Worst NFL Regular Season Records Through 5 games

Which NFL team has the worst record through 5 games?

There are 161 NFL teams which started the season with a 0-5 record. Based on point differential, the worst team through 5 games is the 1950 Baltimore Colts, who had a -150 point differential through 5 games. Their average margin of defeat was 30.0 points in this stretch.

Which NFL team had the worst start through 5 games but still made the playoffs?

A total of 15 different teams started the season 1-4 and managed to make the playoffs. The most recent example was the 2020 Washington Football Team.

Which NFL team had the worst start through 5 games and went on to win the super bowl?

The 2001 New England Patriots and 1980 Oakland Raiders both started the season with only a 2-3 record, but still managed to make the playoffs and both ended up winning the super bowl.

Are any 2023 teams in the top 50 all-time worst NFL starts through 5 games?

The 2023 Carolina Panthers are tied for 1st on the all-time worst NFL starts through 5 games with their 0-5 record.

Worst NFL Start Through 5 Games

	Team	Year	Record	Point Differential	Final Record	Final Result
1	Baltimore Colts	1950	0-5	-150	1-11	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1954	0-5	-139	3-9	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	2019	0-5	-138	5-11	Missed Playoffs
	Los Angeles Rams	1963	0-5	-128	5-9	Missed Playoffs
	Milwaukee Badgers	1925	0-5	-125	0-6	No Playoffs
	Oorang Indians	1923	0-5	-125	1-10	No Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1971	0-5	-123	6-7-1	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Cardinals	1954	0-5	-120	2-10	Missed Playoffs
	Columbus Panhandles	1921	0-5	-118	1-8	No Playoffs
	Rochester Jeffersons	1924	0-5	-117	0-7	No Playoffs
	Buffalo Bisons	1927	0-5	-115	0-5	No Playoffs
	Jacksonville Jaguars	2013	0-5	-112	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Rams	2009	0-5	-112	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	2001	0-5	-112	8-8	Missed Playoffs
	Dayton Triangles	1929	0-5	-110	0-6	No Playoffs
	Baltimore Colts	1974	0-5	-109	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	Minnesota Vikings	1962	0-5	-108	2-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	Indianapolis Colts	1986	0-5	-107	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	1975	0-5	-106	3-11	Missed Playoffs
	Brooklyn Dodgers	1943	0-5	-103	2-8	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	2002	0-5	-103	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Columbus Panhandles	1922	0-5	-103	0-8	No Playoffs
	Jacksonville Jaguars	2014	0-5	-102	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Pittsburgh Card-Pitt	1944	0-5	-101	0-10	Missed Playoffs
	Buffalo Bills	1971	0-5	-100	1-13	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	2013	0-5	-100	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Reds	1934	0-5	-97	0-8	Missed Playoffs
	Dallas Texans	1952	0-5	-96	1-11	Missed Playoffs
	Green Bay Packers	1986	0-5	-96	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Houston Oilers	1973	0-5	-96	1-13	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1998	0-5	-95	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1997	0-5	-94	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1976	0-5	-94	0-14	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	1966	0-5	-93	3-11	Missed Playoffs
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1968	0-5	-93	2-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	Dallas Cowboys	1989	0-5	-92	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1972	0-5	-92	2-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	2000	0-5	-91	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Boston Patriots	1969	0-5	-90	4-10	Missed Playoffs
	Houston Oilers	1984	0-5	-90	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	New Orleans Saints	1972	0-5	-89	2-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Rams	2011	0-5	-88	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Cardinals	1953	0-5	-87	1-10-1	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	1948	0-5	-87	2-10	Missed Playoffs
	Houston Texans	2005	0-5	-87	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Buffalo Bills	1985	0-5	-86	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	1942	0-5	-86	0-11	Missed Playoffs
	New York Jets	2020	0-5	-86	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1965	0-5	-86	6-8	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1961	0-5	-86	1-12-1	Missed Playoffs
	New York Bulldogs	1949	0-5	-85	1-10-1	Missed Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1998	0-5	-85	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Boston Yanks	1946	0-5	-84	2-8-1	Missed Playoffs
	Oakland Raiders	1962	0-5	-84	1-13	Missed Playoffs *
	Pittsburgh Pirates	1939	0-5	-84	1-9-1	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	2008	0-5	-83	0-16	Missed Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	1966	0-5	-82	3-11	Missed Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1968	0-5	-81	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	1963	0-5	-81	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1996	0-5	-81	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	1999	0-5	-80	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Boston Patriots	1965	0-5	-79	4-8-2	Missed Playoffs *
	New Orleans Saints	1967	0-5	-79	3-11	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Cardinals	1936	0-5	-78	3-8-1	Missed Playoffs
	Columbus Panhandles	1920	0-5	-78	2-6-2	No Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	2019	0-5	-78	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Oakland Raiders	2006	0-5	-76	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Baltimore Colts	1982	0-5	-75	0-8-1	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	2001	0-5	-75	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Tennessee Titans	2006	0-5	-75	8-8	Missed Playoffs
