Your IP: 38.107.179.231 United States Near: United States

Lookup IP Information

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next

Below is the list of all allocated IP address in 23.25.0.0 - 23.25.255.255 network range, sorted by latency.

The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with North America and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. A perfect season is any sports season, including the playoff portion of a season, in which a team remains undefeated and untied. This has been achieved only once in the modern National Football League (NFL) of professional gridiron football, several times in pre-modern NFL football, once in Canadian professional football (prior to the advent of the CFL), at least once in Canadian amateur football, seven times in American collegiate NCAA men's basketball, and nine times in NCAA women's basketball. A perfect season may also be part of a multi-season winning streak. Contents 1 American football 1.1 National Football League (1970–Present) 1.1.1 The Perfect Season 1.1.1.1 1972 Miami Dolphins 1.1.2 NFL undefeated seasons with ties prior to 1932 1.1.3 Perfect regular season 1.1.3.1 2007 New England Patriots 1.2 Pre-modern era (pre 1970) NFL perfect seasons 1.2.1 1934 Chicago Bears 1.2.2 1942 Chicago Bears 1.2.3 1948 Cleveland Browns 1.2.4 1937 Los Angeles Bulldogs 1.2.5 Pre-NFL era 1.3 Close to perfect 1.4 Perfectly imperfect 1.5 Other leagues 2 Canadian football 2.1 1948 Calgary Stampeders 2.2 The next best records 3 Canadian Collegiate Sports 3.1 Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Football 3.2 2003, 2005 Saskatchewan Huskies 3.3 2007 Manitoba Bisons 4 Other North American professional sports leagues 4.1 Major League Baseball 4.2 National Basketball Association 4.3 National Hockey League 4.4 Other professional sports 5 American collegiate sports 5.1 NCAA Football 5.2 NCAA Division I Basketball 5.2.1 Men 5.2.2 Women 5.3 NCAA Hockey 5.4 ACHA Hockey 6 Association football 6.1 Domestic teams 6.2 FIFA World Cup 6.3 FIFA Women's World Cup 7 Australian Football 7.1 Australian Football League 7.2 South Australian National Football League 8 References // American football National Football League (1970–Present) Since the NFL/AFL merger in 1970, only one team has played a complete perfect season (both playoff and regular season): the 1972 Miami Dolphins. The longest winning streak in one season is held by the New England Patriots with an NFL-record 18-game regular season winning streak after a 16-0 regular season in 2007. They lost that year's Super Bowl though, to finish 18-1. Preseason games are not counted toward standings, for or against. For example, the 1972 Miami Dolphins (mentioned below) lost three of their preseason games but still are considered to have a perfect season. The Perfect Season See also: 1972 Miami Dolphins season 1972 Miami Dolphins The 1972 Miami Dolphins won fourteen regular season games and three postseason games, including Super Bowl VII, to finish the season 17–0–0. They extended their winning streak the following season to 18 straight wins, until finally losing to the Oakland Raiders on September 23, 1973. Recently, it has often been reported that the surviving members of the 1972 Dolphins would gather to drink champagne when the final undefeated team earned its first loss, or that the team would send a case of champagne to the team that beat the final undefeated team. The head coach of the 1972 Dolphins, Don Shula, denied this in a 2007 interview with ESPN.[1] NFL undefeated seasons with ties prior to 1932 There were four teams who completed undefeated regular seasons prior to the development of a playoff system in the NFL: the 1920 Akron Pros, the 1922 Canton Bulldogs, the 1923 Canton Bulldogs, and the 1929 Green Bay Packers (and, if Frank McNeil's insistence that his team's last game was an exhibition were to be accepted, the 1921 Buffalo All-Americans as well). Until 1972, the NFL did not include tie games in league standings; therefore, a team with no losses could be considered to have a "perfect" record even if they had played in one or more ties. It was not until 1972 that the NFL officially modified their record books to count both previous and future ties as effectively being half-of-a-win, and half-of-a-loss. In doing so, they effectively declared those four seasons to not be "perfect". However, because ties were not considered a blemish on a "perfect" record during the 1920s, teams of that era had less incentive to attempt to avoid tie games (an extra win could be the difference between winning a league title and not winning it, which would add some incentive), and therefore the validity of calling those four seasons "imperfect" based on standards first implemented after-the-fact can be disputed. Because of this, the commonly made statement that the 1972 Miami Dolphins "are the only team in NFL history to finish a season and post-season with a perfect record" is incorrect, as that statement implies that the judgment of whether a season is "perfect" is to be made at the end of the season in question. At the time those four teams finished their seasons, their records were indeed "perfect" per the standards of the day. Perfect regular season 2007 New England Patriots The 2007 New England Patriots were the first team to gain a regular season record of 16-0. They continued their success into the postseason before being beaten in