Actually back in the late 1920s and early 1930s the Regina Roughriders — as they were then known — lost five GCs in a row and six of seven contests (Toronto Argonauts defeated Sarnia Imperials in year six of this stretch). Their overall GC record is 4-18.notahomer wrote:Thanks for doing all that work sj-roc. Interesting to say the least.....sj-roc wrote:I referenced in a post above that Ham is returning to the Grey Cup after losing last year so I had a look at some stats pertaining to this dynamic. ............
Sure would be a bummer to go to the big game TWICE and lose but then again, I don't see any team matching the Buffalo Bills in terms of making it to the leagues championship game but then ending up losing...
Yeah, it WOULD be a tall order these days to even play in five in a row regardless of how many were wins. This year is going to cap a five-season run with five different champions. There was a similar six year stretch in 2004-2009 where nobody won more than once, and 1999-2004 is another such 6-year stretch of constant turnover. Seems kind of unusual for a league with nine teams, even just eight for much of this time. There was also a run of seven different champions in seven seasons (1989-1995) that ran through the final year of US expansion.