In his second year, Gavitt began a string of eight consecutive 20-win seasons.

With Fort's leadership, Nebraska began a string of 14 winning seasons.

Griffey is back, his string of four injury-wrecked seasons ended.

In his previous 10 seasons, he never had a string of three successive seasons with 150 or more games played.

That year, Sams began a string of four consecutive seasons with a batting average over .300.

If he's chosen again, as expected, when the team is announced next week, that will make it a string of eight straight seasons for Bird.

Most of the rest of the best in the past 35 years had at least one off year in any string of six seasons.

His string of seven consecutive 100-tackle seasons is a franchise record.

The Sooners were 15-13 last season, breaking a string of 12 seasons with 20 victories.

The season started a string of 19 consecutive winning seasons and 18 straight 20-win seasons.