Super Bowl XLII by the New York Giants, losing the perfect season, and then the following season became the first team to miss the playoffs with an 11-5 record since the 1985 Denver Broncos. Pre-modern era (pre 1970) NFL perfect seasons Before the modern NFL, American football was played professionally in a number of leagues, including an earlier version of the NFL. During this period, three teams completed perfect regular seasons: the 1934 Chicago Bears, the 1942 Chicago Bears, and the 1948 Cleveland Browns. Only the 1948 Browns had a true perfect season—but in the All-America Football Conference, not the NFL proper. Unlike the AFL records, AAFC records are not considered NFL records, as not all teams entered the NFL. 1934 Chicago Bears The Bears are a member of the National Football League, which was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association. In 1934, the Bears played to a 13–0–0 regular season record to become the first NFL team to complete an undefeated regular season without tied games. However, the Bears lost the 1934 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants. 1942 Chicago Bears Despite losing several players and head coach George Halas to military service in World War II, the 1942 Bears played a perfect season, finishing 11–0–0. The Bears were again defeated in the NFL Championship Game, this time by the Washington Redskins. 1948 Cleveland Browns The Browns were a member of the All-America Football Conference, a professional football league that played from 1946 to 1949. In 1948, the Browns won all fourteen regular season games and the 1948 AAFC championship to post a 15–0–0 record. Cleveland's perfect 1948 season was part of a longer string of 29 straight wins, which stretched from 1947 to 1949 and included both the 1947 and 1948 title games. Overall, the Browns won all four AAFC championship games and were accepted into the NFL when the two leagues merged after the 1949 season. 1937 Los Angeles Bulldogs The Los Angeles Bulldogs were a member of the second American Football League, who joined the league in 1937 after the Cleveland Rams defected to the NFL (the Bulldogs, who had actually defeated an NFL team in 1936, were also candidates to join the NFL but were rejected in favor the Rams). Playing a combination of AFL teams and independent franchises (such as the Providence Steam Roller and the Salinas Packers), the team went 16-0, with 8 of those wins coming against AFL teams. The Bulldogs' dominance is cited as one of the key factors in the AFL's demise, and the next season (then as an independent, running up a 10-2-2 record including a 2-1-2 record against NFL teams), several of the team's players were invited to play on the "Pro All Stars" team in the NFL's first Pro All-Star Game, which was played in Los Angeles. The Bulldogs are considered to be one of the few independent teams to have ever achieved parity with the NFL. Neither the NFL nor the Pro Football Hall of Fame recognizes the Bulldogs' perfect season. Pre-NFL era An NFL predecessor, the Ohio League, had many perfect seasons. The Massillon Tigers (1904, 1905), Akron Indians (1909), Shelby Blues (1911), and Dayton Triangles (1918) all had perfect seasons during this era. In the New York Pro Football League, another league that contributed teams to the NFL, the Buffalo Niagaras went 5-0-0 (6-0-0 including a forfeit) in a league that consisted of teams entirely from the city of Buffalo in 1918. In 1920, the Union Athletic Association of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (later known as the Philadelphia Quakers), played in a league mostly consisting of local teams and earned a perfect season, claiming for itself a mythical national championship. Prior to the Ohio League, the 1900 and 1901 Homestead Library and Athletic Club teams, as well as the 1903 Franklin Athletic Club, all had perfect seasons. The caliber of talent was neither as high nor as consistent between teams at the time, the seasons were generally shorter (7 to 11 games), and it was not uncommon for top teams to play all their games at home while lesser teams played all of their games on the road. In 1918, Dayton and Buffalo had the additional advantage of having its strongest competitors suspend operations due to the Spanish flu and the First World War. Thus, it was much easier to earn a perfect season than it would be in later years. Close to perfect Since 1970, five NFL teams have had regular seasons with one loss: the 1976 Oakland Raiders (13-1) and the 1984 San Francisco 49ers, 1985 Chicago Bears, 1998 Minnesota Vikings, and 2004 Pittsburgh Steelers (all 15-1). The 1976 Raiders, 1984 49ers and 1985 Bears all won three more games in the playoffs, including the Super Bowl; the '76 Raiders finishing 16-1 and the '84 49ers and '85 Bears both 18-1. The 1998 Vikings and 2004 Steelers each won one playoff game before losing their respective conference championship games to finish 16-2. Most of these teams, however, suffered their one regular-season loss early in the year and never made what might be considered a serious run at a perfect season (the Bears came the closest, starting the season 12–0 before losing in week 13, coincidentally to the Miami Dolphins). In fact, besides the 1972 Miami Dolphins' and the 2007 New England Patriots' perfect regular seasons, the best start by an NFL team was the 2009 Indianapolis Colts, who started 14-0 before losing their final