1966, 1968 —
7001120000000000000♠12 San Francisco 49ers A !San Francisco 49ers 1958–1969 3 1963–1964, 1969 1963
7001120000000000000♠12 New England Patriots A !Boston / New England Patriots 1964–1975 4 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975 1970
7001120000000000000♠12 Atlanta Falcons A !Atlanta Falcons 1966–1977 3 1967–1968, 1974 1967, 1968 tie
7001120000000000000♠12 ^ Los Angeles Rams A !St. Louis / Los Angeles Rams 2005–2016 6 2007–2009, 2011, 2013–2014 2009, 2011 tie
7001110000000000000♠11 Los Angeles Rams B !Los Angeles Rams 1956–1966 4 1956, 1959, 1962, 1965 19591959 tie, 1962
7001110000000000000♠11 New York Jets A !New York Jets 1970–1980 1 1980 —
7001110000000000000♠11 Detroit Lions C !Detroit Lions 1971–1981 1 1979 19791979 tie
7001110000000000000♠11 Detroit Lions D !Detroit Lions 2000–2010 6 2001–2003, 2006, 2008–2009 2008
7001100000000000000♠10 Philadelphia Eagles C !Philadelphia Eagles 1950–1959 2 1956, 1958 1956
7001100000000000000♠10 Green Bay Packers B !Green Bay Packers 1983–1992 1 1988 —
7001100000000000000♠10 Seattle Seahawks A !Seattle Seahawks 1989–1998 4 1992–1994, 1996 1992 tie
7000900000000000000♠9 Green Bay Packers C !Green Bay Packers 1973–1981 2 1976, 1980 —
7000900000000000000♠9 Indianapolis Colts A !Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts 1978–1986 4 1978 - 1979, 1982, 1986 1981 tie, 1982
7000900000000000000♠9 San Diego Chargers B !San Diego Chargers 1983–1991 4 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991 —
7000900000000000000♠9 Los Angeles Rams C !Los Angeles / St. Louis Rams 1990–1998 6 1991–1994, 1997–1998 —
7000900000000000000♠9 Arizona Cardinals E !Arizona Cardinals 1999–2007 4 2000, 2002–2003, 2006 2003 tie
7000900000000000000♠9 Houston Texans A !Houston Texans 2002–2010 5 2002–2003, 2005–2007 2005
7000900000000000000♠9 ^ Tampa Bay Buccaneers B !Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2008–2016 6 2009, 2011–2015 20142014 tie
7000900000000000000♠9 ^ Jacksonville Jaguars A !Jacksonville Jaguars 2008–2016 4 2008–2009, 2012, 2016 2012 tie
7000800000000000000♠8 New York Jets B !New York Titans / Jets 1960–1967 2 1962–1963 —
7000800000000000000♠8 Tennessee Titans A !Houston Oilers 1970–1977 4 1970, 1972–1973, 1976 1972, 1973
7000800000000000000♠8 San Francisco 49ers B !San Francisco 49ers 1973–1980 2 1978–1979 1978, 1979 tie
7000800000000000000♠8 Atlanta Falcons B !Atlanta Falcons 1983–1990 7 1983–1985, 1987–1990 1987
7000800000000000000♠8 San Diego Chargers C !San Diego Chargers 1996–2003 5 1997–1998, 2000–2001, 2003 2000, 2003 tie
7000800000000000000♠8 San Francisco 49ers C !San Francisco 49ers 2003–2010 2 2004–2005 2004
7000800000000000000♠8 ^ Tennessee Titans B !Tennessee Titans 2009–2016 3 2010, 2014–2015 20142014 tie, 2015 tie
7000700000000000000♠7 Los Angeles Rams D !Cleveland Rams 1937–1944 [b] 2 1937, 1941 1937
7000700000000000000♠7 San Francisco 49ers D !San Francisco 49ers 1950–1956 0 — —
7000700000000000000♠7 Oakland Raiders B !Oakland Raiders 1960–1966 2 1961–1962 1961, 1962
7000700000000000000♠7 Minnesota Vikings A !Minnesota Vikings 1961–1967 3 1961, 1966–1967 —
7000700000000000000♠7 Buffalo Bills B !Buffalo Bills 1967–1973 2 1968, 1971
1968
1971
7000700000000000000♠7 Cleveland Browns B !Cleveland Browns 1973–1979 3 1974–1975, 1977 —
7000700000000000000♠7 Seattle Seahawks B !Seattle Seahawks 1976–1982 3 1976, 1980–1981 —
7000700000000000000♠7 Detroit Lions E !Detroit Lions 1984–1990 1 1987 —
7000700000000000000♠7 New England Patriots A !New England Patriots 1987–1993 2 1990, 1992 1990, 1992 tie
7000700000000000000♠7 Indianapolis Colts B !Indianapolis Colts 1988–1994 2 1991, 1993 1991
7000700000000000000♠7 New Orleans Saints B !New Orleans Saints 1993–1999 3 1995–1996, 1999 —
7000700000000000000♠7 Miami Dolphins A !Miami Dolphins 2009–2015 1 2015 —
7000600000000000000♠6 Chicago Bears B !Chicago Bears 1957–1962 0 — —
7000600000000000000♠6 Dallas Cowboys A !Dallas Cowboys 1960–1965 1 1960 1960
7000600000000000000♠6 Arizona Cardinals E !St. Louis Cardinals 1976–1981 2 1979, 1981 —
7000600000000000000♠6 Tennessee Titans C !Houston Oilers 1981–1986 4 1983–1986 19831983 tie
7000600000000000000♠6 Buffalo Bills C !Buffalo Bills 1982–1987 2 1984–1985 1984, 1985 tie
7000600000000000000♠6 Philadelphia Eagles D !Philadelphia Eagles 1982–1987 1 1984 —
7000600000000000000♠6 New York Jets C !New York Jets 1992–1997 3 1994–1996 1995, 1996
7000600000000000000♠6 Washington Redskins B !Washington Redskins 1993–1998 2 1993–1994 —
7000600000000000000♠6 Oakland Raiders C !Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders 1994–1999 0 — —
7000600000000000000♠6 Chicago Bears C !Chicago Bears 1995–2000 4 1997–2000 —
