Draft:List of winning streaks in collegiate gridiron football

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This is a list of longest winning streaks in college football.

NCAA Division I[edit]

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)

NCAA Division II[edit]

40 games – Grand Valley State Lakers

Note: This streak includes playoff games.

NCAA Division III[edit]

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]

  1. ^ "Wayback Machine has not archived that URL" (PDF). Retrieved March 20, 2023.[dead link]
  2. ^ "Official 2012 NCAA Division I Football Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 110.
  3. ^ "2014 NCAA Football Record Book" (PDF). NCAA. p. 117. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "2009 Washington Football Statistics". www.gohuskies.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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