Consecutive Winning, Losing Seasons

[DFW HOYA]

Consecutive winning seasons (>.500) through 2007:
Eastern Kentucky: 30
Montana: 22
Duquesne: 14
Appalachian State: 14
Hampton: 11
Furman: 9

Consecutive losing seasons (<.500):
St. Francis, PA: 15
Indiana State: 11
Georgetown: 8 xbangx
Sacramento State: 7
Texas Southern: 7

Did I miss anyone?

[APPALACHIANstate]

Consecutive Nat'l Championships...

[patssle]

Texas State had 7 losing seasons in a row, 1993-2004.

Current streak: 2

[ucdtim17]

UCD had 37 straight winning seasons until 2007

[TexasTerror]

Worth noting...

Prairie View A&M got a winning record last year. It was their first winning record since 1976. The job Henry Frazier is doing there is amazing. HF3!

[poly51]

Cal Poly record for consecutive winning seasons is 9. From 1951 through 1959.

Record for losing seasons is 4. Done twice. 1927-1931* and 1962-1965.

*No games in 1930 due to polio epidemic.

[MaximumBobcat]

Texas State had 7 losing seasons in a row, 1993-2004.

Current streak: 2

We were 7-4 in 2000.

[brownbear]

Brown record for consecutive winning seasons: 11 - (1902-1912)

After that, Brown had 8 consecutive winning seasons (1919-1926) and (1973-1980). Brown had 5 consecutive from 1997 to 2001.

Brown record for consecutive losing seasons: 8 - (1965-1972)

[appfan2008]

as someone who has only been watching this level football for about 5 years it is amazing to think eku has gone 30 without a losing season and it is just as hard to believe that montana has ever had a losing season when you listen to their fans!

[dgreco]

Since 1999 when Bryant started football

Winning Seasons 500 or better: 1999-2002 (4) & 2004-present (4)
Losing seasons below .500: one; 2003 (4-6 record)

[catamount man]

WCU's last winning season was 2005.

[MACHIAVELLI]

I wonder what the NCAA record book says?

[brownbear]

as someone who has only been watching this level football for about 5 years it is amazing to think eku has gone 30 without a losing season and it is just as hard to believe that montana has ever had a losing season when you listen to their fans!

Eastern Kentucky's streak has been very close to ending several times:

2006: started season 2-5, ended 4-0 to keep 6-5 season

2004: started season 3-5, ended 3-0 to keep 6-5 season

2003: started season 3-5, ended 4-0 to keep 7-5 season

1998: started 5-5, won last game to save 6-5 season

[citdog]

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[Eyes of Old Main]

Wofford's current streak of consecutive winning seasons stands at 6.

[Eyes of Old Main]

1 and DONE

Accuracy is important, Citdog.

[Grizaholic17]

as someone who has only been watching this level football for about 5 years it is amazing to think eku has gone 30 without a losing season and it is just as hard to believe that montana has ever had a losing season when you listen to their fans!

THANK GOD FOR WA-GRIZ!!!!!! 87% winning percentage baby! uh!

[Libertine]

Consecutive losing seasons (<.500):

VMI: 11



This is incorrect. VMI put together 6-6 seasons in both '02 & '03. Prior to that, VMI had been below .500 since going 6-3-1 in 1981.

[RazorEdge19]

THANK GOD FOR WA-GRIZ!!!!!! 87% winning percentage baby! uh!

I'll take our 100% winning percentage at Wa-Griz...

[DFW HOYA]

This is incorrect. VMI put together 6-6 seasons in both '02 & '03. Prior to that, VMI had been below .500 since going 6-3-1 in 1981.

Ok, corrected above.

[appstate38]

Consecutive winning seasons (>.500) through 2007:
Eastern Kentucky: 30
Montana: 22
Duquesne: 14
Appalachian State: 14
Hampton: 11
Furman: 9

Consecutive losing seasons (<.500):
St. Francis, PA: 15
Indiana State: 11
Georgetown: 8 xbangx
Sacramento State: 7
Texas Southern: 7

Did I miss anyone?

I don't have any stats but I expected to see VMI on that list of losing seasons. I know they didn't win alot of games when they were in the SoCon.

Found it... VMI had 17 losing seasons in a row from 1982 to 2001. Man that is tough.

[Hoyadestroya85]

2 we've had to fight for them though...

[AZGrizFan]

as someone who has only been watching this level football for about 5 years it is amazing to think eku has gone 30 without a losing season and it is just as hard to believe that montana has ever had a losing season when you listen to their fans!

ANd it's hard to believe that ASU hasn't won EVERY title in I-AA if you listen to THEIR fans, but we manage. ;)

[UNH_Alum_In_CT]

In the I-AA/FCS years, at > .500, New Hampshire has 9 consecutive winning seasons 1983-1991. If you change to greater than or equal to .500, then it would be 14 seasons 1983-1996. The most consecutive losing seasons has been three, 1997-1999 and 2001-2003.

