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Longest NFL winning streaks

12/16/2011

The Patriots celebrated its record victory in 2004.The Green Bay Packers rolled through the end of the 2010 NFL Season and capped the year with a Super Bowl championship. The team picked up where it left off and have remained undefeated through the first 14 weeks of the 2011 season. The Packers 19-game winning streak ranks second all-time in NFL history for consecutive wins that include both regular and postseason games.

Longest Streaks

Here’s a look at the longest overall winning streaks (including regular season and the playoffs) in NFL history. The Cleveland Browns, who began in the rival All-America Football Conference, recorded an 18-game winning streak in the late 1940s prior to joining the NFL.
 

 1934_Bears.jpg  1948 Browns Team Photo

1934 CHICAGO BEARS
Posted a 13-0 record in the regular season before falling to the Giants in the championship game.

1948 CLEVELAND BROWNS
Went 14-0 and won the AAFC title.  The Browns lost just four games in the four seasons that the AAFC existed.

 

Pro Football's Longest Winning Streaks (Regular & Postseason Combined)


21 Games
New England Patriots
2003-04
Win Date Opponent, Score
1 Oct. 5 Tennessee Titans, 38-30
2 Oct. 12 New York Giants, 17-6
3 Oct. 19 at Miami Dolphins, 19-13 (OT)
4 Oct. 26 Cleveland Browns, 9-3
5 Nov. 3 at Denver Broncos, 30-26
6 Nov. 16 Dallas Cowboys, 12-0
7 Nov. 23 at Houston Texans, 23-20 (OT)
8 Nov. 30 at Indianapolis Colts, 38-34
9 Dec. 7 Miami Dolphins, 12-0
10 Dec. 14 Jacksonville Jaguars, 27-13
11 Dec. 20 at New York Jets, 21-16
12 Dec. 27 Buffalo Bills, 31-0
13 Jan. 10 * Tennessee Titans, 17-14
14 Jan. 18 ** Indianapolis Colts, 24-14
15 Feb. 1 ** Carolina Panthers, 32-29
16 Sept. 9 Indianapolis Colts, 27-24
17 Sept. 19 at Arizona Cardinals, 23-12
18 Oct. 3 at Buffalo, 31-17
19 Oct. 10 Miami Dolphins, 24-10
20 Oct. 17 Seattle Seahawks, 30-20
21 Oct. 24 New York Jets, 13-7
Streak Ended Oct. 31 at Pittsburgh Steelers, 20-34


19 Games
Green Bay Packers
2010-11
Win Date Opponent, Score
1 Dec. 26 New York Giants, 45-17
2 Jan. 2 Chicago Bears, 10-3
3 Jan. 9 * at Philadelphia Eagles, 21-16
4 Jan. 15 * at Atlanta Falcons, 48-21
5 Jan. 23 ** at Chicago Bears,  21-14
6 Feb. 6 ** Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25
7 Sept. 9 New Orleans Saints, 42-34
8 Sept. 18 at Carolina Panthers, 30-23
9 Sept. 25 at Chicago Bears, 27-17
10 Oct. 2 Denver Broncos, 49-23
11 Oct. 9 at Atlanta Falcons, 25-14
12 Oct. 16 St. Louis Rams, 24-3
13 Oct. 23 at Minnesota Vikings, 33-27
14 Nov. 6 at San Diego Chargers, 45-38
15 Nov. 14 Minnesota Vikings, 45-7
16 Nov. 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 35-26
17 Nov. 24 at Detroit Lions, 27-15
18 Dec. 4 at New York Giants, 38-35
19 Dec. 11 Oakland Raiders, 46-16
Streak 
Ended		 Dec. 18 at Kansas City, 14-19
 
 
 
