The Bombers 13-match winning streak to start the 2000 season has now equalled the second-best sart to a season in the history of the game.
The Bombers joined Melbourne in second place - the Demons having strung 13 consecutive wins together to begin the 1956 season.
The best start to a season came in 1929 when Collingwood won 18 on end to finish the home and away season undefeated.
The previous best start to a season in the modern era was in 1991 when West Coast put together 12 in a row.
The Bombers remaining matches this season are against Sydney (SCG), West Coast (Colonial), Port Adelaide (Football Park), Richmond (MCG), Fremantle (Colonial), Hawthorn (Colonial), Carlton (MCG), Western Bulldogs (Colonial) and Collingwood (MCG).
