# Your teams' world/national championships during your fandom **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 3, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506 "2016-11-03T05:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/21 "2016-11-03T16:50:37Z")
New York Mets: 1969 & 1986 New York Jets: 1969 Technically, I favor the Rangers and Knicks, but stopped paying attention by the 80s. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/22 "2016-11-03T17:02:29Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Boston Bruins fan since 1969 - 1970, 1972, 2011 > Boston Red Sox fan since 1969 - 2004, 2007, 2013 > New England Patriots fan since 1969 - 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014 > Boston Celtics fan since 1980 - 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008 I’m not _quite_ as old as Telemark; I’d say I’ve been a fan of these teams since the late 70’s. But long enough to have caught all these championships. Due to relocation I’ve also become a fan of the Tennessee Titans in the last decade or so. Not much to celebrate there though… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/23 "2016-11-03T17:11:47Z")
Colts: Super Bowl Champions 2006 Other teams: Pacers, Nationals, Indiana Hoosiers, Kent State Golden Flashes ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/24 "2016-11-03T17:45:33Z")
The Blue Jays in 1992 and 1993. The Raptors and Senators haven’t won yet, and I don’t really have a football team I can honestly say I’ve been emotionally invested in. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/25 "2016-11-03T18:19:02Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > Red Sox (1986) 2004 2007 2013 > > All other teams ive given up on at one point or another because they got too full of themselves like Newcastle or the Raiders, Wait, WHAT? _Newcastle_ got too full of themselves, but you stuck with the Red Sox? Does not compute. Anyway: Pittsburgh Steelers (fan birth-late 80s) 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980 (though I barely remember the first two; 1979 was the first year I actively watched sports) Pittsburgh Pirates (birth-late 80s) 1979 (it was a very good year) San Francisco 49ers (late 80s-mid 00s) 1988, 1989 Chicago Cubs (2004-present) 2016 ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/26 "2016-11-03T18:19:06Z")
San Antonio Spurs - 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2014 Dallas Mavericks - 2011 ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2016, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/27 "2016-11-03T18:28:44Z")
A lot of **Almosts** , and lots of heartbreaks, with my teams. Patience certainly is a virtue! [ul] [li]Nebraska Cornhuskers (Dad is from there, so birth) 1994, 1995, 1997[/li][li]Red Sox (1980 my first little league team) 2004 2007 2013[/li][li]Rams (1979 Picked out a stocking cap) 1999[/li][li]Dolphins (1980 gym suit not available for Rams) none[/li][li]Kansas Jayhawks (1990, since Nebraska doesn’t have a basketball team) 2008[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Santelia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Santelia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santelia)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/28 "2016-11-04T12:29:57Z")
Somerset County Cricket Club - never won championship but came close a few times recently ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2016, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/29 "2016-11-04T14:45:32Z")
I was a Houston Oiler fan way back in 1959 when they were in the old AFL before joining the NFL. I was a high school football trainer and the Houston Oiler trainer Bobby Brown was my instructor. I was a Houston Oiler fan when the best QB in the business was the QB for Houston, George Blanda and the coach was Sid Giilman both have passed away, but not forgotten. The Oilers won two AFL championships before joining the NFL as part of the AFL–NFL Merger. In 1999, the Titans played their most memorable season since joining the NFL, when they made it all the way to Super Bowl XXXIV, but they fell to the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams. That game came within a about two feet of being the first and only tied game in Super Bowl history. I became a San Diego Charger fan back in 1977 when I moved to San Diego. The AFL and the National Football League (NFL) merged before the 1970 season, and in 34 years since then, the Chargers have made seven trips to the playoffs and three appearances in the AFC Championship game. At the end of the 1994 season, the Chargers faced the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XXIX and fell 49-26. Love does not see the blemishes … I am and always will be a San Diego Charger fan unless they move to LA that is. Then I will have to reconsider. I also grew up in Waco and have been a Baylor University fan since 1956. I remember telling Coach Grant Teaff that his team was going to go to the Cotton Bowl back in 1971. He of course looked at me like I was crazy. Three (3) years later the Baylor Bears played in their first Cotton Bowl. I still love football and the Baylor Bears. Baylor won the SWC conference in 1924 and again in 1974 under the leadership of third year