A summary of UCLA’s 88-game college basketball winning streak as it played out, following a loss at Notre Dame on Jan. 23, 1971: 1970-71 season: Win 1: Jan. 30, 1971: 74-61 vs. UC Santa Barba…
UCLA's winning streak was helmed by legendary college hoops head coach John Wooden. Who broke UCLA’s 88-game winning streak? It was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
The End of a Streak for the Ages On January 19, 1974, one of the most remarkable runs in sports history came to an end. UCLA’s legendary 88-game winning streak—still the longest in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history—was snapped by Notre Dame in a nail-biting 71-70 victory. In just 3 minutes and 32 seconds, the Irish erased an 11-point deficit, culminating in Dwight Clay’s ...
UCLA had won 72 of the 88 games by double digits during the streak--and the average margin of victory came in at 23.5 points per game. The Bruins entered 86 of those 88 games as the number-one-ranked team and 20 of the wins had come on the opponent's home court.
Pittsburgh native Dwight Clay hits the game-winning shot from the corner in Notre Dame’s 71-70 win over UCLA on Jan. 19, 1974, which put a halt to the Bruins’ 88-game winning streak.
In the shadow of The Stadium and The Gipper and The Golden Dome, on a leaden Saturday in South Bend, Dwight Clay stared opportunity in the face and never shivered. His jump shot with 29 seconds remaining wiped clean UCLA's 88-game winning streak and once again cast Notre Dame as the bad seed in the Bruins' victory garden.
The legend began in January 1973 when Clay, appearing in just the ninth game of his college career, nailed a jump shot with 2 seconds left to end Marquette’s 81-game homecourt winning streak. That victory over the nation’s No. 4 team helped to turn the struggling Irish into a burgeoning basketball power. Clay’s reputation as a clutch shooter was burnished with a key basket in a victory ...
In fact, UCLA won every basketball game it played for two full seasons and parts of two others, a streak of 88, a record of success unmatched in the history of basketball.
Notre Dame scores the game's last 12 points to end UCLA's record 88-game winning streak, 71-70. It's the first loss for UCLA since Jan. 23, 1971 when the Bruins were beaten 89-82 by -- who else ...
The date is burned in Bill Walton's memory. He spits it out with distaste when asked what he recalls most about UCLA's NCAA-record 88-game winning streak.
UCLA's Winning Streak Lasted For Three Years Published on November 24th, 2023 3:05 pm EST Written By: Dave Manuel One of the most unbreakable records in men's college basketball remains the incredible 88 game winning streak that the UCLA Bruins put together from 1971-1974.
UCLA’s 88-game winning streak is a Division I team record that stands above all — and likely will forever.
The UCLA Bruins have a storied history in men's basketball, marked by remarkable achievements and dominant performances. However, one event stands out among the rest – the end of their 88-game ...
Sidney Wicks and Curtis Rowe gave way to the younger Bill Walton and Keith Wilkes as UCLA’s linchpins and the winning continued, resulting in perhaps the most sanguine stretch in a 12-year run ...
Retired referee Rich Weiler was the “bookend” official for UCLA’s unparalleled 88-game winning streak from 1971 to 1974.
UCLA rebounded the following year to win it all, in what would be Wooden's final year as coach. UCLA's back-to-back undefeated seasons (1972 and 1973) were part of that 88-game winning streak.
The date the streak ended is burned in Walton’s memory. He spits it out with distaste when asked what he recalls most about UCLA’s NCAA-record 88-game winning streak. (AP Photo/File)
The Bruins built the streak to 45-0 by winning all 30 games, scoring more than 100 points in each of their first seven.
