5. 1975 Washington Capitals
Another expansion franchise, the Capitals went 8-67-5 to set the record
for the worst season in NHL history. Along the way, they also earned the
title for most road losses (39 out of 40 games) and the longest losing
streak (17 games). Their failings can be traced to the fact that they
gave up an average of five and a half goals a game, which, if you’re not
a hockey fan, can be best described as “a hell of a lot.”
4. 1960 Dallas Cowboys
The Cowboys are the most valuable franchise in North America (they’re
worth about 1.65 billion dollars), but it was a long and painful journey
to top spot. Their inaugural year was flat-out embarrassing; its only
highlight was a tie game near the end of the season. They lost every
other match, most by a large margin, to finish 0-11-1. Have we mentioned
that expansion teams are hilariously awful? Because they totally are.
One of only two modern NFL teams to have an imperfect season, the
Buccaneers would nearly go winless for two straight years, losing the
first 12 games of their second season for an 0-26 start to the
franchise. Yup, they’re another incompetent expansion team. To make
matters worse, they had what is by far the most embarrassing logo on
this list. We guess it’s supposed to be intimidating, but it just looks
like he’s trying to seduce us.
2. 2008 Detroit Lions
The Detroit Lions have a long and storied history of ineptitude. Most
famous is their 0-16 season in 2008, but that wasn’t the first time the
Lions have gone winless. They went 0-11 back in 1942, and, based on the
current quality of their team, there’s little stopping them from pulling
it off again in the near future. At least Detroit has the Red Wings,
otherwise the sports teams alone would make people ashamed to admit
they’re from Motor City.
1. 1899 Cleveland Spiders
We’re really reaching back into the history books for this one, but the
story of the Cleveland Spiders is too ridiculous to not be worthy of
top spot. In 1899 the team’s owners purchased a second franchise, the
laughably named St. Louis Perfectos. Feeling that St. Louis was a more
viable market, the owners sent all of the Spiders’ best players over to
the Perfectos, meaning that Cleveland was forced to play with a short
roster of weak players. The end result? A 20-134 season. They were so
bad that other teams eventually refused to travel to Cleveland (they
averaged just 145 fans a game), so the Spiders were forced to hit the
road for the majority of their matches. That means their record of 101
road losses is impossible to break, and no matter how bad future teams
are the Spiders will always be a part of baseball history for all the
wrong reasons.
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