Has a College Football game ever ended 16-7?
It has. 16-7 has been a College Football final 170 times in 84,433 games. The first was Carlisle beat Dickinson (PA) on October 21, 1899; the latest was Clemson beat South Carolina on November 26, 2023.
That makes 16-7 the 116th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 17-7 has happened 301 times and 16-8 has happened 21 times.
Every 16-7 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-26 | Clemson over South Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-24 | Troy over Marshall | 2022 | |
| 2020-09-19 | Oklahoma State over Tulsa | 2020 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Akron over Kent State | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Oklahoma over West Virginia | 2013 | |
| 2010-11-27 | Boston College over Syracuse | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Air Force over Army | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Minnesota over Indiana | 2008 | |
| 2006-11-11 | North Texas over Louisiana | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-18 | Florida over Tennessee | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-12 | Arkansas State over Utah State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-03 | Minnesota over Penn State | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Northwestern over Wisconsin | 2003 | |
| 2001-11-17 | UL Monroe over Arkansas State | 2001 | |
| 1992-09-26 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-16 | UCLA over Oregon | 1991 | |
| 1990-12-01 | Alabama over Auburn | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-27 | James Madison over Navy | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 1990 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1988 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 1988 | |
| 1987-01-01 | Auburn over USC | 1986 | Playoff |
| 1986-09-27 | Texas A&M over Southern Miss | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-10 | USC over Washington | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Oregon over Stanford | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Western Michigan over Ohio | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Purdue over Iowa | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Ball State over Eastern Michigan | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Cincinnati over Memphis | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-17 | Louisiana Tech over Lamar | 1981 | |
| 1980-12-31 | North Carolina over Texas | 1980 | Playoff |
| 1980-10-18 | Temple over Akron | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Louisiana Tech over Lamar | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Iowa over Indiana | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-06 | Virginia Tech over Wake Forest | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Oregon over Stanford | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Boston University over Holy Cross | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1979 | |
| 1977-11-26 | Georgia Tech over Georgia | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-29 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Penn State over Utah State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Illinois State over Northern Illinois | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Louisville over Boston University | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Missouri over Colorado | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-30 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Cincinnati over Tulsa | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Virginia Tech over Southern Miss | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Hawai'i over Cal State Fullerton | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | The Citadel over Wofford | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-19 | USC over Oregon | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Tampa over Akron | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | USC over Pittsburgh | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-07 | App State over East Tennessee State | 1974 | |
| 1973-12-22 | Miami (OH) over Florida | 1973 | Playoff |
| 1972-11-18 | BYU over Utah | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Bowling Green over Miami (OH) | 1972 | |
| 1970-10-10 | The Citadel over William & Mary | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-15 | USC over Washington | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Wyoming over San José State | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-04 | New Mexico over Kansas | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | New Mexico State over Texas-Arlington | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-30 | Baylor over Rice | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-09 | Alabama over LSU | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Louisville over Tulsa | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-19 | Richmond over William & Mary | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-14 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-24 | Villanova over George Washington | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Marshall over Kent State | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Rutgers over Boston University | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Memphis over South Carolina | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Louisville over Southern Illinois | 1966 | |
| 1965-09-25 | Kentucky over Ole Miss | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Florida State over Florida | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Missouri over Colorado | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Marshall over Western Michigan | 1964 | |
| 1963-10-12 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-21 | Texas Tech over Washington State | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-03 | VMI over The Citadel | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Missouri over Nebraska | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-06 | Wyoming over Utah | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-11 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-30 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1961 | |
