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State of Ohio Sports Championship Losses
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The state of Ohio has been through a tough past few years in the sporting world. Ever since The Ohio State University Buckeyes upset the Miami Hurricanes in the College Football National Championship in 2003, every one of their sporting teams have lost in some sort of other championship. Here's the list of all the championship losses for Ohio sports teams:
| | 1939 - College Basketball - Ohio State is the NIT Runner-up |
| | 1939 - MLB - Cincinnati Reds shut-out in '37 World Series to N.Y. Yankees, 0-4 |
| | 1951 - NFL - Cleveland Browns lost NFL Championship to Lions, 17-24 |
| | 1952 - NFL - Cleveland Browns lost NFL Championship to Lions, 7-17 |
| | 1953 - NFL - Cleveland Browns lost NFL Championship to Lions, 16–17 |
| | 1954 - MLB - Cleveland Indians lost World Series to Giants, 4-0 |
| | 1957 - NFL - Cleveland Browns lost NFL Championship to Lions, 14-59 |
| | 1961 - College Basketball - NCAA Runner-up - Ohio State lost to Cincinnati, 70-65 |
| | 1961 - MLB - Cincinnati Reds lost in '61 World Series to N.Y. Yankees, 1-4 |
| | 1962 - College Basketball - NCAA Runner-up - Ohio States lost to Cincinnati, 71-59 |
| | 1965 - NFL - Cleveland Browns lost NFL Championship (Packers 12–23) |
| | 1970 - MLB - Cincinnati Reds lost in '70 World Series to Baltimore, 1-4 |
| | 1972 - College Football - OSU lost to USC 42-17 in the Rose Bowl |
| | 1972 - MLB - Reds lost World Series to Oakland, 3-4 |
| | 1974 - College Football - OSU lost to USC 18-17 in the Rose Bowl |
| | 1975-76 - NBA - Cleveland Cavs lost Eastern Conference Final to Boston Celtics, 2-4 |
| | 1981 - NFL - Cincinnati Bengals lost Super Bowl to 49ers 26-21 |
| | 1986-87 - NFL - Browns lose to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game, 23-20 |
| | 1987-88 - NFL - Browns lose to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game, 38-33 |
| | 1989-90 - NFL - Browns lose to the Denver Broncos in the AFC Championship game, 21-10 |
| | 1991-92 - NBA - Cavs lost Eastern Conference Final to Chicago Bulls, 2-4 |
| | 1995 - MLB - Indians lost World Series to Atlanta Braves, 4-2 |
| | 1997 - MLB - Indians lost World Series to Marlins, 4-3 |
| | 2005-06 - NBA - Cavs lost Eastern Conference Semifinal to Detroit Pistons, 3-4 |
| | 2006-07 - NBA - Cavs lost NBA Final to Spurs, 0-4 |
| | 2007 - MLB - Cleveland Indians lost to Boston Red Sox in Game 7 of the ALCS after being up in games 3-1 |
| | 2007 - Arena Football - Columbus Destroyers lose to San Jose in ArenaBowl XXI, 55-33 |
| | 2007 - College Football - #1 The Ohio State University Buckeyes lost to #2 Florida, 41-14 |
| | 2007 - College Basketball - OSU lost to Florida Gators 84-75 in the National Championship Game |
| | 2008 - College Football - #2 OSU Buckeyes lost to #1 LSU, 38-24 |
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