Has a College Football game ever ended 16-6?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 16-6 158 times. It first happened on November 24, 1887, when Amherst beat Stevens, and most recently on December 3, 2023, when Florida State beat Louisville.
That makes 16-6 the 130th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 17-6 has happened 148 times and 16-7 has happened 170 times.
Every 16-6 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-03 | Florida State over Louisville | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Georgia over Kentucky | 2022 | |
| 2015-09-05 | Northwestern over Stanford | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Clemson over Syracuse | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-30 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-24 | SMU over South Florida | 2013 | |
| 2011-10-08 | UCF over Marshall | 2011 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Northwestern over Miami (OH) | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Michigan over Miami (OH) | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-16 | Florida State over Colorado | 2007 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Rutgers over Temple | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-21 | Fresno State over Louisiana Tech | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-19 | Stanford over Arizona | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-06 | Colorado over Kansas State | 2001 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 1998 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 1996 | |
| 1995-12-02 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1995 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Ball State over Bowling Green | 1990 | |
| 1988-11-05 | UCLA over Oregon | 1988 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Northern Illinois over Western Illinois | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-10 | Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 1987 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Georgia Tech over Alabama | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Washington State over California | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Illinois over Michigan | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-05 | UNLV over San José State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Baylor over Rice | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Oklahoma State over Wichita State | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Arkansas State over Louisiana | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Maryland over NC State | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | UL Monroe over Lamar | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | Army over Lafayette | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Mississippi State over LSU | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1975 | |
| 1974-12-28 | Oklahoma State over BYU | 1974 | Playoff |
| 1970-10-10 | Wyoming over Colorado State | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-22 | Utah over BYU | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | TCU over Texas A&M | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Buffalo over Massachusetts | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Army over Vanderbilt | 1969 | |
| 1967-10-07 | NC State over Houston | 1967 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1963 | |
| 1962-10-06 | Auburn over Kentucky | 1962 | |
| 1962-09-29 | Holy Cross over Buffalo | 1962 | |
| 1961-09-23 | Vanderbilt over West Virginia | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-26 | Air Force over Colorado | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Utah over Montana | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Columbia over Pennsylvania | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-05 | Missouri over Colorado | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-28 | Notre Dame over USC | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Brown over Harvard | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Memphis over Florida State | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-03 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1959 | |
| 1957-11-15 | Maryland over Miami | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-28 | Michigan over USC | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-27 | UCLA over Illinois | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1956 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Missouri over Kansas State | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Rice over Texas A&M | 1952 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Navy over Duke | 1952 | |
| 1948-10-09 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1948 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-20 | Mississippi State over Maxwell Field | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-29 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1945 | |
| 1943-10-23 | Colorado College over Colorado | 1943 | |
| 1942-10-10 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-01 | Marshall over Wake Forest | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-25 | Oklahoma over Santa Clara | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-03 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma State | 1941 | |
