Dynasty (sports)

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In sports, the term dynasty is often used to refer to a team that dominates their sport for a period of time. Such dominance is usually recognized only after a team has won many championships in a given time (3 in 4 years, 5 in 8 years, 7 in 12 years, etc.). The exact requirements for the label is a frequent topic of debate among sports fans.

Contents 1 NFL 2 NHL 3 MLB 4 NBA 5 NASCAR 6 WNBA 7 Soccer 8 CFL 9 NLL 10 AFL 11 NCAA Basketball (Men) 11.1 Division I 11.2 Division III 12 NCAA Basketball (Women) 12.1 Division I 12.2 Division II 12.3 Division III 13 NCAA Football 13.1 Division I-A 13.2 Division II 13.3 Division III 14 NCAA Baseball 15 NCAA Rifle 16 WFTDA Women's Flat Track Derby Association 17 High School Football 18 High School Cross Country 19 High School Wrestling 20 High School Soccer

[edit] NFL

• Green Bay Packers 1929-1931 (3 championships in 3 years)
• Chicago Bears (also known as The Monsters of the Midway) of the 1940s (3 championships in 4 years)
• Cleveland Browns of the 1940s and 1950s (10 consecutive championship game appearances: 4 AAFC titles, 3 NFL championships)
• Detroit Lions of the 1950s (3 championships and 4 title game appearances in 6 years)
• Green Bay Packers of the 1960s (5 championships in 7 years)
• Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s (4 championships in 6 years ('74, '75, '78, '79), 6 straight division titles, 7 total and 8 playoff appearances)
• San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s and 1990s (5 championships, 17 winning seasons)
• Dallas Cowboys 1992 to 1999 (3 championships in 9 years, 3 conference championships in 9 years, 6 division titles in 9 years)
• New England Patriots 2001 to 2005 (3 championships in 4 years)

[edit] NHL

• Ottawa Senators of the 1920s (3 championships in 4 years)
• Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1940s (6 championships in 10 years)
• Detroit Red Wings of the early 1950s (3 championships in 4 years)
• Montreal Canadiens of the 1950s (5 championships in 5 years including 1960)
• Toronto Maple Leafs of the 1960s (4 championships in 6 years)
• Montreal Canadiens of the late 1960s and 1970s (8 championships in 12 years)
• New York Islanders of the early 1980s (4 championships in 4 years)
• Edmonton Oilers of the late 1980's (5 championships in 7 years)
• Detroit Red Wings of the late 1990s to early 2000s (3 championships in 6 years)

[edit] MLB

• Philadelphia Athletics from 1910 to 1913 (3 championships in 4 years)
• Boston Red Sox from 1912 to 1918 (4 championships in 7 years)
• New York Yankees from 1921 to 1964 (20 championships and 28 AL pennants in 44 years)
• Oakland Athletics of the 1970s (3 championships and 5 AL West Championships)
• New York Yankees from 1996 to 2006 (4 championships in 11 years, 10 division titles, 6 World Series appearances, 11 playoff appearances)

[edit] NBA

• Minneapolis Lakers of the 1950s (5 championships between 1949 and 1954)
• Boston Celtics (1956 to 1986 16 NBA titles in 30 years overall. 26 winning seasons, 20 division titles, 18 conference titles)
• Los Angeles Lakers of the 1979 to 1991 (5 NBA championships, 10 division titles, 9 conference championships, 12 winning seasons)
• Chicago Bulls of the 1990s (6 championships between 1991 and 1998)
• San Antonio Spurs 1998-2006 ( 3 NBA championships, 6 division titles, 8 playoff appearances)
• Los Angeles Lakers 1999- 2004 (3 NBA championships, 3 division titles, 4 NBA Finals appearances, 5 playoff appearances)

[edit] NASCAR

• Richard Petty from (1967 to 1975 5 of 7 driving titles in 8 seasons never falling outside the top five in points)
• David Pearson from (1966 to 1969 3 driving titles in 4 seasons)
• Cale Yarborough from (1976 to 1978 won 3 straight driving titles)
• Darrell Waltrip from (1981 to 1985 won 3 driving titles in 5 years)
• Dale Earnhardt from (1986 to 1994 won 6 of 7 driving titles in 8 years)
• Jeff Gordon from (1995 to 1998 won 3 of 4 driving titles in 4 years)

[edit] WNBA

• Houston Comets from 1997 to 2001 (4 WNBA championships,4 conference championships, 9 playoff appearances from 1997-2006)

[edit] Soccer

• Celtic of the 1960s and 1970s (9 Scottish League Championships (1966 to 1974) 40 in total.)
• Manchester United of the 1990s and 2000 5 English Premier League Championships
• Real Madrid between 1960 and 1990 (19 Spanish League Championships; the first five European Cups from 1956 to 1960; and three UEFA Champions League titles between 1998 and 2002)
• Bayern Munich 19 Bundesliga Championships in between 1969 and 2006 Runner-up 8 times between same years.
• Olympiacos between 1997 and 2006 (9 totally and 7 consecutive Super League Greece Championships 2 Greek Cups and one double)
• Lyon of the 2000s: 5 consecutive French Ligue 1 championships from 2002 to 2006
• Skonto Riga — 14 consecutive Latvian championships from 1991 to 2004 (the final Latvian SSR championship in 1991, followed by the first 13 championships of the new national league, the Virsliga)
• Rosenborg — 13 consecutive Norwegian championships from 1992 to 2004

