Has a College Football game ever ended 12-8?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 12-8 22 times. It first happened on October 6, 1888, when Lehigh beat Swarthmore, and most recently on November 4, 1978, when William & Mary beat The Citadel.
That makes 12-8 the 681st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 13-8 has happened 23 times and 12-9 has happened 28 times.
Every 12-8 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-11-04 | William & Mary over The Citadel | 1978 | |
| 1973-11-03 | Florida over Auburn | 1973 | |
| 1971-09-25 | Wichita State over Trinity (Texas) | 1971 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Colorado over Kansas | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | Rhode Island over Brown | 1967 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-05 | Bucknell over Colgate | 1960 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Dartmouth over Yale | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-08 | Brown over Cornell | 1958 | |
| 1958-09-20 | Vanderbilt over Missouri | 1958 | |
| 1947-10-11 | Northern Arizona over Western Colorado | 1947 | |
| 1943-10-16 | Villanova over Bucknell | 1943 | |
| 1927-10-29 | Colorado College over Wyoming | 1927 | |
| 1922-11-18 | Washington over Stanford | 1922 | |
| 1912-10-12 | Baylor over Fort Worth | 1912 | |
| 1906-10-06 | Amherst over Massachusetts | 1906 | |
| 1896-11-14 | Andover over Tufts | 1896 | |
| 1894-10-26 | Northwestern over Lake Forest College | 1894 | |
| 1892-10-10 | Chicago over Englewood High | 1892 | |
| 1891-10-10 | Wesleyan (CT) over Springfield | 1891 | |
| 1890-11-27 | Cornell over Chicago A.C. | 1890 | |
| 1888-10-06 | Lehigh over Swarthmore | 1888 |