	Buffalo Bills	2010	0-5	-74	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Indianapolis Colts	1991	0-5	-73	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	New England Patriots	1992	0-5	-73	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Cardinals	1943	0-5	-72	0-10	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2009	0-5	-72	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Washington Redskins	1981	0-5	-72	8-8	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1979	0-5	-71	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	1996	0-5	-70	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	New York Jets	1996	0-5	-70	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1965	0-5	-70	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	San Diego Chargers	2000	0-5	-70	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	New Orleans Saints	1980	0-5	-69	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	1985	0-5	-68	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1991	0-5	-68	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Seattle Seahawks	1976	0-5	-68	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1983	0-5	-68	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	1946	0-5	-67	1-10	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Rams	2007	0-5	-67	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	1987	0-5	-66	6-9	Missed Playoffs
	Indianapolis Colts	1997	0-5	-65	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Dallas Cowboys	1960	0-5	-64	0-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	San Diego Chargers	1975	0-5	-64	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Cardinals	1986	0-5	-64	4-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1945	0-5	-62	3-7	Missed Playoffs
	Dayton Triangles	1928	0-5	-62	0-7	No Playoffs
	Minneapolis Marines	1924	0-5	-62	0-6	No Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	1993	0-5	-61	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Chicago Bears	1969	0-5	-61	1-13	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	2016	0-5	-61	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	1977	0-5	-61	5-9	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1985	0-5	-61	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	1989	0-5	-60	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	1979	0-5	-60	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	San Diego Chargers	2003	0-5	-60	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1984	0-5	-59	8-8	Missed Playoffs
	Jacksonville Jaguars	2021	0-5	-59	3-14	Missed Playoffs
	New Orleans Saints	1969	0-5	-59	5-9	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	1950	0-5	-59	3-9	Missed Playoffs
	Carolina Panthers	2010	0-5	-58	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Green Bay Packers	1988	0-5	-58	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Pittsburgh Steelers	1941	0-5	-58	1-9-1	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Cardinals	1978	0-5	-58	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Carolina Panthers	1995	0-5	-57	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	2019	0-5	-56	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Kansas City Chiefs	1977	0-5	-56	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	2015	0-5	-55	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Oakland Raiders	2014	0-5	-55	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Tennessee Titans	2009	0-5	-55	8-8	Missed Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	1997	0-5	-54	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Buffalo Bills	1984	0-5	-54	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1993	0-5	-54	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Kansas City Chiefs	2009	0-5	-54	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	New Orleans Saints	1996	0-5	-54	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Oakland Raiders	1964	0-5	-54	5-7-2	Missed Playoffs *
	San Francisco 49ers	2010	0-5	-54	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Carolina Panthers	2023	0-5	-53	2-15	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	2006	0-5	-53	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Houston Oilers	1983	0-5	-53	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	2011	0-5	-53	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Carolina Panthers	1998	0-5	-52	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	2020	0-5	-52	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1994	0-5	-51	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	St. Louis Rams	2002	0-5	-51	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Columbus Tigers	1925	0-5	-50	0-9	No Playoffs
	Indianapolis Colts	2011	0-5	-49	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1977	0-5	-49	2-12	Missed Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1970	0-5	-48	3-10-1	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	1979	0-5	-48	2-14	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	1978	0-5	-47	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	2017	0-5	-47	0-16	Missed Playoffs
	New York Jets	1980	0-5	-47	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	2004	0-5	-45	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	1976	0-5	-45	3-11	Missed Playoffs
	Cincinnati Bengals	2008	0-5	-44	4-11-1	Missed Playoffs
	Miami Dolphins	2007	0-5	-44	1-15	Missed Playoffs
	Philadelphia Eagles	1940	0-5	-44	1-10	Missed Playoffs
	Baltimore Colts	1979	0-5	-42	5-11	Missed Playoffs
	Buffalo Bills	1962	0-5	-42	7-6-1	Missed Playoffs *
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1991	0-5	-41	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	2021	0-5	-40	3-13-1	Missed Playoffs
	New York Giants	2017	0-5	-40	3-13	Missed Playoffs
	Atlanta Falcons	2020	0-5	-39	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Cleveland Browns	2012	0-5	-39	5-11	Missed Playoffs
	Detroit Lions	1955	0-5	-39	3-9	Missed Playoffs
	San Diego Chargers	1991	0-5	-38	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	Akron Pros	1923	0-5	-37	1-6	No Playoffs
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2013	0-5	-37	4-12	Missed Playoffs
	San Francisco 49ers	2017	0-5	-31	6-10	Missed Playoffs
	New Orleans Saints	1995	0-5	-30	7-9	Missed Playoffs
	Los Angeles Rams	1962	0-5	-26	1-12-1	Missed Playoffs
	Brooklyn Tigers	1944	0-5	-25	0-10	Missed Playoffs

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Worst NFL Records Through 5 Games

Which NFL team has the worst record through 5 games?

Which NFL team had the worst start through 5 games but still made the playoffs?

Which NFL team had the worst start through 5 games and went on to win the super bowl?

Are any 2023 teams in the top 50 all-time worst NFL starts through 5 games?

Worst NFL Start Through 5 Games

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