The Worst Team To Make It To A Super Bowl?

[@joshuashamai2876]

Terry Bradshaw said the Rams were the toughest Super Bowl opponent the Steelers faced during their run. That Super Bowl was more competitive than the score let on.

[@nflunveiled]

Rams put up a great fight

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

And that’s crazy seeing as how Bradshaw faced Roger staubach and the doomsday Dallas defense twice and fran tarkenton and the Minnesota purple people eaters during that time.

[@dicky7600]

The Rams led at halftime

[@danhollister2376]

Quarterbacks and all offensive players were allowed to be hit then.

[@danhollister2376]

The league has definitely changed. Wasn't it Joe Montana that set the first Quarterback rating with a 89?

[@jjrevab1118]

Interestingly, the Rams led in Super Bowl XIV after the first three quarters. It was a very entertaining game, which forced the Steelers to complete several big plays.

[@tatesinclair6837]

THANK YOU ... the Rams gave the Steelers all they could handle.

[@nflunveiled]

I agree, Rams played very well. I wasn't factoring actual SB performance into this, but there are several teams you could argue were worse than the Rams to make it

[@gturcott1]

Great game young hungry team that could run the ball. With starting qb they maybe win

[@bluebirdconundrum]

The Rams were helped by the fact that the Super Bowl was basically a home game for them. Few teams would have been able to beat the Rams on that particular day in that particular place, but the 70s Steelers were just that good. IMO, the game was a tribute to the quality of both participants.

[@anthonybrooks5040]

​@bluebirdconundrum I agree. I was a teenager when that game was played and the Rams put up a real fight. They looked sure to take the lead in the 4th quarter before Lambert picked off Ferragamo. Then the 73-yard super bomb from Bradshaw to Stallworth happened. Ball game, decade dynasty.

[@scottfarmer8758]

In my opinion the worst team to ever play in a Super Bowl was either the 94 Chargers or the 85 Patriots

[@nflunveiled]

I did consider both, you could definitely make a case for either

[@scottfarmer8758]

@@nflunveiled at least the Rams put up a good fight, the Chargers and Patriots got crushed in their Super Bowl appearances.

[@nflunveiled]

​@@scottfarmer8758 the Rams did very well in the Super Bowl considering. What did it for me was their performance leading up to that point. They showed up against Dallas, not so much Tampa (offensively) and the regular season was messy at times

[@DanielEDugger]

The Bears defense just made them look horrible 😊😮😅❤, but that's just my opinion, from a life long Bear Fan!!😂❤,Da Bears 🐻

[@herseyberry4655]

The rams had a solid defense, a decent runner and some fast receivers.

[@bansheesioux5569]

The fact is that he rams won their division 6 times and kept running into Minnesota or dallas. Definitely not the worst team.

[@nflunveiled]

Rams were dominant in the 70s, record wise this was their worst + worst offensive rating. Not to say '79 they were bad. They were decimated by injuries in fairness. There are several teams you could certainly say are worse to reach the SB, this was just my opinion.

[@tonyc8752]

Agree.. terrible video

[@rufuspipemos]

They WERE the worst team to make a Super Bowl. Who cares what they did in 1975? We are talking about the 1979 Rams.

[@erichodge567]

I was a Rams fan back in the day, and the only question every year was "who is going to beat us in the playoffs ?" Every year, either the Cowboys or the Vikings, every single year...

[@douglassmith7750]

​@erichodge567 Yep...remember well..they would win big against these teams when it didn't matter

[@randomhuman19]

I know this 79 team well. That season the injuries were a huge issue. By playoff time most of the key players had returned. Had this team been healthy all year, they would obviously had more Ws. And Ferragamo proved in 1980, once he got comfortable and confident, he could play at a better than average rate for late 70s QB standards.

[@petercena9497]

The Rams were better than their 9-7, they were 12-4 the previous year. The 94 Chargers were the worst.

[@russellseilhamer4552]

That Rams defense was insanely good. They held the Seahawks to -23 yards passing in a shutout. The Rams were 9-7 in 1979 only because of injuries. The mid to late 70s Rams were absolutely stacked with talent but were woeful underachievers in the playoffs losing in 1974,76, and 77 to Minnesota in games they should’ve won; also losing at home in shocking blowout fashion in 1975 and 78. They were one quarterback away from a dynasty in my opinion. Had the Rams drafted Bradshaw instead of the Steelers, the Rams would’ve won 4 SBs and no one would’ve ever heard of the Steel Curtain. The Rams won regular season games vs Pittsburgh both in 1975 and 1978

[@Rickman897]

Some people actually consider most of the 1970s Rams teams better than their Super Bowl winning 2021 team.

