Last Undefeated NFL Teams

Note: The last undefeated team each year by the latest date of first loss, not based on the most consecutive wins to start each season. Situations where the team with the latest date of first loss differs from the team who started with the most wins are noted with an asterisk.
For NFL games, we consider all games that occurred within the same week to have happened at the same time.

Steelers the only team with double-digit wins before first loss not to make it past the WC round since 1990.

Thanks Tomlin...

 

A lot on this board knew that 11-0 was a bit of a mirage. I remember the young Steeler fans I knew getting so excited and talking undefeated season.

 

This is true that the 11-0 start was a mirage but this is still very paintful as memory because of what happened after,so I prefer to forget the more that I can!

 

Something happened that year on offense and I would love to hear from players about what was going on. During the win streak they averaged 29 pts/gm. That dropped by 7 pts/gm in the losing streak. A change like that means a significant shift in something.

And Roethlisberger famously said:

"The season is not over," Roethlisberger said Wednesday, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. "I want everyone out there to just take a deep breath. I know it's kind of crazy right now. I just want everyone to take a deep breath. We've got time. That's my mindset too."

"We have guaranteed ourselves a chance at the playoffs. We're in the postseason. We have three weeks now to get it going, to turn it around, to give ourselves the best chance to reach our ultimate goal, which is winning a Super Bowl," Roethlisberger said. "If we were starting the postseason tomorrow, maybe there would be a little bit more panic on our part.

 

Counting the playoff loss to the Browns the Steelers lost 5 of their last 6 games. The only game we won was against the Colts where we were trailing 24-7 at the end of the 3rd quarter. Ben went crazy in the fourth quarter throwing 3 TD's to lead us to a 28-24 win.

 

The Steelers had maybe their worst running game in history, especially from week 6 or 7 onward. Ben was older, so he was more afraid of getting hit like the current Rodgers, and he couldn't consistently complete passes from the yellow line at that point. Opponents adjusted to that as the season progressed and the steelers had no answer

 

I remember posting that they were the worst 11-0 team ever and I was greeted with this

 

The 2017 season was also a mirage. Sandbagged wins against backup QBs for Colts, Packers and Texans. That team was wiped out by Bortles Jags in post season. Thanks Popcorn.

 

In 2017, they were maybe the most talented steelers team in the Roethlisberger era, but they didn't play like that despite their 13-3 record, for the reasons you said.

 

On offense, yes... most talented of Roetlisberger era. On defense... hell no.

 

OK, that actually did make me LOL...

 

They should've been the #1 seed, but the refs screwed them in the Patriots game Jesse James TD.

 

Informative.

2011 Giants = 2005 Steelers

Lots of similarities in those teams.

 

they were a top 10 ranked defense in 2017.