7000600000000000000♠6 Carolina Panthers A !Carolina Panthers 1997–2002 2 2001–2002 2001
7000600000000000000♠6 Miami Dolphins B !Miami Dolphins 2002–2007 3 2004, 2006–2007 2007
7000600000000000000♠6 ^ New York Jets D !New York Jets 2011–2016 2 2014, 2016 —
7000600000000000000♠6 ^ Chicago Bears E !Chicago Bears 2011–2016 3 2014–2016 —
7000500000000000000♠5 New York Giants D !New York Giants 1951–1955 0 — —
7000500000000000000♠5 Chicago Bears D !Chicago Bears 1951–1955 0 — —
7000500000000000000♠5 Indianapolis Colts C !Baltimore Colts 1953–1957 1 1954 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Cleveland Browns C !Cleveland Browns 1959–1963 0 — —
7000500000000000000♠5 Buffalo Bills D !Buffalo Bills 1975–1979 2 1976–1977 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Cincinnati Bengals B !Cincinnati Bengals 1976–1980 3 1978–1980 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Washington Redskins C !Washington Redskins 1977–1981 0 — —
7000500000000000000♠5 Cincinnati Bengals C !Cincinnati Bengals 1983–1987 1 1987 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Dallas Cowboys B !Dallas Cowboys 1986–1990 2 1988, 1989 1988, 1989
7000500000000000000♠5 Tennessee Titans D !Houston / Tennessee Oilers 1994–1998 1 1994 1994
7000500000000000000♠5 Kansas City Chiefs B !Kansas City Chiefs 1998–2002 1 2002 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Washington Redskins D !Washington Redskins 2000–2004 1 2004 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Jacksonville Jaguars B !Jacksonville Jaguars 2000–2004 0 — —
7000500000000000000♠5 New Orleans Saints C !New Orleans Saints 2001–2005 1 2005 —
7000500000000000000♠5 Denver Broncos B !Denver Broncos 2006–2010 1 2010 —
Seasons
Team
Drought Duration
Last Place
Seasons
League Worst win-loss record
during drought
Division or Conference Last Place
finishes during drought
a In 1944, during World War II, Pittsburgh and the Chicago Cardinals were a combined team called Card-Pitt.
b The Cleveland Rams suspended operations in the 1943 season due to World War II.
Most consecutive post-season losses in team history[edit]
This is a sortable table of all 32 current NFL teams. Ten teams have multiple losing streaks where they lost an equal number of post season games before breaking the drought.
Updated through the 2016 regular season.
0^0 Denotes active drought
Team
Streak lasted
Last win
Games Lost
Playoff Losses
Score
Opponent
Next win
Arizona Cardinals 7001510000000000000♠ 51 years 1947
Championship 4.1 !4 1948 NFL Champ.
1974 Div.
1975 Div.
1982 1st Round -1 !0–7
14–30
23–35
16–41 Eagles
Vikings
Rams
Packers 1998 Wild Card
Atlanta Falcons 7000800000000000000♠ 8 years 2004 Divisional 4.2 !4 2004 NFC Champ.
2008 Wild Card
2010 Div.
2011 Wild Card 10–27
24–30
21–48
2–24 Eagles
Cardinals
Packers
Giants 2012 Divisional
Baltimore Ravens 7000700000000000000♠ 7 years 2001
Wild Card 3.1 !3 2001 Div.
2003 Wild Card
2006 Div. 10–27
17–20
6–15 Steelers
Titans
Colts 2008 Wild Card
Buffalo Bills^ 7001210000000000000♠ 21 years 1995
Div !1995
Wild Card 4.3 !4 1995 Div.
1996 Wild Card
1998 Wild Card
1999 Wild Card 21–40
27–30
17–24
16–22 Steelers
Jaguars
Dolphins
Titans TBD
Carolina Panthers 7000800000000000000♠ 8 years 2005
Divisional 3 2005 NFC Champ.
2008 Div.
2013 Div. 14–34
13–33
10–23 Seahawks
Cardinals
49ers 2014 Div !2014 Wild Card
Chicago Bears 7001120000000000000♠ 12 years 1994
AF !1994
Wild Card 3.2 !3 1994 Div.
2001 Div.
2005 Div. 15–44
19–33
21–29 49ers
Eagles
Panthers 2006 Divisional
Cincinnati Bengals^ 7001260000000000000♠ 26 years 1990 Div !1990
Wild Card 8 1990 Div.
2005 Wild Card
2009 Wild Card
2011 Wild Card
2012 Wild Card
2013 Wild Card
2014 Wild Card
2015 Wild Card 10–20
17–31
14–24
10–31
13–19
10–27
10–26
16–18 Raiders
Steelers
Jets
Texans
Texans
Chargers
Colts
Steelers TBD
Cleveland Browns 7001170000000000000♠ 17 years 1969 Divisional 6 1969 NFL Champ.
1971 Div.
1972 Div.
1980 Div.
1982 1st Round
1985 Div. 7–27
3–20
14–20
12–14
10–27
21–24 Vikings
Colts
Dolphins
Raiders
Raiders
Dolphins 1986 Divisional
Dallas Cowboys 7001130000000000000♠ 13 years 1996
Div !1996
Wild Card 6.2 !6 1996 Div.
1998 Wild Card
1999 Wild Card
2003 Wild Card
2006 Wild Card
2007 Div. 17–26
7–20
10–27
10–29
20–21
17–21 Panthers
Cardinals
Vikings
Panthers
Seahawks
Giants 2009 Wild Card
Denver Broncos 7000900000000000000♠ 9 years 1977
Conference
Championship 5.1 !5 1977 !Super Bowl XII
1978 Div.
1979 Wild Card
1983 Wild Card
1984 Div. 10–27
10–33
7–13
7–31
17–24 Cowboys
Steelers
Oilers
Seahawks
Steelers 1986 Divisional
Detroit Lions^ 7001250000000000000♠ 25 years 1991
Divisional 9 1991.2 !1991 NFC Champ.
