The Lions are the oldest NFL team to have not played in a Super Bowl yet, as the Chicago/St Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals did so in 2009 versus Pittsburgh. Longest NFL droughts are
1947-Chicago/St Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals (longest all time drought since Chicago Cubs won World Series last fall; 1 Super Bowl appearance)
1957-Detroit Lions
1961-Minnesota Vikings (never having won a championship, 4 Super Bowl appearances)
1961-Houston Oilers/Tennessee Titans (AFL champions)
1963-San Diego Chargers (AFL champions)
1965-Buffalo Bills (AFL champions)
1965-Atlanta Falcons-(never having won a championship, 1 Super Bowl appearance).
This robust postseason NFL bears no resemblance to the dampened league seen at the top of the season. Sunday's playoff games were huge, for Fox and NBC, with Fox's earlier showing on track to be the biggest U.S. telecast since the Super Bowl.
Sure to be broken
Winner of N.E./Pittsburgh will appear in their 9th Super Bowl, breaking the 4 way tie for most appearances between NE, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Denver
IF NE Loses Super Bowl they will have their 5th loss which will tie Denver for most losses.
If NE or Green Bay win the Super Bowl they will move into a tie for Second most wins at 5 with Dallas and San Francisco.
if Pittsburgh wins the Super Bowl they will extend their win total to 7 and be 2 wins ahead of second place Dallas and SF.