two regular season games to the New York Jets and the Buffalo Bills respectively to finish 14-2. The Colts then went on to lose to the New Orleans Saints in Super Bowl XLIV. Three other teams have posted impressive starts at 13-0 before losing their first game; the 1998 Denver Broncos, the 2005 Indianapolis Colts and the 2009 Saints. In fact, the 2009 season marked the first time in history where two teams started 13-0. The 1998 Broncos and the 2005 Colts lost their next two games before winning their final game to finish 14-2. The 2009 Saints lost their final three games to finish 13-3. In the postseason, the 1998 Broncos won Super Bowl XXXIII, the 2005 Colts lost their opening playoff game and the 2009 Saints, as mentioned above, defeated the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV. Perfectly imperfect Main article: Imperfect season Since 1970, two teams have had "perfect" losing seasons: the first year expansion 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who went 0–14–0, and the 2008 Detroit Lions, who went 0-16-0. In the strike-shortened 1982 season the Baltimore Colts also failed to win, posting an 0–8–1 record. There have been 12 teams that have won only one regular season game (finishing either 1–13–0 or 1–15–0, depending on the year). The most recent are the 2009 St. Louis Rams, though some of the more infamous include the 1972 and 1973 Houston Oilers (the only franchise to do it in back-to-back years); the 1980 New Orleans Saints (whose fans popularized the practice of wearing paper bags over their heads out of shame, and nicknaming the team the "Aints"); the 1989 Dallas Cowboys whose only win of the season came during week nine against their division rival the Washington Redskins, the 1990 New England Patriots, the 1991 Indianapolis Colts, the 1996 New York Jets, the 2000 San Diego Chargers, the 2001 Carolina Panthers (who won their first game and lost the next 15, to set the then-record for consecutive losses in a season) [2] and the 2007 Miami Dolphins. It is interesting to note that a third type of perfect season is theoretically possible in the NFL; namely, one in which a team manages to tie all of its regular season games for a final record of 0-0-16. Under current rules, such a team would be treated the same as a team with an 8-8-0 or 7-7-2 record for the purpose of playoff contention. However, given the current overtime system the tie is extremely rare, with only one tied game in the NFL since 2002 (between the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles during the 2008 season), and only four since 1989. Other leagues There were no perfect seasons in the American Association, World Football League, United States Football League, XFL, or the original incarnation of the Arena Football League. The following is a list of teams in minor or alternate leagues that compiled perfect seasons of 6 games or more, including postseason games, with no ties: The Hollywood Bears, a member of the Pacific Coast Professional Football League, went 8-0-0 in 1941. The Hollywood Rangers were a member of the American Football League of 1944 (formerly the Northwest War Industries League), a short-lived competitor to the Pacific Coast Professional Football League on the West Coast. In their 1944 season, they went 11-0-0 and defeated the PCPFL champion San Diego Bombers (who had also had a perfect season in their league, going 9-0-0) in a two-game series. The Charleston Rockets of the Continental Football League won all 14 games of the league's inaugural season in 1965, going on to defeat the Toronto Rifles in the league's championship. The Hartford Knights went 17-0-0 in 1972 as a member of the Seaboard Football League, while their regular league, the Atlantic Coast Football League, was on hiatus. In indoor football, the following teams have had perfect seasons: The Quad City Steamwheelers went undefeated in the inaugural season of arenafootball2, accruing a record of 19-0-0 including playoffs and an ArenaCup I win. The Ohio Valley Greyhounds of the National Indoor Football League accrued a perfect season in 2003. The Sioux Falls Storm of United Indoor Football won back-to-back perfect seasons in 2006 and 2007, winning the United Bowl championship both years. The Fayetteville Guard won a perfect season in 2007 in the NIFL. The Baltimore Mariners won a perfect season in 2010 in the American Indoor Football Association. Twenty-three other semi-pro football teams have had perfect seasons, seven of them being at least 17 games long.[3] The short-lived Spring Football League of 2000 had two "perfect" teams, the San Antonio Matadors and Houston Marshals, but because their season was so short (each team played only two games before the league abruptly folded), they are almost never mentioned in discussions of perfect seasons. In 2009 the Florida Tuskers of the United Football League posted an undefeated regular season only to be defeated in the championship game. Canadian football 1948 Calgary Stampeders As of the 2009 season, a perfect season has been accomplished in professional Canadian football only once. In 1948, under the guidance of their legendary head coach Les Lear, the Grey Cup headed to Western Canada for only the fourth time with the Calgary Stampeders.