Which team has the best Super Bowl record?

[mix]

Clearly, the Steelers 6-1 are at the top. But what about the second and third positions? The San Francisco 49s are a perfect 5-0, while the Dallas Cowboys are 5-3.

I would rank them in the following order:
1) Steelers
2) Cowboys
3) 49s

The Cowboys have the same number of Super Bowl victories as the 49s, while San Francisco has three less Super Bowl appearances than Dallas. Those NFC Championships have to count for something.

[madinmaryland]

1. Good point, mix.

:thumbsup:

[mix]

2. sure the niners are 5-0, but they got to the Super Bowl 3 less times, right?

[madinmaryland]

3. That's been my point all along. The Cowboys have won the NFC Championship

Eight times. No other team is close.

[Iggo]

7. Yeah, but that only means...

...they have a better NFC Chamionship Game record than the 9ers.

[Upton]

8. NFC championships are nothing more

than a consolation prize, an award for losers. Mentioning how many the Cowboys have won only serves to highlight how many Super Bowls they've lost.

[mix]

9. or how few the 49s have played in compared to Dallas

[Onceuponalife]

25. this takes the prize for stupidity

Winning an NFC Championship is an award for losers but winning the wild card BERTH in baseball is not second tier? Come again?

[madinmaryland]

29. Funnily, I do remember you commenting how the SF Giants have been

to the World Series, and you were not dismissive of that fact.

[Upton]

4. BS

Winning percentage counts for something too..When you get to the big game you got to win.

49ers: 5-0 1000

Steelers: 6-1 .857

Cowboys: 5-3 .625

By that metric, the 49ers are the most successful team in Super Bowl history.

[mix]

5. well

when the 49s get to Super Bowls 6,7 and 8, let's see if they do win "the big game"...stellar Super Bowl record, but not quite the tradition of excellence that Dallas has in the NFC.

[Upton]

11. Gee...I hope the 49ers get to 3 more Super Bowls

just so they can fall flat on their face like the Cowboys. LOL

My definition of a "tradition of excellence" doesn't include failing in the Super Bowl.

[mix]

14. i hate that phrase

but what else are you gonna call it ?
:shrug:

[Iggo]

6. But the 9ers are battin' a thousand.

I'm a Rams fan from the 70's, so I've got no love for the Cowboys. But I'm also a Rams fan from the 80's, and so I hate the niners with a hate that is pure. However...

1.000 > 0.625

Eight appearances versus five is a damn good argument, though.

[hughee99]

10. Best superbowl record is the 49ers 5-0

But the Cowboys reaching the SB 8 times and winning 5 makes them a more successful franchise.

[mix]

12. buyers remorse (it's late)

I admit as a pure number, 5-0 is the best and it is an amazing feat...but the fact that the Steelers have won more Super Bowls, for me, means they have the best record...and Dallas by reaching more Super Bowls has gone farther...

i'll buy it, but for a penny

[Upton]

13. Thank you for admitting the 49ers have the best SB record

that's my point, it's always been my point.

[mix]

15. my revisions

What are the three most successful Super Bowl franchises in NFL history?

1)Steelers
2)Cowboys
3)49s

Clearly Super Bowl records alone do not tell the whole story about a franchise's success and failures. Dallas lost three Super Bowls, San Francisco has three less appearances and three less NFC Championships.

After Pittsburgh, Dallas is the most successful Super Bowl franchise.

5-3 trumps 5-0.

[Upton]

16. I don't think so

take 2 teams in the standings, 1 is 5-0 the other 5-3...which team is in 1st place?

The 49ers are the only NFL team with multiple SB wins and no losses.

Dallas has nothing on the Niners but 3 extra losses.

[mix]

17. 3 more years of going further

[hughee99]

18. So the Niners are a better franchise because

they failed to get to the SB 3 more times than the Dallas?

[Upton]

21. If you want to go by something other than SB records

How about this?...The 49ers hold the NFL record with 16 consecutive 10 or more win seasons. They also hold the NFL record with 19 consecutive road wins. Both are extremely impressive marks and neither is likely to be broken anytime soon, if at all.

