Coming into the season, Mississippi State had lost 13 straight conference games. That's the sixth longest losing streak of conference games in SEC history.
With the loss to Florida yesterday, the streak reached 15 in a row and moved our current futility streak into fourth place in history, surpassing the 14-game streaks of the 1966-67 LSU Tigers and the Auburn teams from 1945-47.
If we lose to TAMU on Tuesday, that will take us to 16 in a row and tie our school record, set in 1945-46 and then tied in 1981-82. That would give us the three streaks tied for the second longest in league history. (We also have a pair of 11 game streaks, which gives us five of the nine longest losing streaks in conference history, or five of the 11 longest if you prefer since Ole Miss and Vandy also have 11 game streaks.)
The SEC record for consecutive losses belongs to the University of Alabama, who dropped 22 in a row from 1968-70. If we keep on losing, we would tie the record with a loss in Knoxville on February 3, and surpass it with a loss in Fayetteville on February 7.
CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE LOSSES
22 Alabama 1968-70
16 Mississippi State 1945-46
16 Mississippi State 1981-82
14 Auburn 1945-47
14 LSU 1966-67
13 Mississippi State 2014 ---> now 15 in a row
12 Ole Miss 1940-41
11 Mississippi State 1944-46
11 Mississippi State 1954-55
11 Ole Miss 1965-66
11 Vanderbilt 1984-85
With the loss to Florida yesterday, the streak reached 15 in a row and moved our current futility streak into fourth place in history, surpassing the 14-game streaks of the 1966-67 LSU Tigers and the Auburn teams from 1945-47.
If we lose to TAMU on Tuesday, that will take us to 16 in a row and tie our school record, set in 1945-46 and then tied in 1981-82. That would give us the three streaks tied for the second longest in league history. (We also have a pair of 11 game streaks, which gives us five of the nine longest losing streaks in conference history, or five of the 11 longest if you prefer since Ole Miss and Vandy also have 11 game streaks.)
The SEC record for consecutive losses belongs to the University of Alabama, who dropped 22 in a row from 1968-70. If we keep on losing, we would tie the record with a loss in Knoxville on February 3, and surpass it with a loss in Fayetteville on February 7.
CONSECUTIVE CONFERENCE LOSSES
22 Alabama 1968-70
16 Mississippi State 1945-46
16 Mississippi State 1981-82
14 Auburn 1945-47
14 LSU 1966-67
13 Mississippi State 2014 ---> now 15 in a row
12 Ole Miss 1940-41
11 Mississippi State 1944-46
11 Mississippi State 1954-55
11 Ole Miss 1965-66
11 Vanderbilt 1984-85
