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Broncos’ 5-game winning streak is their longest since Super Bowl run

For the first time since their Super Bowl season in 2015, the Broncos have won five games in a row. Can they keep the streak going?

The Denver Broncos are now 6-5 after winning five straight games and getting back into the playoff mix following a disastrous 1-5 start.

Denver won games against the Green Bay Packers (19-17), Kansas City Chiefs (24-9), Buffalo Bills (24-22), Minnesota Vikings (21-20) and Cleveland Browns (29-12) over the last six weeks (the Broncos had a bye in Week 9).

This five-game run marks the team’s longest single-season winning streak since 2015, the year Denver won Super Bowl 50. That season, Peyton Manning won seven straight games from Sept. 13 to Nov. 1.

After Peyton Manning suffered an injury in Week 9 that season, Brock Osweiler stepped in and went 5-3 as a starter to help the Broncos finish as the AFC’s No. 1 seed with a 12-4 record.

Here’s a look at the team’s longest single-season winning streaks dating back to Tim Tebow’s six-game winning streak in 2011.

Year Games
2012 11
2015 7
2013 6
2011 6
2023 5

With a victory over the Houston Texans on Sunday, the Broncos would match their six-game runs from 2011 and 2013. Denver needs two more wins to match the 2015 streak. The Broncos would need to win out this season to match 2012’s 11-game winning streak.

First things first, though: Denver will focus on Houston this week.

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Can 49ers break record for longest win streak in franchise history?

The 2022-23 #49ers now have the 2nd-longest win streak in franchise history. Can they set the record?

With their Week 2 win over the Rams the 49ers pushed their regular season winning streak to 12 games dating back to last season.

The 2022-23 49ers now stand alone with the second-longest win streak in franchise history. Their 12 consecutive victories are three shy of the franchise record of 15 games which the club won between the 1989 and 1990 campaigns.

It seems inconceivable that any 49ers team would match a feat of one of the greatest teams from their storied past, but a quick look at the schedule shows a definite possibility that San Francisco sneaks past that all-time win streak mark.

Let’s look at their next handful of games and whether they could really get to 16 wins in a row:

Ranking the longest active home winning streaks in college football

Ranking the longest active home winning streaks in college football!

The thing that separates college football from any other sport in America is the intensity of the fan base and the electricity of the environment. There is nothing quite like attending an SEC prime-time game under the lights, you can quite literally feel the crowd screaming for big third-down stops in the fourth quarter. It is pandemonium. Which is why defending your home turf is essential if you want to achieve any sort of success.

The record for most consecutive home wins is currently held by the Miami Hurricanes with 58 spanning from 1985 to 1994. They broke the record of 57 which was previously set by Alabama between the years of 1963-1982.

Clemson had been closing in on the record with 40 wins from 2016 to 2022, but South Carolina upset them 31-30 in Memorial Stadium to snap the streak.

Who now have the five longest active streaks?

Gilgeous-Alexander sets new career-high in 126-108 win over Suns

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 32 points and five other Thunder players were in double-digits as Oklahoma City dominated the Suns, 126-108.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a man on a mission Friday night.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored a career-high 32 points in Oklahoma City’s blowout win, 126-108 over the Phoenix Suns.

The Thunder have now won 8 of their last 11 games, including three in a row.

In addition to Gilgeous-Alexander’s game-high, Oklahoma City had fairly even scoring up and down their lineup. Dennis Schroder came off the bench to score 24, while Danilo Gallinari had 22. Chris Paul, Steven Adams, and Nerlens Noel were all in double-digits as well with 13, 10, and 10, respectively.

Even that pesky third quarter that Oklahoma City has struggled with this season didn’t provide too many problems as the Thunder scored 44 points in the third quarter alone.

Deandre Ayton did not play for the Suns on Friday.

He suffered a sprained right ankle earlier in the week against the Clippers. That was his only game back after serving a 25-game suspension for testing positive for a diuretic.

With the win, the Thunder move back to .500 on the season at 14-14. Oklahoma City is 10-5 inside Chesapeake Energy Arena. OKC is back in action on Sunday when they host the Clippers.

The game will be the first time that Paul George was returned to Oklahoma City is asking for a trade to Los Angeles in the offseason.

Vols basketball skin Mocs to extend winning streak

Vols basketball skin Mocs to extend winning streak.

KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball team continues to roll along, handling the Chattanooga Mocs at home, 58-46.

The two teams traded leads during the opening three minutes of the game, after which the Vols never trailed again. Tennessee’s largest lead of 16 came at the 5:35 mark of the second half, and UT coasted from there to finish with the final margin.

Lamonte Turner paced the Volunteers with 16 points and 12 assists, as well as three rebounds and a steal. John Fulkerson chipped in 14 points and four rebounds of his own, while Jordan Bowden scored 13 points and kept the window clean with 12 boards. Josiah-Jordan James also grabbed 11 boards to go along with 4 points to round out the Vols in double-digits.

Tennessee shot a lethargic 37 percent from the field, including 28 percent from behind the arc on 18 attempts. Their 10 turnovers was a modest sum, while the Vols’ seven blocks and 43 total rebounds show that they dominated the paint. It was not UT’s best performance, but it was good enough tonight against a lesser opponent.

The victory extends the Volunteers’ Division I-leading home-court winning streak at Thompson-Boling Arena, now sitting at 30 straight games. Much less, the Vols also extended their season-opening winning streak to five games.

The Vols next play on Friday, November 29, against the Florida State Seminoles. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET and can be watched on the CBS Sports Network.