It was Nischwitz' third straight victory of the new season and ran the Grizzlies' winning streak to four straight.

In 1980, after a nine game winning streak, the Falcons posted a franchise then-best record of 12 – 4 and captured their first NFC West division title.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

Although they failed to make the playoffs in 2009, the streak ended when the team rallied to win their final three regular season games to record back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

Despite making the race very close, in the 161st game of the season, the Dodgers snapped their five-game losing streak – and the Rockies ' five-game winning streak – to clinch the West title.

Following their bye week, Dallas went on a three game winning streak including wins over Atlanta and NFC East division rival Philadelphia.

The sellout streak is driven by the Red Sox's loyal fan base, the success of the Red Sox during this time ( a winning record over nine seasons, during which time the team achieved at least 90 wins seven times, six playoff appearances and two World Series Championships ), and Fenway Park's low capacity: fourth lowest in seating capacity and second lowest in total of all MLB stadiums ; it is one of the seven MLB ballparks that cannot accommodate at least 40, 000 spectators.

Geelong holds a number of league records including the longest winning streak in AFL / VFL history ( 23 games ); the most goals kicked in a single game ( on two occasions-37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 and 37. 11 ( 233 ) against Melbourne in 2011 ); the highest score recorded in a single game ( 37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 ; the highest-ever aggregate season total for points scored ( 3, 334 points in 1992 ); the record for restricting an opponent to the lowest ever score in a game ( St Kilda 0. 1 ( 1 ) in 1899 ); the most consecutive 100-point victories ( 3 games in a row, in 1989 ); the longest winning streak in interstate games ( 12 games ) and achieved the longest home ground winning streak in VFL / AFL history — 29 games straight at Simonds Stadium ( also known as Kardinia Park ).

By May's end the Astros had put together a ten-game winning streak.

They bounced back to first with a ten-game winning streak, but the Dodgers had regained a two-game lead when they arrived in Houston on September 9.

In the 1996 World Cup, he scored 78 and 45 * against New Zealand and Pakistan respectively as South Africa won their group but in the Quarter final with West Indies a Brian Lara century ended their ten game winning streak.

* 2004 – Ken Jennings begins his 74-game winning streak on the syndicated game show Jeopardy!

After going through a summer filled with mostly ties and losses, a four game winning streak at the end of August helped get them back in the playoff race.

From 2001 to 2006, the Twins compiled the longest streak of consecutive winning seasons since moving to Minnesota.

In late May and early June, the team embarked on a hot streak, winning ten out of thirteen games.

The Panthers ended up winning 12-9 on a John Kasay field goal.

After a down-to-the-wire Wild Card chase with the San Francisco Giants, Chicago and San Francisco ended the regular season tied, and thus squared off in a one game playoff at Wrigley Field in which third baseman Gary Gaetti hit the eventual game winning homer.

Defenseman Brad Park, acquired from the Boston Bruins in the 1983 free-agent market, also helped the Wings reach the postseason and ended up winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy the same season.

He enlisted in the Army during World War I after graduating college, and again in World War II at the peak of his career, when he directed 11 documentary war films for the U. S. government's Why We Fight series, winning an Academy Award for one and a Distinguished Service Medal when the war ended.

Hagi led the Romanian team to its best ever international performance at the 1994 World Cup, where the team reached the quarterfinals before Sweden ended their run after winning the penalty shoot-out.

The victory ended the Patriots ' NFL record home-game winning streak, after a touchdown pass from Manning to Jake Ballard with 15 seconds left in the game.

The Pirates have had many ups and downs during their long history, most famously winning the 1960 World Series on a game winning homerun by Bill Mazeroski, the only time that Game 7 of the World Series has ever ended with a home run.

The loss to Oakland ended their 13 game winning streak against the Raiders since their last loss on September 28, 2003.

The Wild-card winning Florida Marlins ended the Giants ' season with a 3 – 0 sweep in the first round of the playoffs, as the Marlins marched on their way to their first World Series championship.

This was agreed upon by the two coaches and the game ended with the Sooners winning 77-0.

The Dolphins ' winning streak ended in week two with a 12-7 loss to the Raiders in Berkeley, California.

The Bills ended up winning the game 29-23, having scored 16 points in a span of 6: 18 in the second half.

However, they ended up winning their first 6 regular season games en route to an 11-5 record, the AFC West championship and the # 2 AFC playoff seed.

Round 11, 2004 saw Sydney end the Saints ' undefeated start to that season, winning by 17. 10 ( 112 ) to St Kilda's 11. 10 ( 76 ), before St Kilda retaliated with a 51-point thrashing in the semi-finals that ended Sydney's season on a low note.

