Has a College Football game ever ended 12-7?
It has. 12-7 has been a College Football final 256 times in 84,433 games. The first was Hamilton beat Trinity (CT) on October 26, 1901; the latest was Louisiana Tech beat Western Kentucky on November 16, 2024.
That makes 12-7 the 65th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 13-7 has happened 655 times and 12-8 has happened 22 times.
Every 12-7 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-16 | Louisiana Tech over Western Kentucky | 2024 | |
| 2021-09-19 | UL Monroe over Jackson State | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-17 | Notre Dame over Louisville | 2020 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Coastal Carolina over Kansas | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Troy over Texas State | 2018 | |
| 2008-10-09 | Wake Forest over Clemson | 2008 | |
| 2006-11-24 | Texas A&M over Texas | 2006 | |
| 2004-10-16 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2004 | |
| 2000-11-25 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 2000 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Wyoming over SMU | 1998 | |
| 1995-11-25 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 1995 | |
| 1994-12-25 | Boston College over Kansas State | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-09-17 | Virginia Tech over Boston College | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 1993 | |
| 1991-08-31 | Utah over Utah State | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Iowa over Michigan State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-30 | Navy over North Carolina | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Temple over Navy | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-16 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | Arizona over Washington State | 1985 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Pacific over Nevada | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Miami over East Carolina | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Miami (OH) over Central Michigan | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Northern Illinois over Miami (OH) | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-10 | William & Mary over Dartmouth | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Miami over Houston | 1981 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Tulane over Georgia Tech | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Arizona State over Washington | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Columbia over Pennsylvania | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Clemson over Georgia | 1979 | |
| 1978-09-30 | North Texas over Oklahoma State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Chattanooga over Louisiana Tech | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-24 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Ohio State over Penn State | 1976 | |
| 1974-11-09 | NC State over Penn State | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-27 | Kentucky over Georgia | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-25 | SMU over Baylor | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Long Beach State over San Diego State | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-23 | William & Mary over VMI | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-23 | UTEP over Wyoming | 1971 | |
| 1970-09-26 | UCLA over Northwestern | 1970 | |
| 1967-11-25 | Virginia over Maryland | 1967 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-23 | Northwestern over Miami | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Arkansas over Texas | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-23 | Columbia over Rutgers | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Kentucky over Tennessee | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Marshall over Kent State | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Xavier over Dayton | 1964 | |
| 1964-01-01 | Alabama over Ole Miss | 1963 | Playoff |
| 1963-11-16 | Michigan State over Notre Dame | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Dartmouth over Cornell | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-09 | Wichita State over Dayton | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-05 | Brown over Yale | 1963 | |
| 1962-12-08 | Syracuse over UCLA | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-24 | Indiana over Purdue | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Oklahoma State over Army | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Rutgers over Pennsylvania | 1962 | |
| 1962-01-01 | Texas over Ole Miss | 1961 | Playoff |
| 1961-11-04 | West Virginia over George Washington | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-28 | Furman over Wofford | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Wichita State over Toledo | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Pacific over Long Beach State | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-26 | Baylor over Rice | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-05 | Texas over Baylor | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-22 | San José State over Arizona State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Houston over Oklahoma State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-08 | North Carolina over Notre Dame | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-21 | South Carolina over NC State | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-21 | Dartmouth over Princeton | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Arkansas over Texas A&M | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-19 | South Carolina over Duke | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-27 | Utah over Utah State | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-22 | South Carolina over NC State | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-15 | California over Washington | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Indiana over Miami (OH) | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-18 | Cornell over Yale | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-11 | Duke over Baylor | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-11 | Clemson over Vanderbilt | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-04 | TCU over Arkansas | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-04 | Texas over Texas Tech | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-04 | Ohio State over Washington | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-28 | Richmond over William & Mary | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-16 | Tulsa over Cincinnati | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | VMI over Lehigh | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Tulsa over Air Force | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-19 | Denver over Utah | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-28 | Dayton over Richmond | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-21 | Wyoming over Kansas State | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-28 | Detroit Mercy over Boston College | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-06 | Utah State over Arizona | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-12 | Kansas over Oklahoma State | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-29 | Colorado State over Montana | 1955 | |
| 1955-09-23 | Toledo over Detroit Mercy | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-13 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-30 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-30 | Baylor over TCU | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-23 | Mississippi State over Alabama | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-09 | Utah over BYU | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-02 | USC over Northwestern | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-01 | UCLA over Maryland | 1954 | |
| 1954-09-25 | Boston College over Detroit Mercy | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-07 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Florida State over VMI | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | William & Mary over George Washington | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Drake over Iowa State | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-17 | SMU over Rice | 1953 | |
| 1953-09-26 | New Mexico State over Colorado College | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Kansas over Oklahoma State | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-04 | Holy Cross over Fordham | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-17 | Notre Dame over North Carolina | 1951 | |
| 1950-09-23 | Oklahoma State over Arkansas | 1950 | |
| 1949-09-24 | Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-13 | Notre Dame over Northwestern | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-30 | Boston University over Syracuse | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-18 | Eastern Washington over Montana | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-29 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-11 | Davidson over Wofford | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Wyoming over BYU | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-23 | Holy Cross over Temple | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Penn State over Navy | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-26 | New York University over Gettysburg | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-05 | Tennessee over Duke | 1946 | |
| 1946-09-21 | New Mexico over Northern Arizona | 1946 | |
| 1945-11-17 | Atlantic City NAS over Lafayette | 1945 | |
| 1945-11-03 | Texas over SMU | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Michigan State over Pittsburgh | 1945 | |
| 1944-11-11 | Arkansas over Rice | 1944 | |
| 1944-11-04 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1944 | |
| 1944-10-14 | NC State over Catawba | 1944 | |
| 1944-09-16 | Michigan over Iowa Pre-Flight | 1944 | |
| 1943-11-13 | Holy Cross over Villanova | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-09 | VMI over Clemson | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-21 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-21 | Clemson over Furman | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-24 | Texas over Rice | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-24 | Syracuse over Cornell | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-17 | Illinois over Iowa | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-10 | BYU over Utah | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-29 | Oregon State over Oregon | 1941 | |
| 1941-11-15 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-25 | Creighton over Drake | 1941 | |
| 1941-09-27 | Ohio State over Missouri | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-30 | Duke over Pittsburgh | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-16 | Texas Tech over Wake Forest | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-02 | West Virginia over Washington and Lee | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-02 | BYU over Utah State | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-26 | Lehigh over Hampden-Sydney | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-18 | NC State over Furman | 1939 | |
| 1939-11-18 | Arizona over Pacific | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-21 | Gonzaga over Oregon | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-14 | Virginia over Maryland | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-07 | San Francisco over Montana | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-07 | The Citadel over Presbyterian | 1939 | |
| 1938-11-05 | Hardin-Simmons over Arizona State | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-21 | Mississippi State over Duquesne | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-01 | Richmond over Randolph-Macon | 1938 | |
| 1938-09-24 | California over Saint Mary's (CA) | 1938 | |
| 1937-11-20 | Colorado School Of Mines over South Dakota Mines | 1937 | |
| 1937-11-06 | Richmond over Virginia Tech | 1937 | |
