1975 Dallas Cowboys who lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl X. The Cowboys finished the regular season 1 game behind NFC East Division champion St. Louis Cardinals. They defeated the Vikings and Rams to make it to the Super Bowl while the Cardinals lost to the Rams in the first round.
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After Super Bowl XLII, five wild card teams have won the Super Bowl: Super Bowl XV - Oakland Raiders
Super Bowl XXXII - Denver Broncos
Super Bowl XXXV - Baltimore Ravens
Super Bowl XL - Pittsburgh Steelers
Super Bowl XLII- New York Giants
There have been 6 times in NFL history that a wild card team won the Super Bowl. Those teams were the 1980 Oakland Raiders, 1997 Denver Broncos, 2000 Baltimore Ravens, 2005 Pittsburgh Steelers, 2007 New York Giants, and the 2010 Green Bay Packers.
The only wild card team to ever win the superbowl is the Pittsburgh Steelers
There have been 9 wild card teams to play in the Super Bowl (includes the Giants in Super Bowl XLII) and four have lost: Super Bowl X - Pittsburgh Steelers 21, Dallas Cowboys 17 Super Bowl XX - Chicago Bears 46, New England Patriots 10 Super Bowl XXVII - Dallas Cowboys 52, Buffalo Bills 17 Super Bowl XXXIV - St. Louis Rams 23, Tennessee Titans 16
The Pittsburgh Steelers did in 2005.
If it qualified as a wild card, a Super Bowl champion can play as many as 20 contests -- 16 regular season games, the wild card round, the divisional round, the conference championship and the Super Bowl. A team with a first-round bye wins 19 games on its way to the Super Bowl title.
Not as of Super Bowl XLI. Only eight wild card teams have played in the Super Bowl and never two in the same season: Dallas Cowboys - lost Super Bowl X Oakland Raiders - won Super Bowl XV New England Patriots - lost Super Bowl XX Buffalo Bills - lost Super Bowl XXVII Denver Broncos - won Super Bowl XXXII Tennessee Titans - lost Super Bowl XXXIV Baltimore Ravens - won Super Bowl XXXV Pittsburgh Steelers - won Super Bowl XL