Boise
State
extended its string of seven or more wins to 11 consecutive years with an
explosive 54-9 conquest at
Hawai’i
Saturday. The streak of seven or
more wins by the Broncos is now tied for #26 in college football history.
The Broncos have tied the best runs in the history of Texas A &
M, USC and Washington and have surpassed forever the best streaks of
Boston College
,
Colorado
,
Pittsburgh
and
Arizona
State
with their 11 straight years.
Boise
State
will need one more season to move into the all-time top 25 and at least six
more to move into the all-time top ten.
Nebraska
put together the most amazing run in the history of football by winning seven
or more games every year from 1969 to 2003, an incredible streak of 35 straight
seasons. The streak included five national championships, 18 conference
championships, 35 consecutive bowl appearances and 260 all-conference
selections.
Nebraska
produced 67 All-Americans during that period, including Johnny Rodgers, Mike Rozier, Irving Fryar and Dave Rimington, whom the annual award for the best
lineman in college football is now named for. The historic streak and all
of its accolades came to a crashing halt when the Cornhuskers finished 2004 by
winning just five of 11 games.
Florida
State
has compiled a streak of 25 straight seasons that, although the Seminoles have
barely hit the seven-win mark lately, is still current.
Florida
State
is 3-4 this season and may have to struggle to keep the streak alive.
The Seminoles have won seven or more games every year since 1982.
FSU has won two national championships, 12 conference championships and produced
26 All-Americans during the stretch, including Heisman Trophy winners Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke.
Oklahoma
put together a streak of 22 straight seasons; the Sooners were highly
consistent from 1970 to 1991.
Oklahoma
captured three national titles, 12 conference championships and featured
All-Americans such as Greg Pruitt, Billy Sims and Jamelle Holieway during this
run.
Michigan
’s streak of 22 straight years that extended from 1985 was ended last season
when the Wolverines suffered through a 3-9 season.
Michigan
has won one national championship and eleven conference championships and has
produced Heisman winners Desmond Howard and Charles Woodson as well as
quarterback Tom Brady during this streak.
Florida
’s streak of 21 consecutive seasons that began in 1988 is still current.
During that time, the Gators have won two national championships and seven
Southeastern Conference titles and produced quarterbacks Danny Wuerffel, Chris Leak, Rex Grossman and now Tim Tebow, running back Fred Taylor and defensive end
Jevon Kearse.
Michigan,
Notre Dame, Penn State and Miami of Florida each achieved the feat 17 straight
seasons, with the Wolverines winning seven or more from 1968 to 1983, the
Fighting Irish recording the feat in the years 1964-1980, the Nittany Lions
putting together seasons of seven or more wins from 1967 to 1983 and the
Hurricanes doing it from 1980 to 1996.
Tennessee
’s streak of 16 straight seasons that began in 1989 ended when the Volunteers
went 5-6 in 2004.
Ohio
State
’s best streak came between the years of 1972 and 1986, when the Buckeyes ran
through15 consecutive seasons of seven or more wins.
Oklahoma
put together a run of 14 straight years from 1946 to 1959, the 14th
best streak of all-time.
Virginia
racked up seven or more wins from 1987-1999, 13 consecutive seasons.
Rival Virginia Tech’s current streak that began in 1993 has also reached 14
years.
Alabama
put together streaks of 13 (1971-1983), 12 (1985-1996) and 10 (1959-1968).
Mississippi
won seven or more from 1952 to 1963, a streak of 12 seasons, matched by Notre
Dame’s run from 1938 to 1949. USC’s top streak was in the years
1972-1982, 11 straight seasons.
Washington
’s most successful years came from 1977-1987 when they too won seven or more
games in eleven straight seasons. Texas A & M matched the Huskies’
streak from 1985 to 1995.
Arizona
State
enjoyed ten consecutive seasons of seven or more wins from 1955-1964.
Alabama
(1959-1968), USC (1924-1993),
Colorado
(1987-1996),
Colorado
State
(1994-2003),
Ohio
State
(1989-1998),
Pittsburgh
(1974-1983) and Duke (1932-1941) also had ten seasons of seven or more wins.
Yale
dominated football in the 19th century and the first part of the 20th
century, winning seven or more games for 28 straight seasons (1882-1909).