1993 Wild Card
1994 Wild Card
1995 Wild Card
1997 Wild Card
1999 Wild Card
2011 Wild Card
2014 Wild Card
2016 Wild Card 10–41
24–28
12–16
37–58
10–20
13–27
28–45
20–24
6-26 Redskins
Packers
Packers
Eagles
Buccaneers
Redskins
Saints
Cowboys
Seahawks TBD
Green Bay Packers
005 (2 loss) streaks 7000400000000000000♠ 4 years 1997 Conference
Championship 2.2 !2 1997.2 !Super Bowl XXXII
1998 Wild Card 24–31
27–30 Broncos
49ers 2001 Wild Card
7000200000000000000♠ 2 years 2001
Wild Card 2.3 !2 2001.1 !2001 Div.
2002 Wild Card 17–45
7–27 Rams
Falcons 2003 Wild Card
7000400000000000000♠ 4 years 2003
Wild Card 2.4 !2 2003.1 !2003 Div.
2004 Wild Card 17–20 (OT)
17–31 Eagles
Vikings 2007 Divisional
7000300000000000000♠ 3 years 2007
Divisional 2.5 !2 2007.2 !2007 NFC Champ.
2009 Wild Card 20–23 (OT)
45–51 (OT) Giants
Cardinals 2010 Wild Card
7000200000000000000♠ 2 years 2012
Wild Card 2.6 !2 2012 Div.
2013 Wild Card 31–45
20–23 49ers
49ers 2014 Divisional
Houston Texans 7000400000000000000♠ 4 years 2012 Wild Card 2 2012.1 !2012 Divisional
2015 Wild Card 28–41
0–30 Patriots
Chiefs 2016 Wild Card
Indianapolis Colts
002 (5 loss) streaks 7001240000000000000♠24 years 1971
Divisional 5.2 !5 1971.1 !1971 AFC Champ.
1975 Div.
1976 Div.
1977 Div.
1987 Div. 0–21
10–28
14–40
31–37 (2 OT)
21–38 Dolphins
Steelers
Steelers
Raiders
Browns 1995 Wild Card
7000800000000000000♠ 8 years 1995
Divisional 5.3 !5 1995.3 !1995 AFC Champ.
1996 Wild Card
1999 Div.
2000 Wild Card
2002 Wild Card 16–20
14–42
16–19
17–23 (OT)
0–41 Steelers
Steelers
Titans
Dolphins
Jets 2003 Wild Card
Jacksonville Jaguars
002 (2 loss) streaks 2 years 1996
Divisional 2.6 !2 1996.2 !1996 AFC Champ.
1997 Wild Card 6–20
17–42 Patriots
Broncos 1998 Wild Card
7000800000000000000♠ 8 years 1999
Divisional 2.7 !2 1999.2 !1999 AFC Champ.
2005 Wild Card 14–33
3–28 Titans
Patriots 2007 Div !2007 Wild Card
Kansas City Chiefs 7001210000000000000♠ 21 years 1993
Divisional 8 1993.2 !1993 AFC Champ.
1994 Wild Card
1995 Div.
1997 Div.
2003 Div.
2006 Wild Card
2010 Wild Card
2013 Wild Card 13–30
17–27
7–10
10–14
31–38
8–23
7–30
44–45 Bills
Dolphins
Colts
Broncos
Colts
Colts
Ravens
Colts 2015 Wild Card
Los Angeles Chargers 7001130000000000000♠ 13 years 1994
AFC Championship 4.8 !4 1994.2 !Super Bowl XXIX
1995 Wild Card
2004 Wild Card
2006 Div. 26–49
20–35
17–20 (OT)
21–24 49ers
Colts
Jets
Patriots 2007 Div !2007 Wild Card
Los Angeles Rams 7001230000000000000♠ 23 years 1951
Championship 5.5 !5 1952 Nat. Conf.
1955 NFL Champ.
1967 NFL W Conf.
1969 NFL W Conf.
1973 Div. 21–31
14–38
7–28
20–23
16–27 Lions
Browns
Packers
Vikings
Cowboys 1974 Divisional
Miami Dolphins
002 (4 loss) streaks 7000900000000000000♠ 9 years 1973
Super Bowl 4.5 !4 1974 Div.
1978 Wild Card
1979 Div.
1981 Div. 26–28
9–17
14–34
38–41 (OT) Raiders
Oilers
Steelers
Chargers 1982 First Round
7001160000000000000♠ 16 years 2000
Wild Card 4.9 !4 2000 Div.
2001 Wild Card
2008 Wild Card
2016 Wild Card 0–27
3–20
9–27
12–30 Raiders
Ravens
Ravens
Steelers TBD
Minnesota Vikings 7000900000000000000♠ 9 years 1988
Wild Card 6.3 !6 1988 Div.
1989 Div.
1992 Wild Card
1993 Wild Card
1994 Wild Card
1996 Wild Card 9–34
13–41
7–24
10–17
18–35
15–45 49ers
49ers
Redskins
Giants
Bears
Cowboys 1997 Wild Card
New England Patriots 7001220000000000000♠ 22 years 1963
Divisional 4.6 !4 1963 AFL Champ.
1976 Div.
1978 Div.
1982 1st Round 10–51
21–24
14–31
13–28 Chargers
Raiders
Oilers
Dolphins 1985 Wild Card
New Orleans Saints 7001320000000000000♠ 32 years 1967 Enfranchised
No Playoff
Wins
till 2000 4.7 !4 1987 Wild Card
1990 Wild Card
1991 Wild Card
1992 Wild Card 10–44
6–16
20–27
20–36 Vikings
Bears
Falcons
Eagles 2000 Wild Card
New York Giants 7001180000000000000♠ 18 years 1938
Championship 6.4 !6 1939 NFL Champ.
1941 NFL Champ.
1943 East Div.
1944 NFL Champ.
1946 NFL Champ.
1950 Am. Conf. 0–27
9–37
0–28
7–14
14–24
3–8 Packers
Bears
Redskins
Packers
Bears
Browns 1956 Championship
New York Jets
005 (2 loss) streaks 7001140000000000000♠ 14 years 1968
Super Bowl III 2.8 !2 1969 AFL Div.
1981 Wild Card 6–13
27–31 Chiefs
Bills 1982 First Round
7000400000000000000♠ 4 years 1982 2nd Round 2.9 !2 1982.1 !1982 AFC Champ.