[@davidgillock6425]

Steeler fan here. Wendell Tyler was on that Rams team. That's him at the very end of this clip. He was a tough SOB. That was a great game.

[@bnegs521]

I would say it was the 94 Chargers not this Rams team that lead PIT 19 to 17 after 3 quarters.

[@70gabino]

I couldn't stand the Rams as they regularly beat my 49ers. But when they played the Steelers, I somehow found myself rooting for them. They played a hell of a game.

[@ronricherson6685]

I flew home from the Air Force to watch the Rams in this SB. It was a very exciting game. At the end of the 3rd quarter, the Rams were on defense and RAN to the opposite end of the field as a way of telling the Steelers, "We are coming after you." Sports Illustrated next cover said, "This one was SUPER." It was disappointing to see them lose, but even more disappointing when they left L.A. for Anaheim and then St.Louis. Carroll Rosenbloom, who owned the Rams was serious about winning. When he died and left the team to his wife Georgia, she didn't care about winning. After the Rams moved to St. Louis and suddenly became the greatest show on earth, Jim Nantz interviewed her after the Rams won the NFC Championship and were heading to the Super Bowl. He said,, "Isn't it great that the Super Bowl will be played in the GEORGIA dome?" She looked at him with a such a perplexed look I couldn't help but laugh. Clueless!

[@SoonerBear]

Thing about my teams, Broncos, Buccaneers, & Vikings, they have always been in one place. One day @ work, when I worked @ Ditch Witch, 3 years or so, I wore my Oilers cap. A co-worker noticed it, and said, I haven't watched the NFL since 1996. A lot of changes that year. The Oilers left Houston, either Jacksonville or Carolina, I can't remember which, came into the league.

[@DynomyteDewd91]

The story behind the Rams being so competitive in SB XIV against the Steelers. The Rams won their division 6 times and were a very good team from 1973-1978. The Rams team that faced the Steelers in the Super Bowl had Bud Carson, Pittsburgh’s former defensive coordinator from 1972-1977, as well as several other former Pittsburgh coaches. The Rams staff knew the Steelers’ players well and had some insight in their tendencies, which is what Terry Bradshaw alluded to when he said the Rams were the toughest Super Bowl opponent they faced.

[@Rickman897]

Heck I actually heard that some people actually consider most of the 70s Rams teams better than their Super Bowl winning 2021 team.

[@pablocruise9514]

At least they had a winning record. Its ridiculous in the NBA and NHL that losing teams are in the playoffs. Wish they would make a rule that you have to have a .500 record or better. Otherwise their would be opponent gets a bye. An alternative is to substitute in teams with winning or .500 records from the other conference.

[@joeseddit]

How about we go back to making the regular season matter in all sports instead of letting half the teams in playoffs?

[@searchforthestrangler5034]

A veteran solid defense had something to do with their Super Bowl appearance that gave a the great Steeles all they could handle

[@andrewfisher8749]

Wendell Tyler was the only RB to rush over 100 yards against the Steelers. They knocked him out. Twice. Rams defense was awesome. Feragamo was inexperienced to say the least but had a great arm. Billy Waddy was wide open when we could’ve taken the game.

[@nflunveiled]

definitely - Feragamo threw a great deep ball

[@TSimo113]

The Rams were better than their record that year. They had a phenomenal defense and a strong running game. They beat the Steelers during the regular season

[@Biggdoom344]

They beat the Steelers in 78. They didn’t play in the 79 regular season.

[@danw2112]

This is the first Super Bowl where one of the teams played in their home market or metropolitan area.

[@rickarnold7778]

I remember that. Do you know if it's happened since?'

[@JL-sm6cg]

@@rickarnold7778 2021 and 2022 in their actual stadium.

[@rickarnold7778]

@@JL-sm6cg Thanks for the info. Can't believe I didn't remember. Geez, it wasn't that long ago.

[@johnwhite5485]

Also one of tge 49ers' Super Bowls was played in nearby Palo Alto

[@Jiltedin2007]

@@johnwhite5485 Beat the ____ out of the Dolphins that game 38-16 in their marquee matchup "Montana vs. Marino".