[edit] CFL

• Toronto Argonauts from 1945 to 1952 (5 championships in 8 years)
• Edmonton Eskimos from 1954 to 1956 (3 championships in 3 years)
• Winnipeg Blue Bombers from 1958 to 1962 (4 championships in 5 years)
• Edmonton Eskimos from 1975 to 1982 (6 championships in 8 years)

[edit] NLL

• Philadelphia Wings of the 1990s (4 championships in 7 years)
• Toronto Rock of the late 1990s - 2000s (5 championships in 7 years)

[edit] AFL

• Detroit Drive of the late 1980s - early 1990s (4 championships in 5 years)
• Tampa Bay Storm of the 1990s (4 championships in 6 years)

[edit] NCAA Basketball (Men)

[edit] Division I

• UCLA from 1964 to 1975 (10 championships in 12 years)

[edit] Division III

• North Park — 3 consecutive titles from 1978 to 1980

[edit] NCAA Basketball (Women)

[edit] Division I

• Tennessee from 1987 to 1998 (6 championships in 12 years)
• Connecticut from 2000 to 2004 (4 championships in 5 years)

[edit] Division II

• Delta State — 3 championships in 4 years from 1989 to 1992
• North Dakota State — 5 championships in 6 years from 1991 to 1996, and lost in the finals in 1992
• North Dakota — 3 consecutive championships from 1997 to 1999

[edit] Division III

• Washington (Missouri) — 4 consecutive titles from 1998 to 2001

[edit] NCAA Football

[edit] Division I-A

Note: The NCAA does not officially recognize a champion for Division I-A college football. This list is compiled using CFBDW's list of recognized national champions [1].

• Princeton (24 championships between 1869 and 1935)
• Yale (19 championships between 1874 and 1909)
• Pittsburgh (5 Championships between 1904 and 1939 including a 32 game win streak 1914-1919 and a 22 game win streak 1936-1938 over the 35 year period Pitt only had 2 losing seasons and both were within a game of .500 or better, for the time period the Panthers went a combined 250 wins, 57 losses and 18 ties).
• Harvard (5 championships between 1908 and 1919)
• California (3 championships between 1920 and 1922)
• Minnesota (5 championships between 1934 and 1941)
• Notre Dame (5 championships between 1943 and 1953)
• Army (3 championships between 1944 and 1946)
• University of Oklahoma, 1948-1958 (national championships in 1950, 1955, and 1956; 47-game winning streak between 1953 and 1957; 107-8-2 record during span)
• Alabama (6 championships between 1961 and 1979)
• Nebraska, 1969-2001 (national championships in 1970, 1971, 1994, 1995, and 1997; additional title game appearances in 1983, 1993, and 2001; won the "Game of the Century (college football)" 35-31 over Oklahoma, in 1971; won at least nine games each season from 1969 to 2001; 24-0-1 record from 1970 to 1971; 60-3 record from 1993 to 1997; 330-60-4 record from 1969 to 2001)
• University of Oklahoma, 1971-1980 (national championships in 1974 and 1975; worst season in span: 9-2-1 (1976); 105-11-2 record during span)
• Southern California (3 championships between 1972 and 1978)
• Miami (FL), 1983-1994 (national championships in 1983, 1987, 1989, and 1991)
• Southern California, 2002 to present (national championships in 2003 and 2004; title game appearance in 2005; 48-4 record since 2002)

[edit] Division II

• Grand Valley State — 3 titles in 4 years from 2002 to 2005

[edit] Division III

• Augustana (Illinois) — 4 consecutive titles from 1983 to 1986
• Mount Union — 8 titles between 1993 and 2005 (13 seasons), including three consecutive titles from 1996-98 and 2000-02; 110 consecutive regular-season wins between 1994 and 2005

[edit] NCAA Baseball

• LSU (5 championships between 1991 and 2000)
• Southern Cal — 6 championships in 7 years between 1968 and 1974

[edit] NCAA Rifle

• Tennessee Tech — 3 consecutive championships from 1980 to 1982
• West Virginia — 13 championships in 16 years between 1983 and 1998; also finished no worse than second in 19 consecutive years from 1980 to 1998
• Alaska-Fairbanks — 7 championships in 8 years between 1999 and 2006

[edit] WFTDA Women's Flat Track Derby Association

• Honky Tonk Heartbreakers from 2004 to 2006. 3 Texas Rollergirls Championship titles in 3 years.

[edit] High School Football

• Honolulu St.Louis, HI 14 consecutive state championships from 1986 to 1999
• Sioux Falls Washington,SD 14 consecutive state championships from 1951 to 1964

[edit] High School Cross Country

• Royal Highlanders from 2000 to 2006. 7 Marmonte League conference titles. 3 California State Championships in 7 years.

[edit] High School Wrestling

• Paulsboro High School, Paulsboro NJ, 24 Consecutive Group 1 State Championships. From 1983 to 2006

[edit] High School Soccer

• Our Lady Academy, Bay St.Louis MS, 6 straight state championships, 7 straight championship game appearances. From 1999 to 2005