| 1960-09-17 | Davidson over Catawba | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Iowa over Ohio State | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-08 | Davidson over William & Mary | 1958 | |
| 1958-09-20 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-16 | Oregon over USC | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Detroit Mercy over Villanova | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Davidson over Wofford | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-27 | California over Washington | 1956 | |
| 1956-09-29 | Purdue over Missouri | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-05 | Lafayette over Rutgers | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-08 | Presbyterian over Davidson | 1955 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Texas over SMU | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Auburn over Florida | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-17 | Texas over Arkansas | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Tulane over Vanderbilt | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-04 | Columbia over Harvard | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Wisconsin over Pennsylvania | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Northwestern over Navy | 1951 | |
| 1949-11-19 | Brown over Columbia | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-12 | Dartmouth over Cornell | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-01 | Pittsburgh over Northwestern | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Northwestern over Wisconsin | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-22 | Hofstra over Merchant Marine Academy | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Illinois over Ohio State | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-27 | Cincinnati over Kentucky | 1945 | |
| 1944-10-07 | Yale over Cornell | 1944 | |
| 1943-11-13 | Army over Sampson NTS | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-16 | Pacific over Del Monte Pre-Flight | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-09 | Richmond over Virginia | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-07 | Virginia Tech over Richmond | 1942 | |
| 1942-09-26 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1942 | |
| 1941-10-11 | William & Mary over Virginia Tech | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-23 | Florida over Georgia Tech | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-26 | Auburn over Georgia Tech | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-04 | Illinois over Michigan | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-28 | Detroit Mercy over Tulsa | 1939 | |
| 1939-09-30 | Army over Furman | 1939 | |
| 1938-11-05 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-08 | Creighton over Oklahoma State | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-01 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 1938 | |
| 1937-10-16 | Princeton over Chicago | 1937 | |
| 1936-09-17 | Virginia Tech over Roanoke | 1936 | |
| 1933-11-04 | Pennsylvania over Lafayette | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-28 | Nebraska over Oklahoma | 1933 | |
| 1932-10-29 | Saint Mary's (CA) over San Francisco | 1932 | |
| 1930-11-15 | Ohio State over Pittsburgh | 1930 | |
| 1929-10-13 | Villanova over Loyola (Baltimore) | 1929 | |
| 1927-11-05 | Creighton over Utah | 1927 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Colorado College over Denver | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-30 | Kansas State over Arkansas | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-09 | USC over Washington State | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Geneva over Harvard | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-21 | Oregon State over Idaho | 1925 | |
| 1925-11-21 | BYU over Montana State | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-24 | Colorado School Of Mines over Denver | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-10 | Georgia Tech over Penn State | 1925 | |
| 1924-11-29 | Newberry over Wofford | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-11 | Holy Cross over Boston University | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-17 | Colgate over Syracuse | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-03 | Montana over Whitman | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-27 | Florida over Wake Forest | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-20 | Virginia Tech over Maryland | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-06 | Princeton over Johns Hopkins University | 1923 | |
| 1922-12-30 | Pittsburgh over Stanford | 1922 | |
| 1922-11-25 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1922 | |
| 1921-11-19 | Newberry over Presbyterian | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-29 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1921 | |
| 1920-11-25 | Missouri over Kansas | 1920 | |
| 1920-11-20 | Washington and Lee over Georgetown | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-16 | Notre Dame over Nebraska | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-09 | Oklahoma over Central Oklahoma | 1920 | |
| 1918-11-02 | Michigan State over Western Michigan | 1918 | |
| 1917-11-10 | Colorado School Of Mines over Colorado College | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-06 | Bucknell over Swarthmore | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-30 | Oregon State over USC | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-04 | Chicago over Purdue | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-28 | Oklahoma State over Central Missouri | 1916 | |
| 1915-11-13 | Harvard over Brown | 1915 | |
| 1915-11-13 | Bucknell over Gettysburg | 1915 | |
| 1915-10-23 | Washington & Jefferson over Yale | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-21 | Nebraska over Iowa | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-24 | Rutgers over Tufts | 1914 | |
| 1913-11-22 | Georgetown over Holy Cross | 1913 | |
| 1913-10-25 | Colorado over Colorado State | 1913 | |
| 1899-10-21 | Carlisle over Dickinson (PA) | 1899 |