[@RagDraggo]

What's really odd is that whenever the Rams and the Cowboys played in NFC playoffs (back in those days), the Rams could never EVER beat Dallas when the game was in the LA Coliseum (Cowboys ALWAYS smacked the Rams and good,, in LA), however the Rams WERE able to win there IN Dallas (Texas Stadium),, well at least HALF of the time while in Dallas.

[@mftepera]

That was a great rivalry.

[@CraigCulby-b5s]

From 1970 to 1982 Dallas made it to the NFC Championship game ten times. The other three years: one year they missed the playoffs and the other two seasons ended in losses to the Rams at home in the divisional round by a total of four points. The second loss was Roger Staubach's last game. His last pass was a "completion" to one of his linemen. The Rams' losses to the Cowboys were in NFC Championship games both blowouts.

[@chessmentor63]

The 2011 NY Giants were 7-7 with two games left in the regular season, which they had to win to make it into the playoffs, which they did, defeating the Jets and the Cowboys. This earned them the division title but with a 9-7 record it was not good enough for a bye. So they then had to win 2 of their 3 playoff games on the road, including the NFC championship against San Francisco, and then they beat New England in the Super Bowl for the second time. THIS is the most memorable playoff run by a borderline team in NFL history, bar none. After starting 7-7 they got hot at the right time and rattled off 6 wins in a row, and took home the crown.

[@NYG5]

They went from having no defense, no online, and no running game to having a pretty good defense, ok online and decent running game overnight

[@RichPancoast]

@@NYG5 If that got that good,,,why couldn't they repeat it the next year?

[@spiritualarchitect4276]

The Rams were ahead for most of the game. So the Rams deserved to be there.

[@markfahey2520]

In 1979, Seattle and the LA Rams were NOT division mates

[@mftepera]

This is correct. Seattle was in the AFC West during this period.

[@markfahey2520]

@mftepera What's weird is that in 1976 (their first year), the Seahawks WERE in the NFC, but switched in 1977 to the AFC where they stayed until the realignment in 2002 necessitated by the addition of the Houston Texans.

[@mftepera]

@@markfahey2520 That's right. The Buccaneers were in the AFC in 1976 and then they swapped conferences with the Seahawks in 1977 so every team could play these two new expansion teams. Strange times but a great era in the NFL.

[@nflunveiled]

wait, who said they were?

[@markfahey2520]

@@nflunveiled Ok, my bad. When you said they won a mediocre division and showed the Seattle logo, I thought you were saying they were in the same division as the Rams. I misunderstood initially and realized what you were actually saying on a re-watch.

[@TheSteveSteele]

The ‘79 Rams were not the worst team to make it to the Super Bowl. Not even close. They were a good competitive team. I think the ‘94 Chargers were the worst.

[@debbiehenson1096]

They came very close to winning. Had the lead midway through 3rd quarter. Very good team.

[@baseballsux2]

The 1967 Green Bay Packers had a 9-4-1 regular season record before winning Super Bowl II. They were the first 9 win team to win a SB. The ‘79 Rams were the first team to lose 7 games to win the SB tho.

[@Rickman897]

The Rams won sbs 34 & 56 in 1999 & 2021 respectively. They didn’t win SB 14.

[@baseballsux2]

Right. I meant make the SB

[@jefffuller9918]

2007 Giants. A wild card team that beat the 18 -0 Pats to become the SB champs.

[@lunaticfringe896]

Why on earth would they qualify? They whipped the Patriots

[@rushrush1209]

You can't be the worst team to make the Super Bowl, if you win the Super Bowl.

[@lunaticfringe896]

@@rushrush1209 Yes, you can. Dumb luck happens sometimes

[@ac9559]

It is not who you play, it is when you play them. The Rams were a great team when they reached the Super Bowl. 9-7 did not reflect how good they really were by that time.

[@paulcooverjr.6947]

Team that didn't have a chance was the 89-90 broncos. Niners wiped them 55-10

[@nflunveiled]

Yeah the Broncos had no chance lol. They were the only team in the AFC to have over 10 wins that year. NFC was loaded.

[@aidsskrillex327]

The Bronco WERE 12 and 4 that year. They were probably better than a lot of teams that went to Super Bowls and some that won them. Elway was great as always an unlike most of his career had a great young RB in Bobby Humphrey. The defense was really good in that they gave up only 220 points. But nobody was going to beat that SF team with Montana, Rice, Craig, Taylor etc.......they lost only one game that year and it was just barely.

