Dynasty (sports)

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In sports, the term dynasty is often used to refer to a team that dominates their sport for a period of time. Such dominance is usually recognized only after a team has won many championships in a given time (3 in 4 years, 5 in 8 years, 7 in 12 years, etc.). The exact requirements for the label is a frequent topic of debate among sports fans.

Contents 1 NFL 2 NHL 3 MLB 4 NBA 5 MLS 6 NASCAR 7 WNBA 8 Soccer 9 CFL 10 NLL 11 AFL 12 NCAA Basketball (Men) 12.1 Division I 12.2 Division III 13 NCAA Basketball (Women) 13.1 Division I 13.2 Division II 13.3 Division III 14 College cheerleading 14.1 UCA National College Cheerleading Championship 15 NCAA Football 15.1 Division I-A 15.2 Division II 15.3 Division III 16 NCAA Baseball 17 NCAA Women's Soccer 18 College Mascoting 19 High School Cheerleading 20 Dynasties in question

[edit] NFL

• Green Bay Packers 1929-1931 (3 championships in 3 years)
• Chicago Bears 1930s (2 championships in 1932, 1933, conference champions in 1934 and 1937)
• Chicago Bears of the 1940s (aka The Monsters of the Midway) (3 championships in 4 years)
• Cleveland Browns of the 1940s and 1950s (10 consecutive championship game appearances: 4 AAFC titles, 3 NFL championships)
• Detroit Lions of the 1950s (3 championships and 4 title game appearances in 6 years)
• Green Bay Packers of the 1960s (5 championships in 7 years, including Super Bowls I and II)
• Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s (4 Super Bowls in 6 years ('74, '75, '78, '79), 6 straight division titles, 7 total)
• San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s and 1990s (4 Super Bowls in 9 years ('81, '84, '88, '89), five in 14 years ('81, '84, '88, '89, '94), 5 straight division titles, 7 total, the only dynasty to keep winning despite a change of head coaches.
• Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s (First team to win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years ('92, '93, '95), 3 conference championships in 4 straight appearances, 5 straight division titles, 6 total)
• New England Patriots of the 2000s (Second team to win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years ('01, '03, '04), 4 conference championship appearances in 6 years, 5 division titles in 6 years. Also holds NFL record for consecutive victories, including playoffs, at 21 games from October 5, 2003 (38-30 over the Tennessee Titans) until October 24, 2004 (13-7 over the New York Jets.)

[edit] NHL

• Ottawa Senators of the 1920s (4 championships in 8 years) 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927
• Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1940s (4 championships in 5 years) 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
• Detroit Red Wings of the early 1950s (4 championships in 6 years) 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955
• Montreal Canadiens of the 1950s (5 championships in 5 years) 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
• Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1960s (4 championships in 6 years) 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
• Montreal Canadiens of the late 1960s (4 championships in 5 years) 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969
• Montreal Canadiens of the 1970s (4 championships in 4 years) 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
• New York Islanders of the early 1980s (4 championships in 4 years) 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
• Edmonton Oilers of the late 1980s (5 championships in 7 years) 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990

[edit] MLB

• Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1908 (3 NL pennants and 2 World Series championships in 3 years; set ML record for wins in a season (116 in 1906), most wins in 2 consecutive seasons (223 from 1906-1907) and 3 consecutive seasons (322 from 1906-1908))
• Philadelphia Athletics from 1910 to 1913 (3 championships in 4 years)
• Boston Red Sox from 1912 to 1918 (4 championships in 7 years)
• San Francisco Giants from 1921 to 1924 (4 NL pennants and 2 World Series in 4 years)
• New York Yankees from 1921 to 1928 (6 AL pennants and 3 World Series championships in 8 years)
• Philadelphia Athletics from 1929 to 1931 (3 AL pennants and 2 World Series in 3 years; won each pennant by an average of 16 games)
• New York Yankees from 1936 to 1943 (7 AL pennants and 6 World Championships in 8 years)
• New York Yankees from 1949 to 1964 (14 AL pennants and 9 World Series championships in 16 years)
• New York Yankees from 1976 to 1981 (4 AL pennants and 2 World Series championships in 6 years)
• Oakland Athletics of the 1970s (3 championships and 5 AL West Championships)
• Cincinnati Reds from 1972 to 1976 (4 NL West titles, 3 NL pennants and 2 championships in 5 years)
• Atlanta Braves from 1991 to 1996 (5 division titles, 4 NL pennants and 1 championship in 5 seasons)
• New York Yankees from 1996 to 2001 (5 AL pennants and 4 championships in 6 years)

