- Most consecutive wins over one opponent (NCAA football)
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The following is a list of the all-time leading NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football single-opponent winning streaks. Teams are ranked by the number of consecutive wins they've posted against a specific opponent. All streaks of at least 20 games are in the list.
Most consecutive wins over an opponent School Opponent Number From Through Uninterrupted series Notes/References Notre Dame Navy 43 1964 2006 Yes Navy won in 2007[1][2] Nebraska Kansas 36 1969 2004 Yes KU won in 2005[3] Oklahoma Kansas State 32 1937 1968 Yes [3] Nebraska Kansas State 29 1969 1997 Yes [3] Clemson Virginia 29 1955 1989 No, the games were played over a 35-year period. [3] Penn State Temple 29 † 1952 Present No, the games have been played over a 60-year period. Penn State won in 2011.[4] Penn State has an unbeaten streak dating back 10 more years. Temple's last win over Penn State was a 14-0 victory in 1941. Texas Rice 28 1966 1993 Yes [3] Syracuse Hobart 26 1906 1931 Yes [3] USC Oregon State 26 1968 1999 No, the games were played over a 32-year period. [3] Tennessee Kentucky 26 † 1985 Present Yes Tennessee won in 2008.[5][6] Penn State West Virginia 25 1959 1983 Yes [3] Texas TCU 24 1968 1991 Yes [3] Texas A&M TCU 24 † 1973 Present No, the games have been played over a 28-year period. Texas A&M won 23 consecutive times from 1973 to 1995, then beat TCU in the Galleryfurniture.com bowl in 2001. The two teams have not played since but A&M still holds the active streak.[7] Nebraska Missouri 24 1979 2002 Yes [3] Nebraska Oklahoma State 24 1974 1999 No, the games were played over a 26-year period. [3] Penn State Maryland 24 1962 1988 No, the games were played over a 27-year period. The streak began following Maryland's only win in the 37-game series in 1961, and finally ended with the only tie in 1989.[8] Florida Kentucky 24 † 1987 Present Yes Florida won in 2010[9] Oklahoma Iowa State 23 1937 1959 Yes [1] Tennessee Vanderbilt 22 1983 2004 Yes [3] Nebraska Oklahoma State 22 1974 1995 Yes These games were a subset of the non-continuous series 1974-1999.[3] Arkansas TCU 22 1959 1980 Yes [3] Alabama Mississippi State 22 1958 1979 Yes [3] Iowa Northwestern 22 1974 1994 Yes [3] In 1995, Northwestern also ended a 19 game (30 year) losing streak to Michigan and a 14 game (33 year) streak to Notre Dame. Ohio State Northwestern 21 1972 2004 No, these games were played over a 32-year period. [3] LSU Louisiana Lafayette 22 † 1902 Present No, the games were played over a 107 year period. [3] Purdue Iowa 20 1961 1980 Yes [3] Oklahoma Baylor 20 1901 2011 No, the games were played over a 109 year period. Baylor ended the streak with a 45-38 victory in 2011.[2] † Active Streak
References and sources
- ^ "Notre Dame's NCAA-record 43-game win streak over Navy ends". ESPN.com. 3 November 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273070087. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ "Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 - Play by Play". ESPN.com. November 3, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273070087&confId=18. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Streaks and Rivalries" (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA): p. 112. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930220759/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ "Penn State vs Temple Historical Record". stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1951&end=2011&team1=Penn+State&team2=Temple. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ "2008 Tennessee Football Schedule". University of Tennessee. http://www.utsports.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/112908aaa.html. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
- ^ "2008 Football Schedule". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on October 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071027120454/http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=39&change_well_id=9996. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ "All-Time Football Scores: TCU". aggieathletics.com. http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/tcu.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ "Penn State vs Maryland Historical Record". stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1961&end=1989&team1=Penn+State&team2=Maryland. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- ^ "History of Opponents". GatorZone.com. 2007-08-10. http://gatorzone.com/football/history/opponents.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- "Streaks and Rivalries" (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA): p. 112. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930220759/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-07., ISSN 0735-5475[dead link]
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