[@paulcooverjr.6947]

@aidsskrillex327 I agree, broncos were actually unstoppable in the afc. Orange crushed everyone. Just wanted to remind the maker of the video that it was a special year. Not one team in the nfl stood a chance against that sanfrancisco team. At least 6 hall of fame guys on that team.

[@kenhobbs9251]

Broncos were a very good team in 89-90 12-4 49ers would have destroyed any team that season

[@lunaticfringe896]

Hardly. That Bronco team was good, they just happened to play ONE OF THE GREATEST TEAMS OF ALL TIME ('89 49ers). Are you kidding me?

[@johnharris6655]

1978 Broncos. Only got there because of two Terrible Calls against the Raiders, which was the first time you hear cries for instant replay reviews. Deprived America of the Defending Super Bowl Champion Raiders against the Cowboys or, America's Most Wanted Vs America's Team.

[@thebeebyboys1751]

That is impressive, almost 50 yo sour grapes. The Broncos played the Raiders three times that year, the Broncos won twice. Deprived, that is rich, that was not even the AFC Championship, Raiders would have had to get past Pittsburg to get stomped by the Cowboys... How had that being going in the 70s up to that point? . Seriously I thought you guys saved this conspiracy BS for the Steelers.

[@johnwhite5485]

@@thebeebyboys1751 That was the AFC Championship. Denver had already beaten Pittsburgh in the first round.

[@kevinbowen6182]

Yep. The Broncos probably had 2-3 players who would have started on the Cowboys.

[@bobculwell5375]

The 1978 Broncos didn’t go to the Super Bowl.

[@johnharris6655]

@@bobculwell5375 Well the 1977 Broncos played in the 1978 Super Bowl.

[@michaelengland6534]

I was a big Steelers fan during the Knoll Bradshaw years. The Steel Curtain was incredible. Harris and Bleier and you still haven't gotten th Swann and Stallworth. 4 Suler Bowls in 6 years. The years thatvtge Raiders got past them in the AFC title game, both Harris and Bleier were injured. I say all of this because I did not remember how good the Rams defense was. When you think of the Purple People Eaters, the Dallas Doomsday Defense, and of course the Steel Curtain, you forget of some of the really good defensive teams even if it was only for a season or 2. The Oakland Raiders in their heyday were hardest hitting defense I might have ever seen.

[@johnhoblock5872]

They were giving the Steelers all they could handle and then some in that Superbowl. Seven lead changes and the Rams were leading going into the 4th quarter, so the 9-7 season record means nothing. Playoffs is where it matters.

[@mftepera]

The divisional playoff win in Dallas was Roger Staubach’s last game. Pat Haden getting hurt was a blessing in disguise.

[@vincesmith2499]

Pat Haden is a Rhodes Scholar.

[@nala3038]

@@vincesmith2499what does that have to do with his injury

[@jamesage24]

I was dealing roulette at a charity function a few years back, and Jackie Slater was playing at my table. I never let on that I knew who he was until the very end when he was finished playing. I asked him a single question which was, would you guys have had a better chance if Haden wasn't injured. He said no, Vince threw a better deep ball which spread the defense and opened up the running game. So Slater completely agrees with you! And he was a super nice guy.

[@homerbackwards]

I got to listen on radio for this Super Bowl during 3 hour drive back to college.

[@GordonPyzik]

The rams were injured badly all year till they got there players back near end of year. Thats'why they were only 9 and 7

[@rog9601]

I remember all of this, and the Super Bowl was much closer than the score indicates

[@maestroclassico5801]

Sounds like the Rams were one franchise quarterback away from the promised land....

[@williamhicks7736]

The Rams had a very good team… the previous year, they went 12-4… they had a lot of injuries in 1979…. Were fortunate that they played in a weak division…

[@Rickman897]

They also had a lot of injuries when they were the defending champions in 2022 as well.

[@sickofguysnamedtodd2293]

Hey the Rams may have been meh in the regular season but they got hot when it mattered: in the playoffs. Much like thr 2008 Arizona cardinals did.

