Super Bowl Champs the following season

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Super Bowl Champs the following season
How Super Bowl champions fared the year after their championship:

SEASON SUPER BOWL CHAMP FOLLOWING SEASON IN PLAYOFFS
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2007 New York Giants finished 12-4; lost to Philadelphia
in divisional playoff

2006 Indianapolis Colts finished 13-3; lost to San Diego in
divisional playoff

2005 Pittsburgh Steelers missed playoffs (8-8)

2004 New England Patriots finished 10-6; beat Jacksonville in
wild card round; lost to
Denver in divisional playoff

2003 New England Patriots 1st-round bye; beat Indianapolis
in divisional playoff; beat
Pittsburgh in AFC championship;
beat Philadelphia in Super Bowl
XXXIX

2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers missed playoffs (7-9)

2001 New England Patriots missed playoffs (9-7)

2000 Baltimore Ravens finished 10-6; beat Miami in
wild card round; lost to
Pittsburgh in divisional playoff

1999 St. Louis Rams finished 10-6, lost in wild
card round to New Orleans

1998 Denver Broncos missed playoffs (6-10)

1997 Denver Broncos 1st-round bye; beat Miami in AFC
divisional playoff; beat NY Jets
in AFC championship; beat Atlanta
in Super Bowl

1996 Green Bay Packers 1st-round bye; beat Tampa Bay in
NFC divisional playoff; beat San
Francisco in NFC championship;
lost to Denver in Super Bowl

1995 Dallas Cowboys Beat Minnesota, lost to Carolina
in NFC divisional playoff

1994 San Francisco 49ers 1st-round bye; lost to Green Bay

1993 Dallas Cowboys 1st-round bye; beat Green Bay;
lost to San Francisco

1992 Dallas Cowboys 1st-round bye; beat Green Bay;
beat San Francisco; beat Buffalo
in Super Bowl

1991 Washington Redskins beat Minnesota; lost to San Francisco

1990 New York Giants missed playoffs (8-8)

1989 San Francisco 49ers 1st-round bye; beat Washington;
lost to N.Y. Giants

1988 San Francisco 49ers 1st-round bye; beat Minnesota;
beat L.A. Rams; beat Denver in Super Bowl

1987 Washington Redskins missed playoffs (7-9)

1986 New York Giants missed playoffs (6-9)

1985 Chicago Bears 1st-round bye; lost to Washington

1984 San Francisco 49ers lost to N.Y. Giants

1983 Los Angeles Raiders lost to Seattle

1982 Washington Redskins 1st-round bye; beat L.A. Rams;
beat San Francisco; lost to L.A. Raiders
in Super Bowl

1981 San Francisco 49ers missed playoffs (3-6)

1980 Oakland Raiders missed playoffs (7-9)

1979 Pittsburgh Steelers missed playoffs (9-7)

1978 Pittsburgh Steelers 1st-round bye; beat Miami; beat Houston;
beat L.A. Rams in Super Bowl

1977 Dallas Cowboys 1st-round bye; beat Atlanta;
beat L.A. Rams; lost to Pittsburgh in
Super Bowl

1976 Oakland Raiders beat Baltimore; lost to Denver

1975 Pittsburgh Steelers beat Baltimore; lost to Oakland

1974 Pittsburgh Steelers beat Baltimore; beat Oakland;
beat Dallas in Super Bowl

1973 Miami Dolphins lost to Oakland

1972 Miami Dolphins beat Cincinnati; beat Oakland;
beat Minnesota in Super Bowl

1971 Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco; lost to Washington

1970 Baltimore Colts beat Cleveland; lost to Miami

1969 Kansas City Chiefs missed playoffs (7-5-2)

1968 New York Jets lost to Kansas City

1967 Green Bay Packers missed playoffs (6-7-1)

1966 Green Bay Packers beat L.A. Rams; beat Dallas;
beat Oakland in Super Bowl