[4] After running the table with a perfect 12 wins, Calgary faced the Regina Roughriders in a two-game home-and-home playoff series. The first game, in Regina, saw each side with 4 points, leaving the second game as the decider. At home the following week, Calgary outscored their opponents 21–10. Since it was a total points series, the final total and not the initial tie is the important factor for the perfect season. The newly crowned Western Interprovincial Football Union champion Stampeders next journeyed East to Toronto's Varsity Stadium for the 36th Grey Cup against the Eastern Champion Ottawa Rough Riders. On November 27, Calgary completed the perfect season with a six-point victory over Ottawa (12–7), earning the title of Dominion Champions. While Calgary had only 15 games in their perfect season, the current CFL schedule would require a team to win 20 games (18 regular season, 1 playoff after bye week, and the Grey Cup championship) to post a perfect record, making it a difficult task to accomplish. The next best records The next closest team to a perfect season in the CFL (in terms of winning percentage) was the 1981 Edmonton Eskimos. Playing a 16-game regular season schedule, the Eskimos achieved a record of 14–1–1 (losing to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and tying the Hamilton Tiger-Cats). The Eskimos went on to win the Grey Cup in dramatic fashion, defeating the 5–11–0 Ottawa Rough Riders 26–23 on a last-second field goal and finishing the season with a record of 16–1–1 (total includes playoff and Grey Cup championship). In the current 18-game CFL regular season format (in use since the 1986 season), the 1989 Edmonton Eskimos came closest to a perfect season, finishing the regular season with a record of 16–2. However, they lost in the Western Final to the eventual Grey Cup Champions, the Saskatchewan Roughriders. A regular season record of 15–3 has been posted many times in the CFL. In the 1990s, six teams achieved that record. The Calgary Stampeders posted a 15–3 record three consecutive seasons (1993, 1994, 1995), but failed to capture the cup. In 1995, the Baltimore Stallions also posted a 15–3 record, and became the first (and only) American team to win the Grey Cup. The last three-loss regular season was posted by the Toronto Argonauts, achieving this feat in both 1996 and 1997, and winning the league championship both years. Doug Flutie quarterbacked both these championships before bolting to the NFL Buffalo Bills. Under the older 16-game schedule, 5 teams posted two losses during the regular season: 1955 Grey Cup Champion Edmonton Eskimos (14–2) 1957 Edmonton Eskimos (14–2) 1960 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (14–2) 1970 Saskatchewan Roughriders (14–2) 1979 Grey Cup Champion Edmonton Eskimos (12–2–2) Canadian Collegiate Sports Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Football 2003, 2005 Saskatchewan Huskies In 2003 and 2005, the Saskatchewan Huskies went undefeated in the Regular Season. However, they lost in the Vanier Cup to the Laurier Golden Hawks in 2005 and lost in The Canada West Semi-Final To Alberta Golden Bears in 2003. 2007 Manitoba Bisons In the ranks of Canadian college football, a perfect season was last attained in 2007 by the Manitoba Bisons, the football squad representing the University of Manitoba, located in Winnipeg, Canada. The Bisons were undefeated in Canada West Universities Athletic Association play during the 8-game schedule. In the playoffs, Manitoba comfortably handled the Calgary Dinos 27–5 in the opening round. The Bisons followed up with a 48–5 defeat of the Regina Rams in the Hardy Trophy and a strong 52–20 showing against the perennial contenders from the University of Western Ontario, the Western Ontario Mustangs, in the Mitchell Bowl. On Friday, November 23, 2007, two days before the 95th Grey Cup game in Toronto, the Bisons defeated the Saint Mary's University squad, known as the Saint Mary's Huskies, 28–14 to claim their first Vanier Cup championship since 1970, and third overall title. That victory capped their perfect 12 win season. Other North American professional sports leagues In North America’s three other major professional sports leagues (Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, and the National Hockey League) it is virtually impossible for a team to play a "perfect" season, primarily because there are substantially more games in the regular season. Additionally, the style of play and length of schedule in each of these sports leads to less focus on individual games and more on consistency over the course of the year. This is especially true in the postseason, where basketball, baseball, and hockey each use a "best-of" format that allows a team to lose some playoff games while still advancing to the next round. Major League Baseball Since the early 1960s, the Major League Baseball schedule has been 162 games long; prior to that, it was 154 games long. The most games won by a Major League Baseball team in the regular season is 116, by both the Chicago Cubs in 1906 and the Seattle Mariners in 2001[5]—though because the regular season was shorter in 1906, the Cubs' winning percentage of .763 was higher than the Mariners' .716. The 1998 New York Yankees have the best record of any World Series champion, finishing the regular season 114-48. Including the playoffs, the 1998 Yankees won a total of 125 games against 50 losses, an MLB record. The 1880 Chicago Cubs have probably come the closest to perfection in professional baseball history, having posted a 67–17 record for a .798 