head coach Grant Teaff. I remember when the University of Texas came over and stole our mascot a little bear cub and when the bear fought back they killed it. > **[Baylor's Long, Cruel History](https://sharkonline.org/index.php/animal-cruelty/captivity/663-baylor-s-long-cruel-history)** > > SHARK - Investigations and Campaigns Against Animal Abuse > [@](#): > > In the early morning hours on Friday, November 10 (1961), University of Texas students raided the Bear Pit and attempted to kidnap Ginger. As they were pulling her across the moat the bear and a student got tangled in the same rope with each lashing out against the other for protection. In fear for his life, the student hit Ginger on the head with a wrench and killed her. What a sad day that was right before the game (we lost). ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/30 "2016-11-05T01:05:18Z")
Green Bay Packers: 1966, 1967 (though I was far too young to be aware of these), 1996, 2010 Milwaukee Brewers: none (close but no cigar in 1982) University of Wisconsin: hockey in 1973, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1990, 2006 Chicago Blackhawks: 2010, 2013, 2015 ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/31 "2016-11-05T04:22:50Z")
Milwaukee Braves 1957 (They piped the radio broadcast into all the classrooms of my grade school.) Packers 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1996, 2010 Milwaukee Bucks 1971 ---
**Author:** ![ultimate11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/49beb7/32.png) [@ultimate11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultimate11)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/32 "2016-11-05T04:56:54Z")
Born in 1994 so… (dates listed are for the year the teams won the championship). Major Teams - World Championships: Chicago Blackhawks '10, '13, '15 (3 Championships) Chicago Bulls '96-'98 (3 Championships) Chicago Fire '98 (1 Championship) Chicago White Sox '05 (1 Championship) Minor Teams - World Championships Chicago Bandits (Women’s Softball) '08, '11, '15-'16 (4 Championships) Chicago Bliss (Women’s Gridiron) '13-'14, '16 (3 Championships (One Lingerie Bowl Cup, Two Legends Cups) Chicago Rush (Arena Football - Now Defunct) - '06 (1 Championship- ironically won in Arena Bowl _XX_. 20? Hmm…where have I heard that number before?) Chicago Wolves '98, '00 (Turner Cups), '02, '08 (2 Calder Cups, 4 Championships, Total) I was also going to say CM Punk and list out all of his [accomplisments](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM_Punk#Championships_and_accomplishments), but we’re talking teams, so I can’t do that. My father, born in 1950, has more experiences with teams winning, the Blackhawks in '61, the Bulls in '91-'93 (Three championships), the Bears in '86, the Sting (Indoor Soccer) in '81, and '84, and that’s probably about it. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/33 "2016-11-05T10:17:37Z")
Geelong (AFL) 1963, 2007, 2009, 2011. NSW (cricket) 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1993, 1994, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2014 ---
**Author:** ![Trevor\_Does\_Not\_Exist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@Trevor\_Does\_Not\_Exist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trevor_Does_Not_Exist)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2016, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/34 "2016-11-05T11:16:30Z")
Blackpool Football club (real british football) Nothing in recent history, other than The worst owners in football award. (really) ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/35 "2016-11-07T15:27:52Z")
Boston Red Sox 2004, 2007, 2013 New England Patriots 2001, 2003, 2004, 2014 Boston Celtics 1981, 1984, 1986, 2008 Boston Bruins 2011 UMaine Hockey 1993, 1999 ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/36 "2016-11-07T16:41:17Z")
University of Alabama football: 8 (1973, 1978, 1979, 1992, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015) ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/37 "2016-11-07T17:16:33Z")
February 22nd, 1980 … Team USA 4, Soviet Union 3 … “Do you believe in miracles?” ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/38 "2016-11-07T18:40:01Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > February 22nd, 1980 … > > Team USA 4, Soviet Union 3 … “Do you believe in miracles?” Nitpick: this was a semifinal game, not the gold medal game. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506/39 "2016-11-07T18:46:15Z")
St Louis Cardinals baseball (since 1980-81): 1982, 2006, and 2011 Dallas Cowboys (late 1980s): 1992 (SB 27), 1993 (SB 28), and 1995 (SB 30) Los Angeles Lakers (1983): 1985, 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2009, and 2010 LSU Tigers football: 2003 and 2007 ---
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Teams that won championships WHILE I was a big fan… NY Yankees: 1977 and 1978 (I was nowhere near as big a fan when the 1990s mini-dynasty came along) Oakland Raiders 1977 NY Giants: 1987, 1991, 2008, 2012 Notre Dame football: 1973, 1977, 1988 Montreal Canadiens: 1969, 71, 73, 76-79 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-teams-world-national-championships-during-your-fandom/770506.md?page=3)