COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State coach Urban Meyer is one of 41 known head coaches at the highest level of the collegiate coaching ranks (major college, university, Division I, Division I-A and Football Bowl Subdivision) to guide a team to a winning streak of at least 20 games
Before today, those 41 coaches have led teams to 20-game winning streaks 50 times, with Meyer one of nine coaches to have two such win streaks of at least 20 games. The others: Walter Camp, George Woodruff, Fielding Yost, Robert Neyland, Bud Wilkinson, Barry Switzer, Joe Paterno and Tom Osborne.
Today, with Ohio State’s 34-24 win over Iowa, Meyer became the first to win at least 20 consecutive games three times in a career.
Meyer won his last game as coach at Florida (a 37-24 win over Penn State in the 2011 Outback Bowl) and he is 19-0 at Ohio State. He has an overall record of 123-23 as a head coach for an .842 winning percentage, a figure that is No. 1 among active Division I coaches with at least 10 years of experience as a head coach.
20-Game Winning Streaks
47 – Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma (1953-57)
34 – George Woodruff, Pennsylvania (1894-96)
31 – Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma (1948-50)
31 – George Woodruff, Pennsylvania (1896-98)
30 – Darrell Royal, Texas (1968-70)
30 – *Pop Warner, Pittsburgh (1915-18)
29 – Dennis Erickson, Miami (1991-92)
29 – *Fielding Yost, Michigan (1901-03)
28 – Gene Stallings, Alabama (1991-93)
28 – Bear Bryant, Alabama (1978-80)
28 – Barry Switzer, Oklahoma (1973-75)
28 – Biggie Munn, Michigan State (1950-53)
28 – Walter Camp, Yale (1888-89)
27 – Walter Camp, Yale (1890-92)
26 – Tom Osborne, Nebraska (1994-96)
26 – Gilmour Dobie, Cornell (1921-24)
26 – Fielding Yost, Michigan (1903-05)
25 – LaVell Edwards, Brigham Young (1983-85)
25 – Red Blaik, Army (1944-46)
25 – Howard Jones, USC (1931-33)
24 – Chris Peterson, Boise State (2009-10)
24 – *Larry Coker, Miami (2001-02)
24 – Henry L. Williams, Minnesota (1903-05)
24 – Walter C. Booth, Nebraska (1901-04)
24 – William C. Rhodes, Yale (1894-95)
23 – Lou Holtz, Notre Dame (1988-89)
23 – Bob Devaney, Nebraska (1970-71)
23 – Frank Lauterbur, Toledo (1969-70)
23 – Joe Paterno, Penn State (1968-69)
22 – Robert Neyland, Tennessee (1937-39)
22 – Urban Meyer, Florida (2008-09)
22 – Dan Hawkins, Boise State (2003-04)
22 – Tom Osborne, Nebraska (1982-83)
22 – Woody Hayes, Ohio State (1967-69)
22 – Frank Broyles, Arkansas (1963-65)
21 – Mack Brown, Texas (2004-06)
21 – Frank Leahy, Notre Dame (1946-48)
21 – Bernie Bierman, Minnesota (1933-36)
21 – Fred Folsom, Colorado (1908-12)
21 – Carl Williams, Pennsylvania (1903-05)
20 – Urban Meyer, Florida (2010) and Ohio State (2012-current)
20 – Urban Meyer, Utah (2003-04) and Florida (2005)
20 – Pete Carroll, USC (2003-04)
20 – Bob Toledo, UCLA (1997-98)
20 – Joe Paterno, Penn State (1993-95)
20 – *Terry Bowden, Auburn (1993-94)
20 – Barry Switzer, Oklahoma (1986-87)
20 – Don Coryell, San Diego State (1969-70)
20 – Robert Neyland, Tennessee (1950-51)
20 – Homer Norton, Texas A&M (1938-40)
20 – Knute Rockne, Notre Dame (1919-21)