1985 Wild Card 0–14
14–26 Dolphins
Patriots 1986 Wild Card
7001120000000000000♠ 12 years 1986 Wild Card 2.91 !2 1986 Div.
1991 Wild Card 20–23 (2 OT)
10–17 Browns
Oilers 1998 World !1998 Divisional
7000400000000000000♠ 4 years 1998 Divisional 2.92 !2 1998.1 !1998 AFC Champ.
2001 Wild Card 10–23
24–38 Broncos
Raiders 2002 Div !2002 Wild Card
7000500000000000000♠ 5 years 2004
Wild Card 2.93 !2 2004.1 !2004 Divisional
2006 Wild Card 17–20 (OT)
16–37 Steelers
Patriots 2009 Wild Card
Oakland Raiders
004 (2 loss) streaks 7000300000000000000♠ 3 years 1970
Divisional 2.94 !2 1970 AFC Champ.
1972 Div. 17–27
7–13 Colts
Steelers 1973 Divisional
7000700000000000000♠ 7 years 1983
Super Bowl XVIII 2.95 !2 1984 Wild Card
1985 Div. 7–13
20–27 Seahawks
Patriots 1990 Divisional
7000300000000000000♠ 3 years 1990 Divisional 2.96 !2 1990.2 !1990 AFC Champ.
1991 Wild Card 3–51
6–10 Bills
Chiefs 1993 Wild Card
7001140000000000000♠ 14 years 2002 AFC Championship 2.96 !2 1990.2 !Super Bowl XXXVIII
2016 Wild Card 24-41
14-27 Bucs
Texans TBD
Philadelphia Eagles 7001120000000000000♠ 12 years 1980
Conference
Championship 5.4 !5 1980.1 !Super Bowl XV
1981 Wild Card
1988 Div.
1989 Wild Card
1990 Wild Card 10–27
21–27
12–20
7–21
6–20 Raiders
Giants
Bears
Rams
Redskins 1992 Wild Card
Pittsburgh Steelers
002 (3 loss) streaks 7000500000000000000♠ 5 years 1989
Wild Card 3.3 !3 1989.1 !1989 Div.
1992 Div.
1993 Wild Card 23–24
3–24
24–27 Broncos
Bills
Chiefs 1994 Divisional
7000400000000000000♠4 years 2010 AFC Championship 3 2010.1 !Super Bowl XLV
2011 Wild Card
2014 Wild Card 25–31
23–29
17–30 Packers
Broncos
Ravens 2015 Wild Card
San Francisco 49ers 7000400000000000000♠4 years 1984
Super Bowl XIX 3.4 !3 1985 Wild Card
1986 Div.
1987 Div. 3–17
3–49
24–36 Giants
Giants
Vikings 1988 Divisional
Seattle Seahawks 7001210000000000000♠ 21 years 1984
Su !1984
Wild Card 6.5 !6 1984.2 !1984 Div.
1987 Wild Card
1988 Div.
1999 Wild Card
2003 Wild Card
2004 Wild Card 10–31
20–23 (OT)
13–21
17–20
27–33 (OT)
20–27 Dolphins
Oilers
Bengals
Dolphins
Packers
Rams 2005 Divisional
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
002 (3 loss) streaks 7001180000000000000♠ 18 years 1979
Divisional 3.5 !3 1979.2 !1979 NFC Champ.
1981 Div.
1982 1st Round 0–9
0–38
17–30 Rams
Cowboys
Cowboys 1997 Wild Card
7000300000000000000♠3 years 1999
Divisional 3.6 !3 1999.3 !1999 NFC Champ.
2000 Wild Card
2001 Wild Card 6–11
3–21
9–31 Rams
Eagles
Eagles 2002 Divisional
Tennessee Titans^
004 (3 loss) streaks 7001170000000000000♠ 17 years 1961 AFL
Championship 3.7 !3[Hou] 1962 AFL Champ.
1967 AFL Champ.
1969 AFL Div. 17–20 (2 OT)
7–40
7–56 Chief !Dallas Texans
Raiders
Raiders 1978 Wild Card
7000300000000000000♠ 3 years 1988
Wild Card 3.8 !3[Hou] 1988 Div.
1989 Wild Card
1990 Wild Card 10–17
23–26 (OT)
14–41 Bills
Steelers
Bengals 1991
Wild Card
7000800000000000000♠ 8 years 1991
Div !1991
Wild Card 3.9 !3[Hou] 1991.1 !1991 Divisional
1992 Wild Card
1993 Divisional 24–26
38–41 (OT)
20–28 Broncos
Bills
Chiefs 1999
Wild Card
7001130000000000000♠ 13 years 2003
Wild Card 3.91 !3 2003.3 !2003 Div.
2007 Wild Card
2008 Div. 14–17
6–17
10–13 Patriots
Chargers
Ravens TBD
Washington Redskins
002 (4 loss) streaks 7001100000000000000♠ 10 years 1972
NFC Championship 4.9 !4 1972.2 !Super Bowl VII
1973 Div.
1974 Div.
1976 Div. 7–14
20–27
10–19
20–35 Dolphins
Vikings
Rams
Vikings 1982 First Round
7001110000000000000♠ 11 years 2005
Wild Card 4.9 !4 2005 Div.
2007 Wild Card
2012 Wild Card
2015 Wild Card 10–20
14–35
14–24
18–35 Seahawks
Seahawks
Seahawks
Packers TBD
Team
Streak lasted
Last win
Games Lost
Playoff Games
Score
Opponent
Next win
Hou These three streaks occurred when the team was known as the Houston Oilers.
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Updated through the 2016 season.
Note that the NFL did not institute a permanent playoff tournament until 1967 and that the NFL Championship Game and any impromptu one-game playoffs (played only in the event of a tie atop the division standings) were the only postseason matchups in this era (the Bert Bell Benefit Bowl is considered an exhibition game for the purpose of this list).