18 Games
18 Games
Chicago
Bears
Chicago
Bears
Wins
1933-34
1941-42
1 Nov. 26 Portsmouth Spartans, 17-14 Nov. 9 Cleveland Rams, 31-13
2 Nov. 30 Chicago Cardinals, 22-6 Nov. 16 Washington Redskins, 35-21
3 Dec. 3 at Portsmouth Spartans, 17-7 Nov. 23 at Detroit Lions, 24-7
4 Dec. 10 Green Bay Packers, 7-6 Nov. 30 at Philadelphia Eagles, 49-14
5 Dec. 17 ** New York Giants, 23-21 Dec. 7 at Chicago Cardinals, 34-24
6 Sept. 23 at Green Bay Packers, 24-10 Dec. 14 * Green Bay Packers, 33-14
7 Sept. 30 at Cincinnati Reds, 21-3 Dec. 21 ** New York Giants, 37-9
8 Oct. 7 at Brooklyn Dodgers, 21-7 Sept. 27 at Green Bay Packers, 44-28
9 Oct. 10 at Pittsburgh Pirates, 28-0 Oct. 4 at Cleveland Rams, 21-7
10 Oct. 14 Chicago Cardinals, 20-0 Oct. 11 Chicago Cardinals, 41-14
11 Oct. 21 Cincinnati Reds, 41-7 Oct. 18 New York Giants, 26-7
12 Oct. 28 Green Bay Packers, 27-14 Oct. 25 Philadelphia Eagles, 45-14
13 Nov. 4 New York Giants, 27-7 Nov. 1 Detroit Lions, 16-0
14 Nov. 11 at Boston Redskins, 21-0 Nov. 8 at Brooklyn Dodgers, 35-0
15 Nov. 18 at New York Giants, 10-9 Nov. 15 Green Bay Packers, 38-7
16 Nov. 25 Chicago Cardinals, 17-6 Nov. 22 at Detroit Lions, 42-0
17 Nov. 29 at Detroit Lions, 19-16 Nov. 29 Cleveland Rams, 47-0
18 Dec. 2 Detroit Lions, 10-7 Dec. 6 at Chicago Cardinals, 21-7
Streak Ended Dec. 9 ** at New York Giants, 13-30 Dec. 13 ** at Washington Redskins, 6-14
 
18 Games
18 Games
Cleveland
Browns (AAFC)
Miami
Dolphins
Wins
1947-48
1972-73
1 Nov. 27 at Los Angeles Dons, 27-17 Sept. 17 at Kansas City Chiefs, 20-10
2 Dec. 7 at Baltimore Colts, 42-0 Sept. 24 Houston Oilers, 34-13
3 Dec. 14 ** at New York Yankees, 14-3 Oct. 1 at Minnesota Vikings, 16-14
4 Sept. 3 Los Angeles Dons, 19-14 Oct. 8 at New York Jets 27-17
5 Sept. 12 at Buffalo Bills, 42-13 Oct. 15 San Diego Chargers, 24-10
6 Sept. 17 at Chicago Rockets, 28-7 Oct. 22 Buffalo Bills, 24-23
7 Sept. 26 Chicago Rockets, 21-10 Oct. 29 at Baltimore Colts, 23-0
8 Oct. 5 at Baltimore Cotls, 14-10 Nov. 5 at Buffalo Bills, 30-16
9 Oct. 10 Brooklyn Dodger, 30-17 Nov. 12 New England Patriots, 52-0
10 Oct. 17 Buffalo Bills, 31-14 Nov. 19 New York Jets, 28-24
11 Oct. 24 New York Yankees, 35-7 Nov. 27 St. Louis Cardinals, 31-10
12 Nov. 7 Baltimore Colts, 28-7 Dec. 3 at New England Patriots, 37-21
13 Nov. 14 San Francisco 49ers, 14-7 Dec. 10 at New York Giants, 23-13
14 Nov. 21 at New York Yankees, 34-21 Dec. 16 Baltimore Colts, 16-0
15 Nov. 25 at Los Angeles Dons, 31-14 Dec, 24 * Cleveland Browns, 20-14
16 Nov. 28 at San Francisco 49ers, 31-28 Dec. 31 * at Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17
17 Dec. 5 at Brooklyn Dodger, 31-21 Jan. 14 ** Washington Redskins, 14-7
18 Dec. 19 ** Buffalo Bills, 49-7 Sept. 16 San Francisco 49ers, 21-13
Streak Ended Sept. 5, 1949 at Buffalo Bills, 28-28 (tie) Sept. 23 at Oakland Raiders, 7-12
 