Going back into the complete history, I don't see a longer than 9 game winning streak. UNH had a streak of 17 consecutive losing seasons, 1900-1916

[appsfan]

ANd it's hard to believe that ASU hasn't won EVERY title in I-AA if you listen to THEIR fans, but we manage. ;)

We have, however, won every FCS Title! :D :D :D

[patssle]

We were 7-4 in 2000.

You're right. I put the wrong dates...the streak is still 7...1994-1999.

And current streak is still 2 xthumbsupx xsmiley_wix

[CopperCat]

We have, however, won every FCS Title! :D :D :D

Good job. Have a cookie.

Now shutup.xcoffeex












:D xsmiley_wix

[appfan2008]

ANd it's hard to believe that ASU hasn't won EVERY title in I-AA if you listen to THEIR fans, but we manage. ;)

just a little fun going make and forth between two of the premier programs at our level of football

[downbythebeach]

Saint Francis U is as far as I know the most losingest (not a word) team in college football.

[MaximumBobcat]

8 winning seasons in a row from '77 to '84 for Texas State. Included in that span were 2 D-II National Championships.

[siuham]

SIU is currently on a 5 year >.500 record streak.

[UAalum72]

Saint Francis U is as far as I know the most losingest (not a word) team in college football.
Only among surviving progams. Siena College was 22-83 (.209) with one winning season in I-AA before dropping football after the 2003 season. The 'aints had been 11-34 (.244) in five seasons of D-III before that.

SFUPA has a winning % of .272

Savannah St. is 11-72 (.139) since joining I-AA in 2000, though they had reasonable success in D-II.

[Tod]

Texas State had 7 losing seasons in a row, 1993-2004.

Current streak: 2

Seven losing seasons in a row in a 12 year period? xeyebrowx

Edit - Whoops! Saw patssle's correction after I posted.

[813Jag]

Before our trainwreck 2005 season the Jags had 12 years .500 or better. Now our winning season streak is at 1. xlolx

[EKU05]

as someone who has only been watching this level football for about 5 years it is amazing to think eku has gone 30 without a losing season and it is just as hard to believe that montana has ever had a losing season when you listen to their fans!

It's worth mentioning that the season 31 years ago that breaks up the streak was a 5-5 year at a time when playing 10 games was not uncommon. It's actually approaching 40 years since our last season with an actual losing record. There have been some less than dominant years, but with the way the EKU president basically tried to kill the program in the 1980s we're pretty proud to have been able to maintain a winning team for so many years.

"The streak" is a common topic of conversation at EKU, and was mentioned by former HC Danny Hope during the press conference introducing him as the new HC in waiting at Purdue.

[Model Citizen]

North Dakota will start in FCS with 18 consecutive winning seasons.

[appfan2008]

It's worth mentioning that the season 31 years ago that breaks up the streak was a 5-5 year at a time when playing 10 games was not uncommon. It's actually approaching 40 years since our last season with an actual losing record. There have been some less than dominant years, but with the way the EKU president basically tried to kill the program in the 1980s we're pretty proud to have been able to maintain a winning team for so many years.

"The streak" is a common topic of conversation at EKU, and was mentioned by former HC Danny Hope during the press conference introducing him as the new HC in waiting at Purdue.

that is pretty darn impressive especially when you add in the non losing stuff

[stevdock]

I couldn't find our longest record over our history (not that it matters since it is the lowly D2), but I believe our current is 5. But since all of that was during our transition, none of it counts. So after next season we will be up to a grand total of 1.

Did I understand that all right for our FCS veterans?? I've heard that D2 doesn't count and transition doesn't count, so we don't have a streak right?

Even though it doesn't count our record is 26 years in a row, and we have had 42 out of the last 44. Looking to start a new one in FCS.

[LarryBoy]

To put Furman's winning-season consistency in perspective....only 3 losing seasons in the last 30 years. Not 22 in a row, but that's still pretty impressive, especially given that Furman historically has played a very tough schedule for a I-AA/FCS team. They also churned out 14 in a row from 1980-1993...and several of those years, we took on multiple SEC/ACC foes.

I guess that's how how you win more SoCon championships than anyone else. And you can't take that from us, Appies, you hear?!

Or, you know, it will at least take a while...

[JagHammer]

Before our trainwreck 2005 season the Jags had 12 years .500 or better. Now our winning season streak is at 1. xlolx

Our best winning streak was 23 years (1940-61) under the late, great A.W. Mumford and Robert H. Lee (62-63).

Our worst losing streak stands at three years...at various times...

[JayJ79]

UNI's winning season streak is only at 5 years, due to a 5-6 finish in 2002.
And they had another 5-6 year in 1988.
Other than those two years, every season from 1983 through 2007 has been above .500 (215-88-1, to be exact)

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

assuming that "winning season" means above .500 ...