Princeton
strung 27 such years together (1881-1907) and
Pennsylvania
(1888-1912) and Harvard (1886-1910) both had 25 consecutive seasons in roughly
the same time period.
Carlisle
, which featured running back Jim Thorpe, won seven or more games from
1902-1913, a streak of twelve seasons.
The
top streaks in the history of college football are featured below. The top
consecutive season streaks for all of the 119 current Division I-A schools (that
have at least two such years in a row) are listed below. All schools which
played Division I football at some point in history that have matched or
exceeded
Boise
State
’s streak are also listed, as are the current streaks for existing I-A
schools.
If
a current Division I-A school does not appear in a list, it has not won seven
games more than one year in a row.
Consecutive
Seasons of Seven or More Wins:
1.
Nebraska
…35 (1969-2003)
2.
Yale…28 (1882-1909)
3.
Florida
State
…27 (1982-current)
3.
Princeton
…27 (1881-1907)
5.
Harvard…25 (1886-1910)
5.
Pennsylvania
…25 (1888-1912)
7.
Oklahoma
…22 (1970-1991)
7.
Michigan
…22 (1985-2007)
9.
Florida
…21 (1988-current)
10.
Miami
of
Florida
…17 (1980-1996)
10.
Notre Dame…17 (1964-1980)
10.
Penn
State
…17 (1967-1983)
13.
Michigan
…16 (1968-1983)
13.
Tennessee
…16 (1989-2004)
13.
Virginia Tech…16 (1993-current)
16.
Ohio
State
…15 (1972-1986)
16.
Oklahoma
…14 (1946-1959)
18.
Alabama
…13 (1971-1983)
18.
Virginia
…13 (1987-1999)
20.
Alabama
…12 (1985-1996)
20.
Carlisle
…12 (1902-1913)
20.
Georgia
…12 (1997-current)
20.
Georgia Tech…12 (1997-current)
20.
Mississippi
…12 (1952-1963)
20.
Notre Dame…12 (1938-1949)
20.
Texas
…12 (1998-current)
27.
Boise
State
…11 (1999-current)
27.
Texas
A & M…11 (1985-1995)
27.
USC…11 (1972-1982)
27.
Washington
…11 (1977-1987)
30.
Alabama
…10 (1959-1968)
30.
Arizona
State
…10 (1955-1964)
30.
Boston
College
..10 (1999-current)
30.
Colorado
…10 1987-1996
30.
Duke…10 (1932-1941)
30.
Colorado
State
…10 (1994-2003)
30.
Ohio
State
…10 (1989-1998)
30.
Oklahoma
…10 (1999-current)
30.
Pittsburgh
…10 (1974-1983)
30.
USC…10 (1924-1933)
41.
Louisville
…9 (1998-2006)
41.
LSU…9 (2000-current)
41.
Miami
of
Florida
…9 (1998-2006)
41.
Notre Dame…9 (1919-1927)
41.
Ohio
State
…9 (2000-current)
41.
Stanford…9 (1923-1931)
41.
TCU…9 (1928-1936)
41.
Tennessee
…9 (1926-1934)
41.
Tennessee
…9 (1965-1973)
41.
Texas
…9 (1977-1985)
41.
Texas
Tech…9 (2000-current)
41.
UCLA…9 (1980-1988)
41.
Washington
…9 (1989-1997)
54.
Auburn
…8 (1953-1960)
54.
East
Carolina
…8 (1972-1979)
54.
Georgia
…8 (1980-1988)
54.
Kansas
State
…8 (1993-2000)
54.
Lafayette
…8 (1899-1907)
54.
Miami
of
Ohio
…8 (1968-1975)
54.
Michigan
…8 (1898-1905)
54.
North Carolina
…8 (1991-1998)
54.
Ohio
State
…8 (1979-1986)
54.
Pittsburgh
…8 (1931-1938)
54.
Texas
… 8 (1968-1975)
54.