[@Seattle-2017]

Agreed on the '94 Chargers. This Rams team was a good team having an off year, but got by the Cowboys who lost some players from the years before, and then gave the Stelers all they could handle. That Chargers team also had a very so-so QB and receivers and was led by the defense, and upset the Steelers in the AFC title game, but got crushed in the Super Bowl. Another team to consider is the 2008 Arizona Cardinals. They were also 9-7 and basically won on the spectacular play of Larry Fitzgerald and Kurt Warner. Essentially a two man team that almost won the NFL title. Without both those two, that Cardinals team goes 4-12.

[@Biggdoom344]

I’m going to guess you just googled stats. The 79 rams had a ton of injuries and actually made the SB with the back up QB. This same team went 12-4 the year before and lost in the nfc championship game to Dallas. The Rams also made the NFC championship game in 74-75-76-78-79. Five out of six seasons. The Rams were not a bad team and gave the Steelers all they could handle. The worst SB team I’ve ever seen are the 85 patriots followed by the 94 chargers. 😮

[@johnwhite5485]

It's unfortunate that the Rams, who had so many better teams in the 70s were only represented in the Super Bowl but this one. (Edited for fat-finger typos)

[@thebeebyboys1751]

Cowboys and Vikings are to blame. The Rams and Washington are the only two teams that are not Dallas or Minnesota to play in a 1970s Super Bowl.

[@Rickman897]

I’ve heard some people consider some of the 70s Rams teams better than their Super Bowl winning 2021 team.

[@johnwhite5485]

​@@Rickman897 Based on your profile picture I hope that I'm safe in assuming that you're a Browns fan. They too had some great teams in the 70s. In 1978 they were robbed but the officials in what could have been their first win in Three Rivers and that could have changed the playoff picture. Later that year, I was in the Dawg Pound to see them beat the Rams, in what was a solid win, but not a rout.

[@Rickman897]

@@johnwhite5485 Indeed.

[@KittyPurrfect100]

Worst Super Bowl team was late 80s Broncos teams. Blown out every single time

[@kameronjones6633]

Having 5 all pro lineman is crazy

[@rchdeflepfan]

Ferragamo made one mistake. Waddy was wide open on the play that Lambert picked off Ferragamo.

[@paulcooverjr.6947]

Back then only four teams made the playoffs in each conference

[@joerules829]

In 79’ there were 5 teams in each conference. The last year only 4 made it was 1977. They added the Wild Card game in 1978.

[@MikeMcGilvry]

​@@joerules829 you are correct sir! , yes!

[@joeseddit]

Which is better in my opinion. Also miss the playoffs landing close to the holidays and the Super Bowl in early January to kinda cap off the holiday season. Now we get the last week of the regular season featuring a "playoff implication" game featuring a couple .500 teams battling for the last spot only to squashed in the first round. And a Super Bowl that's pushing March, long after most have lost interest in football and moved on to Basketball.

[@Salvatore1268]

What a ridiculous headline the Rams lead entering the 4th quarter

[@Phil-tt3xg]

Rams were actually a good team having an off season.

[@Rickman897]

Heck I heard some people actually consider most of the 1970s Rams teams better than their 2021 team.

[@studogable]

Ferragamo was my first favorite football player

[@robertpfeffer8541]

Giants made it and won the SB with records of only 10-6 and 9-7

[@rickhall517930]

Where's the QB's left arm at 1:24 ?

[@SingleTax]

This is an unbalanced, and therefore flawed, analysis, because (a) the Rams went undefeated in the playoffs -- thereby negating their regular season losses -- and (b) they were actually ahead of the defending world champions after three quarters of play. Contrast that with the 1989 Broncos. After making it to Super Bowl, they proceeded to lose by 45 points -- a record that remains to this day.

[@hammer44head]

Rams matched up good with the Steelers, it was their (rams) bad luck they kept choking in the playoffs in the 70's to the Vikes and Cowboys. Rams got hot last couple months and were more than ready to finally reach the SB. Rams just started bad early in the season but they finished up pretty strong.

[@PeteyThePanda]

‘94 Chargers we’re far worse. The team they beat to get to the Super Bowl (Steelers) were the far superior team but two big plays did them in. They wouldn’t have beaten the 49ers but the score would’ve been a hell of a lot closer than 49-26 and they would not have allowed Steve Young to throw 6 Touchdowns - 3 to Jerry Rice

[@lunaticfringe896]

My God, PERFECTLY SAID!! Like TO THE T

[@StartingFromNothing]

who knows what would had happen, they allowed an inferior talented team beat them at home.

