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Owen Field Win Streak In Perspective

Owen Field panoramic view via www.thelostogle.com

Owen Field panoramic view via www.thelostogle.com

You don't often see Owen Field on the top 10 lists of most intimidating college football stadiums. However, Oklahoma's current 30 game home win streak is the longest in the program's history and is the longest active such streak in the nation.  How does this fit in historically though?

Well, the record is 58 consecutive home wins set by Miami from 1985-1994 - almost a decade of invincibility on the home turf. The Sooners would probably have to play close to another 5 seasons of unblemished football at Owen Field to surpass that mark.

Here's the rest of the list that I found on About.com:

58 games - Miami (1985-1994)
57 games - Alabama (1963-1982)
56 games - Harvard (1890-1995)
50 games - Michigan (1901-1907)
47 games - Nebraska (1991-1998)
44 games - Washington (1908-1917)
42 games - Texas (1968-1976)
40 games - Notre Dame (1907-1918)
38 games - Notre Dame (1919-1927)

37 games - Florida State (1992-2001)
37 games - Yale (1904-1908)
37 games - Yale (1900-1903)

36 games - USC (2001-2003)
33 games - Marshall (1995-2000)
33 games - Nebraska (1901-1906)

Streaks prior to the modern era are italicized. I'm a bit skeptical on the date ranges for several of these including the Harvard 56 game streak, and the USC 36 game streak. However, you take what you get when this is the only website that Google turned up!  If the Sooners win all their home games next year, they will have achieved something that only 6 other teams in the modern era have - win at least 36 consecutive home games.

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And looking at the 2010 schedule

You have to believe OU will sweep at home. Florida St is the toughest team, and they aren’t to OU’s level yet. Air Force could prove difficult if the OU doesn’t get up for them and respect there complex offense, but I’m stretching there.

OU’s tough games look to be on the road. A&M is improving, UT is of course in Dallas, Cincinnati is also on the road.

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by Redhawk on Feb 19, 2010 9:01 AM CST reply actions  

Glad to see spring football roll around. We need to do something to get this past year behind us. Hopefully it started with the win over Stanford…. As bad as OU played in stretches, they played soooo well at times! (Texass, OSU, even Miami)…. Hum.

On a side note, we went to Doak Campbell (FSU) stadium while we were on vacation & it is truly a great stadium. We have already made plans for the return (home & home) of the series. Hopefully, by then road woes will have subsided!!!!

by OU JJ on Feb 19, 2010 9:49 AM CST reply actions  

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