| 1937-11-06 | Holy Cross over Colgate | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-30 | NC State over Boston College | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-16 | South Carolina over Davidson | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Stanford over UCLA | 1937 | |
| 1936-10-17 | Yale over Navy | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-17 | UTEP over New Mexico | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-02 | Temple over Ole Miss | 1936 | |
| 1935-12-14 | Pittsburgh over USC | 1935 | |
| 1935-11-28 | Detroit Mercy over Texas Tech | 1935 | |
| 1935-11-09 | Chattanooga over Mercer | 1935 | |
| 1935-11-02 | Michigan State over Temple | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-12 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-12 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-05 | Richmond over Roanoke | 1935 | |
| 1935-09-28 | Hampden-Sydney over Virginia | 1935 | |
| 1935-09-27 | Washburn over Emporia State University | 1935 | |
| 1934-10-27 | West Virginia over Davis & Elkins | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-26 | Loyola Marymount over Texas Tech | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-20 | New York University over Lafayette | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-06 | Illinois over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1934 | |
| 1934-09-29 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1934 | |
| 1933-11-25 | Army over Navy | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-18 | Davidson over William & Mary | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Sewanee over Rhodes College | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Oregon State over San Francisco | 1933 | |
| 1933-09-22 | Nevada over San Francisco | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-05 | Rice over Arkansas | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-29 | Maryland over VMI | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-29 | Kearney over Colorado School Of Mines | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-29 | Alabama over Kentucky | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-15 | UCLA over Oregon | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-08 | Arizona over New Mexico State | 1932 | |
| 1931-11-28 | New Mexico State over New Mexico Military | 1931 | |
| 1931-11-21 | Wisconsin over Chicago | 1931 | |
| 1931-11-07 | West Virginia over West Virginia Wesleyan | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-23 | Catholic over NC State | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-17 | Navy over Delaware | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-03 | Wisconsin over North Dakota State | 1931 | |
| 1930-11-27 | Tulane over LSU | 1930 | |
| 1930-11-27 | Clemson over Furman | 1930 | |
| 1930-11-22 | Iowa over Nebraska | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-25 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-18 | Cornell over Princeton | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-09 | SMU over Texas A&M | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-26 | Utah State over Wyoming | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-19 | Pittsburgh over Nebraska | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-19 | California over Pennsylvania | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-12 | Virginia over Swarthmore | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-05 | Florida over VMI | 1929 | |
| 1928-12-08 | The Citadel over Clemson | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-06 | Vanderbilt over Colgate | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-06 | Presbyterian over Wake Forest | 1928 | |
| 1927-11-19 | Idaho over Oregon State | 1927 | |
| 1927-11-19 | Detroit Mercy over Carnegie Mellon | 1927 | |
| 1927-11-05 | Ole Miss over LSU | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-29 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Washington and Lee over Duke | 1927 | |
| 1926-11-20 | Yale over Harvard | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-30 | VMI over Davidson | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-09 | Ole Miss over Florida | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-02 | The Citadel over Mercer | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-26 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-31 | Tennessee over Georgia | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-24 | Utah over Colorado | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-17 | Chattanooga over Mercer | 1925 | |
| 1924-11-27 | West Virginia Wesleyan over Davis & Elkins | 1924 | |
| 1924-11-08 | Indiana over Ohio State | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-10 | Western Colorado over Northern Colorado | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-13 | Washington & Jefferson over Brown | 1923 | |
| 1922-11-04 | Carson-Newman College over Mercer | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-01 | Brown over Colby College | 1921 | |
| 1920-10-23 | Mississippi State over LSU | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-09 | Navy over Lafayette | 1920 | |
| 1919-10-18 | Oklahoma over Texas | 1919 | |
| 1919-10-11 | The Citadel over Presbyterian | 1919 | |
| 1918-12-14 | Mare Island Marines over Balboa NTS | 1918 | |
| 1918-11-28 | TCU over Baylor | 1918 | |
| 1917-10-13 | Haskell over Tulsa | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-04 | Tennessee over Chattanooga | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-21 | Navy over West Virginia | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-21 | Erskine over Wofford | 1916 | |
| 1914-11-26 | Georgetown over Gallaudet | 1914 | |
| 1914-11-14 | North Carolina over Wake Forest | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-10 | Rice over Southwestern University | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-10 | Princeton over Syracuse | 1914 | |
| 1913-11-08 | LSU over Arkansas | 1913 | |
| 1913-10-25 | Michigan State over Wisconsin | 1913 | |
| 1913-10-18 | Michigan State over Michigan | 1913 | |
| 1912-11-02 | Brown over Vermont | 1912 | |
| 1901-10-26 | Hamilton over Trinity (CT) | 1901 |