Georgia Beats Georgia Tech to Break Alabama's SEC Record for Most Consecutive Wins

The Bulldogs are gaining on some of college football's most famous streaks.
Georgia Beats Georgia Tech to Break Alabama's SEC Record for Most Consecutive Wins
Georgia Beats Georgia Tech to Break Alabama's SEC Record for Most Consecutive Wins /

As the 2023 season has progressed, Georgia has marched ever closer to history.

The Bulldogs are chasing their third consecutive national championship, something that by most measurements hasn’t been accomplished since Minnesota’s 1930s dynasty. However, Georgia has quietly moved amassed one of college football’s longest winning streaks.

On Saturday, the Bulldogs topped Georgia Tech, 31–23, to win their 29th consecutive game. The win gave them sole possession of the longest winning streak in SEC history.

Georgia passed a pair of Alabama runs: a 28-game streak from 1978–80 under coach Bear Bryant and a 28-game streak from ’91–93 under Gene Stallings.

The Bulldogs tied Michigan (1901–03), Miami (’90–92), Florida State (2012–14) and Clemson (’18–19) for the 12th-longest streak in major college football history.

Georgia remains 18 wins shy of tying one of the most venerated records in American sports: Oklahoma's all-time mark of 47 straight wins from 1953–57.


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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .