Which NFL team has the worst record through 4 games?

There are 229 NFL teams which started the season with a 0-4 record. Based on point differential, the worst team through 4 games is the 2019 Miami Dolphins, who had a -137 point differential through 4 games. Their average margin of defeat was 34.2 points in this stretch.

Which NFL team had the worst start through 4 games but still made the playoffs?

The 1992 San Diego Chargers started the season 0-4, but still managed to make the playoffs. The Chargers lost to the Miami Dolphins in the Divisional Round.

Which NFL team had the worst start through 4 games and went on to win the super bowl?

The 2001 New England Patriots started the season with a 1-3 record through 4 games, but still made the playoffs and then went on to win the super bowl.

Are any 2023 teams in the top 50 all-time worst NFL starts through 4 games?

There are multiple recent teams on the list of all-time worst NFL starts through 4 games. The 2023 Chicago Bears and 2023 Carolina Panthers are all tied at 1st place with their 0-4 records.

Worst NFL Start Through 4 Games

Team Year Record Point Differential Final Record Final Result
1 Miami Dolphins 2019 0-4 -137 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Rochester Jeffersons  1923 0-4 -135 0-4 No Playoffs
Washington Redskins 1954 0-4 -122 3-9 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 2001 0-4 -110 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Louisville Colonels  1926 0-4 -108 0-4 No Playoffs
Baltimore Colts  1950 0-4 -107 1-11 Missed Playoffs
Columbus Panhandles  1921 0-4 -107 1-8 No Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 1975 0-4 -105 3-11 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Rams 2008 0-4 -104 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Columbus Panhandles  1922 0-4 -100 0-8 No Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1971 0-4 -99 6-7-1 Missed Playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars 2013 0-4 -98 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Oorang Indians  1923 0-4 -98 1-10 No Playoffs
Baltimore Colts 1974 0-4 -96 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 2002 0-4 -96 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1968 0-4 -94 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars 2014 0-4 -94 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1967 0-4 -92 1-12-1 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bisons  1927 0-4 -92 0-5 No Playoffs
Milwaukee Badgers  1925 0-4 -92 0-6 No Playoffs
Brooklyn Dodgers  1943 0-4 -91 2-8 Missed Playoffs
Denver Broncos 1964 0-4 -91 2-11-1 Missed Playoffs *
New York Jets 1976 0-4 -91 3-11 Missed Playoffs
Green Bay Packers 1986 0-4 -90 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Rams 1963 0-4 -90 5-9 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 1968 0-4 -90 2-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 1971 0-4 -89 1-13 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Cardinals 1954 0-4 -88 2-10 Missed Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts 1986 0-4 -86 3-13 Missed Playoffs
New York Giants 2013 0-4 -85 7-9 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Rams 2009 0-4 -84 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Boston Patriots 1969 0-4 -83 4-10 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 2000 0-4 -82 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Miami Dolphins 1966 0-4 -82 3-11 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1972 0-4 -82 2-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2008 0-4 -81 0-16 Missed Playoffs
Minnesota Vikings 1962 0-4 -81 2-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1999 0-4 -80 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1948 0-4 -80 2-10 Missed Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 1999 0-4 -79 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1942 0-4 -79 0-11 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Card-Pitt  1944 0-4 -79 0-10 Missed Playoffs
Seattle Seahawks 1977 0-4 -79 5-9 Missed Playoffs
Boston Yanks  1944 0-4 -78 2-8 Missed Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts 1998 0-4 -76 3-13 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1967 0-4 -75 3-11 Missed Playoffs
Dallas Cowboys 1989 0-4 -74 1-15 Missed Playoffs
New York Bulldogs  1949 0-4 -74 1-10-1 Missed Playoffs
Tennessee Titans 2006 0-4 -74 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 1998 0-4 -74 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Houston Oilers 1984 0-4 -73 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1976 0-4 -73 0-14 Missed Playoffs
Baltimore Colts 1982 0-4 -72 0-8-1 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2001 0-4 -72 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Columbus Panhandles  1920 0-4 -71 2-6-2 No Playoffs
Chicago Bears 1997 0-4 -70 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Cardinals 1936 0-4 -70 3-8-1 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1966 0-4 -69 3-11 Missed Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 2009 0-4 -69 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Dallas Texans  1952 0-4 -69 1-11 Missed Playoffs
Dayton Triangles  1929 0-4 -69 0-6 No Playoffs
Houston Oilers 1973 0-4 -68 1-13 Missed Playoffs
New England Patriots 1993 0-4 -68 5-11 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 2007 0-4 -68 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Oakland Raiders 1962 0-4 -67 1-13 Missed Playoffs *
St. Louis Rams 2011 0-4 -67 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1996 0-4 -66 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Cardinals 1943 0-4 -66 0-10 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 2020 0-4 -66 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Oakland Raiders 2006 0-4 -66 2-14 Missed Playoffs
San Diego Chargers 1992 0-4 -66 11-5 Lost Div
Washington Redskins 1961 0-4 -66 1-12-1 Missed Playoffs
Boston Patriots 1965 0-4 -65 4-8-2 Missed Playoffs *
Cincinnati Reds  1933 0-4 -65 3-6-1 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 2010 0-4 -64 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1946 0-4 -64 1-10 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 1963 0-4 -64 2-12 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Rams 2007 0-4 -64 3-13 Missed Playoffs
New York Giants 1987 0-4 -63 6-9 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Bears 2023 0-4 -62 7-10 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1991 0-4 -62 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Dallas Cowboys 1960 0-4 -62 0-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Minnesota Vikings 1967 0-4 -62 3-8-3 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 2019 0-4 -62 7-9 Missed Playoffs
San Diego Chargers 1975 0-4 -62 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts 1997 0-4 -61 3-13 Missed Playoffs
New England Patriots 1975 0-4 -61 3-11 Missed Playoffs
New England Patriots 1992 0-4 -61 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1972 0-4 -61 2-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1968 0-4 -61 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Seattle Seahawks 1976 0-4 -61 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs 1976 0-4 -60 5-9 Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1998 0-4 -60 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 1981 0-4 -59 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Boston Yanks  1946 0-4 -58 2-8-1 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Bears 2000 0-4 -58 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1959 0-4 -58 3-8-1 Missed Playoffs
Rochester Jeffersons  1924 0-4 -58 0-7 No Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 1977 0-4 -58 5-9 Missed Playoffs
Arizona Cardinals 2018 0-4 -57 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 2001 0-4 -57 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 1965 0-4 -57 2-12 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Cardinals 1986 0-4 -57 4-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Bears 1945 0-4 -56 3-7 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Reds  1934 0-4 -56 0-8 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1993 0-4 -55 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Bears 1969 0-4 -55 1-13 Missed Playoffs
Green Bay Packers 1988 0-4 -55 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Houston Texans 2005 0-4 -55 2-14 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 1996 0-4 -55 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 1965 0-4 -55 6-8 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1999 0-4 -54 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 1985 0-4 -54 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bisons  1929 0-4 -54 1-7-1 No Playoffs
Pittsburgh Pirates 1939 0-4 -54 1-9-1 Missed Playoffs
San Diego Chargers 2003 0-4 -54 4-12 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 1950 0-4 -54 3-9 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1996 0-4 -54 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Carolina Panthers 1995 0-4 -53 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 2019 0-4 -53 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1989 0-4 -53 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Hammond Pros  1926 0-4 -53 0-4 No Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1985 0-4 -53 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2009 0-4 -53 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1993 0-4 -52 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Newark Tornadoes  1930 0-4 -52 1-10-1 No Playoffs
Oakland Raiders 2014 0-4 -52 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 2019 0-4 -52 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Dallas Cowboys 1963 0-4 -51 4-10 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 2010 0-4 -51 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Hartford Blues  1926 0-4 -50 3-7 No Playoffs
New York Giants 1979 0-4 -50 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Green Bay Packers 1975 0-4 -49 4-10 Missed Playoffs
New York Giants 2020 0-4 -49 6-10 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 2004 0-4 -49 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Cardinals 1953 0-4 -48 1-10-1 Missed Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs 2009 0-4 -48 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1985 0-4 -47 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Houston Texans 2008 0-4 -47 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Rams 1960 0-4 -47 4-7-1 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1996 0-4 -47 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 1997 0-4 -46 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1979 0-4 -46 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Houston Oilers 1983 0-4 -46 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Houston Texans 2020 0-4 -46 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Carolina Panthers 1998 0-4 -45 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Dayton Triangles  1928 0-4 -45 0-7 No Playoffs
Denver Broncos 1994 0-4 -45 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts 2011 0-4 -45 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Indianapolis Colts 1991 0-4 -45 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs 1977 0-4 -45 2-12 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 1992 0-4 -45 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 2017 0-4 -44 0-16 Missed Playoffs
Dallas Cowboys 2001 0-4 -44 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Denver Broncos 1999 0-4 -44 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2006 0-4 -44 3-13 Missed Playoffs
San Diego Chargers 2000 0-4 -44 1-15 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Cardinals 1978 0-4 -44 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2006 0-4 -43 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Minnesota Vikings 2002 0-4 -42 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1999 0-4 -42 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1977 0-4 -42 2-12 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 1977 0-4 -41 3-11 Missed Playoffs
Carolina Panthers 2010 0-4 -41 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 2016 0-4 -41 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars 1995 0-4 -41 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars 2021 0-4 -41 3-14 Missed Playoffs
Miami Dolphins 2007 0-4 -41 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Minneapolis Marines  1924 0-4 -41 0-6 No Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 2013 0-4 -41 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 1984 0-4 -40 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 1962 0-4 -39 7-6-1 Missed Playoffs *
Los Angeles Raiders 1992 0-4 -39 7-9 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1969 0-4 -39 5-9 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1984 0-4 -38 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2021 0-4 -38 3-13-1 Missed Playoffs
Kansas City Chiefs 1980 0-4 -38 8-8 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 1978 0-4 -38 2-14 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 1980 0-4 -37 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 1941 0-4 -37 1-9-1 Missed Playoffs
San Diego Chargers 1991 0-4 -37 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Jacksonville Jaguars 2003 0-4 -36 5-11 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1980 0-4 -36 1-15 Missed Playoffs
Carolina Panthers 2023 0-4 -35 2-15 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 1994 0-4 -35 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Cincinnati Bengals 2008 0-4 -35 4-11-1 Missed Playoffs
Miami Dolphins 2011 0-4 -35 6-10 Missed Playoffs
New York Giants 1976 0-4 -35 3-11 Missed Playoffs
New York Giants 2017 0-4 -35 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1940 0-4 -34 1-10 Missed Playoffs
Akron Pros  1923 0-4 -33 1-6 No Playoffs
Philadelphia Eagles 1970 0-4 -33 3-10-1 Missed Playoffs
Tennessee Titans 2009 0-4 -33 8-8 Missed Playoffs
Atlanta Falcons 2020 0-4 -32 4-12 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 2003 0-4 -32 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Oakland Raiders 1964 0-4 -32 5-7-2 Missed Playoffs *
Cincinnati Bengals 1978 0-4 -31 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Columbus Tigers  1925 0-4 -31 0-9 No Playoffs
Miami Dolphins 2004 0-4 -31 4-12 Missed Playoffs
New England Patriots 1981 0-4 -31 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2015 0-4 -30 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1949 0-4 -29 4-8 Missed Playoffs
Washington Redskins 1964 0-4 -29 6-8 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1955 0-4 -28 3-9 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 2017 0-4 -28 6-10 Missed Playoffs
St. Louis Rams 2002 0-4 -27 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1983 0-4 -27 2-14 Missed Playoffs
San Francisco 49ers 1979 0-4 -26 2-14 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2013 0-4 -26 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Cleveland Browns 2012 0-4 -25 5-11 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 1995 0-4 -25 7-9 Missed Playoffs
New York Jets 1965 0-4 -25 5-8-1 Missed Playoffs *
Baltimore Colts 1979 0-4 -24 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 2010 0-4 -24 6-10 Missed Playoffs
Denver Broncos 2019 0-4 -23 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Rams 1962 0-4 -23 1-12-1 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2004 0-4 -23 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Brooklyn Tigers  1944 0-4 -22 0-10 Missed Playoffs
Buffalo Bills 2004 0-4 -22 9-7 Missed Playoffs
Chicago Bears 1998 0-4 -21 4-12 Missed Playoffs
Los Angeles Chargers 2017 0-4 -21 9-7 Missed Playoffs
New England Patriots 2000 0-4 -21 5-11 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 1961 0-4 -21 6-8 Missed Playoffs
Green Bay Packers 2005 0-4 -20 4-12 Missed Playoffs
New Orleans Saints 2012 0-4 -20 7-9 Missed Playoffs
Minnesota Vikings 2011 0-4 -19 3-13 Missed Playoffs
Pittsburgh Steelers 1952 0-4 -16 5-7 Missed Playoffs
Detroit Lions 1974 0-4 -14 7-7 Missed Playoffs
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1991 0-4 -13 3-13 Missed Playoffs

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