winning percentage. Prior to the 20th century, however, the nature of the competition and season schedules varied widely—on occasion, poorly organized teams might drop out of the league and forfeit the remainder of their games, an unthinkable circumstance today—and most professional baseball records only consider achievements realized after the establishment of the American League in 1901. In contrast to the perfect season, the closest to a perfectly imperfect season in MLB was the infamous 1899 Cleveland Spiders season, who won only twenty games and lost a record 134 games after its roster was looted by the owners of the team, who stacked the best players onto the St. Louis Browns. The Spiders are, to this day, the only major league team to have finished a season below the Mendoza line (.200) in win percentage. It is also possible for a pitcher to achieve a perfect season, taking at least one win and any number of no-decisions throughout the year. This has happened 1813 times in baseball's history, though the majority (1171) were 1-0 seasons, mostly by relief pitchers. The best perfect season belongs to Tom Zachary of the 1929 New York Yankees, who posted a 12-0 record in 119.2 innings. No pitcher has ever achieved a perfect season while qualifying for the ERA title. National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association’s regular season schedule is 82 games long. In the 1995–96 regular season, the Chicago Bulls played to a 72–10 record. Their 72 wins, along with their .878 winning percentage, is the closest that any NBA team has ever come to perfection. They swept two playoff series, and lost only 3 games in the entire postseason. It is worth noting that the 1985–86 Boston Celtics played a nearly perfect home season. That year they were 40–1 (.976) in front of their home crowd. Their only regular-season home loss occurred on December 6, 1985, to the Portland Trail Blazers, by the score of 121–103. The Celtics would also win all 10 of their home games in the postseason. National Hockey League The National Hockey League’s regular season schedule is also 82 games long. The 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings hold the record for most wins in a regular season, having won 62 games. The 1974–75 Washington Capitals and 1992–93 Ottawa Senators hold the record for fewest wins on the road with 1. The NHL played an 80-game season in 1974–75, whereas in 1992–93 the schedule consisted of 84 games, thus giving the Senators the percentage record for worst road record. The Senators also set a record by losing their first 38 consecutive road games. (The Senators' road statistics include a neutral-site game played in Hamilton, Ontario, in which the Senators were considered the road team.) Within each season, however, the NHL ranks its teams using a scoring system that awards teams points based on the outcome of each game: A win is worth two points, a loss in overtime or a shootout is worth one point, and a loss in regulation is worth zero points. Prior to 2005, a tie was also worth one point; the shootout was instituted to eliminate the chance of a tie. The point for the overtime loss was instituted for the 1999–2000 NHL season; from that year through 2005, the league's standings used a unique four-column table reflecting wins, losses, ties, and overtime losses. For example, the 1999–2000 Toronto Maple Leafs' record was 45–27–7–3, for 100 points. Prior to 1999, a team losing in overtime received the standard zero points for a loss. As a result of these changes to the NHL's point system, caution must be used in comparing point records between teams of different eras. Based on the point system, the 1976–77 Montreal Canadiens have come the closest to perfection, winning 60 games but getting 132 points, whereas the 1995–96 Detroit Red Wings got 131 points in their record-setting season. The 1974–75 Capitals hold the record for futility, going 8–67–5 for 21 points. Other professional sports For other sports leagues for individuals, such as the PGA Tour or NASCAR, this would amount to winning every event all season long. Considering the number of tournaments or races in those leagues, and the fact that each individual faces over 40 opponents as opposed to one, a perfect season is almost impossible. Golf instead considers the Grand Slam, deemed to be the four most difficult contests in professional golf, to be analogous to perfection; since 1934, when The Masters was added as a major, no player has won all four in one year. Tiger Woods came closest, winning four consecutive professional majors over two years in 2000 and 2001. The three golfing seasons that could be deemed closest include Bobby Jones winning all four majors in 1930 (when The (British) Amateur Championship and U.S. Amateur were still considered majors), Byron Nelson winning 11 consective tournaments he played in (and 18 in one year) in 1945, and Woods' aforementioned four consecutive majors in 2000 and 2001. Professional motorcycle racer Ricky Carmichael had perfect seasons in 2002 and 2004. In 1997, road racer Tommy Kendall started the 13-race SCCA Trans-Am Series season 11–0, the longest documentable win streak in worldwide professional road racing.[6]. In the 12th race, he was battling for the lead on the final lap, but spun out and finished second. The feat would be extremely difficult in NASCAR, because of the length of the season (currently 36 races). Richard Petty holds the record for best all-time winning percentage in a single season, when he won 27 out of 49 races in 1967 (0.551). He also holds the record in NASCAR's modern era after winning 13 of 30 races (0.433) in 1975.