Has a College Football game ever ended 19-16?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 19-16 61 times. It first happened on November 18, 1916, when Iowa beat Iowa State, and most recently on November 19, 2025, when Akron beat Bowling Green.
That makes 19-16 the 333rd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 20-16 has happened 118 times and 19-17 has happened 65 times.
Every 19-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | Akron over Bowling Green | 2025 | |
| 2021-09-04 | Wyoming over Montana State | 2021 | |
| 2019-11-30 | Michigan State over Maryland | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-02 | Fresno State over Boise State | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-10 | Houston over Arizona | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-28 | Cincinnati over East Carolina | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-22 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Idaho over Troy | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-02 | Arizona State over Utah | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-06 | UConn over Stony Brook | 2014 | |
| 2013-08-31 | Virginia over BYU | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Iowa over Michigan State | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-01 | Rutgers over Syracuse | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-05 | UConn over South Florida | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-28 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-08 | East Carolina over Marshall | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Georgia Tech over Boston College | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-03 | NC State over Miami | 2007 | |
| 2005-09-24 | Western Michigan over Temple | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-18 | West Virginia over Maryland | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Northern Illinois over Alabama | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-23 | Fresno State over San José State | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Utah State over Troy | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Pittsburgh over Boston College | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-29 | Iowa over Texas Tech | 2001 | Playoff |
| 2000-09-02 | Tennessee over Southern Miss | 2000 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | TCU over Vanderbilt | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-27 | BYU over SMU | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-14 | Memphis over Missouri | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-04 | TCU over SMU | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | South Carolina over Vanderbilt | 1994 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Miami over Florida State | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1991 | |
| 1988-10-08 | Louisiana Tech over Louisiana | 1988 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Oklahoma State over San Diego State | 1984 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Texas Tech over SMU | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | South Carolina over East Carolina | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1976 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Morehead State over Marshall | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Air Force over Navy | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Toledo over Ohio | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-07 | McNeese over Northern Illinois | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Minnesota over Illinois | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Davidson over The Citadel | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-27 | Cincinnati over Louisville | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Houston over Oregon State | 1970 | |
| 1955-10-15 | Texas A&M over TCU | 1955 | |
| 1948-10-09 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 1948 | |
| 1947-09-27 | Idaho over Stanford | 1947 | |
| 1947-01-01 | Hawai'i over Utah | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-19 | Michigan State over Penn State | 1946 | |
| 1946-09-28 | TCU over Baylor | 1946 | |
| 1941-11-22 | Oregon over Washington | 1941 | |
| 1941-11-08 | Pennsylvania over Columbia | 1941 | |
| 1940-12-14 | Denver over Hawai'i | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-12 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1940 | |
| 1932-09-17 | Oregon State over Gonzaga | 1932 | |
| 1926-10-16 | Pittsburgh over Colgate | 1926 | |
| 1916-11-18 | Iowa over Iowa State | 1916 |