Has a College Football game ever ended 17-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 17-3 118 times. It first happened on November 13, 1909, when Pittsburgh beat Washington & Jefferson, and most recently on September 5, 2026, when Duke beat Tulane.
That makes 17-3 the 175th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 18-3 has happened 19 times and 17-4 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1924 and 1958.
Every 17-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Duke over Tulane | 2026 | |
| 2023-09-16 | Alabama over South Florida | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-05 | Boston College over Virginia Tech | 2021 | |
| 2018-09-09 | Stanford over USC | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Colorado over Colorado State | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-15 | San Diego State over Fresno State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-01 | App State over Georgia State | 2016 | |
| 2014-09-13 | Old Dominion over Eastern Michigan | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-10 | Minnesota over Illinois | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-24 | UConn over Buffalo | 2011 | |
| 2010-09-25 | Nebraska over South Dakota State | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-12 | Navy over Army | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-22 | Nebraska over Kansas State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-09 | USC over California | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Auburn over Ole Miss | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Cincinnati over Syracuse | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Michigan over Northwestern | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-30 | Baylor over Kansas State | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-18 | Rutgers over Buffalo | 2005 | |
| 2003-12-30 | Nebraska over Michigan State | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2003-10-11 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-06 | TCU over Navy | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Georgia Tech over Auburn | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-28 | Ohio over Southeast Missouri State | 2003 | |
| 2002-12-31 | TCU over Colorado State | 2002 | Playoff |
| 2001-11-10 | Utah over San Diego State | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-21 | TCU over Tulsa | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Fresno State over California | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Arizona over San Diego State | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-02 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-02 | Arizona over Utah | 2000 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | BYU over Hawai'i | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Air Force over The Citadel | 1997 | |
| 1997-08-30 | Hawai'i over Minnesota | 1997 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Colorado over Oklahoma State | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | UNLV over Eastern Michigan | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-02 | Louisiana Tech over Arkansas State | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Ole Miss over Arkansas | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Washington State over Arizona State | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-05 | App State over Wake Forest | 1991 | |
| 1989-01-02 | UCLA over Arkansas | 1988 | Playoff |
| 1988-10-08 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-01 | Northern Illinois over Missouri State | 1988 | |
| 1987-12-05 | Army over Navy | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-05 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-21 | LSU over Colorado State | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Arkansas over Houston | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Indiana State over Drake | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1984 | |
| 1982-10-09 | North Texas over Texas-Arlington | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-31 | Southern Illinois over Indiana State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-17 | Toledo over Central Michigan | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-03 | Nebraska over Auburn | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Washington over Oregon | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | South Carolina over Duke | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-27 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-20 | VMI over Marshall | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | New Mexico over Wyoming | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Richmond over William & Mary | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | UCLA over Minnesota | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Rhode Island over Brown | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Texas over Wyoming | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Southern Illinois over West Texas A&M | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Memphis over Houston | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Southern Illinois over Illinois State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | East Carolina over VMI | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | VMI over Furman | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | Oregon over Colorado State | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | New Hampshire over Holy Cross | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-18 | USC over Oregon | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Boston College over Navy | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-15 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-16 | Lamar over McNeese | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Oregon State over Washington State | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-02 | Utah State over Idaho | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Tennessee over Kansas | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Louisiana Tech over Lamar | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Indiana over Kentucky | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-11 | Texas over Baylor | 1972 | |
| 1972-11-04 | App State over North Alabama | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Texas Tech over SMU | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Columbia over Pennsylvania | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Florida State over Virginia Tech | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Boston College over Temple | 1971 | |
| 1970-12-12 | Tulane over Colorado | 1970 | Playoff |
| 1970-09-26 | Michigan over Washington | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Tennessee over Georgia | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-25 | East Carolina over Southern Illinois | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-16 | Georgia over Auburn | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | North Texas over Northern Michigan | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-07 | Missouri over Arizona | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-19 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Cincinnati over Louisville | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Georgia Tech over Auburn | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Oregon State over Iowa | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | Houston over Ole Miss | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Wofford over Davidson | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-02 | Rice over Texas Tech | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-26 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1963 | |
| 1962-10-13 | LSU over Miami | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Tennessee over Mississippi State | 1961 | |
| 1959-09-19 | Georgia over Alabama | 1959 | |
| 1958-09-26 | Georgia Tech over Florida State | 1958 | |
| 1924-10-18 | USC over Oregon State | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-17 | Chicago over Ohio State | 1923 | |
| 1916-11-21 | Texas over Southwestern University | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-11 | Army over Maine | 1916 | |
| 1915-11-13 | Illinois over Wisconsin | 1915 | |
| 1913-11-15 | Lehigh over Haverford | 1913 | |
| 1910-10-08 | Denver over Wyoming | 1910 | |
| 1909-11-20 | Pittsburgh over University of Mount Union | 1909 | |
| 1909-11-13 | Pittsburgh over Washington & Jefferson | 1909 |