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For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation).
A sports dynasty is a team that dominates their sport or league for multiple seasons or years. Such dominance is often only realized in retrospect. Whether a team has achieved a dynasty is often subjective, and can be a frequent topic of debate among sports fans. Some argue that a dynasty requires consecutive championships over a period of time, as in the case of UCLA Bruins men's basketball from 1964 to 1975, others suggest that non-consecutive championships are sufficient, as in the case of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and some feel that a team must simply dominate its league but need not win championships, as in the case of the Buffalo Bills of the early 1990s who lost four consecutive Super Bowls.
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For other uses, see Dynasty (disambiguation).
A sports dynasty is a team that dominates their sport or league for multiple seasons or years. Such dominance is often only realized in retrospect. Whether a team has achieved a dynasty is often subjective, and can be a frequent topic of debate among sports fans. Some argue that a dynasty requires consecutive championships over a period of time, as in the case of UCLA Bruins men's basketball from 1964 to 1975, others suggest that non-consecutive championships are sufficient, as in the case of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and some feel that a team must simply dominate its league but need not win championships, as in the case of the Buffalo Bills of the early 1990s who lost four consecutive Super Bowls. Some leagues maintain official lists of dynasties, often as part of a Hall of fame (e.g. National Hockey League).
- Green Bay Packers 1929-1931 (3 consecutive championships)
- Chicago Bears of the 1940s (aka The Monsters of the Midway) (3 championships in 4 years)
- Cleveland Browns of the 1940s and 1950s (10 consecutive championship game appearances from 1946 to 1955: 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, including Super Bowls I and II)
- Miami Dolphins of the early 1970s (2 Super Bowl championships ('72 and '73), 3 Super Bowl appearances ('71, '72, and '73), 4 straight division titles from '71 to '74, perfect season in '72)
- Dallas Cowboys of the 1970s (2 Super Bowl championships and 5 NFC titles); seven division titles (1970, '71, '73, '76-'79)
- Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s (Only team in NFL History to win 4 Super Bowl wins in 6 years ('74, '75, '78, '79), 6 straight division titles, 7 total))
- Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s (3 Super Bowls in 1976, 1980, 1983)
- San Francisco 49ers of the 1980s (4 Super Bowls in 9 years (1981, 1984, 1988, 1989), 5 straight division titles, 7 total)
- Washington Redskins of the 1980s and early 1990s (3 Super Bowl championships and 4 NFC titles)
- Dallas Cowboys of the 1990s (First team to win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years ('92, '93, '95), 3 conference championships in 4 straight appearances, 5 straight division titles, 6 total)
- New England Patriots of the early 2000s (Second team to win 3 Super Bowls in 4 years ('01, '03, '04), 4 Conference Titles, 5 conference championship appearances, 6 division titles, became the first team in NFL History to win 16 games in 2007 regular season.
- Buffalo Bills of the mid-1960s, three straight AFL Championship game appearances and two titles from 1964-1966.
NCAA Football
Division I
Football Bowl Subdivision (Formerly I-A)
- Yale* (19 championships between 1874 and 1909)
- Notre Dame 1919-1930 (6 championships in 1919, 1920, 1924, 1927, 1929, 1930 and an .892 winning percentage over 12 years.)
*Currently compete in Division I FCS; dynasties predate Division I subdivisions
Division III
- Augustana (Illinois) — 4 consecutive titles from 1983 to 1986
NAIA Football
- Carroll College (Montana) of the 2000s. 8 straight Frontier Conference Championships (2000-2007), 6 straight national semi-final appearances (2000-2005), and 5 NAIA National Football Championships in 6 years (2002-2005,2007).
- Chevrolet from 1958 to 2008 won 32 of 51 (62.7%) manufacturer championships.
- Jimmie Johnson from 2006 to 2008 won 3 straight driving titles became only the second person in NASCAR history, the first being Cale Yarborough, to accomplish this feat. He also collected 22 wins out of 108 starts.
Drivers
- Sébastien Loeb from 2004 to 2008 won 5 consecutive drivers' championships; 49 race wins from 2002 to 2009.
- Tommi Makinen from 1996 to 1999 won 4 consecutive drivers' championships
Constructors
- Lancia from 1987 to 1992 won 6 consecutive constructors' championships
Formula 1
- Michael Schumacher won 7 titles during a ten year period from 1994 to 2004, including 5 consecutive wins in 2000-2004.
- Chicago Cubs from 1906 to 1910 (4 NL pennants and 2 World Series championships in 5 years; set ML record for wins in a season (116 in 1906)
- Philadelphia Athletics from 1910 to 1913 (3 championships in 4 years)
- Philadelphia Athletics from 1929 to 1931 (3 AL pennants and 2 World Series in 3 years; won each pennant by an average of 16 games)
- New York Yankees from 1949 to 1964 (14 AL pennants and 9 World Series championships in 16 years)
- New York Yankees from 1995 to 2007 (13 consecutive postseason appearances including 10 division titles, 6 AL pennants, and 4 World Series championships in 13 years)
- Minneapolis Lakers 1948 to 1954 (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, including 11 championships in 13 years from 1957-69)
- Los Angeles Lakers of 1979 to 1991 (5 NBA championships, 10 Division titles, 9 conference championships, 12 winning seasons)
- Detroit Pistons of 1987 to 1991
- Chicago Bulls of the 1989 to 1998 lead by Michael Jordan. (6 NBA championships in 8 seasons 2 sets of three consecutive championships(91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98) They also won 6 division titles in 8 seasons and hold the best ever single regular season games won record in NBA history (72-10) during the 95/96 season.