USC…8 (1962-1969)
Streaks
of Seven or More Wins:
Air
Force 2007-current (2)
Akron
2005 (1)
Alabama
1959-1968 (10)
Alabama
1971-1983 (13)
Alabama
1985-1996 (12)
Alabama
2007-current (3)
Arizona
1983-1986 (4)
Arizona
2008-current (1)
Arizona
State
1955-1964 (10)
Arkansas
1977-1982 (6)
Arkansas
1984-1989 (6)
Army
1930-1934 (5)
Auburn
1953-1960 (8)
Auburn
1982-1990 (9)
Auburn
2000-2007 (8)
Ball
State
1975-1978 (4)
Ball State 2007-current (2)
Baylor
1937-1939 (3)
Baylor
1949-1951 (3)
Boise
State
1999-current (11)
Boston
College
1999-current (10)
BYU
1976-1981 (6)
BYU
2006-current (3)
Bucknell
1933-1934 (2)
Buffalo
1968 (1)
Buffalo
2008-current (1)
California
2002-current (7)
Central
Florida 2005 (1)
Central
Michigan 1975-1981 (7)
Central
Michigan 2006-current (3)
Cincinnati
2000-2002 (3)
Cincinnati
2006-current (3)
Clemson
1955-1959 (5)
Clemson
2005-current (4)
Colorado
1987-1996 (10)
Colorado
State
1994-2003 (10)
Colorado State 2008-current (1)
Columbia
1931-1934 (4)
Connecticut
2007-current (2)
Dartmouth
1935-1938 (4)
Dartmouth
1969-1972 (4)
Duke
1932-1941 (10)
East Carolina 1972-1979 (8)
East
Carolina 2006-current (3)
Florida
1988-current (21)
Florida
Atlantic 2007-current (2)
Florida
State
1982-current (27)
Fresno
State
1999-2005 (7)
Fresno State 2007-current (2)
Georgia
1980-1988 (8)
Georgia
1997-current (10)
Georgia
Tech 1997-current (12)
Hawai’i
2001-2004 (5)
Hawai’i
2006-current (3)
Houston
1969-1971 (3)
Houston
2006-current (3)
Idaho
1998-1999 (2)
Indiana
1944-1945 (2)
Indiana
1987-1988 (2)
Iowa
1981-1987 (7)
Iowa
2008-current (1)
Iowa
State 1976-1978 (3)
Kansas
1946-1948 (3)
Kansas
2007-current (2)
Kansas State 1993-2000 (8)
Kent
1973-1974 (2)
Kentucky
1949-1951 (3)
Kentucky
2006-current (3)
Louisiana
Tech 1990-1991 (2)
Louisiana
Tech 2008-current (1)
Louisville
1998-2006 (9)
LSU
1967-1973 (7)
LSU
2000-current (9)
Marshall
1997-2003 (7)
Maryland
1949-1955 (7)
Maryland
2008-current (1)
Memphis
1960-1963 (4)
Memphis
1973-1976 (4)
Miami
of
Florida
1980-1996 (17)
Miami
of
Florida
1998-2006 (9)
Miami
of Florida 2008-current (1)
Miami
of
Ohio
1968-1975 (8)
Michigan
1968-1983 (16)
Michigan
1985-2007 (23)
Michigan
State
1950-1953 (4)
Michigan State 2007-current (2)
Middle
Tennessee 2006-only (1)
Minnesota
2002-2005 (4)
Minnesota
2008-current (1)
Mississippi
1952-1963 (12)
Mississippi
1997-2003 (7)
Mississippi
2008-current (1)
Mississippi
State
1939-1942 (4)
Missouri
1960-1963 (4)
Missouri
1978-1981 (4)
Missouri
2005-current (4)
Navy
2003-current (6)
Nebraska
1969-2003 (35)
Nebraska
2008-current (1)
Nevada
1992-1996 (5)
Nevada
2008-current (1)
New
Mexico 2002-2004 (3)
New
Mexico State 1965-1967 (3)
North
Carolina 1979-1983 (7)
North Carolina
1991-1998 (8)
North
Carolina 2008-current (1)
North Carolina
State
1988-1994 (7)
North Carolina State 2005 (1)
North Texas 1966-1969 (4)
Northern
Illinois 2002-2006 (5)
Northwestern
