Has a College Football game ever ended 18-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 18-17 68 times. It first happened on November 29, 1906, when Carlisle beat Virginia, and most recently on November 23, 2022, when Miami (OH) beat Ball State.
That makes 18-17 the 310th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 19-17 has happened 65 times and 18-18 has happened 8 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1924 and 1960.
Every 18-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-23 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2022 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Iowa over Iowa State | 2019 | |
| 2015-11-06 | Buffalo over Kent State | 2015 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Iowa over Northern Illinois | 2012 | |
| 2007-10-21 | Virginia over Maryland | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-18 | Rice over East Carolina | 2006 | |
| 1997-11-22 | Auburn over Alabama | 1997 | |
| 1995-12-02 | Houston over Rice | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-23 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Northern Illinois over San José State | 1995 | |
| 1995-08-26 | Michigan over Virginia | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-01 | South Carolina over LSU | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Arkansas over South Carolina | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Minnesota over Illinois | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Wisconsin over Northern Illinois | 1992 | |
| 1991-12-25 | Georgia Tech over Stanford | 1991 | Playoff |
| 1990-09-15 | Georgia over Southern Miss | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Clemson over Maryland | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Oregon State over UCLA | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-30 | USC over Washington State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Stanford over Oregon | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-29 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-21 | Bowling Green over Central Michigan | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-16 | Indiana over Minnesota | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Florida over Auburn | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Eastern Michigan over Youngstown State | 1986 | |
| 1985-12-22 | Arkansas over Arizona State | 1985 | Playoff |
| 1984-11-24 | Long Beach State over San Diego State | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Louisiana over Tulsa | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-27 | San José State over Fresno State | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Cal State Fullerton over Fresno State | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-07 | Maryland over Miami | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Drake over Kansas State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-05 | Lamar over Baylor | 1981 | |
| 1981-01-01 | Oklahoma over Florida State | 1980 | Playoff |
| 1980-10-18 | UConn over Holy Cross | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-20 | New Mexico State over Southern Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Notre Dame over South Carolina | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | UL Monroe over Arkansas State | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-08 | BYU over Texas A&M | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-25 | Arizona State over Arizona | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-21 | South Carolina over Ole Miss | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Arkansas State over East Texas A&M | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Baylor over South Carolina | 1976 | |
| 1975-01-01 | USC over Ohio State | 1974 | Playoff |
| 1972-09-09 | Washington State over Kansas | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Utah State over Colorado State | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-23 | SMU over Texas Tech | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Arizona State over Houston | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Rice over Texas A&M | 1970 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Florida over Tulane | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Northern Illinois over Marshall | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-19 | Southern Illinois over Dayton | 1968 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Oregon State over Arizona State | 1966 | |
| 1965-09-18 | Georgia over Alabama | 1965 | |
| 1963-11-02 | Cornell over Columbia | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-12 | Toledo over Ohio | 1963 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Florida over Georgia Tech | 1960 | |
| 1924-11-05 | Wyoming over Montana State | 1924 | |
| 1917-11-03 | Colorado over Colorado College | 1917 | |
| 1909-11-06 | Wabash College over Purdue | 1909 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Virginia over VMI | 1907 | |
| 1906-11-29 | Carlisle over Virginia | 1906 |