[@malbuff]

Yeah, that Super Bowl was over as soon as the 49ers won the toss and elected to receive. They scored on the game's third play.

[@Astral878]

It doesn't matter how the earlier season goes as long as you make the playoffs and how good you then as they say the playoffs are a new season

[@kevinbowen6182]

That Rams team was overdue. Their defense was really good.

[@magnuslord]

1:23 Where is the guys left arm?

[@geoffroi-le-Hook]

Jack Youngblood played the Super Bowl (in fact most of the playoffs) on a broken fibula. It only supports 5% of the weight.

[@muzikdude1188]

When I first saw the title I instantly thought of the 1985 Patriots. Everyone knew before the coin toss that was going to be a bloodbath.

[@lunaticfringe896]

'79 Rams...they wouldn't be anywhere near my top choice. They had a lot of studs throughout their roster and had numerous injuries that hampered them. Cody Jones, Ron Jessie and Pat Haden were all significant losses to IR. Even then, they still had some monsters. Nolan Cromwell was a beast, both Youngblood brothers, Wendell Tyler, Kent Hill, Jackie Slater, etc. If one goes by DVOA for worst ever, the award would go to the 2008 Cardinals, who have the theoretical worst DVOA of any Super Bowl team. Interestingly, I'm not seeing them as a common consideration. Along those lines, I see commentary about the '85 Patriots. Bah. While they got lucky as hell against the Dolphins in the '85 AFCC game, they aren't even in the top 10 for crappiest DVOA. They wouldn't even come CLOSE to my top 3 worst teams.... But DVOA isn't everything. I would submit that the top contenders are, quite easily: 2001 Patriots 1994 Chargers 1980 Raiders Ranging from near talentless to lucky, none of these teams had any business even sniffing the playoffs, to say nothing about the Super Bowl. Further, some teams just get hot at the right time. Take the aforementioned '08 Cardinals, the '79 Rams, hell, even the '05 Steelers got hot at the right time (as the Colts were likely the best team overall in '05). When you get hot, you can do some damage in the playoffs without letting your head hang. But those 3 teams above, they were just pathetically lucky. I can recite numerous nonsense for all of them '80 Raiders: Raymond Chester and his completely dumba$$, lucky bounce-off-Kenny-King-pass-right-into-his-arms garbage, JJ dropping a few passes through no contribution of the Raiders, etc. '94 Chargers: Two idiot bombs, especially the Alfred Pupunu bomb where no Steelers covers him and it wasn't a trick play. Like what the actual fu*k? This game is UNDERAPPRECIATED by fans, as they don't really know just how f-ing INSANE this game was. I cannot find a single game where the LOSING team puts up ~2x the (1) Total Plays, (2) Total Yards, (3) Total TOP and, here's the kicker, (4) EVEN in turnovers and somehow LOSES the game. It's UNHEARD OF. '01 Patriots: Perhaps the single most talentless team of all time to qualify, to say nothing about win, a Super Bowl. Do I even need to go into detail with this $hitty team? My God. The single worst referee call of all time with the Tuck Rule, bumbling their way through the AFCC game with bad ref calls (that even the league admits), multiple special teams TDs, etc. And let's not forget, THEY F-ING CHEATED! '79 Rams compared to those 3 turds? No way. I'll take the Rams over any of those dogs every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Even with injuries, they still had some monsters and got hot at the right time. It's hard to bomb a team that gets hot and just smokes the competition, even if they are truly a worse team. But those 3 turds above? Not only did they suck, but they also got lucky at levels that are just...mouth opening...

[@pp3k3jamail]

💥💥The worst team to go to a super bowl is the 2008 Cardinals, who 6 of their 9 wins came against under 500 trash NFC West teams. When the 2008 Cardinals lost games they lost them by average of like 20+ points per game. The 2008 Cardinals were 28th in scoring defense and 19th in total defense and the were 22nd in rushing offense. Defensively the 2008 Cardinals only had 31 sacks and only 13 int on defense. The second worst team to go to the Super bowl in my opinion will be the 2011 giants. They had the 27th ranked defense in the NFL and the 25th ranked scoring defense. They also were 29th in pass defense. The 2011 giants were 32nd in rush offense and 19th in Rush defense.

