# Is the longest play-off streak in North American pro sports coming to an end? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 25, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-longest-play-off-streak-in-north-american-pro-sports-coming-to-an-end/374021 "2006-09-25T03:34:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-longest-play-off-streak-in-north-american-pro-sports-coming-to-an-end/374021/1 "2006-09-25T03:34:05Z")
The [Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League](http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edmonton/home.html) have the longest play-off streak in North American pro sports - the last time they missed the playoffs was in **1971** - 34 straight play-off appearences. But now they’re sitting in the basement of the CFL West, with a 4-9 record. They’ve not won on the road yet this year. And they just had the dubious distinction of losing a home and away tandem to the Hamilton Ti-Cats, previously the worst team in the CFL, making the Esks and Ti-Cats tied for that dubious distinction. The Edmonton fans booed them off the field on Friday at the end of their second loss to the Ti-Cats. The media has been increasingly doubtful about their chances: [Reality is setting in for the Esks](http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/Edmonton/2006/09/24/1889305-sun.html) The Esks two games back of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who are currently in third place, but who today pulled a win out of the hat against the BC Lions, who had been the top team in the CFL. The Esks play the Riders at Regina next week - could be the decisive game for their play-off hopes. So, can the Esks pull it off and somehow limp into the playoffs?