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Here’s a look at some notable streaks that were extended or shattered by the SEC teams that were in action in Week 12.
Alabama RB Derrick Henry has made the end zone his home, and he doesn’t want to leave. Henry has scored in 16 straight games, already a school record and the country’s longest active streak. Henry now has 21 rushing TDs on the season, tying Trent Richardson’s single-season school record set in 2011.
Arkansas WR Dominique Reed saw his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown end at six. Reed had recorded 6 receiving TDs and a rushing TD over that span. He failed to score in yesterday’s 51-50 shootout loss to Mississippi State despite Arkansas scoring 7 TDs on the day.
Auburn now has a 29-game home non-conference winning streak. The Tigers’ last home non-conference loss was a 26-23 overtime defeat to South Florida in 2007. Meanwhile, Auburn has won 15 straight regular season games against non-conference competition since a 26-19 loss to No. 14 Clemson in the 2012 season opener.
Florida RB Kelvin Taylor has rushed for a TD in six straight games and 10 of 11 games overall this season. Taylor has 13 rushing TDs on the season, and he only needs two more to post the most single-season rushing TDs by a Gator running back in history. Former Florida QB Tim Tebow holds the school’s all-time mark by any player of any position with 23 in 2007.
Georgia is 6-0 all-time against in-state foe Georgia Southern, winning every matchup in 1992, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 before this season.
Kentucky ran for 415 yards against Charlotte on Saturday. The Wildcats hadn’t rushed for 400 yards in a game in 28 years, when UK rushed for exactly 400 vs. Ohio in 1987. That’s a span of 333 games that have gone by since that game. Kentucky’s total of 415 is their 4th-best rushing day in school history and just the sixth time the school has hit the 400-yard mark on the ground.
LSU is now on a three-game losing streak, the longest since Les Miles took over as coach in 2005. The Tigers had only lost back-to-back times in two other instances during his tenure: 2014 and 2008. LSU is also now in danger of not reaching eight wins in a season for the first time since 1999. If it doesn’t, it would fall one season why of Tennessee’s SEC streak of consecutive seasons with at least eight wins. The Vols did it in 16 seasons from 1989-2004.
Mississippi State has now won four straight against Arkansas, completing turning around what once was a one-sided rivalry since Arkansas joined the SEC in 1992. The Bulldogs hadn’t even won back-to-back games against the Razorbacks over that span and were an abysmal 4-15-1 in the series since then. However, Mississippi State did win the first three meetings with Arkansas (1916, 1939 and 1992), making this MSU’s longest win streak ever in the series.
Missouri C Evan Boehm has now started in 51 straight games, the longest streak in school history. That mark breaks the previous record held by three Tigers: C Adam Spieker (2004-07), TE Martin Rucker (2004-07) and CB Carl Gettis (2007-10).
Ole Miss WR Laquon Treadwell saw his five-game streak with at least 100 receiving yards and a TD end against LSU. The last SEC player with a longer stretch was Florida WR Jabar Gaffney with six in 2000. Treadwell finished Saturday’s game with 4 catches, 58 yards and a touchdown.
South Carolina‘s 23-22 overtime loss to The Citadel on Saturday marked the Gamecocks’ first loss to a lower division opponent since The Citadel itself beat South Carolina in 1990. Meanwhile, the Bulldogs broke a 28-game losing streak to FBS teams.
Tennessee ran for 248 yards in the 19-8 win against Missouri on Saturday. Mizzou hadn’t even allowed an opponent to reach the 200-yard mark in any of its 10 games this season. The 248 rushing yards allowed was the most allowed by the Tigers since the 2013 SEC national title game against Auburn, which racked up 545 rushing yards in that 59-42 loss. The Vols also snapped their three-game losing streak against Missouri. The Vols had lost every meeting with the Tigers since Mizzou joined the SEC in 2012.
Texas A&M‘s 25-0 shutout of Vanderbilt on Saturday marked the first time the Aggies had blanked an opponent since Sept. 11, 2004, when Texas A&M beat Wyoming 31-0. That ended a 147-game streak without a shutout for the Aggies.
Vanderbilt only managed 148 yards of total offense against Texas A&M on Saturday, its fewest in 34 home games dating back to its Nov. 6 game against Florida in 2010 when it posted 109.
Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.