18 Games
18 Games
San Francisco
49ers
Denver
Broncos
Wins
1989-1990
1997-98
1 Nov. 27 New York Giants, 34-24 Dec. 21 San Diego Chargers, 38-3
2 Dec. 3 at Atlanta Falcons, 23-10 Dec. 27 * Jacksonville Jaguars, 42-17
3 Dec. 11 at Los Angeles Rams, 30-27 Jan. 4 * at Kansas City Chiefs, 14-10
4 Dec. 17 Buffalo Bills, 21-10 Jan. 11 * at Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-21
5 Dec. 24 Chicago Bears, 26-0 Jan. 25 ** Green Bay Packers, 31-24
6 Jan. 6 * Minnesota Vikings, 41-13 Sept. 7 New England Patriots, 27-21
7 Jan. 14 * Los Angeles Rams, 30-3 Sept. 13 Dallas Cowboys, 42-23
8 Jan. 28 ** Denver Broncos, 55-10 Sept. 20 at Oakland Raiders, 34-17
9 Sept. 10 at New Orleans Saints, 13-12 Sept. 27 at Washington Redskins, 38-16
10 Sept. 16 Washington Redskins, 26-13 Oct. 4 Philadelphia Eagles, 41-16
11 Sept. 23 Atlanta Falcons, 19-13 Oct. 11 at Seattle Seahawks, 21-16
12 Oct. 7 at Houston Oilers, 24-21 Oct. 25 Jacksonville Jaguars, 37-24
13 Oct. 14 at Atlanta Falcons, 45-35 Nov. 1 at Cincinnati Bengals, 33-26
14 Oct. 21 Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-7 Nov. 8 San Diego Chargers, 27-10
15 Oct. 28 Cleveland Browns, 20-17 Nov. 16 at Kansas City Chiefs, 30-7
16 Nov. 4 at Green Bay Packers, 24-20 Nov. 22 Oakland Raiders, 40-14
17 Nov. 11 at Dallas Cowboys, 24-6 Nov. 29 at San Diego Chargers, 31-16
18 Nov. 18 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-7 Dec. 6 Kanas City Chiefs, 35-31
Streak Ended Nov. 25 Los Angeles Rams, 17-28 Dec. 13 at New York Giants, 16-20
  18 Games  
New England Patriots  
Wins 2007-08    
1 Sept. 9 at New York Jets, 38-14    
2 Sept. 16 San Diego Chargers, 38-14    
3 Sept. 23 Buffalo Bills, 38-7    
4 Oct. 1 at Cincinnati Bengals, 34-13    
5 Oct. 7 Cleveland Browns, 34-17    
6 Oct. 14 at Dallas Cowboys, 48-27    
7 Oct. 21 at Miami Dolphins, 49-27    
8 Oct. 28 Washington Redskins, 52-7    
9 Nov. 4 at Indianapolis Colts, 24-20    
10 Nov. 18 at Buffalo Bills, 56-10    
11 Nov. 25 Philadelphia Eagles, 31-28    
12 Dec. 3 at Baltimore Ravens, 27-24    
13 Dec. 9 Pittsburgh Steelers, 34-13    
14 Dec. 16 New York Jets, 20-10    
15 Dec. 23 Miami Dolphins, 28-7    
16 Dec. 29 at New York Giants, 38-35    
17 Jan. 12* Jacksonville Jaguars, 31-10    
18 Jan. 20* San Diego Chargers, 21-12    
Streak Ended Feb. 3** New York Giants, 14-17    
 

* Wild Card, Divisional, or Conference playoff game; ** NFL, AAFC Championship Game or Super Bowl

