Longest NFL winning streaks

The Carolina Panthers defeated the New York Giants 38-35 in Week 14 improve to 14-0 for the first time in franchise history. Only four teams in NFL history have started the season 14-0, including the 1972 Miami Dolphins, 2007 New England Patriots and the 2009 Indianapolis Colts.

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.
 

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

Chicago Bears, 1933-34
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Nov. 26	Portsmouth Spartans, 17-14
2	Nov. 30	Chicago Cardinals, 22-6
3	Dec. 3	at Portsmouth Spartans, 17-7
4	Dec. 10	Green Bay Packers, 7-6
5	Dec. 17 **	New York Giants, 23-21
6	Sept. 23	at Green Bay Packers, 24-10
7	Sept. 30	at Cincinnati Reds, 21-3
8	Oct. 7	at Brooklyn Dodgers, 21-7
9	Oct. 10	at Pittsburgh Pirates, 28-0
10	Oct. 14	Chicago Cardinals, 20-0
11	Oct. 21	Cincinnati Reds, 41-7
12	Oct. 28	Green Bay Packers, 27-14
13	Nov. 4	New York Giants, 27-7
14	Nov. 11	at Boston Redskins, 21-0
15	Nov. 18	at New York Giants, 10-9
16	Nov. 25	Chicago Cardinals, 17-6
17	Nov. 29	at Detroit Lions, 19-16
18	Dec. 2	Detroit Lions, 10-7
Streak Ended	Dec. 9 **	at New York Giants, 13-30

 

Chicago Bears, 1941-42
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Nov. 9	Cleveland Rams, 31-13
2	Nov. 16	Washington Redskins, 35-21
3	Nov. 23	at Detroit Lions, 24-7
4	Nov. 30	at Philadelphia Eagles, 49-14
5	Dec. 7	at Chicago Cardinals, 34-24
6	Dec. 14 *	Green Bay Packers, 33-14
7	Dec. 21 **	New York Giants, 37-9
8	Sept. 27	at Green Bay Packers, 44-28
9	Oct. 4	at Cleveland Rams, 21-7
10	Oct. 11	Chicago Cardinals, 41-14
11	Oct. 18	New York Giants, 26-7
12	Oct. 25	Philadelphia Eagles, 45-14
13	Nov. 1	Detroit Lions, 16-0
14	Nov. 8	at Brooklyn Dodgers, 35-0
15	Nov. 15	Green Bay Packers, 38-7
16	Nov. 22	at Detroit Lions, 42-0
17	Nov. 29	Cleveland Rams, 47-0
18	Dec. 6	at Chicago Cardinals, 21-7
Streak Ended	Dec. 13 **	at Washington Redskins, 6-14

 

Cleveland Browns (AAFC), 1947-48
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Nov. 27	at Los Angeles Dons, 27-17
2	Dec. 7	at Baltimore Colts, 42-0
3	Dec. 14 **	at New York Yankees, 14-3
4	Sept. 3	Los Angeles Dons, 19-14
5	Sept. 12	at Buffalo Bills, 42-13
6	Sept. 17	at Chicago Rockets, 28-7
7	Sept. 26	Chicago Rockets, 21-10
8	Oct. 5	at Baltimore Colts, 14-10
9	Oct. 10	Brooklyn Dodgers, 30-17
10	Oct. 17	Buffalo Bills, 31-14
11	Oct. 24	New York Yankees, 35-7
12	Nov. 7	Baltimore Colts, 28-7
13	Nov. 14	San Francisco 49ers, 14-7
14	Nov. 21	at New York Yankees, 34-21
15	Nov. 25	at Los Angeles Dons, 31-14
16	Nov. 28	at San Francisco 49ers, 31-28
17	Dec. 5	at Brooklyn Dodger, 31-21
18	Dec. 19 **	Buffalo Bills, 49-7
Streak Ended	Sept. 5, 1949	at Buffalo Bills, 28-28 (tie)

 

Miami Dolphins, 1972-73
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Sept. 17	at Kansas City Chiefs, 20-10
2	Sept. 24	Houston Oilers, 34-13
3	Oct. 1	at Minnesota Vikings, 16-14
4	Oct. 8	at New York Jets 27-17
5	Oct. 15	San Diego Chargers, 24-10
6	Oct. 22	Buffalo Bills, 24-23
7	Oct. 29	at Baltimore Colts, 23-0
8	Nov. 5	at Buffalo Bills, 30-16
9	Nov. 12	New England Patriots, 52-0
10	Nov. 19	New York Jets, 28-24
11	Nov. 27	St. Louis Cardinals, 31-10
12	Dec. 3	at New England Patriots, 37-21
13	Dec. 10	at New York Giants, 23-13
14	Dec. 16	Baltimore Colts, 16-0
15	Dec, 24 *	Cleveland Browns, 20-14
16	Dec. 31 *	at Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17
17	Jan. 14 **	Washington Redskins, 14-7
18	Sept. 16	San Francisco 49ers, 21-13
Streak Ended	Sept. 23	at Oakland Raiders, 7-12

 

San Fransisco 49ers, 1989-1990
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Nov. 27	New York Giants, 34-24
2	Dec. 3	at Atlanta Falcons, 23-10
3	Dec. 11	at Los Angeles Rams, 30-27
4	Dec. 17	Buffalo Bills, 21-10
5	Dec. 24	Chicago Bears, 26-0
6	Jan. 6 *	Minnesota Vikings, 41-13
7	Jan. 14 *	Los Angeles Rams, 30-3
8	Jan. 28 **	Denver Broncos, 55-10
9	Sept. 10	at New Orleans Saints, 13-12
10	Sept. 16	Washington Redskins, 26-13
11	Sept. 23	Atlanta Falcons, 19-13
12	Oct. 7	at Houston Oilers, 24-21
13	Oct. 14	at Atlanta Falcons, 45-35
14	Oct. 21	Pittsburgh Steelers, 27-7
15	Oct. 28	Cleveland Browns, 20-17
16	Nov. 4	at Green Bay Packers, 24-20
17	Nov. 11	at Dallas Cowboys, 24-6
18	Nov. 18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 31-7
Streak Ended	Nov. 25	Los Angeles Rams, 17-28

 

Denver Broncos, 1997-98
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
1	Dec. 21	San Diego Chargers, 38-3
2	Dec. 27 *	Jacksonville Jaguars, 42-17
3	Jan. 4 *	at Kansas City Chiefs, 14-10
4	Jan. 11 *	at Pittsburgh Steelers, 24-21
5	Jan. 25 **	Green Bay Packers, 31-24
6	Sept. 7	New England Patriots, 27-21
7	Sept. 13	Dallas Cowboys, 42-23
8	Sept. 20	at Oakland Raiders, 34-17
9	Sept. 27	at Washington Redskins, 38-16
10	Oct. 4	Philadelphia Eagles, 41-16
11	Oct. 11	at Seattle Seahawks, 21-16
12	Oct. 25	Jacksonville Jaguars, 37-24
13	Nov. 1	at Cincinnati Bengals, 33-26
14	Nov. 8	San Diego Chargers, 27-10
15	Nov. 16	at Kansas City Chiefs, 30-7
16	Nov. 22	Oakland Raiders, 40-14
17	Nov. 29	at San Diego Chargers, 31-16
18	Dec. 6	Kansas City Chiefs, 35-31
Streak Ended	Dec. 13	at New York Giants, 16-20

 

New England Patriots, 2007-08
Win	Date	Opponent, Score
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

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