[hughee99]

23. Interesting stats...

Here's one: The Cowpies hold the record with 8 SB appearances. Yes, the 49ers have a great history (despite their recent troubles), but at this point in time, Dallas has been a more successful franchise. If SF wins a SB before Dallas, I may change my tune, but until then, I don't think regular season stats are going to change my mind.

[Iggo]

26. But if the 9ers win another Super Bowl...

...Dallas will still have more Super Bowl appearances.

Of course, they could both lose multiple Super Bowls between now and the next time either one wins one, so...

Steelers it is! Winner!

(I spel gud)

[fishwax]

19. which team is in 1st place if one is 5-0 and the other is 6-1?

[Upton]

20. You revert to winning percentage

the 5-0 team

[fishwax]

22. "best winning percentage" is a consolation prize for the second place team

6 > 1

[Onceuponalife]

24. Do you even believe your own

bullshit? How can you compare standings of 5-0 vs. 5-3. They wouldn't have played an uneven number of games at the same time, even allowing for a bye week, it would only be a one-game difference. Those kind of standing don't exist at the same time in the NFL. It can't happen. Comparing teams at different points in the season is meaningless. The 5-0 team can very easily lose the next three weeks and then it would be an equal 5-3 comparison measured at the same point in the season. Are you keeping up? This comparison cannot fairly be made until the 9ers play in 3 more super bowls. Your analogy fails.

[cboy4]

28. Oh listen to the big Rams fan

You can't even compare to the 49ers

[Onceuponalife]

32. I am honest about my team unlike you and your more evil twin

Like this gentleman you posted a pic of I say my team stinks when it does stink. That's why I have never started any thread here about how great the Rams and the Oakland A's are when they clearly are not. You could learn something about my humility. But you are clearly learning-impaired. I am honest which is why I sometimes agree with you and say so. But you never can be honest about your teams which is tiring I must say. That's what makes you and uptown homers and buttkissers and me an honest REAL fan.

[cboy4]

33. LOL

I like how you post a thread bragging about your humility .. you know, essentially trying to describe what a saint you are ,,, only to pepper it with remarks about me such as, "learning-impaired." how I'm dishonest, which is "tiring I must say," and calling me a "homer" and a "buttkisser," while implying I'm not a REAL fan.

You are too, too much!!! :rofl:

[Forkboy]

34. Sounds like he has a pretty good handle on you.

[mix]

35. hear hear

until proven otherwise, this iteration of the cowboys stinks too...you got to win not to!

Go Cowboys!

[Upton]

30. I've got something for you

the SB winning percentage of the Rams. You know, the team that you root for that resides in a red state almost 2000 miles away from where you live.

Super Bowl record

Rams 1-2 .333


Since you don't know what a winning SB record is all about, the Rams have never had one, I'll just ignore your post.. realizing it is nothing more than the rantings of a disillusioned envious individual.

[Onceuponalife]

31. LOL

He says he'll ignore my post as he precedes not to ignore it. What an asshat!

[cboy4]

27. The 49ers have been to the Super Bowl five times and they've won

all five times!

And just to put an exclamation point on things, they humiliated their opponents in the 1990's!!!

SAN FRANCISCO 55, DENVER 10

SAN FRANCISCO 49, SAN DIEGO 26

how can anyone say the lame-ass cowboys are better?!?! :wtf:

:bounce:

[Onceuponalife]

42. Wait till they've played in 8 Super Bowls

before you start comparing records with someone who has played 8. What if they lose 3 straight in their record is 5-3? Somehow I think you would still find a way to rate them superior.

[MrSlayer]

36. Can't beat a perfect winning percentage.

The Niners are tops. Besides, the Stillers have that fraudulent SB win over Seattle.

[mix]

37. like Tampa Bay's ?

[MrSlayer]

38. Tampa kicked the shit out of Oakland.

There was nothing cheap about that win. It wasn't given to them.

[mix]

39. great win

But if you only look at the winning percentages of Super Bowl winners, Tampa(1-0), like San Francisco (5-0) is batting a thousand.

[MrSlayer]

40. Ah, I see your point.

I wouldn't rate Tampa, Baltimore or St. Louis above the Stillers or Cowgirls based on percentages.

[Onceuponalife]

41. p3wned

+1