[7]. During the 2004 IndyCar Series season, Tony Kanaan completed every lap (3,305) of every race for the entire season,[8] a perfect lap-completion percentage. He became the first driver in major auto racing history to complete every lap of every race for an entire season, and won the season championship.[9] American collegiate sports NCAA Football See also: List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams Due to relatively short seasons through most of college football history, the list of undefeated Division I football teams includes dozens of teams.[10] The highest level of college football, the Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, does not use a play-off to determine a champion, instead relying on a combination of polls and computer rankings to choose two teams to play one title game in a system known as the Bowl Championship Series.[11] The University of Washington's FBS record 63 game unbeaten streak included 5 consecutive perfect seasons from 1909–1913. The University of Oklahoma's FBS record 47 game winning streak included three consecutive perfect seasons from 1954–1956. The record for most wins in an undefeated season is 14-0, accomplished in 2002 by Ohio State, and twice in 2009 by Boise State and Alabama. NCAA Division I Basketball Men Before the establishment of the National Invitation Tournament in 1938 and the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship in 1939, perfect seasons were more common; each season consisted of fewer games and top teams from different parts of the country might never meet. There have been 7 NCAA men's Division I basketball champions with perfect records: 1956 San Francisco Dons (29–0) 1957 North Carolina Tar Heels (32–0) 1964 UCLA Bruins (30–0) 1967 UCLA Bruins (30–0) 1972 UCLA Bruins (30–0) 1973 UCLA Bruins (30–0) 1976 Indiana Hoosiers (32–0) Another team in the NCAA Tournament era had an unbeaten record and won a recognized national title: 1939 LIU Blackbirds (24–0) — won the NIT, which at the time was more prestigious than the newly formed NCAA tournament. The UCLA Bruins are the only team to have back-to-back perfect seasons (1972–1973) respectively creating a record of 60–0 technically, and all four perfect seasons were under hall of fame head coach John Wooden. The most recent Final Four to feature two undefeated teams was 1976 (Indiana and Rutgers). Some teams have finished the regular season undefeated, but lost in the NCAA Tournmament or other postseason action: 1939 Loyola Ramblers (finished regular season 20–0 and lost in the NIT final to LIU to finish 21–1) 1941 Seton Hall Pirates (finished regular season 19–0; lost in the NIT semifinals to LIU and third-place game to CCNY to finish 20–2) 1951 Columbia Lions (finished 21–1 after losing in the first round)[12] 1961 Ohio State Buckeyes (finished 27–1 after losing in the championship game to Cincinnati) 1968 Houston Cougars (finished regular season 28-0, then lost the semifinal and consolation games at the Final Four) 1968 St. Bonaventure Bonnies (finished regular season 22-0, lost in regional semifinals) 1975 Indiana Hoosiers (finished regular season 29–0, but lost to Kentucky in the Mideast Regional final) 1976 Rutgers Scarlet Knights (finished regular season 28–0, but lost in the Final Four to Michigan and in the consolation game to UCLA) 1979 Indiana State Sycamores (finished regular season 31–0, but lost in the championship game to Michigan State) 1979 Alcorn State Braves finished the regular season with a perfect 27-0 record, but were not invited to the NCAA Tournament. The Braves lost in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament to Indiana.[13] 1991 UNLV Runnin' Rebels (entered the tournament 30–0, but lost in the Final Four to eventual champion Duke). 2004 Saint Joseph's Hawks (finished the regular season 27–0, lost in the first round of the 2004 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament.) In addition, four other teams in the tournament era had unbeaten records, but did not play in any postseason tournament: 1940 Seton Hall Pirates (19–0) — not invited to either the NCAA Tournament or NIT. 1944 Army Cadets (15–0) — not invited to either the NCAA Tournament or NIT. (Given that this season was during World War II, it is also possible that Army chose to turn down tournament invitations.) 1954 Kentucky Wildcats (25–0) — declined a bid to the NCAA Tournament due to an NCAA ruling that graduate students could not compete. 1973 NC State Wolfpack (27–0) — ineligible for postseason competition due to rule violations earlier that season. Women In the women's game, the following national championship teams have had perfect records since the AIAW began sponsoring a championship tournament in 1972 (which was followed by the NCAA tournament in 1982): 1973 Immaculata Mighty Macs (20-0) 1975 Delta State Lady Statesmen (28-0) 1981 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters (34-0) 1986 Texas Longhorns (34–0) 1995 Connecticut Huskies (35–0) 1998 Tennessee Lady Vols (39–0) 2002 Connecticut Huskies (39–0) 2009 Connecticut Huskies (39–0) 2010 Connecticut Huskies (39–0) The 2009 and 2010 Huskies not only went unbeaten, but also had double-digit victory margins in each game until the 2010 final, in which the Huskies defeated Stanford 53–47.