Has a College Football game ever ended 17-15?
It has. 17-15 has been a College Football final 88 times in 84,334 games. The first was Cornell College (IA) beat Iowa State on October 25, 1902; the latest was Pittsburgh beat California on October 12, 2024.
That makes 17-15 the 246th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 18-15 has happened 19 times and 17-16 has happened 134 times.
Every 17-15 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-12 | Pittsburgh over California | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2023 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Louisiana Tech over UTEP | 2015 | |
| 2013-09-14 | Middle Tennessee over Memphis | 2013 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Louisiana over Kansas State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Maryland over North Carolina | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Cincinnati over Akron | 2008 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Purdue over Michigan State | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-24 | NC State over Boston College | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Washington State over Baylor | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Middle Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Georgia over South Carolina | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-04 | Troy over Marshall | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-16 | NC State over Clemson | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Texas over Oklahoma State | 2002 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Houston over SMU | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Illinois over California | 2000 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Tulane over Rice | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-02 | Northwestern over Notre Dame | 1995 | |
| 1995-08-31 | Ball State over Miami (OH) | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Navy over Tulane | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Central Michigan over Bowling Green | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Tulane over Southern Miss | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Louisiana over Memphis | 1993 | |
| 1990-12-31 | California over Wyoming | 1990 | Playoff |
| 1990-10-13 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 1990 | |
| 1988-10-29 | Fresno State over San José State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-01 | Duke over Vanderbilt | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-22 | Purdue over Indiana | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Penn State over Maryland | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Virginia Tech over Kentucky | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-16 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1985 | |
| 1984-12-01 | Alabama over Auburn | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-24 | North Carolina over Duke | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-13 | Texas-Arlington over Wichita State | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-26 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Tulane over Louisiana | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Colorado State over San Diego State | 1983 | |
| 1981-10-03 | San Diego State over New Mexico | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Florida over Kentucky | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | West Texas A&M over New Mexico State | 1980 | |
| 1979-12-28 | North Carolina over Michigan | 1979 | Playoff |
| 1979-11-03 | Long Beach State over Pacific | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | UTEP over UNLV | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-29 | Clemson over Ohio State | 1978 | Playoff |
| 1978-10-07 | Miami over Auburn | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Arkansas State over Louisiana | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | NC State over Auburn | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-03 | Mississippi State over North Texas | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Maryland over Wake Forest | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Cal Poly over Fresno State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | The Citadel over Delaware | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-15 | North Carolina over Tulane | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Harvard over Dartmouth | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Tulane over Navy | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Kansas over Colorado | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Utah over BYU | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Dartmouth over Yale | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-16 | Lafayette over Pennsylvania | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-16 | Florida over Florida State | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-21 | Rice over TCU | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Davidson over William & Mary | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-09 | NC State over Duke | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-26 | Arkansas over North Texas | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-14 | Miami over LSU | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-07 | UCLA over Penn State | 1967 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Rice over LSU | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-22 | Tulane over Mississippi State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-16 | Purdue over Michigan | 1965 | |
| 1965-09-18 | Oregon over Pittsburgh | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Baylor over Kentucky | 1964 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | George Washington over Cincinnati | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-02 | Penn State over Maryland | 1963 | |
| 1962-12-01 | Miami over Florida | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-18 | Notre Dame over Syracuse | 1961 | |
| 1959-10-24 | Duke over NC State | 1959 | |
| 1949-11-12 | New Mexico over Colorado | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-22 | Rice over Texas | 1949 | |
| 1944-10-21 | Georgia Tech over Navy | 1944 | |
| 1923-10-20 | Cornell College (IA) over Grinnell | 1923 | |
| 1908-10-10 | Denver over Utah | 1908 | |
| 1905-11-18 | Colgate over Hamilton | 1905 | |
| 1902-10-25 | Cornell College (IA) over Iowa State | 1902 |