Memorable Losing Streaks

Memorable Losing Streaks
Memorable Losing Streaks /

New Jersey Nets

The Nets tied the NBA record with an 0-17 start to the 2009-10 season, costing coach Lawrence Frank his job. They matched the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1999 Los Angeles Clippers in hoops futility.


Detroit Lions

When quarterback Dan Orlovsky and the Lions lost 31-21 to the Green Bay Packers on Dec. 28, 2008, it made Detroit the first NFL team to ever go 0-16.


Boston Celtics

The 2006-07 Celtics lost a franchise-record 18 consecutive games before a Valentine's Day victory, bringing to mind some of the most memorable losing streaks in sports history.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Lost their first 26 games, beginning with an 0-14 campaign in 1976 and followed by an 0-12 start in 1977.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Baltimore Orioles

Opened the 1988 season 0-21, an AL record for consecutive losses.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Prairie View University

The Texas school lost 80 consecutive games between 1989-98, almost doubling Columbia University's 44 straight losses between 1983-88. Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Northwestern University

The Wildcats dropped 34 straight between 1979 and 1982.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Buffalo Bills

Lost in four consecutive Super Bowls, the first in January 1992.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


San Jose Sharks

Lost 17 in a row in 1993, tying the NHL all-time record set by the Capitals in 1975.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Vince Spadea

His 21-match losing streak, which ended in 2000, is believed to be the longest in pro tennis history.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Philadelphia Phillies

Set the modern major-league record for consecutive losses with 23 in 1961.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Vancouver Grizzlies

Lost 23 straight in 1996, the most in NBA history over one season. The Denver Nuggets equalled the mark with 23 straight losses between Dec. 9, 1997, and Jan. 23, 1998.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Caltech basketball

Lost 207 consecutive games to NCAA Division III opponents between 1996 and January 2007. Rutgers-Camden had 117 consecutive losses from 1992 to 1997.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Chicago Cubs

One hundred and one consecutive years without winning the World Series.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Chicago Blackhawks

Forty-eight years since their last Stanley Cup, the longest current drought in the NHL.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Anthony Young

The Mets pitcher dropped 27 in a row before ending the streak in July 1993.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Cleveland Cavaliers

Lost 24 in a row spanning two seasons, from the end of the 1981-1982 season through the first five games of the 1982-83 season.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Ottawa Senators

Lost 38 in a row on the road in 1993.Click the link on the last photo to let us know which losing streak you'd add.


Chip Beck

Missed 46 consecutive PGA Tour cuts from 1997 to 1998.



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