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We rank 'em. You react. That's how the Daily List rolls.3/14/2008 03:12:00 PM Worst Streaks in Sports
By Lang Whitaker, SI.com
The tears flowed for Prarie View football players after they snapped a 80-game losing streak.Gregory Shamus/Getty Images
The Houston Rockets have quietly strung together a 20-game winning streak, tying them for the second-longest run in NBA history. Great for them, but let's flip the coin and examine the other side. What are the worst streaks in sports history?
1. Prairie View A&M football: The I-AA Panthers lost a football game in 1989 ... and didn't win another game until 1998. In between, they lost an incredible 80 games in a row.
2. Jacque Vaughn: During the 2001 NBA Season, then-Hawks guard began the year by missing 22 consecutive field goals, an NBA record. A few weeks later, Vaughn commemorated the end of the streak by running over a Cavs ballboy in Cleveland.
3. 1976-77 Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The Bucs broke into the NFL with a resounding silence. Their inaugural season in the NFL, 1976, they went 0-14. They stumbled into the '77 season by losing their first 12 games before finally notching a win.
4. Bill Bergen: Bob Buhl was a pitcher in the 1950s who went 88 at-bats without a hit, but because he was a pitcher we'll excuse him from this list. Instead, Bill Bergen makes it. Bergen played around the turn of the century and went 46 ABs without a hit. He also is known for having over 3,000 career ABs with a career average of .211. Sure, but what if Billy Crystal had that many at bats?
5. 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers: They finished 9-73, the worst record in NBA history, and at one point they lost 20 games in a row, another NBA record. Current NBA TV analyst Fred Carter played on that team, and as he once told me, "Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame, at least spell my name right." Done.
What's the worst streak in sports history? Let us know below...
Lang Whitaker is the executive editor of SLAM magazine and writes daily at SLAMonline.composted by SI.com | View comments |
Comments:
How do you not include the 1988 Baltimore Orioles? They lost 21 straight games to start that season and never recovered, finishing with 55 wins and 106 losses. The amazing thing is as bad as this team was, they still had a season attendance of 1,660,738, of course MLB tickets were much cheaper then.
Teams have ended seasons with more losses, but this is the worst start in MLB history.Cleveland period.What about that Mets pitcher in the late 90s who lost like 20 or something games in a row. What was his name?1980-81 Winnipeg Jets
Set a pro sports record by going 30 games without a win.
1936 Philadelphia Eagles
Went 4 games without scoring a point.
1974-75 Washington Capitals
37 straight losses on the road.1988 Orioles
0-21 to start the year.
1999 Metrostars
19 games in a row without a win.the Orioles lost the first 21 games of the 1988 seasonDivision III Caltech Beavers 207-game losing streak from 1996 to 2007We said sports teams! Please leave Hockey off this list.What about Philadelphia sports no titles in 25 years!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(Yinka Dare--770 consecutive minutes played in the NBA without an assistHow about the Detroit Lions for drafting a wide receiver in the first round three years in a row? How ridiculous is that? On a more serious note, you are so idiotice for leaving the Cubs off this list, what's it been like a 100 years since they have made it to the World Series?The 1980-1984 D-III Marietta College football team.
0-41 not "that" impressive, but we must look at their offensive and defensive output during that time.
They were outscored 1,124 to 128.
OuchThe name of that pitcher on the Mets was Anthony Young....What a streak that was.....Anthony YoungMy Cubbies. Only two back to back winning seasons since the 70's. That's a lot of Old Style ladies.The name of the Mets pitcher was Anthony Young. He lost an amazing 27 decisions in a row. The sad part is that he posted a 3.77 ERA during his worst season when he went 1-16! A 3.77 ERA will get you a CY Young award these days and a $100M contract. He posted a 15-48 career record in the majors with a 3.89 career ERA!!!!!AY. Anthony Young for the Mets. He lost 27 in a row in games where he had a decision. An MLB record.Anthony (Sigh) Young was the the Mets pitcher who lost 19 consecutive games for the Mets. I remember he actually looked like a pretty good young pitcher, until he got into a game.I agree - Cleveland .. and it's still going on! What's the suicide rate in Cleveland I wonder?AY. Anthony Young for the Mets. He lost 27 in a row in games he got a decision.The Mets pitcher's name was Anthony Young and he lost 27 decisions between May of '92 and July of '93. By far one of the worst streaks ever and should've made the list.Jesse said:
"What about Philadelphia sports no titles in 25 years!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:("
Try Cleveland without a pro sports title since 1964!