| 1941-09-26 | Georgetown over Ole Miss | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-09 | Fresno State over UTEP | 1940 | |
| 1939-10-28 | UCLA over Oregon | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-07 | Utah State over Colorado | 1939 | |
| 1939-09-24 | San José State over San Francisco | 1939 | |
| 1937-11-25 | Colorado College over Whitman | 1937 | |
| 1937-01-01 | TCU over Marquette | 1936 | Playoff |
| 1936-11-28 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 1936 | |
| 1936-11-07 | Oregon State over Washington State | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-31 | Pennsylvania over Navy | 1936 | |
| 1935-11-02 | Michigan over Pennsylvania | 1935 | |
| 1934-10-13 | Washington over Oregon | 1934 | |
| 1933-12-25 | Santa Clara over Hawaii All-Stars | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-28 | Loyola (LA) over Saint Louis | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Georgia Tech over Auburn | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-19 | TCU over Rice | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-15 | SMU over Syracuse | 1932 | |
| 1930-10-04 | Georgetown over Loyola (Chicago) | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-27 | Oregon State over Gonzaga | 1930 | |
| 1929-09-28 | Michigan over University of Mount Union | 1929 | |
| 1928-11-29 | VMI over Virginia Tech | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-27 | Saint Louis over Creighton | 1928 | |
| 1927-10-08 | TCU over Texas Tech | 1927 | |
| 1926-11-06 | Georgia over Auburn | 1926 | |
| 1924-12-06 | Florida over Washington and Lee | 1924 | |
| 1924-11-15 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-11 | Harvard over Middlebury | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-29 | Florida over Alabama | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-10 | Wake Forest over Duke | 1923 | |
| 1922-10-28 | Brown over Boston University | 1922 | |
| 1920-11-06 | Denver over Colorado School Of Mines | 1920 | |
| 1919-10-25 | Pittsburgh over Georgia Tech | 1919 | |
| 1919-10-18 | Wyoming over Colorado School Of Mines | 1919 | |
| 1915-10-02 | Presbyterian over Wofford | 1915 | |
| 1913-11-08 | West Virginia Wesleyan over Georgetown | 1913 | |
| 1913-11-08 | Baylor over Trinity (Texas) | 1913 | |
| 1913-11-01 | Colgate over Yale | 1913 | |
| 1912-11-28 | Washington and Lee over NC State | 1912 | |
| 1912-11-02 | Harvard over Princeton | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-19 | Georgia Tech over Mercer | 1912 | |
| 1911-11-30 | Alabama over Davidson | 1911 | |
| 1910-10-05 | Virginia Tech over Davidson | 1910 | |
| 1909-10-09 | Cornell over Oberlin | 1909 | |
| 1909-10-06 | Navy over St. John's (Maryland) | 1909 | |
| 1908-11-19 | Georgia Tech over Mercer | 1908 | |
| 1908-10-31 | Carlisle over Navy | 1908 | |
| 1908-10-03 | Michigan over Case | 1908 | |
| 1907-11-09 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Lehigh over Rutgers | 1907 | |
| 1906-11-10 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 1906 | |
| 1906-11-10 | Cornell over Holy Cross | 1906 | |
| 1906-10-04 | Ole Miss over Maryville College (TN) | 1906 | |
| 1905-11-11 | Princeton over Cornell | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-28 | Amherst over Vermont | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-21 | Washburn over Ottawa | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Virginia Tech over Army | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-07 | Dartmouth over Holy Cross | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-04 | Pennsylvania over Gettysburg | 1905 | |
| 1905-09-30 | Tennessee over Tennessee Deaf School | 1905 | |
| 1904-11-19 | Dickinson (PA) over Ursinus | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-22 | Ohio State over Case | 1904 | |
| 1903-11-21 | Colorado State over Denver | 1903 | |
| 1903-11-14 | Swarthmore over Haverford | 1903 | |
| 1903-11-14 | Carlisle over Pennsylvania | 1903 | |
| 1902-11-15 | Harvard over Dartmouth | 1902 | |
| 1902-10-25 | Bingham over Davidson | 1902 | |
| 1902-09-27 | Wesleyan (CT) over Boston College | 1902 | |
| 1901-11-02 | Bowdoin over Exeter | 1901 | |
| 1901-10-16 | Lafayette over Manhattan | 1901 | |
| 1901-10-05 | Harvard over Bates | 1901 | |
| 1900-11-17 | Pennsylvania over Carlisle | 1900 | |
| 1899-11-25 | Dickinson (PA) over Susquehanna | 1899 | |
| 1899-11-04 | Bowdoin over Bates | 1899 | |
| 1899-10-07 | Lafayette over Swarthmore | 1899 | |
| 1898-10-15 | Grinnell over Minnesota | 1898 | |
| 1897-11-06 | Yale over Chicago A.C. | 1897 | |
| 1897-10-23 | Michigan over Oberlin | 1897 | |
| 1896-10-17 | Trinity (CT) over MIT | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-17 | Northwestern over Physicians & Surgeons | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-03 | Minnesota over Carleton | 1896 | |
| 1895-10-19 | Missouri over Purdue | 1895 | |
| 1894-10-10 | Chicago over Rush Medical | 1894 | |
| 1893-10-04 | Dartmouth over Trinity (CT) | 1893 | |
| 1891-11-26 | Massachusetts over Holy Cross | 1891 | |
| 1891-11-18 | Williams over Springfield | 1891 | |
| 1888-10-17 | Lehigh over Haverford | 1888 | |
| 1887-11-24 | Amherst over Stevens | 1887 |