Georgia Tech 222, Cumberland 0 (1916) comes very close. It’s not entirely clear from the wikipedia article and the one link I clicked through, but it seems that GA Tech scored on every drive and didn’t allow a first down (in addition to forcing 15 turnovers); they did miss 2 of their 32 extra point attempts.
The 1916 game between Cumberland College and Georgia Tech came close: Tech missed two of their extra point tries. These missed kicks were very important: instead of Cumberland losing 224-0 they lost 222-0.
As for Cumberland, it’s believed they never did get a first down in that game.
ETA: Simulpost with Tom Scud.
I was going to post that no champion boxer ever retired undefeated having won every fight by knockout. But that is no longer the case. Edwin Valero was 27-0 with 27 knockouts, winning the WBA super featherweight and WBC lightweight titles.
Regards,
Shodan
No hitter in baseball has ever had a hit in every game of a season (Joe DiMaggio’s record hitting streak is well-known). I’ve always found it remarkable that despite the fact that every season routinely sees some hitters get more than 200 hits they have never been so evenly distributed as to lack a no-hit game (or, in fact, numerous ones).
Jimmy Sheckard also led the majors in homers and steals. I know Chuck Klein at least led the NL in homers and steals once, not sure if he would have also taken the AL crowns.
It’s exceptionally rare for a soccer player to average 1 goal per game or more.
Jimmy McGrory (played for Celtic and Scotland 1922-1937) is often described as the only player to average more than 1 goal per game in 1st class football.
Certainly he’s the only player I know of playing at reasonably high level and having a reasonably long career to averaged more than a goal per game.
I don’t believe any Running Back ever rushed for 100 yards in every game. Barry Sanders did 14/16 and many have AVERAGED 100+ a game, but I don’t think anyone’s actually done it every game.
AFAIK, no one has ever eagled 3 holes in a PGATour Golf Tournament. Phil Mickelson nearly did it in the third round of the 2010 Masters. He Eagled 13 (a par 5), Holed a iron shot on 14 (a par 4), and was teeing off the 15th hole a par 5 hole and potential eagle. He pulled his tee shot, had to layup and nearly holed his wedge shot.
In more modern times, Willie Mays came close in 1955 (HR) - 1956 (SB). My first thought was Barry Bonds, but he never led the league in SB, though he was fast in the first half of his career. Sluggers and base stealers *generally *are different types, but some of the great ones have both talents.
I don’t think so. Once the infield fly rule is called, play is dead.
An infield fly is a live ball play:
Huh. How bout that.
Thanks.
In fact, Tony Stewart came within one lap of completing the full 1100 miles (he finished both, but I think he was one lap behind the winner at the end of the NASCAR race and was credited with having completed only 399 of the 400 laps).
In the past few years, it had been impossible to be in both races completely, as the 500 had moved its starting time from noon Eastern to 1 PM. This year, however, they have moved it back to noon, so it can be done (the 600 starts at 6 PM). Tony Stewart is not listed as one of the drivers in any of the 500’s entries, but there are a number of entries marked “TBA”, and John Andretti (who has raced in NASCAR in the past) is listed.
No MLB player has ever hit five home runs in one game; 15 have hit four.
On 6/3/32 Lou Gehrig became the 1st player of the 20th century to accomplish
the feat. In his final At-Bat of the game Gehrig, with four HR already in the book,
hit a tremendous drive toward the deepest part of center field. Alas it was caught
inches short of leaving the park.
Dixie Dean came close, but kept playing a bit past his prime. He scored his first 200 league goals in 199 appearances.
He did have more international goals (18) than caps (16), though, which McGrory didn’t quite manage.
Joe Adcock, one of the other players to hit four homers in a game, also cracked a double that hit the top of the wall.
While we’re discussing random sports oddities which fit in this thread, what’s the most different extra innings in which at least one run has been scored in a single game? (>1 of course requiring that equal numbers of runs are scored in the top and bottom of the inning). I wonder if the number of games in MLB history with scoring in 3 different innings after the ninth is less than 10?
Australian Rules: (VFL/AFL)
No team has completed an undefeated season since the competition started in 1897.
In 1929 Collingwood were 18-0 in the regular season, lost the preliminary final but won the grandfinal
In 2000 Essendon were 21-1 regular season and won the premiership
In 2008 Geelong were 21-1 regular season and lost the premiership
In 2009 St Kilda were 20-2 regular season and lost the premiership
In 1995 Carlton were 20-2 regular season and won the premiership
Geelong had a winning streak of 23 over the 1952 and 1953 seasons
Nobody has ever bowled a perfect game in duckpin bowling. And with the sport dying, nobody probably ever will.
I wonder if in soccer anyone has eve put the ball into their own net directly from a corner? Whilst you can score directly from a corner, you can’t score an own goal directly from a corner, but given that such a feat is almost impossible even if you were trying it’s probably one of the most pointless and obscure rules in soccer.
Has any team had to play the maximum games to win the championship? I mean that every level of the playoffs goes to “game 7’s” for the champ.