The Streak Buster Thread III

mrmax86 · Oct 16, 2022

Some of you may remember the thread I made a several years ago for Butch's tenure. I abandoned that pretty quick after we re-started many of the same streaks we broke in 2014-2016. Then I made another a few years ago for the Pruitt era. That did not go well either.

Here we go again. Heupel and the Vols have had such an impressive run so far, and the biggest streak of all (Bama) was just broken last night. Time for The Streak Buster Thread III !

Rules are the same as before:

This is intended to be a master list of all the streaks we have hanging over us so we can strike them from the record and put them in the past as we overcome them and start new, winning ones!
In this list, I'd like to include all streaks still active, as well as all streaks broken so far in the Josh Heupel Era (2021 season and on). Please provide anything I have missed below! I want this to be community-fueled, so any comments or critiques about the way I'm presenting the data are encouraged as well.
GO VOLS!

Current Streaks

Losses vs. Georgia - 6...Last win: 34-31 10/1/16 @ Athens

Losses in Gainesville - 11...Last win: 24-10 9/20/03 @ Gainesville
Losses in Tuscaloosa - 11...Last win: 51-43 5OT 10/25/03 @ Tuscaloosa

Last 2-game winning streak vs Florida - 2003-2004
Last 2-game winning streak vs Alabama - 2003-2004

Last time we were 9-0, 10-0, etc...1998

Last 12-win season - 1998
Last 13-win season - 1998

Last 9,10,11-game winning streak...2015-2016
Last 12,13-game winning streak...1998
Last 14-game winning streak...1998-1999
Last 15,16,17,18,19,20-game winning streak...1950-1951
Last 21,22,23-game winning streak...1937,1938,1939

Last 15,16,17,18,19,20-game home winning streak...1997-2000
Last 21,22,23-game home winning streak...1996-2000

Seasons w/o SEC Championship Berth - 15...Last berth: Loss to LSU 14-21 12/1/07
Seasons w/o SEC Championship - 24...Last win: Win over Miss State 24-14 12/5/98

Seasons w/o National Championship - 24...Last win: Tostitos Fiesta Bowl over FSU, 23-16 1/4/99

Old Streaks

Last Top 10 ranking - ~~2016 Week 7~~ 2022 Week 5
Last Top 5 ranking - ~~2005 Week 3~~ 2022 Week 8
Last Top 3 ranking - ~~2001 Week 15~~ 2022 Week 8
Last #1 ranking - ~~1998 Week 16~~ 2022 Week 10

Last 3-game winning streak - ~~2019~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF
Last 4-game winning streak - ~~2019~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF, Akron
Last 5-game winning streak - ~~2019~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF, Akron, LSU
Last 6-game winning streak - ~~2019~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF, Akron, LSU, Bama
Last 7-game winning streak - ~~2019 2020~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF, Akron, LSU, Bama, UT Martin
Last 8-game winning streak - ~~2019 2020~~ 2022...with wins over Ball St, Pitt, UF, Akron, LSU, Bama, UT Martin, UK

Last 9-game home winning streak - ~~2006 2008~~ 2021-2022...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou
Last 10-game home winning streak - ~~1998 2000~~ 2021-2023...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou, Austin Peay
Last 11-game home winning streak - ~~1998 2000~~ 2021-2023...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou, Austin Peay, UTSA
Last 12-game home winning streak - ~~1998 2000~~ 2021-2023...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou, Austin Peay, UTSA, S. Carolina
Last 13-game home winning streak - ~~1998 2000~~ 2021-2023...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou, Austin Peay, UTSA, S. Carolina, Texas A&M
Last 14-game home winning streak - ~~1998 2000~~ 2021-2023...with wins over S. Alabama, Vandy, Ball State, Akron, UF, Bama, UT Martin, UK, Mizzou, Austin Peay, UTSA, S. Carolina, Texas A&M, UConn

Last time we were 3-0 - ~~2016~~ 2022
Last time we were 4-0 - ~~2016~~ 2022
Last time we were 5-0 - ~~2016~~ 2022
Last time we were 6-0 - ~~1998~~ 2022
Last time we were 7-0 - ~~1998~~ 2022
Last time we were 8-0 - ~~1998~~ 2022

Last 8-win season - ~~2019~~ 2022
Last 9-win season - ~~2016~~ 2022
Last 10-win season - ~~2007~~ 2022
Last 11-win season - ~~2001~~ 2022