Near year 100, Dio Chrysostom argued that while the war was historical, it ended with the Trojans winning, and the Greeks attempted to hide that fact.

The Padres ended up winning the PCL title, while Williams ended up hitting. 291 with 23 home runs.

The 1996 World Cup also ended Canada's winning streak at the tournament ( including the Canada Cups ), losing in three games of a best-of-three final.

The Redskins ended up winning by a 27 – 17 score.

In 1918, the Great War ended with Italy among the winning powers, but the heavy toll of the conflict manifested itself in terms of food shortage, high unemployment and hyperinflation that quickly led to social unrest.

The Madrid winning sequence was ended more significantly in 1981 when Real Sociedad won their first-ever title.

The winning streak ended on Grand Final day with a loss to Adelaide.

In 1955, the year after Attucks had lost in the semistate final ( state quarterfinals ) to Milan's championship team, Attucks gained fame by winning the Indiana state championship, becoming the first all-black school in the nation to win a state title open to all schools regardless of race.

Going into the French Open, Williams had the best clay-court record among the women and was among the favorites to win the title ; however, after making the quarterfinals to extend her winning streak on the surface to 19 matches, she lost to eventual champion Anastasia Myskina.

In the quarterfinals of the tournament, she defeated French Open runner-up Pierce in an epic second-set tiebreak, winning it 12 – 10 to make the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in two years.

The biggest hurdle to Laver's winning the Grand Slam was the French Championships on slow clay, where Laver won three consecutive five-setters beginning with the quarterfinals.

Sania Mirza and Elena Vesnina were one of the most victorious doubles team in 2011, by winning two Premier Level titles, reaching the 2011 French Open | Roland Garros Finals, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships | Wimbledon Semis and many other quarterfinals and semifinals.

He came closest to winning a Grand Slam title in 1997, reaching the quarterfinals of the French Open.

In the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, Fedorov and the Russians knocked out the Czech Republic in the quarterfinals 1 – 0, and ended the tournament winning a bronze medal in their final game against Belarus.

In quarterfinals the club played Cruz Azul who they managed to beat 7 – 2 in aggregated time scoring 5 goals in the first match and 2 more in the second winning both games.

The following week, David had a successul run to the quarterfinals in the Roger's Masters Series in Toronto, defeating David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo, and Robin Söderling, before Andy Murray ended his 11-match winning streak.

At the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, Fish found some rich vein of form, collecting wins over Julien Benneteau, Richard Gasquet, and notably reached the quarterfinals by winning against Juan Martin del Potro, 7 – 5, 7 – 6, who only a few weeks earlier had defeated Fish in Delray Beach.

Safina went on to defeat Serena Williams for the first time in the quarterfinals, ending Williams's 17-match winning streak.

In the quarterfinals, they faced a favoured Italy team, and while Mali held the game scoreless into the second period of extra time, Italy scored the winning goal just four minutes before penalties, eliminating the African side.

He made world headlines by scoring the winning golden goal for South Korea against Italy in the 2002 World Cup second round, sending South Korea into the quarterfinals.

Eskandarian was a member of the Iranian team winning the Asia Cup 1976 in Tehran and reaching the quarterfinals of the Olympic Tournament in Montreal in 1976.

Although Osgood posted winning records for both seasons, the Blues did not advance past the playoff quarterfinals, losing to the Vancouver Canucks and San Jose Sharks, respectively.

She then made it through to the Australian Open wildcard playoff quarterfinals after winning 3 out of 3 of her round robin matches, however suffered a shock loss to teenager Jessica Moore.

She then went on to reach the quarterfinals of Zurich, losing to eventual champion Patty Schnyder in three tight sets, and the semifinals in Linz, and winning both of her singles rubbers in the Fed Cup final.

During her twelve-year professional career, Huber reached 23 singles finals ( winning twelve of them ), 29 singles semifinals, and 50 singles quarterfinals.

On the 2011 edition, Católica finished 1st on the round robin, and then proceeded to advance up to quarterfinals, knocking out Gremio of Brazil on the best 16 round, and falling to Peñarol of Uruguay 2-0 in Montevideo and winning their home match 2-1, which was not enough to advance.

In quarterfinals they would face Pumas Morelos, winning that series with a score of 4-3.

After winning 6 – 3, 3 – 6, 6 – 4 against Nicolas Almagro, he faced Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals which he lost 6 – 3, 6 – 0.

If eight places are awarded, the losers of the consolation quarterfinals would wrestle for seventh place, with the loser winning eighth place, and so on.

In the quarterfinals, Berdych shocked the 2nd seed, Andy Murray 4 – 6, 7 – 6, 6 – 4, ending the Scotsman's 17-match winning streak.