Winning streak (sports)

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In sports, a winning streak refers to a consecutive number of games won. A winning streak can last only two games or be sustained over a much larger timeframe. A winning streak can be held by a team, as in baseball, or by an individual, as in tennis.

Contents 1 Record winning streaks 1.1 America's Cup (yachting) 1.2 College Basketball 1.3 College Football 1.4 MLB 1.5 NBA 1.6 NFL 1.7 NHL

[edit] Record winning streaks

[edit] America's Cup (yachting)

The America's Cup trophy remained in the hands of the United States from 1851, when it won the first race, until 1983 when the Cup was won by the challenger, Australia II from Australia. This ended the longest winning streak in the history of sport, 25 successive victories over 132 years.

[edit] College Basketball

88 games

- 1971-1974 UCLA Bruins

• Streak started January 30, 1971
• Streak ended January 19, 1974 (ended by Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 70-71)

[edit] College Football

47 games

- 1953-57 Oklahoma Sooners

• Streak started October 10, 1953 (defeated Texas Longhorns, 19-14 )
• Streak ended November 16, 1957 (ended by Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 0-7)

[edit] MLB

21 games (tie)

- 1880 Chicago White Stockings

• Streak started June 5, 1880 (defeated Providence Grays, 6-3)
• Streak ended July 10, 1880 (ended by Cleveland Blues, 0-2)

- 1935 Chicago Cubs

• Streak started September 4, 1935 (defeated Philadelphia Phillies, 8-2)
• Streak ended September 28, 1935 (ended by St. Louis Cardinals, 5-7)

Note: The 1916 New York Giants won 26 consecutive games from September 7 to September 30. However, the Giants tied the Pirates in the second game of a doubleheader on September 18 1-1, Major League Baseball treats all ties as if they never existed.

[edit] NBA

33 games

- 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers

• Streak started November 5, 1971 (defeated Baltimore Bullets, 110-106)
• Streak ended January 9, 1972 (ended by Milwaukee Bucks, 104-120)

[edit] NFL

21 games

- 2003-04 New England Patriots

• Streak started October 5, 2003 (defeated Tennessee Titans, 38-30)
• Streak ended October 31, 2004 (ended by Pittsburgh Steelers, 20-34)

[edit] NHL

17 games

- 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins

• Streak started March 9, 1993 (defeated Boston Bruins, 3-2)
• Streak ended April 10, 1993 (ended by New Jersey Devils, 6-6†)

†Pittsburgh tied New Jersey 6-6 on April 10, 1993 to end the regular season. They won an additional three games to start the 1993 playoffs before losing for the first time in 21 games on April 25, 1993 to New Jersey, 1-4.