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Has a College Football game ever ended 17-16?

Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 17-16 134 times. It first happened on October 19, 1889, when Dickinson (PA) beat Swarthmore, and most recently on December 13, 2025, when Navy beat Army.

Where 17-16 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 17-16 the 155th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 18-16 has happened 31 times and 17-17 has happened 51 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1926 and 1958.

Every 17-16 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-12-13Navy over Army2025
2025-10-25Virginia over North Carolina2025
2025-09-21UTSA over Colorado State2025
2022-10-08Ball State over Central Michigan2022
2020-12-06New Mexico over Wyoming2020
2019-12-01San José State over Fresno State2019
2017-11-04Cincinnati over Tulane2017
2017-10-07LSU over Florida2017
2017-09-23South Carolina over Louisiana Tech2017
2016-12-26Mississippi State over Miami (OH)2016Playoff
2016-11-19Ohio State over Michigan State2016
2016-10-15Vanderbilt over Georgia2016
2016-10-01West Virginia over Kansas State2016
2015-11-07BYU over San José State2015
2014-12-24Navy over San Diego State2014Playoff
2014-11-15Virginia Tech over Duke2014
2014-08-31Washington over Hawai'i2014
2013-11-23Pittsburgh over Syracuse2013
2013-11-02Arkansas State over South Alabama2013
2012-12-30Michigan State over TCU2012Playoff
2012-10-07NC State over Florida State2012
2012-09-29Ohio State over Michigan State2012
2012-09-08Virginia over Penn State2012
2011-09-10Texas over BYU2011
2010-11-27Utah over BYU2010
2010-11-06Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky2010
2009-11-27Wyoming over Colorado State2009
2009-10-03Tulane over Army2009
2009-09-05Iowa over Northern Iowa2009
2008-12-24TCU over Boise State2008Playoff
2008-09-13Marshall over Memphis2008
2007-12-23BYU over UCLA2007Playoff
2007-11-03Virginia over Wake Forest2007
2007-10-13Virginia over UConn2007
2006-11-19Florida Atlantic over North Texas2006
2006-11-11Florida over South Carolina2006
2006-11-05Oklahoma over Texas A&M2006
2004-11-06Ohio over UCF2004
2004-09-25NC State over Virginia Tech2004
2002-10-12Temple over Syracuse2002
2001-09-01Virginia over Richmond2001
2000-11-18Miami (OH) over Buffalo2000
2000-11-04San Diego State over New Mexico2000
1999-12-18Utah over Fresno State1999Playoff
1999-10-23Mississippi State over LSU1999
1999-09-25Tennessee over Memphis1999
1997-09-20Arkansas over Alabama1997
1997-09-13Louisiana Tech over UL Monroe1997
1996-11-16Wake Forest over Duke1996
1996-11-16Mississippi State over Alabama1996
1996-10-05Northwestern over Michigan1996
1995-10-21Texas over Virginia1995
1995-10-21Miami over Pittsburgh1995
1994-11-05Memphis over Ole Miss1994
1994-10-29Vanderbilt over Northern Illinois1994
1993-10-30Louisiana Tech over Northern Illinois1993
1992-11-14Notre Dame over Penn State1992
1991-11-16Miami over Florida State1991
1990-12-31Michigan State over USC1990Playoff
1990-11-17Baylor over Rice1990
1990-11-10Louisiana over Arkansas State1990
1990-10-27Auburn over Mississippi State1990
1990-10-06Duke over Army1990
1990-09-22Georgia over Alabama1990
1989-10-28Alabama over Penn State1989
1989-10-07Wake Forest over North Carolina1989
1988-09-17Virginia over Georgia Tech1988
1988-09-17Oregon State over California1988
1987-09-19Akron over Eastern Michigan1987
1986-11-01Purdue over Northwestern1986
1985-11-23Houston over Texas Tech1985
1985-10-05Long Beach State over Boise State1985
1984-11-10Michigan State over Iowa1984
1984-09-08Louisiana over Louisiana Tech1984
1983-11-12Miami over Florida State1983
1983-10-08Pittsburgh over Florida State1983
1981-10-31Pacific over Cal State Fullerton1981
1981-10-17Indiana over Minnesota1981
1981-10-03Kansas over Arkansas State1981
1980-11-01Rice over Arkansas1980
1980-11-01Harvard over Brown1980
1980-10-25Cal State Fullerton over Nevada1980
1980-10-04Yale over Air Force1980
1980-01-01USC over Ohio State1979Playoff
1979-11-03The Citadel over Marshall1979
1979-10-13Colgate over Holy Cross1979
1979-09-29Colorado over Indiana1979
1978-10-28Georgia over Kentucky1978
1978-10-21Miami over Utah State1978
1978-10-14Southern Miss over East Carolina1978
1978-10-14Oklahoma over Kansas1978
1978-10-14BYU over Oregon1978
1977-09-10East Carolina over Duke1977
1976-09-25The Citadel over Furman1976
1975-11-07Navy over Miami1975
1975-10-04Oklahoma State over Texas Tech1975
1975-09-27Kansas State over Wake Forest1975
1975-09-20Northern Michigan over Central Michigan1975
1975-09-13Kansas State over Tulsa1975
1974-11-09Georgia over Florida1974
1974-11-09Colorado over Kansas1974
1974-11-09Army over Air Force1974
1974-09-28East Carolina over Southern Illinois1974
1974-09-21California over San José State1974
1974-09-14Tulane over Louisiana1974
1973-12-28Georgia over Maryland1973Playoff
1972-12-02Auburn over Alabama1972
1972-11-04LSU over Ole Miss1972
1972-10-28William & Mary over Virginia Tech1972
1972-10-28Duke over Navy1972
1972-10-07Oklahoma State over Missouri1972
1971-10-23Columbia over Rutgers1971
1971-10-02Pennsylvania over Brown1971
1969-11-15Arizona over Utah1969
1969-11-01UTEP over Colorado State1969
1969-10-25West Texas A&M over New Mexico State1969
1969-10-18South Carolina over Virginia Tech1969
1969-10-04Davidson over Trinity (Texas)1969
1968-10-19Navy over Pittsburgh1968
1968-10-05Cornell over Rutgers1968
1967-11-11Florida over Georgia1967
1967-11-04Kansas over Kansas State1967
1965-12-04Oklahoma State over Oklahoma1965
1965-11-20South Carolina over Clemson1965
1965-10-02Stanford over Air Force1965
1965-10-02Alabama over Ole Miss1965
1964-11-07UConn over Boston University1964
1961-09-23TCU over Kansas1961
1960-10-15Tulsa over Arizona1960
1958-10-25New Mexico State over UTEP1958
1926-11-13Michigan over Ohio State1926
1925-11-13Oglethorpe over Presbyterian1925
1903-11-28Indiana over Ohio State1903
1889-10-19Dickinson (PA) over Swarthmore1889

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