Every conference has their football rivalries and the SEC is no different. The rivalry games are the best games of the season. Win against your biggest rival and even a bad season becomes good. Lose and the season is lost, even if that was your only loss.
The best rivalries have two things: A name and a trophy. In this slide show I have three things: A name, a trophy and at least one SEC Team.
This is how we do it in the SEC!
The Battle For The Beer Barrel (aka The Border War)
The prize: The Beer Barrel
The original Battle for the Beer Barrel was conceived in 1925 by a Kentucky booster club for the football rivalry with Tennessee, so that the series would have a trophy similar to Purdue’s Old Oaken Bucket and Michigan’s Little Brown Jug.
Tennessee held a 60-23-9 edge in the series with Kentucky when the Beer Barrel trophy game was discontinued due to the tragic deaths of several Kentucky football players in 1997 in an alcohol-related car crash.
In addition to the schools’ rivalry, blood banks in the home cities of each university (Lexington, Kentucky and Knoxville, Tennessee) compete to see who can raise the most units of blood. This is known informally as the Blue-Orange Crush.
Tennessee leads the series 72-23-9
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Kentucky finally broke the streak this year in a hard fought game with the Vols.
Most consecutive wins over one opponent (NCAA football)
The following is a list of the all-time leading NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) college football single-opponent winning streaks. Teams are ranked by the number of consecutive wins they’ve posted against a specific opponent. All streaks of at least 20 games are in the list.
| School | Opponent | Number | From | Through | Uninterrupted series | Notes/References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notre Dame | Navy | 43 | 1964 | 2006 | Yes | Navy won in 2007[1][2] |
| Nebraska | Kansas | 36 | 1969 | 2004 | Yes | KU won in 2005[3] |
| Oklahoma | Kansas State | 32 | 1937 | 1968 | Yes | [3] |
| Nebraska | Kansas State | 29 | 1969 | 1997 | Yes | [3] |
| Clemson | Virginia | 29 | 1955 | 1989 | No, the games were played over a 35-year period. | [3] |
| Penn State | Temple | 29 † | 1952 | Present | No, the games have been played over a 60-year period. | Penn State won in 2011.[4] Penn State has an unbeaten streak dating back 10 more years. Temple’s last win over Penn State was a 14-0 victory in 1941. |
| Texas | Rice | 28 | 1966 | 1993 | Yes | [3] |
| Syracuse | Hobart | 26 | 1906 | 1931 | Yes | [3] |
| USC | Oregon State | 26 | 1968 | 1999 | No, the games were played over a 32-year period. | [3] |
| Tennessee | Kentucky | 26 | 1985 | 2010 | Yes | Kentucky won in 2011.[5] |
| Florida | Kentucky | 25 † | 1987 | Present | Yes | Florida won in 2011.[6][7] |
| Penn State | West Virginia | 25 | 1959 | 1983 | Yes | [3] |
| Texas | TCU | 24 | 1968 | 1991 | Yes | [3] |
| Texas A&M | TCU | 24 † | 1973 | Present | No, the games have been played over a 28-year period. | Texas A&M won 23 consecutive times from 1973 to 1995, then beat TCU in the Galleryfurniture.com bowl in 2001. The two teams have not played since but A&M still holds the active streak.[8] |
| Nebraska | Missouri | 24 | 1979 | 2002 | Yes | [3] |
| Nebraska | Oklahoma State | 24 | 1974 | 1999 | No, the games were played over a 26-year period. | [3] |
| Penn State | Maryland | 24 | 1962 | 1988 | No, the games were played over a 27-year period. | The streak began following Maryland’s only win in the 37-game series in 1961, and finally ended with the only tie in 1989.[9] |
| Oklahoma | Iowa State | 23 | 1937 | 1959 | Yes | [1] |
| Tennessee | Vanderbilt | 22 | 1983 | 2004 | Yes | [3] |
| Nebraska | Oklahoma State | 22 | 1974 | 1995 | Yes | These games were a subset of the non-continuous series 1974-1999.[3] |
| Arkansas | TCU | 22 | 1959 | 1980 | Yes | [3] |
| Alabama | Mississippi State | 22 | 1958 | 1979 | Yes | [3] |
| Iowa | Northwestern | 22 | 1974 | 1994 | Yes | [3] In 1995, Northwestern also ended a 19 game (30 year) losing streak to Michigan and a 14 game (33 year) streak to Notre Dame. |
| Ohio State | Northwestern | 21 | 1972 | 2004 | No, these games were played over a 32-year period. | [3] |
| LSU | Louisiana Lafayette | 22 † | 1902 | Present | No, the games were played over a 107 year period. | [3] |
| Purdue | Iowa | 20 | 1961 | 1980 | Yes | [3] |
| Oklahoma | Baylor | 20 | 1901 | 2011 | No, the games were played over a 109 year period. | Baylor ended the streak with a 45-38 victory in 2011.[2] |
† Active Streak
[edit] References and sources
- ^ “Notre Dame’s NCAA-record 43-game win streak over Navy ends”. ESPN.com. 3 November 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=273070087. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ “Navy 46, Notre Dame 44 – Play by Play”. ESPN.com. November 3, 2007. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=273070087&confId=18. Retrieved 2007-11-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s “Streaks and Rivalries” (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA): p. 112. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930220759/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
- ^ “Penn State vs Temple Historical Record”. stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1951&end=2011&team1=Penn+State&team2=Temple. Retrieved 2008-09-23.
- ^ Associated Press (November 26, 2011). “Kentucky ends 26-game skid vs. Tennessee, which will miss bowl”. ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=313300096. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (September 24, 2011). “Florida clocks Kentucky behind Jeff Demps’ 157 rushing yards”. ESPN.com. http://espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=312670096. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ “History of Opponents”. GatorZone.com. 2007-08-10. http://gatorzone.com/football/history/opponents.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-10.
- ^ “All-Time Football Scores: TCU”. aggieathletics.com. http://www.aggieathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/tcu.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
- ^ “Penn State vs Maryland Historical Record”. stassen.com. http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1961&end=1989&team1=Penn+State&team2=Maryland. Retrieved 2007-12-31.
- “Streaks and Rivalries” (PDF). Official 2007 NCAA Division I Football Records Book (NCAA): p. 112. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070930220759/http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/football/football_records_book/2007/2007_d1_football_records_book.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-07. , ISSN 0735-5475[dead
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