- Los Angeles Lakers of the 2000s (3 championships in a row ('00, '01, and '02), including the best postseason record in NBA history (15-1))
- San Antonio Spurs of the 2000s [4 NBA championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) in 9 seasons] are considered a dynasty by many, but not by others because they have yet to win consecutive titles.
NCAA Basketball (Men)
- University of Kentucky 1946 through 1958 (4 NCAA Tournament Championships, 1 NIT Championship in 13 years)
- UCLA 1964-1975 (10 NCAA Tournament Championships in 12 years - 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)
- Duke University 1990's (5 NCAA Tournament Championship Appearances, 2 NCAA Tournament Championships)
- University of Kentucky 1990's (3 Consecutive NCAA Championship Appearances '96-'98, 2 NCAA Championships '96 & '98, 4 Final Four Appearances '92, '96-'98)
NCAA Basketball (Women)
Division I
- Old Dominion University from 1992-present (17 consecutive conference titles, National Championship appearance-1997)
- Maccabi Tel Aviv of the 2000s (3 Championships in 5 years, 7 Final Four appearances)
- University of Kentucky from 1985 to 2009 (17 championships in 24 years, including runs of 8 consecutive and 3 consecutive)
International
- The Invincibles lead by Sir Donald Bradman (Australia) - 1940s
- The West Indies - 1970s and 80s, won first two Cricket World Cups.
- Australia - late 1990s - won three world cups in a row. Had two winning streaks of 16 test matches.
- Santos FC from 1955 until 1974. In its peak Santos won 9 state championships; two Libertadores cups and 6 Brazilian championships and 2 Intercontinental Cups.
- Manchester United of the 1990s and 2000s (10 English Premier League Championships)
- Liverpool F.C. between 1975 and 1990 won 10 Championships, and 4 European Cups.
- 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,also in the quarter-finals of the Uefa Champions League)
- Lyon of the 2000s: 7 consecutive French Ligue 1 championships from 2002 to 2008
NHL
The National Hockey League recognizes nine Stanley Cup dynasties :
- Ottawa Senators of 1919-27 (4 championships in 8 years) 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927
- Toronto Maple Leafs of 1947-51 (4 championships in 5 years) 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
- Detroit Red Wings of 1950-55 (4 championships in 6 years) 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955
- Montreal Canadiens of 1956-60 (5 consecutive championships) 1956-1960
- Toronto Maple Leafs of 1962-67 (4 championships in 6 years) 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967
- Montreal Canadiens of late 1965-69 (4 championships in 5 years) 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969
- Montreal Canadiens of 1975-79 (4 consecutive championships) 1976-1979
- New York Islanders of 1980-84 (4 championships in 4 years, made it to Finals 5 years in a row and won 19 consecutive Playoff series) 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983
- Edmonton Oilers of 1984-90 (5 championships in 7 years) 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990
International
Men's
Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the Ice Hockey World Championships for that year.
- Detroit Drive from 1988 to 1993 (4 championships and 6 ArenaBowl appearances in 6 years)
NCAA Women
- The University of Maryland won eight national titles from 1992-2001, capturing seven consecutive titles from 1995-2001 and completing four undefeated seasons.
Dynasties in question
Whether a team has achieved a dynasty is often subjective, and can be a frequent topic of debate among sports fans. Some argue that a dynasty requires consecutive championships over a period of time, as in the case of UCLA Bruins men's basketball from 1964 to 1975, others suggest that non-consecutive championships are sufficient, as in the case of the Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders of the late 1970s and early 1980s, and some feel that a team must simply dominate its league but need not win championships, as in the case of the Buffalo Bills of the early 1990s who lost four consecutive Super Bowls.
- Buffalo Bills won 4 AFC Championships in a row from 1990-1993 (three times by a spread of greater than 14 points), the only team ever to do so, and for this they are sometimes considered a dynasty. However, they went on to lose the Super Bowl all four times.
- Boise State University from 1998 to present. At 113-26, their 81.29% win rate is the highest in the nation. Won 8 of 9 conference championships from 1999 to 2006, undefeated in conference play from 2002 through 2004, perfect 13-0 season in 2006, but has never been elected Division 1-A national champions.
- San Antonio Spurs of the 2000s (4 NBA championships (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007) in 9 seasons) are considered a dynasty by some, but not by others because they have yet to win consecutive titles.
- Pittsburgh Steelers of the 2000s (2 Super Bowl championships in 4 years (2005 and 2008), 5 division titles (2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008), 4 conference championship game appearances (2001, 2004, 2005, 2008)
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