Full List Of Last Undefeated NFL Teams By Year

How often does the last undefeated NFL team make the playoffs?

Historically, the last undefeated NFL team has made the playoffs 76.5% (78/102) of the time. The most recent time the last undefeated team missed the playoffs was the 2016 Minnesota Vikings, who started the season 5-0 but finished the season 8-8 and didn't end up making the playoffs.

When was the last time the last undefeated NFL team won the Super Bowl?

The most recent time the last undefeated team won the Super Bowl was the 2006 Indianapolis Colts, who started the season 9-0, finished the season 12-4, and then went on to win the Super Bowl.

On average, how many wins does the last NFL undefeated team have?

The last undefeated NFL team, in a typical season, can be expected to start the season about 6-0.

Note: We measure the last undefeated team each year by the latest date of first loss, not based on the most consecutive wins to start each season [full explanation]. Situations where the team with the latest date of first loss differs from the team who started with the most wins are noted with an asterisk.
For NFL games, we consider all games that occured within the same week to have happened at the same time.

Last Undefeated NFL Teams By Year

Year	Team	First Loss	Record		Season Result
Year	Team	First Loss	Before Loss	Final	Season Result
2023	Philadelphia Eagles	Week 6	5-0	11-6	Lost WC
	San Francisco 49ers	Week 6	5-0	12-5	Lost SB
2022	Philadelphia Eagles	Week 10	8-0	14-3	Lost SB
2021	Arizona Cardinals	Week 8	7-0	11-6	Lost WC
2020	Pittsburgh Steelers	Week 13	11-0	12-4	Lost WC
2019	San Francisco 49ers	Week 10	8-0	13-3	Lost SB
2018	Los Angeles Rams	Week 9	8-0	13-3	Lost SB
2017	Kansas City Chiefs	Week 6	5-0	10-6	Lost WC
2016	Minnesota Vikings	Week 7	5-0	8-8	Missed Playoffs
2015	Carolina Panthers	Week 16	14-0	15-1	Lost SB
2014	Arizona Cardinals	Week 5	3-0	11-5	Lost WC
	Cincinnati Bengals	Week 5	3-0	10-5-1	Lost WC
2013	Kansas City Chiefs	Week 11	9-0	11-5	Lost WC
2012	Atlanta Falcons	Week 10	8-0	13-3	Lost CC
2011	Green Bay Packers	Week 15	13-0	15-1	Lost Div
2010	Kansas City Chiefs	Week 5	3-0	10-6	Lost WC
2009	Indianapolis Colts	Week 16	14-0	14-2	Lost SB
2008	Tennessee Titans	Week 12	10-0	13-3	Lost Div
2007	New England Patriots	Week 21	18-0	16-0	Lost SB
2006	Indianapolis Colts	Week 11	9-0	12-4	Won SB
2005	Indianapolis Colts	Week 15	13-0	14-2	Lost Div
2004	Philadelphia Eagles	Week 9	7-0	13-3	Lost SB
2003	Kansas City Chiefs	Week 11	9-0	13-3	Lost Div
2002	Oakland Raiders	Week 6	4-0	11-5	Lost SB
2001	St. Louis Rams	Week 7	6-0	14-2	Lost SB
2000	Minnesota Vikings	Week 9	7-0	11-5	Lost CC
1999	St. Louis Rams	Week 8	6-0	13-3	Won SB
1998	Denver Broncos	Week 15	13-0	14-2	Won SB
1997	Denver Broncos	Week 8	6-0	12-4	Won SB
1996	Indianapolis Colts	Week 6	4-0	9-7	Lost WC
1995	Miami Dolphins	Week 6	4-0	9-7	Lost WC
1994	San Diego Chargers	Week 8	6-0	11-5	Lost SB
1993	New Orleans Saints	Week 7	5-0	8-8	Missed Playoffs
1992	Miami Dolphins	Week 8	6-0	11-5	Lost CC
1991	Washington Redskins	Week 13	11-0	14-2	Won SB
1990	New York Giants	Week 12	10-0	13-3	Won SB
	San Francisco 49ers	Week 12	10-0	14-2	Lost CC
1989	Los Angeles Rams	Week 6	5-0	11-5	Lost CC
1988	Cincinnati Bengals	Week 7	6-0	12-4	Lost SB
1987	Chicago Bears	Week 6	4-0	11-4	Lost Div
1986	Chicago Bears	Week 7	6-0	14-2	Lost Div
	Denver Broncos	Week 7	6-0	11-5	Lost SB
1985	Chicago Bears	Week 13	12-0	15-1	Won SB
1984	Miami Dolphins	Week 12	11-0	14-2	Lost SB
1983	Dallas Cowboys	Week 8	7-0	12-4	Lost WC
1982	Washington Redskins	Week 13	4-0	8-1	Won SB
1981	Philadelphia Eagles	Week 7	6-0	10-6	Lost WC
1980	Buffalo Bills	Week 6	5-0	11-5	Lost Div