[@lunaticfringe896]

I think you can make the case for the Cardinals. They had the worst DVOA of any Super Bowl team. BUT...I find it hard to bomb teams like this when they just beat teams outright in the playoffs. Getting hot at the right time is damn-near everything and they did. Hard to fault them for that. But the '01 Patriots, or '94 Chargers or '80 Raiders...THOSE teams were just STUPID lucky

[@pp3k3jamail]

@@lunaticfringe896 you got to have some luck involved like the 08 Cardinals got lucky in the NFC championship Game. The referees didn't call pass interference on the last play when Kevin Curtis was interfered with.

[@writeralbertlanier3434]

Its fairer to say The Rams were one of the worst offensive teans to make the Super Bowl not one of the worst teams to make it to the SB.

[@arthurfonzarelli9331]

Some of the Vikings teams of the 70's were not nearly as good as their record indicated. They played in a very weak division and a weak NFC. It's why they always lost in the Super Bowl. One of the first games I remember watching as a youngster was in 1973 when the Vikings went to the SB. Towards the end of the season they played Cincinnati, who were probably the third or fourth best team in the AFC that season, and got trounced by the Bengals.

[@samsonbabayan6894]

FERAGAMO WAS A GREAT QB.ONCE THREW FOR 500 plus yards

[@WILLIAMWILKINSON-r4b]

Actually the worst team to make to the SB was the Giants in SB 36 I believe against the Ravens

[@anthonydileonardo8156]

Can you imagine the Tampa Buccaneers against the Steelers in SB XIV....it would've been a blow-out of steroids....

[@kurtgreaser8439]

That Tampa team was built around Defense. Might have been more of a game than you think.

[@nala3038]

I think it would have been closer than u think

[@johnwhite5485]

Just like when they came in as underdogs against the Raiders in or around 2003

[@malbuff]

@@johnwhite5485 That was insane. Gruden knew all the plays. I couldn't believe Oakland was actually favored.

[@jamesnelson540]

2000 NYG was below par for a sb team. 94 chargers ... that bears team that lost to the colts was there cause the nfc was down that year too

[@keithstringer1140]

2015 Panthers

[@joeseddit]

Oh that's a good one, too. So bad I already forgot about them and it wasn't that long ago. Heh-heh. Cam Newton going all "fetal position" on the fumble. That was a sorry SB team.

[@impossiblescissors]

The only Ram I remember from that era was Leon White!

[@CharismaticDad]

Two of the worst teams to make the Superbowl actually won it when the Giants beat the Patriots twice.

[@cheapme1850]

1:23 I think those are pretty good stats for a one-armed QB. 😂

[@nflunveiled]

I don't know how I missed that in the edit lol 🤦‍♂️

[@ronscott7]

They stayed with the mighty Steelers for 3 quarters too.

[@chrisbenavides3176]

Hands down the answer is 2006 Chicago Bears

[@joeseddit]

That Rams team had road-graters on the O-Line. Not the worst. What about that Denver team that got beat by Montana and the 49ers something like 77-14? I nominate that team. Or the Patriots team that got thumped by the bears.

[@KaisasDad]

How about the 69 Vikings ? Their QB couldn't throw either & their speed back was Dave Osborn.

[@lunaticfringe896]

How about DUH. The '69 Vikings were absolute MONSTERS, especially their defense. You clearly don't know just how great that team was. The Chiefs were simply better, with a more advanced offense

[@KaisasDad]

More advanced ? The Vikings never put a man in motion or even shifted. That's with a 10 yr vet at QB. High school teams were more sophisticated. And who can forget Joe Kapp's career in Boston ? Old Pats fans would love to.

[@KaisasDad]

And their speed back was Dave Osborn.

[@lunaticfringe896]

@@KaisasDad I think you need to read my comment again. You mixed up Vikings with Chiefs. And you are still focused on offense when it was clearly their dominant defense that was carrying the team

[@willyschmitt5665]

How about the 85 patriots. They were only a wild card team that managed to get to the super bowl only to get blown out by the bears.

[@zyxwut321]

How much better a Super Bowl it would've been had the Dolphins advanced and played the Bears. That could've been an all-time classic.

[@willyschmitt5665]

The dolphins would have given the bears a much better game.

[@rickarnold7778]

@@zyxwut321 True, especially since the Dolphins were the team that handed the Bears their only loss that season.

[@thebeebyboys1751]

Everyone got blown out by the Bears that year. Joe Montana and the 49ers who had won two Super Bowls at that point, got stomped by the Bears in 85.

