Has a College Football game ever ended 18-16?
It has. 18-16 has been a College Football final 31 times in 84,334 games. The first was Chicago beat Lake Forest College on November 5, 1892; the latest was Oregon beat Iowa on November 8, 2025.
That makes 18-16 the 555th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 19-16 has happened 61 times and 18-17 has happened 68 times. At one point the score disappeared for 29 years, between 1893 and 1922.
Every 18-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-08 | Oregon over Iowa | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | South Florida over Florida | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Arkansas State over South Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-09 | UCF over Boise State | 2023 | |
| 2016-09-04 | BYU over Arizona | 2016 | |
| 2001-12-01 | Troy over North Texas | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Mississippi State over Auburn | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-26 | Colorado over Baylor | 1998 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Memphis over Cincinnati | 1996 | |
| 1994-01-01 | Florida State over Nebraska | 1993 | Playoff |
| 1993-09-11 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Illinois over Ohio State | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Air Force over Navy | 1992 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Syracuse over East Carolina | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-26 | Miami over Arkansas | 1988 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Kent State over Toledo | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Ole Miss over Arkansas State | 1985 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Southern Illinois over Tennessee State | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Florida over Kentucky | 1978 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Purdue over Wisconsin | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Delaware over Temple | 1976 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Vanderbilt over Tampa | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-27 | TCU over SMU | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-24 | Furman over Chattanooga | 1970 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Tennessee over Ole Miss | 1958 | |
| 1950-11-11 | Southwestern Oklahoma State over New Mexico State | 1950 | |
| 1922-11-18 | Mercer over Oglethorpe | 1922 | |
| 1893-11-11 | Illinois over Pastime A.C. | 1893 | |
| 1892-11-19 | Springfield over Massachusetts | 1892 | |
| 1892-11-05 | Chicago over Lake Forest College | 1892 |