Has a College Football game ever ended 16-8?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 16-8 21 times. It first happened on October 15, 1892, when Rutgers beat Lafayette, and most recently on September 20, 2008, when Northwestern beat Ohio.
That makes 16-8 the 700th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 17-8 has happened 31 times and 16-9 has happened 24 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1923 and 1958.
Every 16-8 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-20 | Northwestern over Ohio | 2008 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Central Michigan over Buffalo | 2001 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Auburn over Southern Miss | 1992 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Arkansas State over Northwestern State | 1990 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Northern Illinois over Bowling Green | 1986 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Princeton over Cornell | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Brown over Cornell | 1974 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Indiana over Iowa | 1972 | |
| 1968-10-26 | Oregon State over Washington State | 1968 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Villanova over Xavier | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Xavier over Louisville | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Xavier over Kent State | 1961 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Navy over George Washington | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Tulsa over Hardin-Simmons | 1959 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Holy Cross over Boston University | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Harvard over Dartmouth | 1958 | |
| 1923-11-10 | Alabama over Kentucky | 1923 | |
| 1907-11-23 | Baylor over TCU | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Pennsylvania over Swarthmore | 1907 | |
| 1892-11-05 | Springfield over Mount Hermon | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-15 | Rutgers over Lafayette | 1892 |