[@thebeebyboys1751]

@@rickarnold7778 it was a Monday night game in Miami when the Bears had almost everything sealed up, I think they were 12-0, Bears would have destroyed the Dolphins in a neutral site Super Bowl.

[@DavidBayliff]

I watch this game at 13 i was a big steelers fan and still am but other teams were worst since then

[@Sanguelto]

85 patriots would like a word

[@randallbozeman2559]

How do you lose 4 superbowls in a row and NOT have that distinction 🤷🤷

[@malbuff]

That Bills team was a great team regardless.

[@edlawn5481]

Just imagine if the Bucs had gotten to that Super Bowl.

[@deragon59]

What a load of shit The Rams were a very good team that had injuries during the year. They finally got healthy at the end of the year and made a run and had the Steelers on the run for 2 quarters. And you can't even pronounce the coaches name.

[@Rickman897]

They also had injuries when they were the defending champions oddly enough.

[@Tom15C]

The 2011 Giants are the worst team @ 9-7 to win the Super Bowl.

[@dominickgaramella6431]

Boooooo

[@lunaticfringe896]

Hardly.

[@lunabranwen]

Chargers

[@joeyrivaldo5239]

2000 Giants gets my Vote

[@joedimaggio3687]

What?

[@samu-eljackson4211]

Fred Dryer was on that team.

[@OldHickoryAndyJackson]

Wasn't the 79 Rams, they were good, albeit the QB was garbage. Had to be the 85 Patriots or Giants

[@jackregoproductions8649]

They did not play that bad though. Were up 19-17 before losing 31-19

[@douglashudson6737]

I don't see how the 2007 made the super bowl, they couldn't win a game.they couldn't even score.

[@rdevlinf]

By worst, you mean offense.

[@AaronsAvenger]

89 Broncos we’re the worst I’ve ever seen

[@sethtate2079]

94 chargers.... Stan Humphreys Natrone means Tony martin Harmon Not exactly a list of great players. Junior seau was the best player on that team.

[@Rushmore222]

That block @ 1:04 though.

[@nflunveiled]

that o-line was great

[@WeirdenGilling]

Did you happen to see the game?? Ridiculous to call them the worst

[@glennhubbard5008]

Arizona in 2008.

[@nflunveiled]

yep that's fair I considered them too

[@tracyisbest]

@@nflunveiled No, Arizona all but had Pittsburgh beat until the final drive to win it for the Steelers. Don't condemn a team for winning nine or ten games for the season and think they don't deserve the super bowl appearance. How about watching the game to determine that. It's all about '85 New England and '89 Denver. Same location. Neither super bowl even needed to be played that's how bad they both were / how good the favorite was those years.

[@KevinT7274]

89' Broncos probably don't even make the playoffs in the NFC that year.

[@bill-fk7tl]

This is not a situation where this math is of any value whatsoever. This guy needs to go to something he understands like soccer, cricket, or rugby

[@bill-fk7tl]

In general using analytics in football is very very very very very very very overrated

[@DanielSong39]

Didn't they win I think it was in 2011

[@thunderdeed1]

The ultimate Cinderella team Jets over the Colts Super Bowl 3.

[@ethanadams8165]

no way. '68 Jets were 11-3 that year.

[@g.t.richardson6311]

@@ethanadams8165 no one, and I mean no one gave the jets any chance in that game , except the jets I was only 7, but first Super Bowl I remember Spread was close to 2 tds

[@ethanadams8165]

@@g.t.richardson6311 Doesn't matter, it is about the worst team to make it. An 11-3 team is far from the worst.

[@g.t.richardson6311]

@@ethanadams8165 stuff it

[@Phil-tt3xg]

94 chargers.

[@Jessie-fz2bl]

The absolute worst team in history is the Minnesota Vikings , four times losers

[@matthewbrotman2907]

The 1967 Packers had a 9-4-1 record, with the asterisk that they lost their last two games after clinching the division.

[@LocalFoe]

WRONG!!! This is the problem 'fantasy football' has wrought. That was a well played Super Bowl; unlike the '85 Pats.

[@nflunveiled]

this is about the worst team to make it to the Super Bowl, not how well they played in the Super Bowl itself. However there are several teams, as others have commented, that are arguably worse. Hence the '?' in the title as I am aware this is, like most things, debatable.

[@slowturtle6745]

Falcons...Well they just suck. Even when they don't fully suck they find a way to suck when it matters.