<P> A winless season is a regular season in which a sports team fails to win any of their games . The antithesis of a perfect season, this ignominy has been suffered twelve times in professional American football, six times in arena football, three times in professional Canadian football, once each in American professional lacrosse and box lacrosse, more than twenty - five times in major Australian football leagues, thirteen times in top - level rugby league, at least twice in top - level rugby union, and twice in English county cricket . </P> <P> Because of the relatively small number of games played in college and professional football seasons, there is a possibility that a particularly inept team will not manage to win any games . Before overtime was used consistently, teams might tie a game without winning one; these are generally counted in lists of winless seasons . This is because, during eras before overtime was introduced to American football, leagues generally ignored tied games when calculating winning percentage . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Losses </Th> <Th> Ties </Th> <Th> Strength of Schedule </Th> <Th> Remarks </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Cleveland Browns </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0.520 </Td> <Td> Ties the 2008 Detroit Lions for most losses in a single season . Coincidentally, both had perfect 4--0 preseasons, and lost the final game of the regular season to a heated division rival on the road . First NFL franchise to have multiple seasons with 15 or more losses, going 1--31 over two seasons, with their only win in week 16 of the 2016 season . The only franchise to have a winless season and a perfect season (1948). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2008 </Td> <Td> Detroit Lions </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0.559 </Td> <Td> 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 (1942, see below). With this season, The Lions became only the second NFL franchise with two full winless seasons (and the only one still in existence). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> Baltimore Colts </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0.648 </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> 0.520 </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> 0.540 </Td> <Td> Debut season . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> <Td> Brooklyn Tigers </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0.645 </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> 0.650 </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> 0.595 </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> 0.541 </Td> <Td> This was the first NFL season during U.S. involvement in World War II, leading to a depletion of the player talent pool . There were talks of suspending play . However, it was ultimately decided to continue operations to boost morale on the home front . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1934 </Td> <Td> Cincinnati Reds </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0.608 </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> 0.649 </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> 0.531 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Team </Th> <Th> Wins </Th> <Th> Losses </Th> <Th> Ties </Th> <Th> Strength of Schedule </Th> <Th> Remarks </Th> </Tr>

Last nfl team to go without a win