1979	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Week 6	5-0	10-6	Lost CC
1978	Los Angeles Rams	Week 8	7-0	12-4	Lost CC
	Pittsburgh Steelers	Week 8	7-0	14-2	Won SB
1977	Dallas Cowboys	Week 9	8-0	12-2	Won SB
1976	Minnesota Vikings	Week 8	6-0-1	11-2-1	Lost SB
1975	Minnesota Vikings	Week 11	10-0	12-2	Lost Div
1974	St. Louis Cardinals	Week 8	7-0	10-4	Lost Div
1973	Minnesota Vikings	Week 10	9-0	12-2	Lost SB
1972	Miami Dolphins	–	17-0	14-0	Won SB
1971	Washington Redskins	Week 6	5-0	9-4-1	Lost Div
1970	Denver Broncos	Week 4	3-0	5-8-1	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	Week 4	3-0	10-4	Lost Div
	Los Angeles Rams	Week 4	3-0	9-4-1	Missed Playoffs
1969	Los Angeles Rams	Week 12	11-0	11-3	Lost Div
1968	Dallas Cowboys	Week 7	6-0	12-2	Lost Div
	Los Angeles Rams	Week 7	6-0	10-3-1	Missed Playoffs
1967	Baltimore Colts	Week 14	11-0-2	11-1-2	Missed Playoffs
1966	St. Louis Cardinals	Week 7	5-0-1	8-5-1	Missed Playoffs
	Dallas Cowboys	Week 7	4-0-1	10-3-1	Lost CC
	New York Jets	Week 7	4-0-1	6-6-2	Missed Playoffs
1965	San Diego Chargers	Week 8	5-0-2	9-2-3	Lost AFL Championship *
1964	Buffalo Bills	Week 10	9-0	12-2	Won AFL Champ *
1963	Cleveland Browns	Week 7	6-0	10-4	Missed Playoffs
1962	Green Bay Packers	Week 11	10-0	13-1	Won NFLC
1961	San Diego Chargers	Week 13	11-0	12-2	Lost AFL Championship *
1960	New York Giants	Week 6	3-0-1	6-4-2	Missed Playoffs
1959	Green Bay Packers	Week 4	3-0	7-5	Missed Playoffs
1958	Baltimore Colts	Week 7	6-0	9-3	Won NFLC
1957	Baltimore Colts	Week 4	3-0	7-5	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	Week 4	3-0	9-2-1	Lost NFLC
1956	Detroit Lions	Week 7	6-0	9-3	Missed Playoffs
1955	Baltimore Colts	Week 4	3-0	5-6-1	Missed Playoffs
	Los Angeles Rams	Week 4	3-0	8-3-1	Lost NFLC
1954	San Francisco 49ers	Week 6	4-0-1	7-4-1	Missed Playoffs
1953	Cleveland Browns	Week 12	11-0	11-1	Lost NFLC
1952	San Francisco 49ers	Week 6	5-0	7-5	Missed Playoffs
1951	New York Giants	Week 5	3-0-1	9-2-1	Missed Playoffs
1950	New York Giants	Week 5	3-0	10-2	Lost Div
1949	Los Angeles Rams	Week 7	6-0	8-2-2	Lost NFLC
1948	Chicago Bears	Week 6	4-0	10-2	Missed Playoffs
1947	Chicago Cardinals	Week 5	3-0	9-3	Won NFLC
1946	Chicago Bears	Week 6	3-0-1	8-2-1	Won NFLC
	Washington Redskins	Week 6	3-0-1	5-5-1	Missed Playoffs
1945	Cleveland Rams	Week 6	4-0	9-1	Won NFLC
1944	Philadelphia Eagles	Week 11	5-0-2	7-1-2	Missed Playoffs
1943	Washington Redskins	Week 11	6-0-1	6-3-1	Lost NFLC
1942	Chicago Bears	Week 14	11-0	11-0	Lost NFLC
1941	Chicago Bears	Week 9	5-0	10-1	Won NFLC
1940	Washington Redskins	Week 10	7-0	9-2	Lost NFLC
1939	New York Giants	Week 9	5-0-1	9-1-1	Lost NFLC
1938	Chicago Bears	Week 5	3-0	6-5	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	Week 5	2-0-1	6-3-2	Missed Playoffs
1937	Chicago Bears	Week 10	5-0-1	9-1-1	Lost NFLC
1936	Chicago Bears	Week 8	6-0	9-3	Missed Playoffs
1935	Chicago Cardinals	Week 6	2-0-1	6-4-2	Missed Playoffs
1934	Chicago Bears	Week 14	13-0	13-0	Lost NFLC
1933	Chicago Bears	Week 8	6-0	10-2-1	Won NFLC
1932	Green Bay Packers	Week 10	8-0-1	10-3-1	No Playoffs
1931	Green Bay Packers	Week 10	9-0	12-2	No Playoffs
1930	Green Bay Packers	Week 10	8-0	10-3-1	No Playoffs
1929	Green Bay Packers	–	12-0-1	12-0-1	No Playoffs
1928	Detroit Wolverines	Week 7	3-0	7-2-1	No Playoffs
1927	Chicago Bears	Week 8	5-0-1	9-3-2	No Playoffs
1926	Chicago Bears	Week 12	11-0-2	12-1-3	No Playoffs
1925	Detroit Panthers	Week 9	6-0-2	8-2-2	No Playoffs
1924	Cleveland Bulldogs	Week 8	5-0-1	7-1-1	No Playoffs
1923	Canton Bulldogs	–	11-0-1	11-0-1	No Playoffs
1922	Canton Bulldogs	–	10-0-2	10-0-2	No Playoffs
1921	Buffalo All-Americans	Week 11	9-0-2	9-1-2	No Playoffs
1920	5+ Teams	–	–	–	–