0^0 Denotes active streak
No post season appearances
Team
Longest streak with
no post-season appearances
Seasons
Washington Redskins 1946–1970 25
Arizona Cardinals 1949–1973 25
Pittsburgh Steelers 1948–1971 24
New Orleans Saints 1967–1986 20
Denver Broncos 1960–1976 17
Philadelphia Eagles 1961–1977 17
New York Giants 1964–1980 17
Buffalo Bills^ 2000–2016^ 17
Detroit Lions 1936–1951 16
Green Bay Packers 1945–1959 15
Kansas City Chiefs 1972–1985 14
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1983–1996 14
Cincinnati Bengals 1991–2004 14
Cleveland Browns^ 2003–2016^ 14
Chicago Bears 1964–1976 13
Los Angeles Chargers 1966–1978 13
Oakland Raiders 2003–2015 13
San Francisco 49ers 1958–1969 12
New England Patriots 1964–1975 12
Atlanta Falcons 1966–1977 12
Los Angeles Rams^ 2005–2016^ 12
New York Jets 1970–1980 11
Seattle Seahawks 1989–1998 10
Indianapolis Colts 1978–1986 9
Houston Texans 2002–2010 9
Jacksonville Jaguars^ 2008–2016^ 9
Tennessee Titans 1970–1977 8
Minnesota Vikings 1961–1967 7
Miami Dolphins 2009–2015 7
Dallas Cowboys 1960–1965 6
Carolina Panthers 1997–2002 6
Baltimore Ravens 1996–1999 4
Team
Longest streak with
no post-season appearances
Seasons
No post season victories
Team
Longest streak with
no post-season victories
Seasons
Arizona Cardinals 1948–1997 50
Pittsburgh Steelers 1933–1971 39
Detroit Lions 1958–1990 33
New Orleans Saints 1967–1999 33
Washington Redskins 1944–1971 28
Cincinnati Bengals^ 1991–2016^ 26
Indianapolis Colts 1972–1994 23
Los Angeles Rams 1952–1973 22
New York Giants 1959–1980 22
New England Patriots 1964–1984 21
Kansas City Chiefs 1970–1990
1994–2014 21
Buffalo Bills^ 1996–2016^ 21
San Francisco 49ers 1950–1969 20
Chicago Bears 1964–1983 20
Seattle Seahawks 1985–2004 20
Cleveland Browns^ 1995, 1999–2016^ 19
Philadelphia Eagles 1961–1978 18
Denver Broncos 1960–1976 17
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1980–1996 17
Green Bay Packers 1945–1960 16
Tennessee Titans 1962–1977 16
Los Angeles Chargers 1964–1979 16
Miami Dolphins^ 2001–2016^ 16
Oakland Raiders^ 2003–2016^ 14
New York Jets 1969–1981 13
Atlanta Falcons 1966–1977;
1979–1990 12
Dallas Cowboys 1997–2008 12
Houston Texans 2002–2010 9
Jacksonville Jaguars^ 2008–2016^ 9
Minnesota Vikings 1961–1968;
1989–1996 8
Carolina Panthers 2006–2013 8
Baltimore Ravens 2002–2007 6
Team
Longest streak with
no post-season victories
Seasons
See also[edit]
List of NFL franchise post-season streaks
List of current National Football League consecutive playoff appearances
List of last undefeated NFL teams by season
List of NFL champions (1920–69)
List of Super Bowl Champions
List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts
List of MLS club post-season droughts
List of NBA franchise post-season droughts
List of NHL franchise post-season droughts
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Season Index". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
Jump up ^ "NFL Playoff Picture". National Football League. November 5, 2015. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
Jump up ^ Rodak, Mike (September 26, 2015). "Bills now have longest playoff drought among major sports". ESPN. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
^ Jump up to: a b "Super Bowl List". pro-football-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
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Crossroads (1986 film)
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Crossroads
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Walter Hill
Produced by
Mark Carliner
Written by
John Fusco
Starring
Ralph Macchio
Joe Seneca
Jami Gertz
Music by
Ry Cooder
Cinematography
John Bailey
Edited by
Freeman A. Davies
Distributed by
Columbia Pictures
Release date
March 14, 1986 (1986-03-14)
Running time
96 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$5,839,000 (US)
Crossroads is a 1986 American coming-of-age musical drama film inspired by the legend of blues musician Robert Johnson. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca and Jami Gertz, the film was written by John Fusco and directed by Walter Hill and features an original score featuring Ry Cooder and Steve Vai on the soundtrack's guitar, and harmonica by Sonny Terry. Vai also appears in the film as the devil's guitar player in the climactic guitar duel.
Fusco was a traveling blues musician prior to attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he wrote Crossroads as an assignment in a master class led by the screenwriting giants Waldo Salt and Ring Lardner, Jr. The student screenplay won first place in the national FOCUS Awards (Films of College and University Students) and was sold to Columbia Pictures while Fusco was still a student.
Contents
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Awards and nominations
4.1 Awards
5 Soundtrack
6 Critical response
7 References
8 External links
Plot[edit]
Eugene Martone has a fascination for the blues while he studies classical guitar at the Juilliard School for Performing Arts in New York City. Researching blues and guitar music brings famed Robert Johnson's mythically creative acclaim to his attention; especially intriguing are the legends surrounding exactly how Johnson became so talented – most notably the one claiming he "sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads", as well as a famed "missing song" that was lost, supposedly evermore, to the world.
In his quest to find this song, he discovers old newspaper archive clippings revealing that Johnson's longtime friend, musician Willie Brown, is alive and incarcerated in a nearby minimum security hospital for murder. Eugene goes to see him. After Willie denies several times that he is that Willie Brown, he finally admits his identity after hearing Eugene play some blues (though Willie notes that Eugene "plays with no soul"). Willie then says he knows the missing Robert Johnson tune in question but refuses to give it to Eugene unless the boy breaks him out of the facility and gets him to Mississippi, where he has unfinished business to settle. Eugene agrees and they head south, but the boy soon realizes that Willie is constantly running minor scams such as claiming that he has more money than he actually has in order to cover their bus tickets. With no money, they end up “hoboing” from Memphis to rural Mississippi.
During their quest, Eugene and Willie experience the blues legacy of Robert Johnson first-hand, taking part in an impromptu jam session at a roadhouse (or "juke joint" as Willie puts it), where Eugene gets the nickname of "Lightning" from Willie because of his musical skill. Eugene is deeply impressed and his feelings of the authenticity of Willie being an old bluesman takes firm hold in his mind. However, when he jokingly suggests to Willie that he himself ought to "sell his soul to the Devil at the crossroads", Willie strikes him, angrily telling Eugene he should never joke like that.
