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If every MOCo's team's last win was their 42nd, how far do we have to go to win #1?

by MoCoFootball Staff on 08/31/18


Michael CornejoMOCOfootball.com

Message Board username: MikeCornejo


 

I remember hearing stories about the 1969 Wheaton team snapping Richard Montgomery's 35-game win streak, then I recalled Einstein snapping Seneca Valley's 41-game win streak in 2001. Could you imagine the contrast of emotions on the sidelines of witnessing such a game? The Montgomery County benchmark of wins in a row now is at 42 currently held by Damascus. That's a great number. One of my favorite NFL players of all-time wore that number (Ronnie Lott), and it reminds me a lot of my favorite words in the dictionary, "fortitude."

That 42-game win streak is tied with Wise (Prince George's County) for the longest active in Maryland. It sits on 3rd place in the state record books just behind Urbana's 50 wins in a row between 1998-2001 and Howard's 47 from 1971-1975. It is also tied for 2nd longest active in the country.

LONGEST WIN STREAKS (MARYLAND)

LONGEST ACTIVE WIN STREAK (NATION)

as of AUG 18, 2018

1st Urbana, 50 (1998-2001)  1st Lamar (MO): 49 wins
2nd Howard, 47 (1971-1975)  2nd Damascus (MD): 42 wins
3rd Damascus, 42 (2015-active)  2nd Wise (MD): 42 wins
3rd Wise, 42 (2015-active)  4th Caledonia (MN): 41
4th Seneca Valley, 41 (1997-2000)  4th Simmons (MS): 41
5rd River Hill, 40 (2007-2009)  6th Royal (WA): 40

 

Kimberly HS (Wisconsin)'s 70-game win streak was snapped earlier this year by Fond du Lac HS. Soldotna (Alaska)'s 59-game win streak was snapped by West HS. Both streaks were ended on the last play of the game. Kimberly lost 31-28 on a field goal by senior kicker Jared Scheberl of Fond du Lac. And a week prior, Soldotna lost 18-13 after a 1-yard run by Bubba Mendoza of West.

 

Who's in Damascus' way on the road to the record?

wk 1 vs Blake win 43?
wk 2 at Sherwood win 44?
wk 3 at Rockville win 45?
wk 4 vs Magruder win 46?
wk 5 at Poolesville win 47?
wk 6 vs Clarksburg win 48?
wk 7 at Watkins Mill win 49?
wk 8 vs Walter Johnson win 50?
wk 9 vs Seneca Valley win 51?
wk10 at Wootton win 52?
wk 11 playoffs win 53?
... ...

A week 8 win at home versus Larry Hurd, Jr-led Walter Johnson will tie the state record. To get the state record, they will have to do so against rival Seneca Valley the following week.

Now for some fun...

If every Montgomery County football team's last win was their 42nd? How far do we have to go back in history to get to the first victory?

The table below lists each team's road to their latest 42 wins, starting up top with the least amount of games to the most. Some teams did not win any games in 2017, so we didn't count any of those games in the span.

 

TEAM

SPAN

Latest Win

Loses since win #42

Win To 42nd Began In..

Loses between 1st and 42nd win

HEAD COACHES

Damascus

42 games, 3 seasons

Week 14, 2017

0

Week 1, 2015

0

1

Quince Orchard

49 games, 4 seasons

Week 13, 2017

1

Week 4, 2014

7

1

Northwest

53 games, 5 seasons

Week 11, 2017

1

Week 11, 2013

11

1

Sherwood

53 games, 5 seasons

Week 11, 2017

1

Week 2, 2013

11

1

Paint Branch

55 games, 5 seasons

Week 11, 2017

1

Week 2, 2013

13

1

Seneca Valley

57 games, 6 seasons

Week 10, 2017

0

Week 8, 2012

15

1

Poolesville

83 games, 9 seasons

Week 9, 2017

1

Week 10, 2009

41

3

Whitman

83 games, 9 seasons

Week 9, 2017

1

Week 9, 2009

41

2

Gaithersburg

85 games, 9 seasons

Week 8, 2017

2

Week 9, 2009

43

1

Clarksburg

86 games, 9 seasons

Week 7, 2017

3

Week 4, 2009

44

2

Blair

90 games, 9 seasons

Week 9, 2017

1

Week 3, 2009

48

2

Churchill

90 games, 9 seasons

Week 10, 2017

0

Week 4, 2009

48

3

Rockville

91 games, 9 seasons

Week 10, 2016

11

Week 1, 2008

49

3

Springbrook

92 games, 9 seasons

Week 10, 2017

0

Week 1, 2009

50

3

Einstein

94 games, 10 seasons

Week 10, 2017

1

Week 6, 2008

52

3

RM

98 games, 10 seasons

Week 10, 2017

1

Week 6, 2008

56

3

Wootton

98 games, 10 seasons

Week 9, 2017

1

Week 3, 2008

56

3

Watkins Mill

108 games, 11 seasons

Week 10, 2017

1

Week 4, 2007

66

4

B-CC

110 games, 12 seasons

Week 6, 2017

4

Week 9, 2006

68

5

Wheaton

128 games, 13 seasons

Week 9, 2017

1

Week 4, 2005

86

4

Magruder

129 games, 13 seasons

Week 10, 2017

0

Week 4, 2005

87

4

Northwood

132 games, 15 seasons

Week 10, 2016

10

Week 9, 1982*

90

5

Blake

134 games, 14 seasons

Week 8, 2017

3

Week 7, 2004

92

2

Kennedy

163 games, 17 seasons

Week 3, 2017

7

Week 1, 2001

121

6

Walter Johnson

186 games, 20 seasons

Week 4, 2017

6

Week 7, 1998

144

6

*Northwood closed after the 1984 season. The school reopened in 2006. There was no football between 1985-2005.

This stat is amazing, intriguing... maybe pointless and offensive to some but it was fun putting it together. What do you think? What was the #1 hit song at the time your team's road to the latest 42 wins begin? Who was the president of the United States?

What will happen on Friday night? Does Blake end the mark at 42 or do you see it extending even further?

Click here to send your comments, corrections, etc.

-Michael Cornejo


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