<Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Losses </Th> <Th> Ties </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Detroit Lions </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Most losses in a single season . Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II . This was their second winless season in franchise history . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Baltimore Colts </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strike - shortened season . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> Tampa Bay Buccaneers </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Debut season; went on to lose the first 12 games of the 1977 season as well, to start 0--26 as a franchise . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> Dallas Cowboys </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Debut season . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> Brooklyn Tigers </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Suspended operations after the season, and did not return to the league after World War II ended . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> Card - Pitt </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Merger between Chicago Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers due to player shortages during World War II; the Steelers themselves merged with the Philadelphia Eagles the previous year for the same reasons . Also, the Steagles were the only team the Steelers had merged and won games with the Eagles . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1943 </Td> <Td> Chicago Cardinals </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> If one includes the 1944 Card - Pitt team (see above), the Cardinals are the only NFL team to have back - to - back full seasons without a victory . (The league, however, considers Card - Pitt and the Cardinals to be separate franchises .) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1942 </Td> <Td> Detroit Lions </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> With its 0--16 mark in 2008 (see above), the Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons (and the only one still in existence). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> Cincinnati Reds </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Folded before the season was over . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> Columbus Tigers </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> First franchise with more than one full winless season (the Tigers folded after the 1926 campaign). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1922 </Td> <Td> Columbus Panhandles </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Losses </Th> <Th> Ties </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Detroit Lions </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Most losses in a single season . Detroit was the first non-expansion team to lose every game in a full season since World War II . This was their second winless season in franchise history . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Baltimore Colts </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Strike - shortened season . </Td> </Tr>

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