A romantic interest surfaces in the guise of a hitchhiker, Frances, who follows them. She and Eugene end up sharing a tender moment in a hayloft and they are arrested. She eventually abandons the two men leaving Eugene heartbroken, but with a true feeling for the blues, as he plays on an old Fender Telecaster guitar and a Pignose amplifier. Willie confesses to Eugene at this point that there is no missing Johnson song for Eugene to learn, but Willie tells the boy that he has proven himself far beyond what learning any blues song could ever teach him.
They ultimately reach their location in Mississippi: a rural crossroads in the middle of nowhere, where Willie reveals the ultimate secret: his ability on the harmonica came about because of a deal with the devil made at this very location. The Devil shows up and says that the contract for Willie's soul is still valid, even if Willie is ultimately unsatisfied with how his life turned out.
Eugene, somewhat skeptical of the whole exchange and situation, steps into the conversation to help Willie. The Devil offers a challenge: If Eugene can come to a special concert and win a head-cutting guitar duel against his ringer guitarist, then Willie gets his soul back. If Eugene loses, then Eugene's soul is now forfeit as well. Despite Willie's protests, Eugene agrees to the deal. Willie and Eugene are transported to a music hall, where metal-blues guitar master Jack Butler, who also sold his soul for musical ability, is wowing the crowd with his prowess. Willie gives Eugene a mojo bag.
Eugene and Butler begin their guitar duel, and Eugene is eventually able to win the battle by falling back on his classical training and performing music that his opponent cannot match. Willie's soul is freed, and he and Eugene are transported back to Mississippi, where they start walking again, talking of cities they plan to visit.
Cast[edit]
Ralph Macchio as Eugene Martone
Joe Seneca as Willie Brown
Jami Gertz as Frances
Joe Morton as Scratch's assistant
Robert Judd as Scratch
Steve Vai as Jack Butler
Dennis Lipscomb as Lloyd
Harry Carey, Jr. as bartender
John Hancock as Sheriff Tilford
Allan Arbus as Dr. Santis
Gretchen Palmer as beautiful girl, dancer
Al Fann as pawnbroker
Wally Taylor as O.Z.
Tim Russ as Robert Johnson
Tex Donaldson as John McGraw
Guy Killum as Willie at 17
Akosua Busia as woman at boardinghouse
Edward Walsh as Harley Tethune
Allan Graf as Alvin
Production[edit]
The script was an original by John Fusco, who had long been interested in blues music. He worked as a blues singer and musician but had been warned by a doctor to rest his voice. In 1981 his girlfriend, who was working at a rest home, told him that an old black man with a harmonica had been admitted. Fusco went to visit him and on the way dreamt up a story about what would happen if the player was a legendary blues player. This gave him the idea for the story.[1]
Fusco wrote the script as his Master's Thesis at New York University. It was only his second screenplay. Producer Mark Farliner acted as Fusco's independent adviser on it and later helped get it made.[2] Fusco was paid $250,000.[3]
Jami Gertz was cast as the female lead. "She had the warmth I was looking for," Hill said, "and she was feisty, but I wondered, is she strong enough? She has to put Macchio through the experience of falling in love, and then she has to leave him, to strengthen his character for the movie's final showdown. I decided to go with her, and I was amazed by how strong she seemed on the screen."[4]
Hill was aware of some surface similarities to The Karate Kid: "You boil it down, and it sounds like a young kid and a wise old guy and their showdown with evil," said Hill. "But if you really look at 'Crossroads,' it's a completely different movie...I knew my most difficult task would be creating real, believable scenes between Macchio and Seneca. They had to be real characters; with an ongoing reality level, to work at all. You have to set the stage, or when your movie shifts gears to fantasy, you lose your audience."[4]
Shooting took place on location in Mississippi as well as Hollywood. Blues legend Frank Frost makes a cameo.
"I think the blues still speaks to kids today," said Ry Cooder, who performed the music with Steve Vai. "It's so old that it's new."[5]
The filmmakers shot sad and happy endings and both were tested with audiences; the happy ending was chosen.[6] (The unhappy ending had Joe Seneca's character dying.[7])
Awards and nominations[edit]
Awards[edit]
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Event
Award
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Ref.
1986 Flanders International Film Festival Ghent Georges Delerue Prize Best Original Music Ry Cooder Won [8][9]
Soundtrack[edit]
Ry Cooder said he spent a year working on the soundtrack.[10]
Main article: Crossroads (1986 soundtrack)
Critical response[edit]
Farliner said "This is as tricky a picture to market as anything. I was the first one who tried to sell the story. I know how tricky it is... It could be a classic crossover movie. But you could blow that opportunity real quick with a bad campaign." He thought Columbia had an excellent marketing team and liked that the studio spent $6 million on launching it.[11]
According to Ry Cooder, the film "went down the tubes".[10]
As of 2012, the film had a 79% certified "fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[12]
Roger Ebert in his review stated that the movie "borrows so freely and is a reminder of so many other movies that it's a little startling, at the end, to realize how effective the movie is and how original it manages to feel despite all the plunderings." He praised the film's acting and music, giving the movie 3.5 stars out of 4.[13]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Van Gelder, Lawrence (14 March 1986). "Happy Ending for a Former Blues Singer". New York Times. p. C8.
Jump up ^ Mathews, Jack (21 June 1985). "Film Clips: Getting Through 'Oz' with Help of His Friends Film Clips: A Little Help". Los Angeles Times. p. F1.
Jump up ^ Horn, John (31 Aug 1985). "Focue Plots Happy Beginnings: Focus 1985". Los Angeles Times. p. sd_e1.
^ Jump up to: a b Ebert, Roger (16 Mar 1986). "Director Walter Hill Turns Movies into Myths". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 7.
Jump up ^ Goldstein, Patrick (28 July 1985). "Pop Eye: Ry Cooder Takes Blues to the 'Crossroads' Pop Eye". Los Angeles Times. p. t65.
Jump up ^ Pond, Steve (6 February 1986). "Too Much Springsteen". Washington Post. p. C7.
Jump up ^ Goldstein, Patrick (21 March 1986). "Joe Seneca Arrives at His Moment of Truth". Los Angeles Times. p. I1.
