Dallas Cowboys, the closer you look,
the greater they become, with all due
acknowledgement of 1995 being their
last Super Bowl trophy & their playoff
struggles since then.

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Top 10
Most Consecutive NFL Seasons
With Winning Records - All-Time
https://champsorchumps.us/streak/longest-nfl-winning-record-streak#tab-streak-alltime

1. Dallas Cowboys ............ 20 ... 1966-1985
2. New England Patriots ... 19 ... 2001-2019
3. San Francisco 49ers ..... 16 ... 1983-1998
3. Oakland Raiders ............ 16 ... 1965-1980
5. Chicago Bears ............... 15 ... 1930-1944
6. Green Bay Packers ........ 14 ... 1934-1947
7. Cleveland Browns .......... 13 ... 1957-1969
8. Green Bay Packers ........ 12 ... 1921-1932
9. Kansas City Chiefs ........ 10 ... 2013-still going
9. New York Giants ............ 10 ... 1954-1963

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Top 10
Most Consecutive NFL Seasons
in Playoffs - All-Time
https://champsorchumps.us/streak/longest-nfl-made-playoffs-streak#tab-streak-alltime

1. New England Patriots ... 11 ... 2009-2019 **
2. Dallas Cowboys ............. 9 .... 1975-1983 ***
2. Indianapolis Colts .......... 9 .... 2002-2010
4. Dallas Cowboys ............. 8 .... 1966-1973 ***
4. Pittsburgh Steelers ........ 8 .... 1972-1979
4. Los Angeles Rams ......... 8 .... 1973-1980
4. San Francisco 49ers ...... 8 .... 1983-1990 *
4. Green Bay Packers ......... 8 .... 2009-2016
4. Kansas City Chiefs ......... 8 .... 2015-still going
10. Houston Oilers ............. 7 .... 1987-1993
10. San Francisco 49ers .... 7 .... 1992-1998 *

Sub-Category,
Most Consecutive NFL Seasons
in Playoffs with just 1 year out
of the Playoffs - All-Time

***Cowboys only missed the playoffs in 1974 in
17 straight playoff seasons (8 + 9) 1966-1983

**Patriots only missed the playoffs in 2008 in
16 straight playoff seasons (5+11) 2003-2019

*49ers only missed the playoffs in 1991 in
15 straight playoff seasons (8 + 7) 1983-1998

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Top 10
Most Consecutive NFL Seasons
not in the Playoffs - All-Time
https://champsorchumps.us/drought/longest-nfl-playoff-drought#tab-drought-historic

(that web link's end years are incorrect,
as those years are years these teams
ended their playoff droughts, so I've
fixed those years in the following post)

1. St. Louis Cardinals. ....... 25 ... 1949-1973
2. Washington Redskins ... 25 ... 1946-1970
3. Pittsburgh Steelers. ...... 24 ... 1948-1971 *
4. New Orleans Saints. ..... 20 ... 1967-1986
5. New York Giants ........... 17 ... 1964-1980
5. Cleveland Browns ......... 17 ... 2003-2019
5. Buffalo Bills ................... 17 ... 2000-2016
5. Philadelphia Eagles ....... 17 ... 1961-1977
9. Detroit Lions .................. 16 ... 1936-1951
10. Arizona Cardinals ........ 15 ... 1983-1997
10. Green Bay Packers ...... 15 ... 1945-1959

Sub-Category,
Most Consecutive NFL Seasons
not in the Playoffs with just 1 year
in the Playoffs - All-Time

* Steelers only made the playoffs in 1947 in
36 straight (12 & 24) out of the playoffs seasons 1933-1971
They were called the Pirates 1933-1939 &
they didn't play in 1943-1944. The weblink
above errs in failing to note that the Steelers
were in the playoffs in 1947, & it shows that ...

.... streak of out of the playoffs as 14, instead
of what it actually was, 12 from 1933-1946
with 2 years, 1943-1944, out of the league.
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/

Little remembered, the Steelers had the worst
start of any team in NFL history, which, I sup-
pose, is one of the reasons why so many were
so overjoyed when Terry Bradshaw & the Steel
Curtain defense & Franco's "Immaculate Recep-
tion" in the 1972 playoffs vs the Raiders turned ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Reception
.... their fate around with 4 Super Bowls (now 6
including 2 agonizing 4 point wins over Roger
Staubach's Cowboys in Super Bowls 10 & 13)
at the end of the 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 2005,
& 2009 seasons.
http://www.espn.com/nfl/superbowl/history/winners

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