Last time undefeated at home - ~~2007~~ 2022

Losses vs. Top 25 teams (AP/CFP Poll) - 11
Won: 45-42 11/6/21 vs #18 Kentucky @ Lexington
Was: 24-7 11/10/18 vs #11 Kentucky @ Neyland
Losses vs. Florida - 5
Won: 38-33 9/24/22 @ Neyland
Was: 38-28 9/24/16 @ Neyland
Losses vs. LSU - 5
Won: 40-13 10/8/22 @ Baton Rouge
Was: 30-27 OT 9/26/05 @ Baton Rouge
Losses vs. Alabama - 15
Won: 52-49 10/15/22 @ Neyland
Was: 16-13 10/21/06 @ Neyland
Losses vs. Top 5 teams (AP/CFP Poll) - 27
Won: 52-49 10/15/22 vs #3 Alabama @ Neyland
Was: 30-27 OT 9/26/05 vs #3 LSU @ Baton Rouge
Losses vs. Top 10 teams (AP/CFP Poll) - 39
Won: 52-49 10/15/22 vs #3 Alabama @ Neyland
Was: 51-33 10/7/06 vs #10 UGA @ Sanford Stadium
Losses vs. Texas A&M - 2
Won: 20-13 10/14/23 @ Neyland
Was: 38-7 1/1/05 @ Cotton Bowl

Updated 11/08/23 at 10:01 AM

MobileVol1 · Oct 16, 2022

Noice…..

ArmchairQB · Oct 16, 2022

I’ll chime in with this. If I looked at schedules right without going crosseyed, we’re currently 8-5 in our most recent game with every opponent in the SEC. 1-3 against teams Heupel hasn’t played yet (Arkansas, Auburn, Miss St, and A&M). 7-2 in our most recent games against SEC teams Heupel’s faced (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Vanderbilt).

Right before Heupel we stood at 4-9 in most recent game versus the SEC.

mrmax86 · Oct 17, 2022

So many streaks broken. I’m sure there are a bunch I missed.

mrmax86 · Oct 17, 2022

Added Top X rankings. This season we have our:

First Top 10 ranking since 2016 Week 7
First Top 5 ranking since 2005 Week 3
First Top 3 ranking since 2001 Week 15

Rrcox1951 · Oct 17, 2022

We’ve won two games over western division teams for the first time in years. In fact, our last win against a western div. team was against Auburn a few years ago.

mrmax86 · Oct 22, 2022

First 7-0 start since 1998 and first 7 game winning streak since 2019-2020

Vfl2407 · Oct 22, 2022

Another streak has been broken.
The one where by mid October that we’ve all started talking basketball instead of football.
and the one where by this time in the football season that we avoid any friends or coworkers who are fans of other SEC teams especially OUR big 3 rivals.

I Love Lamp · Oct 22, 2022

Totally forgot about us having the nations longest winning streak at one point during that period. What a weird time.

mrmax86 · Oct 30, 2022

First 8-0 start since 1998 and first 8 game winning streak since 2019-2020

mrmax86 · Nov 1, 2022

Updated after our first #1 ranking since 1998!!!

And to put it in perspective…the last time before that was 1956!!!!!

DD4ME · Nov 1, 2022

This 1-2 matchup in Athens is a 1st.

mrmax86 · Nov 14, 2022

Updated after securing:

Our first 9-win season since 2016
Our first undefeated home season since 2007
Our first 9-game home winning streak since 2006-2008!

CR-vol · Nov 14, 2022

Volosaurus rex · Nov 14, 2022

If you want, there is one (or more) additional streaks that you can add, which neither we nor anybody else has a chance of breaking, i.e. number of undefeated, untied and unscored upon games and quarters. Over the course of 1938-1940, I believe that it ran to 17 games and 71 quarters, excepting the 1940 Rose Bowl, which didn't count by NCAA record-keeping protocols in those days.

mrmax86 · Nov 26, 2022

Updated after our first 10-win season since 2007!

mrmax86 · Dec 31, 2022

Updated after our first 11-win season since 2001! Wow, look at this list.

mrmax86 · May 15, 2023

Added the next tier of home winning streaks, as we are currently riding a 9-game one.

aRmo · May 17, 2023

Was LSU not ranked when we lost to them during the Drooly Era?

mrmax86 · May 17, 2023

They were ranked 12. What's this in reference to?

fossilfiction · May 17, 2023

I was really hoping that game was Guarantano's breakout game and confidence would boost him like Crompton against and after Georgia but it was just a fun fluke.

aRmo · May 17, 2023

nvm i didnt see the points they were favored by in the loss column from the OP.

ftsandersvol · May 26, 2023

My wife asking me what the h*ll am I thinking.

mrmax86 · Sep 14, 2023

Updated with the Gainesville losing streak, hope to bust it on Saturday!

mrmax86 · Oct 16, 2023

Ho-hum, a thirteen-game home winning streak. First since the National Championship era.

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