Losing streak (sport)
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In sports, a losing streak is an uninterrupted string of contests (whether games, matches, etc.) lost by a team or individual. A losing streak can last as few as two games, or it may last much longer. A losing streak and winless streak are distinctively different, as a winless streak may include tie games and, in some sports (notably association football and ice hockey), overtime losses.
Here is a list of the longest team losing streaks of all time in several competitions:
- NCAA Football Division I FBS: Columbia Lions, 44 games (1983-88)[1]
- NCAA Football Division I FCS: Prairie View A&M Panthers, 80 games (1989-1998)[2]
- NCAA Football Division II: Minnesota-Morris Cougars, 46 games (1998-2003)
- NCAA Football Division III: Macalester Scots, 50 games (1974-1980)[3]
- NCAA Basketball:
- Division I, men: Towson Tigers, 41 games (2011-2012)[4]
- Division I, women: Long Island Blackbirds, 58 games (1986-1989)[5]
- Division II, men: Olivet Comets and Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs, 46 games (1959-1961 & 1971-1973)
- Division II, women: Notre Dame de Namur Argonauts, 70 games
- Division III, men: Caltech Beavers, 207 games (1996-2007) (record for all divisions, men or women)[6]
- Division III, women: Schreiner Mountaineers, 83 games (all-division record for women)[7]
- Note: New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders lost 51 games (2007-2009) while in the process of becoming a Division I program, but is not an official record.[8]
- NBA Basketball: Cleveland Cavaliers: 26 games
- WNBA Basketball: Tulsa Shock: 20 games
- MLB Baseball: Louisville Colonels: 26 games (Cleveland Spiders: 24 games if only include American and National Leagues)
- NHL Hockey: Washington Capitals and San Jose Sharks: 17 games [9]
- NFL Football: Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 26 games
- CFL Football: Hamilton Tigers/Tiger-Cats: 16 games
- NCAA Lacrosse Division I: Wagner College: 29 games
- NCAA Lacrosse Division III: City College of New York: 92 games
- CIS Football: University of Toronto Varsity Blues: 49 games
- United States Hockey League: Omaha Lancers: 53 games (entire 1986–87 season, 5 games of the 87–88 season)
- VFL/AFL Australian Football: Melbourne University Football Club: 51 games
- SANFL Australian Rules Football: Glenelg Football Club: 56 games
- WAFL Australian Rules Football: West Perth Football Club: 27 games
- NSWRL and NRL rugby league: Sydney University rugby league team: 42 games
- Cricket
- Test Cricket: Bangladesh – 21 matches (2001–2004)
- One Day International cricket: Bangladesh – 23 matches (1999–2002)
- Twenty20 International: Bangladesh – 12 matches (2007-pres)
- Combined international cricket: Bangladesh – 28 matches (10 tests, 18 ODIs, 2003–2004)
- Twenty20 club or domestic: Quetta Bears – 19 matches (2005-pres)
List of the longest individual losing streaks of all time in each sport:
- MLB Baseball: Anthony Young: 27 consecutive losing decisions
- ATP: Vince Spadea: 21 consecutive matches
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Sports Illustrated Photo Gallery of the most memorable losing streaks
- Forbes' Worst Losing Streaks in Sports
- Worst college football teams of all time. ESPN.com Page 2,
- ^ "Worst College Football Teams of All Time". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Worst College Football Teams of All Time". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Worst College Football Teams of All Time". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/colfootball/teams/worst.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Scherr, Rich (28 January 2012). "Towson men's basketball team ends record losing streak". http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/college/basketball/mens/bal-towson-basketball-ends-losing-streak-0128,0,1116047.story. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Women's Hoops Ends Losing Streak with Victory over N.D. de Namur". Hornetsports.com. http://www.hornetsports.com/sports/wbball/schedules/displayResult.asp?GAME_ID=686. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Caltech ends 26-year league drought". NCAA.com. http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/2011-02-23/caltech-ends-26-year-league-drought. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "Inside Schreiner: Women's Basketball". Inside Schreiner. http://www.schreiner.edu/inside/mar05/sports.html. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Garcia, Marlen. "Towson's losing streak reaches record proportions". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/colonial/story/2012-01-05/towson-losing-streak-basketball/52396886/1. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Memorable Losing Streaks". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/gallery/featured/GAL1163362/15/20/index.htm. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
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