Total Domination: Longest Winning Streaks in Series Between FCS Teams

This offseason, VMI renewed a paused, in-state series with William & Mary, with the first of four matchups scheduled for the 2024 season.

It’s a good move for VMI – well, maybe.

In a series that dates to 1905 with 88 all-time meetings, but none since 2011, the Keydets will have an opportunity to end their 25-game losing streak to W&M.

Or they could keep adding to the Tribe’s winning streak, which began in 1986 and is the longest active run between two current NCAA FCS-level programs.

Grambling State’s 32 straight wins over Prairie View A&M between 1977-2008 mark the only other longer streak. It began one year before the first FCS season in 1978.

Most Consecutive Wins in Series Between Two Current FCS-Level Programs

32 – Grambling State over Prairie View A&M (1977-2008)

25 – William & Mary over VMI (1986-present)

23 – Brown over Rhode Island (1909-34)

22 – Eastern Kentucky over Tennessee Tech (1976-97); Eastern Kentucky over Austin Peay (1978-2008)

21 – Grambling State over Mississippi Valley State (1957-77)

20 – Eastern Kentucky over UT Martin (1973-2009); Penn over Columbia (1997-2016)

18 – Eastern Kentucky over Morehead State (1972-89); Western Illinois over Southern Illinois (1984-2001)

Longest Active Winning Streaks Between Two FCS Programs

* – matchup scheduled in 2022 season

25 – William & Mary over VMI (since 1986)

16 – Albany over Saint Francis (1999)

15 – San Diego over Marist (2003)

14 – Wofford over Charleston Southern (1994); *San Diego over Morehead State (2005); *Maine over Rhode Island (2007)

13 – *Eastern Washington over Northern Colorado (1984); Duquesne over Marist (1995); *Montana over Idaho State (2004)

Chase Weight of Stats Perform and the NCAA Record Book contributed data.