Draft:List of winning streaks in collegiate gridiron football
This is a list of longest winning streaks in college football.
Pre-NCAA 37 games – Yale Bulldogs[1]
- Streak started November 27, 1890 (defeated Princeton, 32-0)
- Streak ended November 30, 1893 (defeated by Princeton, 0–6)
Note: Prior to the formation of the NCAA collegiate teams played against a variety of amateur teams including local athletic clubs, YMCAs, and Indian schools as well as other colleges. Those victories are included in the win tally.
Longest winning streak
47 games – Oklahoma Sooners[2]
- Streak started October 10, 1953 (defeated Texas, 19–14)
- Streak ended November 16, 1957 (defeated by Notre Dame, 0–7)
Longest unbeaten streak
64 games (60–0–4) – Washington Huskies[3]
- Streak started November 28, 1907 (tied Idaho, 0–0)[4]
- Streak ended November 3, 1917 (defeated by California, 0–27)
40 games – Grand Valley State Lakers
- Streak started August 27, 2005 (defeated Ferris State 30–10)
- Streak ended December 8, 2007 (defeated by Northwest Missouri State, 16–34)
Note: This streak includes playoff games.
Longest winning streak
55 games – Mount Union Purple Raiders
- Streak started September 2, 2000 (defeated Allegheny, 48–21)
- Streak ended December 20, 2003 (defeated by St. John's (MN), 6–24)
Note: This streak includes playoff games. Mount Union also holds the record for most consecutive regular season victories, winning 112 games between 2005–2016.
Longest unbeaten streak
60 games (59-0-1) - Augustana (IL)
Streak started September 17, 1983 (defeated Carroll 42-14)
Streak ended November 29, 1987 (defeated by Dayton 38-36 during the D3 playoffs)
Note: This streak includes playoff games
- Special Note: Linfield College holds the NCAA all-divisions record of 63 consecutive winning seasons, which began in 1956 and continues to this day.
References
[edit]- ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2023.[dead link ]
- ^ "Official 2012 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 110.
- ^ "2014 NCAA Football Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 117. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
- ^ "2009 Washington Football Statistics". www.gohuskies.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.