[14] Some teams have finished the regular season undefeated, but lost in the NCAA Tournament or other postseason action: The 1990 Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters entered the NCAA Tournament at 28–0, but lost in the Final Four to Auburn to finish 32–1. The Vermont Catamounts were unbeaten entering the NCAA Tournament in both 1992 (29–0) and 1993 (28–0). They lost in the first round in both tournaments—to George Washington in 1992 and Rutgers in 1993. The 1997 Connecticut Huskies entered the NCAA Tournament at 30–0, but lost in the final of the Midwest Regional to eventual national champion Tennessee, finishing 33–1. The 1998 Liberty Lady Flames entered the NCAA Tournament 28–0, but were seeded #16 in the Mideast Region and matched against Tennessee, with the Lady Vols crushing the Lady Flames 102–58. The 2003 Connecticut Huskies finished the regular season at 29–0, but lost to Villanova in the final of the Big East Tournament, ending their then-record winning streak at 70 games. The Huskies went on to win the NCAA Tournament, finishing 37–1. The 2007 Duke Blue Devils finished the regular season at 29–0, but lost in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament to North Carolina State. In the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the semifinals of the Greensboro Regional to Rutgers to finish 32–2. The 2010 Nebraska Cornhuskers finished the regular season at 29–0, but lost in the semifinals of the Big 12 Tournament to Texas A&M. In the NCAA Tournament, they lost in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional to Kentucky to finish 32–2. NCAA Hockey The 1970 Cornell Big Red are the only Division I men's NCAA ice hockey team to record an unbeaten, untied season. The last college to finish undefeated was Bemidji State University (Div II) during the 1983-84 season. ACHA Hockey The 2007-2008 University of Illinois Fighting Illini are the only American Collegiate Hockey Association team to record a perfect season with a record of 38-0-0. c Association football Domestic teams Many association football teams have also had perfect seasons, such as Hamburger SV who won all 11 of their matches in the 1927–28 season.[15] However, winning every match in a season of 20 or more matches is very rare; clubs to have done so include Dresdner SC of Germany in 1942–43 (23 wins out of 23), Ferencvárosi of Hungary in 1931–32 (22), Sunrise Flacq United of Mauritius in 1995–96 (22), and Nacional of Uruguay in 1941 (20).[15] The longest winning streak of any team over multiple seasons was Sparta Prague's run of at least 51 wins in a row, between 1920 and 1923.[15] Teams finishing a season unbeaten (i.e. having won or drawn every match) are more common. In Serie A, Italian club Perugia went the entire 1978–79 Serie A season without losing a game. A.C. Milan did the same in the 1991–92 Serie A season. In 1972–73, S.L. Benfica became the only club in Portugal to last a whole season without defeat and won 28 matches — 23 consecutively — out of 30, and drew two. A similar feat was achieved by Arsenal in the 2003–04 English Premier League season, after finishing with no losses from 38 games, equalling Preston North End's record from 1889–90, the year Preston also won the FA Cup undefeated. However, it is worth noting Preston only played 22 league games in the 1889–90 season, compared to the 38 of Arsenal. Arsenal continued their unbeaten run until they were stopped at 49 by Manchester United. The one and only unbeaten champion in Brazil was SC Internacional, who won the 1979 season with 16 victories and 7 ties.[16] FIFA World Cup See also: List of teams undefeated in the FIFA World Cup The likelihood of a national team in the FIFA World Cup to win all of its group stage matches, as well as every knockout game, to become the champion is higher than most domestic teams, given this unofficial "season" is only seven games maximum. This is not counting the qualifying round of the tournament, which lasts over a year and has had a varied format since 1934. Only one team, the 1970 World Cup champion Brazilian team has won every game in all both qualification and finals, without being the host country or defending champions (which allows a team to skip qualifying rounds), in this case, a total of 13 games.[17][18] The 1990 West German team was the last to be a champion while incurring no losses in all rounds; they had 9 wins and 4 ties. The last team to win with no losses or ties in the last two rounds (group round and knockout round) was the Brazilian team at the 2002 World Cup. FIFA Women's World Cup The likelihood of a national team winning all of its matches in the FIFA Women's World Cup is slightly greater than in the men's version. Because the Women's World Cup has yet to expand beyond 16 teams, the winning team only has to win six games (three in group play and three in the knockout stage) to win the title unbeaten. To date, each team that has won the title—the USA in 1991 and 1999, Norway in 1995, and Germany in 2003 and 2007—has won all of its group stage matches. In fact, only one of these teams, the USA in 1999, had a knockout match go to extra time—specifically the final against China, which ultimately went to a penalty shootout. Germany won all of its matches in the 2007 final tournament without giving up a goal, becoming the first