Yes, the Detroit Lions were 0-16 in 2008, and are the only team to do so since the season went to 16 games in 1978. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers went 0-14 in their first season in the NFL (1976)and lost their first 12 in 1977 (2-12 overall) making them zero and 26 in their first 26 games of existence. A season was 14 games long in 1976. The 1960 Dallas Cowboys went 0-11-1. A season was 12 games long in 1960.
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In 2008 the Detroit Lions became the only team in history to go
0-16, in a single season.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the first team to not win a game in an NFL season. They did it in their first year in the League, 1976.
The NFL played a 14 game season in 1976. Tampa's record that season was 0-14. They also lost the first 12 games in their second season, and their record for the first 26 games of their existence was 0-26, the longest losing streak by any team in the history of the game.
The 2007 - 2008 New England Patriots, are the only team to go 16 - 0. The dolphins also went 14 - 0 in 1972 and won the Super Bowl there overall record was 17 - 0. The patriots went 18 - 1 overall.
The 2007 New England Patriots are the only team to finish the season 16-0. The last time an NFL team went undefeated before that was the 1972 Miami Dolphins, but the NFL played a 14-game schedule back then.
The Patriots. They're also the only team to ever go 16-0. When the Dolphins went undefeated in 1972, the NFL played a 14-game season.
The 2007 Patriots are the only team ever to go undefeated through a 16-game regular season.