1999 CURRENT DIVISION I-A FOOTBALL

WINNING STREAKS

(Thru Dec. 5; Includes Bowl Games)

 

Team

No.

Next Game

1.

Marshall

17

BYU in Motor City 12-27

2.

Virginia Tech

12

Florida St. in Sugar 1-4

3.

Florida St.

11

Virginia Tech in Sugar 1-4

4.

Wisconsin

7

Stanford in Rose 1-1

5.

Alabama

5

Michigan in Orange 1-1

 

Boise St.

5

Louisville in Humanitarian

 

Colorado St.

5

So. Miss. in Liberty 12-31

 

Nebraska

5

Tennessee in Fiesta 1-2

 

Oregon

5

Minnesota in Sun 12-31

Long streaks stopped in 1999: 14, Tennessee (lost to Florida, 23-21, on Sept. 18); 13, Tulane (lost to Southern Miss., 48-14, on Sept. 6); 11, Air Force (lost to Wyoming, 10-7, on Sept. 25). 10, Purdue (lost to Michigan, 38-12, on Oct. 2); 9, Kansas St. (lost to Nebraska, 41-15, on Nov. 13).

 

ALL-TIME DIVISION I-A FOOTBALL

WINNING STREAKS

 

Team

No.

Years

1.

Oklahoma

47

1953-57

2.

Washington

39

1908-14

3.

Yale

37

1890-93

 

Yale

37

1887-89

5.

Toledo

35

1969-71

6.

Pennsylvania

34

1894-96

7.

Oklahoma

31

1948-50

 

Pittsburgh

31

1914-18

 

Pennsylvania

31

1896-98

10.

Texas

30

1968-70