a winning season is when a team has more wins than losses. For example a team with a 9-7 (or better) record has had a winning season.
Nine wins is considered a winning season...eight would be even.
Dallas Cowboys
The Houston Texans are the only current NFL team not to have a winning season. Several defunct NFL teams share the honour, most recently the first Dallas Texans team, and their predecessor, the original incarnation of the Baltimore Colts. A large number of teams from the 20's through 40's never had a winning season, and the majority of teams that played in the AAFC never had a winning season. However, most of those teams were only around for a few years. Houston's seven-for-seven seasons of futility is the record for the NFL as we know it (ie, post 1930 or so.)
1972 Dolphins had (and still have) the perfect record, having won all of their pre-season and regular season games as well as winning the Super Bowl.
Vince Lombardi for season + playoffs 105-35-6 .750
Nine wins is considered a winning season...eight would be even.
18 - 85 Bears
NFC South
Dallas Cowboys
The top winning percentage of the 1980s in the NFL was the San Francisco 49ers. They won 68.4% of their regular season games. 2nd was the Washington Redskins at 63.8%.
The Houston Texans are the only current NFL team not to have a winning season. Several defunct NFL teams share the honour, most recently the first Dallas Texans team, and their predecessor, the original incarnation of the Baltimore Colts. A large number of teams from the 20's through 40's never had a winning season, and the majority of teams that played in the AAFC never had a winning season. However, most of those teams were only around for a few years. Houston's seven-for-seven seasons of futility is the record for the NFL as we know it (ie, post 1930 or so.)
Through the 2010 season, it's the Chicago Bears. They have a record of 704-512-42 for a winning percentage of .579.
in 2002 when they lost to the Bucs in the SuperbowlXXXVII. NFL MVP Richard Gannon.
During the 1987 season, the Saints posted a 12-and-3 record and made the NFL playoffs for the first time.
1972 Dolphins had (and still have) the perfect record, having won all of their pre-season and regular season games as well as winning the Super Bowl.
The Miami Dolphins had a perfect season and went undefeated, than lost their second game the next season to have a winning streak of 18 games! As of now, December 2011, the defending champion Green Bay Packers also have an 18 game winning streak... and counting. The Green Bay Packers also owned the NFL's first undefeated season and championship in 1929.
Vince Lombardi for season + playoffs 105-35-6 .750