Post by Commissioner on Dec 28, 2014 22:05:57 GMT -5
Here are the 25 longest Titan winning streaks:
Rank | Length | First | Last | Ended By | Comments |
1. | 21 | Dec. 6, 1976 Oakland 113-45 | Feb. 16, 1977 @ Marquette 64-63 | Feb. 19, 1978 @ Duquesne 88-95 2OT | See here for recap |
2. | 16 | 1912 Eastern Michigan 47-8 | 1914 St. Mary's Orchard Lake 51-30 | 1914 25-33 Ann Arbor YMCA | Overlapped either side of the 13-0 1913 season |
3. | 12 | Dec. 27, 1977 Harvard 77-69 | February 4, 1978 Xavier 80-74 | February 11, 1978 @ Georgetown 82-83 | Titans also had two 6 game streaks in 1977-78 |
3. | 12 | Feb. 1968 John Carroll 90-65 | Dec. 28, 1968 Temple 87-76 | Dec. 30, 1968 @ Minnesota 80-85 | This encompassed last 2 games of 1968 and 10-0 start in 1968-69, with #7 AP ranking |
5. | 11 | Dec. 3, 1997 Bowling Green 73-52 | Jan. 5, 1998 Green Bay 58-41 | Jan. 11, 1998 @ UIC 83-88 | Included wins @ Iowa St. and Michigan St. |
5. | 11 | Jan. 15, 1998 Wright State 80-75 | Feb. 19, 1998 Oakland 110-61 | Feb. 21, 1998 @ Cleveland State 57-60 | This streak gave the Titans 22 wins in 23 games. |
5. | 11 | Jan. 2, 1936 Akron 44-43 | Feb. 18, 1936 Western Ontario 50-12 | Feb. 21, 1936 DePaul 33-40 | Titans lost their final 4 games of the season to finish 12-5. |
8. | 10 | Feb. 5, 2004 Youngstown State 64-43 | Mar. 5, 2004 vs. Loyola 60-55 | Mar. 6, 2004 vs. Milwaukee 50-58 | Semi-final loss in Horizon tourney snapped streak. |
8. | 10 | Feb. 1910 Hillsdale 24-20 | 1912 Eastern Michigan 62-16 | 1912 Battle Creek 26-27 | Streak started with last game of 1910 season, and ran through 6-0 1911 season into 1912. No idea who Battle Creek was. |
10. | 9 | Jan. 2, 1943 Harvard 34-19 | Feb. 25, 1943 Eastern Michigan 36-35 | Feb. 1943 Marquette 30-38 | Detroit was 11-1 after beating EMU, including earlier win over Marquette, but finished 15-5. |
11. | 8 | Feb. 6, 1999 @ UIC 69-50 | Mar. 11, 1999 vs. UCLA 56-53 | Mar. 13, 1999 vs. Ohio State 44-75 | This streak included clinching the HL title, beating Butler to win the HL Tourney, and knocking off UCLA in the NCAA. |
11. | 8 | 1933 @ DePaul 19-15 | 1934 St. John's (Oh) 45-20 | Feb. 3, 1934 @ Notre Dame 17-36 | This streak was snapped by one of Notre Dame's better teams, which entered at 13-1 to UD's 5-0. |
11. | 8 | 1920 Central Michigan 30-11 | 1920 Western Michigan 35-28 | Feb. 14, 1920 @ Notre Dame 26-29 | Streak included wins over Dayton and Toledo and Detroit's best ever defensive effort, allowing 3 points to Albion. |
14. | 7 | Dec. 1973 Oakland 101-75 | Jan. 7, 1974 @ Minnesota 54-52 | Jan 12, 1974 @ Western Michigan 89-105 | This streak included a win over Michigan St. as UD went to 11-1 in Vitale's 1st season. |
14. | 7 | Jan. 22, 1972 @ Xavier 70-66 | Feb. 16, 1972 @ Dayton 78-70 | Feb. 18, 1972 @ St. Peter's 63-77 | Xavier (twice), St. Bonaventure, Dayton, Toledo, and BC were victims. |
14 | 7 | Jan. 25, 1965 Xavier 108-92 | Feb. 18, 1965 Baldwin Wallace 76-56 | Feb. 20, 1965 @ St. Bonaventure 71-84 | Titans beat Notre Dame and Loyola in this string. |
14. | 7 | Feb. 27, 1954 Marquette 80-76 | Dec. 15, 1954 Buffalo 68-61 | Dec. 17, 1954 Houston 69-77 | Michigan State was included in this streak, which spanned parts of 2 seasons. |
14. | 7 | Dec. 18, 1954 Houston 83-80 | Jan. 8, 1955 Oklahoma State 62-59 | Jan. 10, 1955 Tulsa 62-65 | Houston ended a 7 game streak, and the next night UD beat Houston to start another 7 game streak. |
14. | 7 | Feb. 22, 1951 @ Eastern Michigan 64-60 | Dec. 1951 @ Assumption 91-40 | Dec. 15, 1951 @ Wayne St. 46-50 | Another streak spanning 2 seasons, including a win over #1 ranked Oklahoma St. |
14. | 7 | Jan. 19, 1950 @ Eastern Michigan 65-39 | Feb. 11, 1950 Oklahoma St. 40-39 | Feb. 14, 1950 @ MIchigan State 54-57 | Titans beat #4 Bradley, Marquette (twice), Wichita, Tulsa, & Okla. St. |
14. | 7 | Mar. 3, 1949 John Carroll 56-45 | Dec. 1949 Western Ontario 80-42 | Jan. 2, 1950 @ Drake 53-67 | Not much to brag - victims included W. Ontario (twice), Kalamazoo, Hillsdale, Assumption, John Carroll, & EMU over 2 seasons |
14. | 7 | Dec. 1939 Western Ontario 53-30 | 1940 @ Northern Iowa 29-28 | 1940 Marquette 41-43 | This early season streak got UD off to an 8-1 start. |
14. | 7 | Jan. 27, 1939 Butler 33-24 | Feb. 18, 1939 @ Western Michigan 50-34 | Feb. 22, 1939 @ Toledo 46-57 | Detroit finished 15-5. |
14. | 7 | Jan. 14, 1928 Bliss College 31-22 | Feb. 14, 1928 Loyola 16-13 | Feb. 17, 1928 Michigan State 13-17 | Over 5000 came to watch UD/MSU at the Armory |
14. | 7 | Feb. 1924 Central Michigan 25-23 | Jan. 1925 Dayton 23-14 | Jan. 1925 Alma 17-20 | Titans won the last 3 of the 1924 season and the first 4 of 1925. |