2005 (1)
Northwestern
2008-current (1)
Notre
Dame 1919-1927 (9)
Notre
Dame 1938-1949 (12)
Notre
Dame 1964-1980 (17)
Notre
Dame 1987-1993 (7)
Notre
Dame 2008-current (1)
Ohio
2006-only (1)
Ohio State 1972-1986 (15)
Ohio
State 1979-1986 (8)
Ohio
State 1989-1998 (10)
Ohio
State 2000-current (9)
Oklahoma
1946-1959 (14)
Oklahoma
1970-1991 (22)
Oklahoma
1999-current (10)
Oklahoma State 1930-1932 (3)
Oklahoma
State 1974-1976 (3)
Oklahoma
State 2002-2004 (3)
Oklahoma
State 2006-current (3)
Oregon
1997-2003 (7)
Oregon
2005-current (4)
Oregon
State 1966-1968 (3)
Oregon
State 2002-2004 (3)
Oregon
State 2006-current (3)
Penn
State 1967-1983 (17)
Penn
State 2005-current (5)
Pittsburgh
1931-1938 (8)
Pittsburgh
1974-1983 (10)
Pittsburgh
2008-current (1)
Purdue
1965-1969 (5)
Rice
1934-1935 (2)
Rice
1953-1954 (2)
Rice
1960-1961 (2)
Rice
1996-1997 (2)
Rice
2008-current (1)
Rutgers
1974-1980 (7)
Rutgers
2005-current (4)
San
Diego State 1972-1977 (6)
San
Jose State 1974-1976 (3)
San
Jose State 1980-1982 (3)
South Carolina
1979-1980 (2)
South
Carolina 1987-1988 (2)
South
Carolina 2000-2001 (2)
South
Carolina 2005-2006 (2)
South
Carolina 2008-current (1)
South Florida 2000-2003 (4)
South
Florida 2006-current (3)
SMU
1980-1984 (5)
Southern
Mississippi 2002-current (7)
Stanford
1923-1931 (9)
Syracuse
1987-1992 (6)
Syracuse
1994-1999 (6)
TCU
1928-1936 (9)
TCU
2005-current (5)
Temple
1930-1931 (2)
Temple
1934-1935 (2)
Temple
1973-1974 (2)
Temple
1978-1979 (2)
Tennessee
1926-1934 (9)
Tennessee
1965-1973 (9)
Tennessee
1989-2004 (16)
Texas
1958-1964 (7)
Texas
1968-1975 (8)
Texas
1977-1985 (9)
Texas
1998-current (12)
Texas
A & M 1985-1995 (11)
Texas
Tech 2000-current (9)
Toledo
2000-2005 (6)
Troy
2006-current (3)
Tulane
1929-1931 (3)
Tulsa
2005-current (4)
UCLA
1980-1988 (9)
UCLA
2005 (1)
UNLV
1978-1980 (3)
USC
1924-1933 (10)
USC
1962-1969 (8)
USC
1972-1982 (11)
USC
2002-current (7)
Utah
2003-current (6)
Utah
State 1960-1963 (4)
Utah
State 1971-1974 (4)
UTEP
1948-1950 (3)
Virginia
1987-1999 (13)
Virginia
2007 (1)
Virginia
Tech 1993-current (16)
Wake
Forest 2006-current (3)
Washington
1977-1987 (11)
Washington
1989-1997 (9)
Washington State 2001-2003 (3)
West
Virginia 1968-1972 (5)
West
Virginia 1981-1985 (5)
West
Virginia 2002-current (7)
Western
Michigan 1992-1995 (4)
Western
Michigan 1997-2000 (4)
Western
Michigan 2008-current (1)
Wisconsin
2002-current (7)
Wyoming
1996-1999 (4)
Early
Years in College Football:
Brown
1909-1911 (3)
Carlisle
1902-1913 (12)
Cornell
1898-1902 (5)
Dartmouth
1912-1915 (4)
Harvard
1886-1910 (25)
Illinois
1900-1904 (5)
Kansas
1904-1906 (3)
Lafayette
1899-1907 (8)
Michigan
1898-1905 (8)
Minnesota
1900-1905 (6)
Navy
1904-1908 (5)
Northwestern
1898-1901 (4)
Pennsylvania
1888-1912 (25)
Pittsburgh
1914-1917 (4)
Princeton
1881-1907 (27)
Vanderbilt
1908-1912 (5)
Vanderbilt
1926-1930 (5)
Wisconsin
1896-1901 (6)
Yale
1882-1909 (28)
