# Longest pair of back-to-back win/loss streaks

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**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 3, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pair-of-back-to-back-win-loss-streaks/689894 "2014-06-03T03:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pair-of-back-to-back-win-loss-streaks/689894/1 "2014-06-03T03:58:35Z")

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I heard that the Red Sox recently made MLB history by losing 10 straight, then winning 7 straight. Has a longer streak like this happened in another sport?

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-pair-of-back-to-back-win-loss-streaks/689894/2 "2014-06-03T20:08:43Z")

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During the radio broadcast on Sunday the announcers stated that a win would tie the record. Originally set by Pittsburgh in the forties and another team in 1989. Don’t know about other sports.