The Detroit Lions, are one of seven teams without a Super Bowl win. In their last appearance, the Vikings were playing for a chance to play in the Super Bowl to be held in Minneapolis. Which MLB team has the longest World Series drought? Locations were attributed championships for championships won by teams that were branded to be from the location at the time that they won the championship. Researchers at HotDog.com ranked US and Canadian metropolitan areas according to active professional sports championship droughts, including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS. (See Unfilled Dynasties: The Bucks Stop Here.). The NBA returned to Charlotte in 2004 with the expansion Bobcats who reclaimed the Hornets name in 2014. How else could he watch one to two films every day? Under Coach Tom Coughlin, the Jaguars were a remarkably successful expansion franchise. Buffalos drought tops the next-highest city by nine years, and only two other cities besides Buffalo have championship droughts longer than 50 years. New York Knicks - 49 years. Seattle tied the record for the most wins in an MLB season (116), but lost in the American League Championship Series to the New York Yankees. The Bucks were in their third year as a franchise and were led by MVP Kareen Abdul-Jabbar in his second season, Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson and the great power forward Bob Dandridge. The 10 longest championship droughts in professional sports - CBS17.com This Athletics: 33 seasons (Last title in 1989)The As have enjoyed as many dynastic runs as any team outside the Yankees over the breadth of Major League history, but the last three decades have been a dry period in Oakland. Counted from the first Super Bowl season, 1966, to present. Over the last 25 years, 62.7% of cities have won a championship in either the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS. Five Pro Sports Cities in a Championship Drought That Deserve a Ring. Guardians: 74 seasons (Last title in 1948)Cleveland has had its chances during this time, but it lost World Series in 1954, 95, 97 and 2016 -- four of the clubs 12 postseason appearances since beating the Boston Braves in the 1948 Fall Classic.