[edit] NBA

• Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s (5 championships between 1949 and 1954)
• Boston Celtics (1956 to 1986 16 NBA titles in 30 years overall. 26 winning seasons, 20 division titles, 18 conference titles)
• Los Angeles Lakers of 1979 to 1991 (5 NBA championships, 10 division titles, 9 conference championships, 12 winning seasons)
• Chicago Bulls of the 1990s (6 NBA championships in 8 seasons, 8 Division titles, including the best single season record in NBA history (72-10))
• Los Angeles Lakers 1999- 2004 (3 NBA championships, 3 division titles, 4 NBA Finals appearances, 5 playoff appearances)

[edit] MLS

• D.C. United from 1996 to 1999 (3 MLS Championships in 4 years, including the league's innaugural, and 2 different head coaches, additionally, the team beat Vasco Da Gama, a traditional Brazilian powerhouse to win the InterAmerica Cup in 98, and Mexican powerhouse Toluca to win the CONCACAF Champion's Cup in '98)
• San Jose Earthquakes/San Jose Earthquakes from 2001 to 2006 (3 Championships in 5 years, including 2 head coaches, and a move to a different city)

[edit] NASCAR

• Richard Petty from (1967 to 1975 5 of 7 driving titles in 8 seasons never falling outside the top five in points)
• David Pearson from (1966 to 1969 3 driving titles in 4 seasons)
• Cale Yarborough from (1976 to 1978 won 3 straight driving titles)
• Darrell Waltrip from (1981 to 1985 won 3 driving titles in 5 years)
• Dale Earnhardt from (1986 to 1994 won 6 of 7 driving titles in 8 years)
• Jeff Gordon from (1995 to 1998 won 3 of 4 driving titles in 4 years)

[edit] WNBA

• Houston Comets from 1997 to 2001 (4 WNBA championships,4 conference championships, 9 playoff appearances from 1997-2006)

[edit] Soccer

• Manchester United of the 1990s and 2000s (8 English Premier League Championships)
• Real Madrid between 1960 and 1990 (19 Spanish League Championships; the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960; and three UEFA Champions League titles between 1998 and 2002)
• Bayern Munich 19 Bundesliga Championships in between 1969 and 2006 Runner-up 8 times between same years.
• Olympiacos between 1997 and 2006 (9 totally and 7 consecutive Super League Greece Championships 2 Greek Cups and one double)
• Lyon of the 2000s: 5 consecutive French Ligue 1 championships from 2002 to 2006
• Skonto Riga — 14 consecutive Latvian championships from 1991 to 2004 (the final Latvian SSR championship in 1991, followed by the first 13 championships of the new national league, the Virsliga)
• Rosenborg — 13 consecutive Norwegian championships from 1992 to 2004, plus the 2006 title

[edit] CFL

• Toronto Argonauts from 1945 to 1952 (5 championships in 8 years)
• Edmonton Eskimos from 1954 to 1956 (3 championships in 3 years)
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1958 to 1962 (4 championships in 5 years)
• Edmonton Eskimos from 1975 to 1982 (6 championships in 8 years)

[edit] NLL

• Philadelphia Wings of the 1990s (4 championships in 7 years)
• Toronto Rock of the late 1990s - 2000s (5 championships in 7 years)

[edit] AFL

• Detroit Drive of the late 1980s - early 1990s (4 championships in 5 years)
• Tampa Bay Storm of the 1990s (4 championships in 6 years)

[edit] NCAA Basketball (Men)

[edit] Division I

• UCLA from 1964 to 1975 (10 championships in 12 years)
• University of Kentucky from 1946 to 1951 (3 NCAA championships, 1 NIT championship, 1 NIT runner-up) and from 1996 to 1998 (2 NCAA championships, 1 NCAA runner-up in overtime, the highest Sagarin ranking season in college basketball)

[edit] Division III

• North Park — 3 consecutive titles from 1978 to 1980

[edit] NCAA Basketball (Women)

[edit] Division I

• Tennessee from 1987 to 1998 (6 championships in 12 years)
• Connecticut from 2000 to 2004 (4 championships in 5 years)

[edit] Division II

• Delta State — 3 championships in 4 years from 1989 to 1992
• North Dakota State — 5 championships in 6 years from 1991 to 1996, and lost in the finals in 1992
• North Dakota — 3 consecutive championships from 1997 to 1999

[edit] Division III

• Washington (Missouri) — 4 consecutive titles from 1998 to 2001

[edit] College cheerleading

[edit] UCA National College Cheerleading Championship

• University of Kentucky — 11 championships in 12 years from 1995 to 2006 (runner-up in 2003), 15 championships from 1985 to 2006

[edit] NCAA Football

[edit] Division I-A

Note: The NCAA does not officially recognize a champion for Division I-A college football. This list is compiled using CFBDW's list of recognized national champions [1].