Jump up ^ imdb.com/ Awards & Nominations
Jump up ^ Winner & Jury 1985-2012 Flandres International Film Festival Ghent Archived August 3, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
^ Jump up to: a b Milward, John (20 December 1987). "Lettin' it slide: Guitarist Ry Cooder won't follow rock trends". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. p. C28.
Jump up ^ FILM CLIPS: ARGENTINE 'STORY' WITH NO LANGUAGE BARRIERS Mathews, Jack. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 14 Mar 1986: I1.
Jump up ^ "Crossroads". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
Jump up ^ Ebert, Roger (14 March 1986). "Crossroads :: Reviews". SunTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
External links[edit]
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There ain't no such thing as a free lunch
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"No free lunch" redirects here. For the medical advocacy group, see No Free Lunch (organization). For the theorem in mathematical optimization, see No free lunch theorem.
"There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" (alternatively, "There is no such thing as a free lunch" or other variants) is a popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing. The acronyms TANSTAAFL, TINSTAAFL, and TNSTAAFL, are also used. Uses of the phrase dating back to the 1930s and 1940s have been found, but the phrase's first appearance is unknown.[1] The "free lunch" in the saying refers to the nineteenth-century practice in American bars of offering a "free lunch" in order to entice drinking customers.
The phrase and the acronym are central to Robert Heinlein's 1966 science-fiction novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, which helped popularize it.[2][3] The free-market economist Milton Friedman also popularized the phrase[1] by using it as the title of a 1975 book,[4] and it is used in economics literature to describe opportunity cost.[5] Campbell McConnell writes that the idea is "at the core of economics".[6]
Contents
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1 History and usage
1.1 "Free lunch"
1.2 Early uses
1.3 Popularization
1.4 Meanings
2 See also
3 Notes
4 References
History and usage[edit]
"Free lunch"[edit]
The "free lunch" refers to the once-common tradition of saloons in the United States providing a "free" lunch to patrons who had purchased at least one drink. Many foods on offer were high in salt (e.g., ham, cheese, and salted crackers), so those who ate them ended up buying a lot of beer. Rudyard Kipling, writing in 1891, noted how he
...came upon a bar-room full of bad Salon pictures, in which men with hats on the backs of their heads were wolfing food from a counter. It was the institution of the "free lunch" I had struck. You paid for a drink and got as much as you wanted to eat. For something less than a rupee a day a man can feed himself sumptuously in San Francisco, even though he be a bankrupt. Remember this if ever you are stranded in these parts.[7]
TANSTAAFL, on the other hand, indicates an acknowledgement that in reality a person or a society cannot get "something for nothing". Even if something appears to be free, there is always a cost to the person or to society as a whole, although that may be a hidden cost or an externality. For example, as Heinlein has one of his characters point out, a bar offering a free lunch will likely charge more for its drinks.[8]
Early uses[edit]
TANSTAAFL: a plan for a new economic world order. (Pierre Dos Utt, 1949)
According to Robert Caro, Fiorello La Guardia, on becoming mayor of New York in 1933, said "È finita la cuccagna!", meaning "Cockaigne is finished" or, more loosely, "No more free lunch"; in this context "free lunch" refers to graft and corruption.[1] The earliest known occurrence of the full phrase (except for the "a"), in the form "There ain't no such thing as free lunch", appears as the punchline of a joke related in an article in the El Paso Herald-Post of June 27, 1938 (and other Scripps-Howard newspapers about the same time), entitled "Economics in Eight Words".[9][10]
In 1945, "There ain't no such thing as a free lunch" appeared in the Columbia Law Review, and "there is no free lunch" appeared in a 1942 article in the Oelwein Daily Register (in a quote attributed to economist Harley L. Lutz) and in a 1947 column by economist Merryle S. Rukeyser.[2][11]
In 1949, the phrase appeared in an article by Walter Morrow in the San Francisco News (published on 1 June) and in Pierre Dos Utt's monograph TANSTAAFL: A Plan for a New Economic World Order,[12] which describes an oligarchic political system based on his conclusions from "no free lunch" principles.
The 1938 and 1949 sources use the phrase in relating a fable about a king (Nebuchadnezzar in Dos Utt's retelling) seeking advice from his economic advisors. Morrow's retelling, which claims to derive from an earlier editorial reported to be non-existent,[13] but closely follows the story as related in the earlier article in the El Paso Herald-Post, differs from Dos Utt's in that the ruler asks for ever-simplified advice following their original "eighty-seven volumes of six hundred pages" as opposed to a simple failure to agree on "any major remedy". The last surviving economist advises that "There ain't no such thing as free lunch."
In 1950, a New York Times columnist ascribed the phrase to economist (and army general) Leonard P. Ayres of the Cleveland Trust Company: "It seems that shortly before the General's death [in 1946]... a group of reporters approached the general with the request that perhaps he might give them one of several immutable economic truisms that he had gathered from his long years of economic study... 'It is an immutable economic fact,' said the general, 'that there is no such thing as a free lunch.'"[14]
The September 8, 1961, issue of LIFE magazine has an editorial on page 4, "'TANSTAFL,' It's the Truth," that closes with an anecdotal farmer explaining this slight variant of TANSTAAFL.
Popularization[edit]
In 1966, author Robert A. Heinlein published his seminal work The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, in which TANSTaaFL was a central, libertarian theme, mentioned by name and explained. This brought its use and the idea into mainstream popularity.[2][3]
Edwin G. Dolan used the phrase as the title of his 1971 book TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) – A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy.[15]
The free-market economist Milton Friedman subsequently increased the popularity of the phrase[1] by using it as the title of a 1975 book,[4] and it is used in economics literature to describe opportunity cost.[5] Campbell McConnell writes that the idea is "at the core of economics".[6]
Meanings[edit]
Science
In the sciences, TANSTAAFL means that the universe as a whole is ultimately a closed system. There is no magic source of matter, energy, light, or indeed lunch, that does not draw resources from something else, and that will not eventually be exhausted. Therefore, the TANSTAAFL argument may also be applied to natural physical processes in a closed system (either the universe as a whole, or any system that does not receive energy or matter from outside). (See Second law of thermodynamics.) The bio-ecologist Barry Commoner used this concept as the last of his famous "Four Laws of Ecology".