Last title for the 3 Cleveland sports teams:
Cavs: Never!
Browns: 1964
Indians: 1948
My worst streak would be Ohio State losing 5 straight national championship games and counting:
2008 Football
2007 Basketball
2007 Football
2007 Men's Soccer
2007 Club DodgeballDuke football. Losing 21 in a row and finally winning one against Northwestern. Or it has to be the Chicago Cubs not winning the World Series since 1908.The Bills....making it to four Superbowls is impressive, but not at impressive as losing all four. It's one thing to lose, but it's another to choke.Buffalo Bills and Superbowls
Eagles and Conference Championship games
Notre Dame and Bowl games
Penn State vs Michigan (football)
BCS championship game controversy
18-1........it's a streak of 1, but it's still pretty badHow about the Toronto Raptors in 2002, who lost 15 in a row, but still made the play-offs, longest losing streak for a play-off team in NBA history. They were still over .500 as well.Oregon State football - 28 losing seasons in a row.
Oregon State basketball - first Pac-10 team to go 0-18 in conference (0-19 including conference tourney). One winning season in 20 years.
See a pattern?AC Green.to the loser that said hockey is not a sport, what do you watch? Basketball and baseball couldn't be more boring unless they were bowling or darts!To the poster that commented about OSU losing five national titles in a row:
1) Club Dodgeball? Really? That's your argument?
2) OSU is the 2008 fencing national champion. Streak (of four) broken.Vikings maybe? in the same boat as the bills. choked on four superbowls and have never won one. vikings suck!vikings lost four superbowls and never won an nfl championship. Them and the Bills are cursedWhat about the 1995-96 Vancouver Grizzlies? Losing 23 games in a row, setting an NBA record in the process. They finished the season 15-67, the worst team in the league. They never climbed out of the basement until they moved to Memphis.Wow, just because the Red Sox are on the winning side of things now, lest we forget the 85 (or was it 86) year losing streak.The HS Football team in Sturgis, SD lost 80+ games in a row. Thats about 9 straight winless seasonsRavens not scoring a TD for 4 games. I guess its kind of a moot point when you still win the Super Bowl.Please all of you! Think 1918 and then you can open the flood gates of tears! Red Sox! But we humbley give our crown now to the Cubbies!Curtis Blair is probably back in the NCAA tourney. He's a big time Division 1 Basketball official.The Minnesota Vikings and the Buffalo Bills. Both are 0-4 in the Superbowl.From Coach McKay, Head Coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, when asked about his team's execution. "I'm in favor of that!!!"Detroit Lions 1 playoff win since 1957 is pretty sad...how about the baltimore orioles and pittsburgh pirates? what are they, each going on their 15th straight losing seasonI was ten years old in 1961 when the Phils, the team I grew up with, lost 23 straight that year.
Unless I'm wrong, that is still the
record. And, of course, they blew
the 1964 pennant by losing 10
straight- Mets or no, that's still
the greatest collaspe ever.How can you have list like this and NOT have Anthony Young on it. He lost 27 consecutive games over two seasons for the NY Mets!I don't see why the Pittsburgh Pirates aren't on this list.
They haven't had a winning season since they lost to the Braves in the NL Championship Series in 1992.
Think about it, people.
They haven't had a winning season in 16 years.
Are you serious?Recent Posts
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