Worst teams in NFL history

The Kansas City Chiefs are 1-7, but what makes them repulsively awful is they haven’t had a lead in regulation time through eight games. (Their victory came on a field goal in overtime.) Not since the 1929 Buffalo Bisons had an NFL team played eight games without a lead in regulation. Buffalo folded after that season. Chiefs fans hope general manager Scott Pioli will simply leave Kansas City. The worst teams in NFL history:

1. 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 0-14

The QB of the expansion team that was outscored by an average score of 29-9? Steve Spurrier. Bucs started 0-12 in 1977.

2. 1942 Detroit Lions, 0-11

Averaged 3.5 points per game. QBs Harry Hopp, Chet Wetterlund and Tom Colella combined for zero touchdown passes and 27 interceptions. You can look it up.

3. 1943 Chicago Cardinals, 0-10

Loss of players to World War II brought a merger with Pittsburgh Steelers in 1944, when Card-Pitt again went 0-10.

4. 2008 Detroit Lions, 0-16

Remember, this was the decade of parity. How does a team with Calvin Johnson, who had 78 catches for 1,331 yards, go winless?

5. 1980 New Orleans Saints, 1-15

This was the year Saints fans went with the Unknown Comic look. Archie Manning’s team started 0-14, then beat the Jets 21-20.

6. 2000 San Diego Chargers, 1-15

Ryan Leaf! Three years after he was the No. 2 pick in the draft, behind Peyton Manning, Leaf was benched for 37-year-old Jim Harbaugh.

7. 1971 Buffalo Bills, 1-13

They were shut out four times. Dennis Shaw threw 11 TD passes and 26 interceptions. O.J. rushed for only 742 yards. Team was last in total defense and last in total offense.

8. 2007 Miami Dolphins, 1-15

Started 0-13, then beat Baltimore in overtime.