cleveland browns were the last nfl team to go without a win.
cleveland browns were the last nfl team to go without a win.
last nfl team to go without a win?
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when the plans for the construction of skydome were being developed an nfl team was considered as a possible tenant for the new stadium. to retain flexibility for this possibility, the stadium operators resisted giving the argos football exclusivity in their lease at the stadium. in 1989, shortly after an announcement that a montreal-based group was seeking an nfl team for their city, a group led by godfrey and carling o'keefe breweries announced that they had been pursuing an nfl team for two years to play at the soon to be opened skydome, as a contingency in case the cfl or the argos folded. o'keefe had previously owned the argos and retained the right to put an nfl team in the skydome if the argos ceased to exist. in 1994, labatt brewing company, then owner of the blue jays and argonauts, considered purchasing the tampa bay buccaneers and relocating them to skydome following the death of club owner hugh culverhouse, with richard peddie, who was president of labatt's sports division, saying that he hoped to acquire a team for the city. toronto was one of five finalist cities who had groups bidding to purchase the franchise. toronto interests also pursued the la rams before they relocated to st. louis in 1995. toronto was one of several cities that art modell considered relocating the cleveland browns to in 1995 prior to choosing baltimore. by this time, the godfrey led group was hoping for a team by the 1998 season, with tagliabue saying the city was on the short list of expansion candidates. in 1997 the minnesota vikings went up for sale and a toronto group inquired about purchasing the team.
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the bills began play as an original franchise of the american football league (afl) in 1960. the club joined the nfl as a result of the afl–nfl merger for the 1970 season. the 1964 and 1965 bills were the only teams representing buffalo that won major league professional sports championships ("back-to-back" american football league championships). the bills are the only team to win four consecutive conference championships and are the only nfl team to lose four consecutive super bowl games. the team was owned by ralph wilson from the team's founding in 1960, until his death in 2014 at the age of 95. after his death, wilson's estate reached an agreement to sell the team to terry and kim pegula, which was approved by the other nfl team owners on october 8, 2014. the bills formerly possessed the longest active playoff drought in any of the four major professional sports in north america: they did not qualify to play in the nfl playoffs from 1999 until 2017 and were the last nfl team (and last team in the major north american professional sports leagues overall) to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 21st century.
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