GSU had 12 between 1984-1995
also had 9 between 1997-2005

[Ruler]

I think Albany has had 6 or 7 losing seasons total in the Bob Ford era which is 37 years. During the D-II years they were 29-4.

[AmsterBison]

North Dakota State's winning streak is at a paltry five (paltry because NDSU has had two non-winning seasons since 1963). The going will be a lot tougher in the FCS though.

[bonarae]

Harvard hasn't had a losing season since 1999 and 2000, where it finished at .500. The last losing season was 1998, at .400. (Darn the 10 game rule!) So, for the Crimson, it's 7 winning seasons.

I can't find though Harvard's all-time winning or losing season record.

[UAalum72]

I think Albany has had 6 or 7 losing seasons total in the Bob Ford era which is 37 years. During the D-II years they were 29-4.
Actually 9 in 35 years as a varsity program.

You missed '95 in D-II, total 31-12

1994-95 and 2005-06 were the only consecutive losing years.

Six (77-82) were the most non-losing years in a row.

[bjtheflamesfan]

I looked over Liberty's history and for losing seasons we had a long of 5 from 1998-2002 (6-6 2003) Liberty has had back to back winning seasons on a couple occasions but has never had more than 2 consecutive winning seasons. Im pretty sure that bit of history will be made this year.

[813Jag]

Our best winning streak was 23 years (1940-61) under the late, great A.W. Mumford and Robert H. Lee (62-63).

Our worst losing streak stands at three years...at various times...
I was only going back as far as I personally saw. I started watching SU in the Otis Washington days. xnonono2x

[Sycamore51]

Can we play St. Fran? That could be one for the ages!

[bonarae]

St. Fran has discontinued football a few years back due to that losing streak... :(

[UAalum72]

St. Fran has discontinued football a few years back due to that losing streak... :(
No football 1953-1977 and other periods earlier, but still plugging away in the NEC.

That .272 actually only goes back to 1947 (from the michigan-football site). Going back to 1909, SFUPA's record is 207-355-16 (36%).

[DSUHornet]

when's the last time nc a&t had a winning season

[UAalum72]

when's the last time nc a&t had a winning season
Only 5 years ago - 10-3 in 2003, 7 winning seasons in 8 years 1996-2003.

0-22 the last 2 years is not good, though

[JagHammer]

I was only going back as far as I personally saw. I started watching SU in the Otis Washington days. xnonono2x

Ouch. That had to hurt...xsmhx

[Marcus Garvey]

Cal Poly record for consecutive winning seasons is 9. From 1951 through 1959.

Record for losing seasons is 4. Done twice. 1927-1931* and 1962-1965.



Was Cal Poly NAIA back then?

[Marcus Garvey]

No football 1953-1977 and other periods earlier, but still plugging away in the NEC.

That .272 actually only goes back to 1947 (from the michigan-football site). Going back to 1909, SFUPA's record is 207-355-16 (36%).

I never understood why they keep playing footbal in Loretto. They've always sucked.

[DFW HOYA]

I never understood why they keep playing footbal in Loretto. They've always sucked.

Well, why do 100 or so I-AA schools keep playing, then? To give students the opportunity to compete, to grow as students, to learn lessons far beyond what's in a book or a lab.

I give SFPA all the credit for fighting the good fight.

[redflash2]

The problem with St. Francis is the it's so hard to recruit in Loretto because of the location of the school, it's in the middle of nowhere. But i must say as a fan that the talent of SOME of there players on the team I must say are good players. I think this year coming up could be interesting. They have beatin CCSU in the last 4 yrs.xnodx. But that game between st. francis and indiana state would be a good game if ever scheduled.

[Marcus Garvey]

Well, why do 100 or so I-AA schools keep playing, then? To give students the opportunity to compete, to grow as students, to learn lessons far beyond what's in a book or a lab.

I give SFPA all the credit for fighting the good fight.

But football is not required for any of that.
I'm not advocating that St. Francis drop the team, just baffled that they haven't done it. After all, it's their money and they're free to spend it as they see fit.
But, it does seem to me that they can spend that money elsewhere in the Athletic Department to achieve all things you said.

Or, to sumarize, your answer justifies athletics, but no one particular sport.

[downbythebeach]

But, it does seem to me that they can spend that money elsewhere in the Athletic Department to achieve all things you said.

Or, to sumarize, your answer justifies athletics, but no one particular sport.

Cause football is better than all those other sportsxthumbsupx

[TexasTerror]

Lamar has 10 straight losing seasons, well really it dates back to 1980. Does that give them 27, 28 losing seasons in a row? ;)

They hit the field again in 2010.

[skinny_uncle]

SIU is currently on a 5 year >.500 record streak.
Those are all playoff seasons. I think Montana is the only school with a longer running current streak of playoff seasons.