According to American theoretical physicist and cosmologist Alan Guth "the universe is the ultimate free lunch", given that in the early stage of its expansion the total amount of energy available to make particles was very large.[16]
Economics
In economics, TANSTAAFL demonstrates opportunity cost. Greg Mankiw described the concept as follows: "To get one thing that we like, we usually have to give up another thing that we like. Making decisions requires trading off one goal against another."[17] The idea that there is no free lunch at the societal level applies only when all resources are being used completely and appropriately – i.e., when economic efficiency prevails. If not, a 'free lunch' can be had through a more efficient utilization of resources. Or, as Fred Brooks put it, "You can only get something for nothing if you have previously gotten nothing for something." If one individual or group gets something at no cost, somebody else ends up paying for it. If there appears to be no direct cost to any single individual, there is a social cost. Similarly, someone can benefit for "free" from an externality or from a public good, but someone has to pay the cost of producing these benefits. (See Free rider problem and Tragedy of the commons).
Finance
In mathematical finance, the term is also used as an informal synonym for the principle of no-arbitrage. This principle states that a combination of securities that has the same cash-flows as another security must have the same net price in equilibrium.
Statistics
In statistics, the term has been used to describe the tradeoffs of statistical learners (e.g., in machine learning). That is, any model that claims to offer superior flexibility in analyzing data patterns usually does so at the cost of introducing extra assumptions, or by sacrificing generalizability in important situations.[18]
Technology
TANSTAAFL is sometimes used as a response to claims of the virtues of free software. Supporters of free software often counter that the use of the term "free" in this context is primarily a reference to a lack of constraint ("libre") rather than a lack of cost ("gratis"). Richard Stallman has described it as "'free' as in 'free speech,' not as in 'free beer'".
The prefix "TANSTAA-" (or "TINSTAA-") is used in numerous other contexts as well to denote some immutable property of the system being discussed. For example, "TANSTAANFS" is used by electrical engineering professors to stand for "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Noise-Free System".[citation needed]
Sports
Baseball Prospectus coined the abbreviation "TINSTAAPP", for "There Is No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect",[19] as many young pitchers hurt their arms before they can be effective at a major league level.
Exceptions
Some exceptions from the "no free lunch" tenet have been put forward, such as the Sun and carbon dioxide.[20] It was argued in particular that metabolism evolved to take advantage of the free lunch provided by the Sun, which also triggers production of vital oxygen in plants.[20] However, these too fall short in that the viewpoint is an open system, the earth, with "free" inputs from the Sun. When viewed from the larger system context, the Sun/Earth or Solar System, there is a net energy exchange, and still "no free lunch." [21]
See also[edit]
Economics portal
Demonstrated preference
Have one's cake and eat it too
No free lunch in search and optimization
The Free Lunch Is Over (computing)
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Notes[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d Safire, William On Language; Words Left Out in the Cold" New York Times, 2-14-1993 [1]
^ Jump up to: a b c Keyes, Ralph (2006). The Quote Verifier. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-312-34004-9.
^ Jump up to: a b Smith, Chrysti M. (2006). Verbivore's Feast: Second Course. Helena, MT: Farcountry Press. p. 131. ISBN 978-1-56037-404-6.
^ Jump up to: a b Friedman, Milton, There's No Such Thing as a Free Lunch, Open Court Publishing Company, 1975. ISBN 087548297X.
^ Jump up to: a b Gwartney, James D.; Richard Stroup; Dwight R. Lee (2005). Common Sense Economics. New York: St. Martin's Press. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-312-33818-X.
^ Jump up to: a b McConnell, Campbell R.; Stanley L. Brue (2005). Economics: principles, problems, and policies. Boston: McGraw-Hill Irwin. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-07-281935-9. OCLC 314959936. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
Jump up ^ Kipling, Rudyard (1899). American Notes. Boston: Brown and Company. p. 18. OCLC 1063540. Retrieved 31 May 2014.
American Notes by Rudyard Kipling at Project Gutenberg
Jump up ^ Heinlein, Robert A. (1997) [1966]. The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress. New York: Tom Doherty Associates. pp. 8–9. ISBN 0-312-86355-1.
Jump up ^ Shapiro, Fred (16 July 2009). "Quotes Uncovered: The Punchline, Please". The New York Times – Freakonomics blog. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
Jump up ^ "Economics in Eight Words". The Pittsburgh Press. March 13, 1958. Retrieved 1 April 2014. ...first published in Scripps-Howard newspapers 20 years ago.
Jump up ^ Fred R. Shapiro, ed. (2006). The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press. p. 478. ISBN 978-0-300-10798-2.
Jump up ^ Dos Utt, Pierre (1949). TANSTAAFL: A Plan for a New Economic World Order. Cairo Publications, Canton, OH.
Jump up ^ "The Big Apple: “No more free lunch!” (Fiorello La Guardia)". Barrypopik.com. 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2016-05-14.
Jump up ^ Fetridge, Robert H, "Along the Highways and Byways of Finance," The New York Times, Nov 12, 1950, p. 135
Jump up ^ Dolan, Edwin G. (1971). TANSTAAFL (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch) – A Libertarian Perspective on Environmental Policy. updated and reissued in 2011
Jump up ^ Hawking, Stephen (1988). A brief history of time. Bantam books. p. 144. ISBN 0553175211.
Jump up ^ Principles of Economics (4th edition), p. 4.
Jump up ^ Simon, N.; Tibshirani, R. (2014). "Comment on "Detecting Novel Associations In Large Data Sets" by Reshef Et Al, Science Dec 16, 2011". arXiv:1401.7645  .
Jump up ^ Leach, Matthew (12 April 2013). "Even top pitching prospects are no sure thing". MLB.com. Retrieved 6 May 2013.
^ Jump up to: a b Friend, Tim (2007). The Third Domain: The Untold Story of Archaea and the Future of Biotechnology. National Academies Press. p. 21. ISBN 0309102375.
Jump up ^ Wilson, Richard (11 December 2013). "Is the earth a 'closed system' with the Sun providing the sole input?". Retrieved 26 November 2016.
References[edit]
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