team in either the men's or women's World Cup to accomplish this feat. Three Women's World Cup champions also went through their qualifying stage without a loss or draw: USA, 1991 (5 wins) Germany, 2003 (6 wins) Germany, 2007 (8 wins) Norway went through their 1995 qualification campaign with 8 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss. The USA automatically qualified for the 1999 edition as host. Australian Football Australian Football League The Australian Football League started in 1897 under the name VFL or Victorian Football League. To have a perfect season in AFL is very unlikely due to its rough nature, teams often lose their key players to injury therefore giving them a major disadvantage. So no club has ever had a Perfect Season in the AFL. In 1908, Carlton finished the home and away season with a 17-1 record, and finished with a 19-1 record after final. Carlton's only loss was to Essendon in round 12, however, Carlton defeated Essendon in the Grand Final. In 1918, South Melbourne finished the home and away season with a 13-1 record, winning both finals to finish 15-1, their only loss coming to St Kilda in round 4. In 1950, Essendon finished the home and away season with a 17-1 record and eventually finished with a 19-1 record after finals. Essendon's only loss came to North Melbourne in round 6, the team Essendon would eventually beat in the Grand Final. In the 2000 Season, The Essendon Bombers finished the season off at 21-1, (out of a total of 22 rounds) and including finals they finished 24-1, only losing one match to the Western Bulldogs in Round 21 almost making the whole Season undefeated. In the Grand Final they faced of against a fourth placed Melbourne and defeated them by 60 points. Also in the 2008 AFL season a similar story occurred although this time with Geelong. The outcome of the season was almost identical, since Geelong won the majority of the matches, doing the same as Essendon, achieving 21-1, (only defeated by Collingwood in round 9). Although the season did not end as sweet as Essendon's nearly perfect season, as Geelong lost in the Grand Final in an upset to second placed Hawthorn who finished the season 17-5. Finally in 1929, Collingwood went the entire VFL Home and Away season undefeated, managing 18-0 until the Semi Final against Richmond which they lost. So by the rules of the competition, they did not manage a perfect season, but because they came first and only lost a Semi Final they were still in the finals race, eventually beating Richmond in the Grand Final. Thus completing Collingwood's "Machine Team" era. South Australian National Football League The 1914 Port Adelaide team, known as the 'Invincibles' finished the home and away season with a 12-0 record, before winning both finals to finish with a 14-0 record and a perfect season. The closest any team got to Port Adelaide was North Adelaide, losing by 21 points in round 10. At the time, the SAFL (as it was known at the time) was the equivalent of the VFL and the WAFL as the top level of the sport. References ^ [1]"Shoes ... The Jaw ... by any name, Shula still the king," by Gene Wojciechowski, ESPN.com, Feb. 1, 2007 ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=sando_mike&id=3159938 ESPN summary of one-victory NFL teams ^ Steven Brainerd (2010). Minor league football records - Winning streaks. ^ [2] Grey Cup History (CFL.ca), Accessed December 13, 2007 ^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=2001&t=SEA Baseball Almanac Entry of 2001 Seattle Mariners ^ "Trans-Am Drivers' and Manufacturers' Champions". Deep Throttle. 2008-01-24. http://www.deepthrottle.com/History/transam_champs.shtml. Retrieved 2008-01-24.  ^ Richard Petty Career Statistics—Racing-Reference.info ^ "IRL: Texas II: AGR, Kanaan race report". Motorsport.com. 2004-10-17. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=171571&FS=INDYCAR. Retrieved 2010-07-12.  ^ "Driver Insider: Tony Kanaan". IndyCar.com. http://www.indycar.com/drivers/show/55-izod-indycar-series/3648-tony-kanaan/. Retrieved 2010-07-12.  ^ Dolphin Historical Football Rankings Retrieved December 7, 2006 ^ Home page of the Bowl Championship Series Mathematicians Examine the BCS Comprehensive FAQ about the BCS Congress to look into 'deeply flawed' BCS system NOBCS.net ^ http://www.tourneytravel.com/history/schoolstats.htm ^ MacMullan, Jackie (2004-03-07). "Undefeated and unnoticed". The Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/articles/2004/03/07/undefeated_and_unnoticed/.  ^ Associated Press (2010-04-06). "UConn overcomes 12-point first half to squeeze past Stanford for second straight title". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncw/recap?gameId=300960041. Retrieved 2010-04-06. "UConn (39-0) won its 78th straight, extending its women's NCAA record for consecutive victories, although this one was the closest. All of the Huskies' previous wins in the streak were by double digits."  ^ a b c Unbeaten ^ "Internacional 1979: único campeão brasileiro invicto" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. http://colunas.globoesporte.com/memoriaec/2008/12/23/inter-79-unico-campeao-brasileiro-invicto/.  ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/results/index.html 1970 FIFA World Cup match results ^ http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/edition=32/preliminaries/preliminary=28/index.html 1970 FIFA World Cup preliminary match results