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Wednesday, November 19, 2003
What do regular season records mean?
By Bob Carter
Special to ESPN Classic

Only one Super Bowl team posted an unbeaten regular season, Miami in 1972. The Dolphins went on to beat Washington in the '73 Super Bowl. A look at the best and worst regular-season records of Super Bowl teams and how they fared in the big game (W or L).

Best:

1972 Miami, 14-0 (W)

1984 San Francisco, 15-1 (W)

1985 Chicago, 15-1 (W)

1967 Oakland, 13-1 (L)

1968 Baltimore, 13-1 (L)

1976 Oakland, 13-1 (W)

Worst:

1979 L.A. Rams, 9-7 (L)

1988 San Francisco, 10-6 (W)

1980 Oakland, 11-5 (W)

1985 New England, 11-5 (L)

1986 Denver, 11-5 (L)

1989 Denver, 11-5 (L)

1992 Buffalo, 11-5 (L)

1994 San Diego, 11-5 (L)

1995 Pittsburgh, 11-5 (L)

1996 New England, 11-5 (L)

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