Has a College Football game ever ended 19-17?
It has. 19-17 has been a College Football final 65 times in 84,334 games. The first was Bucknell beat Villanova on October 14, 1933; the latest was Northern Illinois beat Holy Cross on August 30, 2025.
That makes 19-17 the 320th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 20-17 has happened 331 times and 19-18 has happened 28 times.
Every 19-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | Northern Illinois over Holy Cross | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Western Kentucky over Jacksonville State | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-30 | North Carolina over Minnesota | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-16 | Eastern Michigan over Massachusetts | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Michigan over Illinois | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-09 | NC State over Florida State | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-02 | UC Davis over Tulsa | 2021 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Villanova over Temple | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Texas A&M over Florida | 2017 | |
| 2011-09-04 | Southern Miss over Louisiana Tech | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | USC over Minnesota | 2011 | |
| 2010-01-01 | Penn State over LSU | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2009-12-26 | Pittsburgh over North Carolina | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2009-11-28 | Boston College over Maryland | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-23 | Oregon State over Arizona | 2008 | |
| 2005-11-25 | LSU over Arkansas | 2005 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Colorado State over Utah | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-06 | UL Monroe over North Texas | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Tennessee over Memphis | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Memphis over Arkansas State | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Colorado over Texas Tech | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Northwestern over Michigan State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Clemson over NC State | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Navy over SMU | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-07 | Georgia over Clemson | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-16 | Rice over Texas | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Colorado State over San Diego State | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-30 | LSU over Ole Miss | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | UNLV over UTEP | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Georgia Tech over Furman | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-13 | Louisville over Memphis | 1990 | |
| 1989-12-09 | Navy over Army | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | TCU over Southern Miss | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Northern Illinois over Wisconsin | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-10 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 1988 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Minnesota over Indiana | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-12 | Penn State over Alabama | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Utah State over Long Beach State | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Temple over West Virginia | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-03 | California over Texas A&M | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Florida over Auburn | 1982 | |
| 1981-12-19 | Missouri over Southern Miss | 1981 | Playoff |
| 1981-10-17 | Baylor over Texas A&M | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Minnesota over Ohio | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-08 | Rutgers over Virginia | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-03 | North Texas over Louisiana Tech | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Louisiana over Northwestern State | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Minnesota over Washington | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Illinois State over Villanova | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | App State over Wake Forest | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Miami (OH) over Kent State | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1973 | |
| 1969-10-10 | SMU over TCU | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-20 | Missouri over Air Force | 1969 | |
| 1961-10-21 | Texas Tech over Baylor | 1961 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Maryland over Clemson | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Detroit Mercy over Boston College | 1960 | |
| 1955-11-12 | UCLA over Washington | 1955 | |
| 1939-11-18 | Michigan over Pennsylvania | 1939 | |
| 1938-10-15 | Syracuse over Cornell | 1938 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Bucknell over Villanova | 1933 |