Regular Season Only Winning Streaks


Most Consecutive Games Won - 23 - Indianapolis Colts, 2008-09
Most Consecutive Games Without a Defeat - 25 - Canton Bulldogs, 1921-23 (won 22, tied 3)
Most Games Won, Season - 16 - New England Patriots, 2007
Most Consecutive Games Won, Season - 16 - New England Patriots, 2007
Most Consecutive Home Games Won - 27 - Miami Dolphins, 1971-74
Most Consecutive Home Games Without a Defeat - 29 - Green Bay Packers, 1928-1933
Most Consecutive Road Games Won - 18 - San Francisco 49ers, 1988-1990

Postseason Only Winning Streak


Most Consecutive Games Won - 10 - New England Patriots, 2001, 2003-05
Recent Comments
  • Lombardi - May 22 2012 07:14 AM

    On Dec 11, 2011 - This web site needs a lot of updating. The Packers move into 3rd place behind the 2008/09 Colts and the 2003/04 Patriots. The Packers can tie the Indianapolis Colts when they win their first playoff game this season.

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  • The Pro Football Hall of Fame - December 15 2011 04:05 PM

    Please note that the date line is Dec. 9, 2009. The information was current at that time. The record winning streaks include regular season and postseason. We'll work on updating the page so as to include the 2010-11 Green Bay Packers. Thanks for visiting Profootballhof.com and keep the comments coming.

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  • Nathanael - December 12 2011 11:21 PM

    I'm not sure I follow, Lombardi. This article claims NE and the Colts are tied at 21 for most regular season wins. But in that the article is both out-dated (the Colts, of course, eventually went to 23, punctuated with a post-season loss) and confused -- NE's streak included post-season, but only encompassed 18 regular season games. So, if we're talking regular season only, it's the Colts at 23; the Packers, currently at 15 or 16, will need regular season wins through at least game five of next year to overtake. But this article includes post-season. Therefore, it's NE at 21(*), with GB currently in 2nd at 19 (finally breaking that 19th game curse). GB will surpass NE if they finish out the regular season undefeated (seems likely, given their remaining schedule). Either way, GB's post-season won't affect standings. Assuming they go 16-0, they will already have passed NE including post season; if we're talking regular season, then of course playoffs don't count, and the Colts' record will stand well into next year. (*)NFL only, of course. The 1947-49 Cleveland Browns had a 29-game winning streak, but they were playing in the AAFC.

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  • Nathanael - December 12 2011 06:55 PM

    I'm not sure I follow, Lombardi. This article claims NE and the Colts are tied at 21 for most regular season wins. But in that the article is both out-dated (the Colts, of course, eventually went to 23, punctuated with a post-season loss) and confused -- NE's streak included post-season, but only encompassed 18 regular season games. So, if we're talking regular season only, it's the Colts at 23; the Packers, currently at 15 or 16, will need regular season wins through at least game five of next year to overtake. But this article includes post-season. Therefore, it's NE at 21(*), with GB currently in 2nd at 19 (finally breaking that 19th game curse). GB will surpass NE if they finish out the regular season undefeated (seems likely, given their remaining schedule). Either way, GB's post-season won't affect standings. Assuming they go 16-0, they will already have passed NE including post season; if we're talking regular season, then of course playoffs don't count, and the Colts' record will stand well into next year. (*)NFL only, of course. The 1947-49 Cleveland Browns had a 29-game winning streak, but they were playing in the AAFC.

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  • Lombardi - December 12 2011 11:07 AM

    On Dec 11, 2011 - This web site needs a lot of updating. The Packers move into 3rd place behind the 2008/09 Colts and the 2003/04 Patriots. The Packers can tie the Indianapolis Colts when they win their first playoff game this season.

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  • Nathanael - December 11 2011 06:31 PM

    Hold off on that, Jim. Pencil GB in at the top. Packers just moved into sole possession of 2nd longest streak and in 3 weeks (GB *should* win its remaining games) the Packers will have the new record.

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  • Jim Mackowski - December 07 2011 08:39 PM

    Time to add the 2011 Green Bay Packers. They ended the 2010 season winning 6 in a row and the 12 wins in 2011 season make 18.

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