For 6 out of 7 straight seasons the team that lost the Superbowl
comes back the next year to not even make the playoffs..
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XXXIX Feb. 6, 2005 New England 24, Philadelphia 21*(6-10)
XXXVIII Feb. 1, 2004 New England 32, Carolina 29*(7-9)
XXXVII Jan. 26, 2003 Tampa Bay 48, Oakland 21*(4-12)
XXXVI Feb. 3, 2002 New England 20, St. Louis 17*(7-9)
XXXV Jan. 28, 2001 Baltimore 34, N.Y. Giants 7* (7-9)
XXXIV Jan. 30, 2000 St. Louis 23, Tennessee 16 (13-3)
XXXIII Jan. 31, 1999 Denver 34, Atlanta 19 *(5-11)