• Princeton (24 championships between 1869 and 1935)
• Yale (19 championships between 1874 and 1909)
• Pittsburgh (5 Championships between 1904 and 1939 including a 32 game win streak 1914-1919 and a 22 game win streak 1936-1938 over the 35 year period Pitt only had 2 losing seasons and both were within a game of .500 or better, for the time period the Panthers went a combined 250 wins, 57 losses and 18 ties).
• Harvard (3 championships from 1898 to 19015 championships between 1908 and 1919)
• California (3 championships between 1920 and 1922)
• Minnesota (5 championships between 1934 and 1941)
• Notre Dame (5 championships between 1943 and 1953)
• Army (3 championships between 1944 and 1946)
• University of Oklahoma, 1948-1958 (national championships in 1950, 1955, and 1956; 47-game winning streak between 1953 and 1957; 107-8-2 record during span)
• Alabama (6 championships between 1961 and 1979)
• Nebraska, 1969-2001 (national championships in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997; additional title game appearances in 1983, 1993, and 2001; won the "Game of the Century (college football)" 35-31 over Oklahoma, in 1971; won at least nine games each season from 1969 to 2001; 24-0-1 record from 1970 to 1971; 60-3 record from 1993 to 1997; 330-60-4 record from 1969 to 2001)
• University of Oklahoma, 1971-1980 (national championships in 1974 and 1975; worst season in span: 9-2-1 (1976); 105-11-2 record during span)
• Southern California (3 championships from 1928 to 1932, 3 championships between 1972 and 1978, back-to-back chamionships in 2003 and 2004)
• Miami (FL), 1983-1994 (national championships in 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991)
• Florida, 1990-2001 (national championship in 1996; (Southeastern Conference championships in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 2000); It is one of only three schools to ever win 10 games for six straight seasons and one of only four to ever win at least nine games for 11 straight years.)
• Florida State, 1987-2000 (national championships in 1993 and 1999; title game appearances in 1996, 1998, and 2000; AP Top 5 Finish every year during span; 152-18-1 record during span)
• Boise State University, won 8 of 9 conference championships from 1999 to 2006, undefeated in conference play from 2002 through 2004, perfect 13-0 season in 2006

[edit] Division II

• Grand Valley State — 4 titles in 5 years from 2002 to 2006 including a runner-up performance in 2001 and a record of 86-9 from the 2000-2006 seasons.
• North Alabama — 3 consecutive national titles in from 1993 to 1995

[edit] Division III

• Augustana (Illinois) — 4 consecutive titles from 1983 to 1986
• Mount Union — 9 titles between 1993 and 2006 (14 seasons), including three consecutive titles from 1996-98 and 2000-02; 110 consecutive regular-season wins between 1994 and 2005

[edit] NCAA Baseball

• LSU (5 championships between 1991 and 2000)
• Southern California — 6 championships in 7 years between 1968 and 1974

[edit] NCAA Women's Soccer

• University of North Carolina (19 championships and 22 championship game appearances in 26 years) (1981 to 2006)

[edit] College Mascoting

• Sparty, Michigan State University (3 national championships in 4 years) (2004 to 2007)

[edit] High School Cheerleading

• Paul Laurence Dunbar High School (Lexington, Kentucky) (5 national championships, 2 national runners-up, 2 Kentucky state championships, continuously nationally ranked) (1995 to present)

[edit] Dynasties in question

• The San Antonio Spurs of the NBA have won 3 championships in the last 8 years (1999, 2003, 2005).

• The Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s won Three Super Bowls in 1976, 1980, 1983.

• The Washington Redskins of the 1980s through the early 1990s have won 3 Super Bowls, 1982, 1987, 1991

• Though they won an MLB record 14 consecutive division titles and 4 out of 5 NL pennants from 1991 to 1996 (excluding the strike-shortened year of 1994 which canceled the entire postseason), the Atlanta Braves won only one World Series, in 1995.

• The New Jersey Devils of the NHL have won 3 Stanley Cups in the last 12 years (1995, 2000, 2003).
• The Detroit Red Wings of the NHL won 3 Stanley Cups in the later 1990s and early 2000s (1997, 1998, 2002).

• Boise State won 8 of 9 conference championships from 1999 to 2006 and was the only undefeated Division 1-A team in 2006, but has never been elected Division 1-A national champions.