Has a College Football game ever ended 20-12?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 20-12 109 times. It first happened on October 13, 1886, when Lafayette beat Swarthmore, and most recently on September 14, 2024, when Memphis beat Florida State.
That makes 20-12 the 196th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-12 has happened 87 times and 20-13 has happened 338 times.
Every 20-12 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-14 | Memphis over Florida State | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Ohio State over Penn State | 2023 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Duke over Miami | 2018 | |
| 2013-10-27 | Stanford over Oregon State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-17 | Middle Tennessee over South Alabama | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-08 | Georgia over Tennessee | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Louisiana over Kent State | 2011 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Air Force over Wyoming | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Syracuse over Buffalo | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Air Force over Utah | 2007 | |
| 2006-12-23 | San José State over New Mexico | 2006 | Playoff |
| 2004-09-11 | Colorado over Washington State | 2004 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Houston over North Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Utah over Utah State | 1998 | |
| 1993-10-09 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1993 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Michigan State over Minnesota | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | North Carolina over Army | 1991 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Tennessee over Ole Miss | 1988 | |
| 1985-09-14 | Michigan over Notre Dame | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Army over Rutgers | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Utah State over Fresno State | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-31 | South Carolina over NC State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-29 | Hawai'i over Air Force | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Harvard over Cornell | 1980 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Pittsburgh over Temple | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | UCLA over Washington | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1976 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Dayton over Ohio | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-01 | Tampa over Akron | 1966 | |
| 1965-09-25 | Arkansas over Tulsa | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-07 | New Mexico over UTEP | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Colorado State over Montana | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-04 | Boston College over Detroit Mercy | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-20 | West Texas A&M over New Mexico State | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-20 | Army over Virginia Tech | 1962 | |
| 1961-09-30 | The Citadel over Davidson | 1961 | |
| 1960-09-17 | Furman over Presbyterian | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-21 | Richmond over William & Mary | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-07 | Oklahoma State over Denver | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-10 | Washington State over Pacific | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-03 | North Carolina over NC State | 1959 | |
| 1957-11-02 | Detroit Mercy over Cincinnati | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Penn State over Syracuse | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Army over Virginia | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-28 | UTEP over West Texas A&M | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-06 | Wyoming over Colorado State | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-12 | Texas A&M over Rice | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-29 | Missouri over Colorado | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-22 | Holy Cross over Boston University | 1955 | |
| 1953-10-17 | Michigan over Northwestern | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Idaho over Montana | 1953 | |
| 1953-09-19 | Oregon over Nebraska | 1953 | |
| 1951-11-03 | William & Mary over Pennsylvania | 1951 | |
| 1949-11-12 | Boston College over Fordham | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-05 | Michigan over Purdue | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Georgia over Florida | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-09 | George Washington over Virginia | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Oregon over Stanford | 1948 | |
| 1947-10-04 | North Texas over Florida | 1947 | |
| 1947-09-20 | Colorado State over Colorado School Of Mines | 1947 | |
| 1946-10-11 | Miami over TCU | 1946 | |
| 1944-11-18 | SMU over Arkansas | 1944 | |
| 1944-10-13 | Colorado College over Denver | 1944 | |
| 1943-11-06 | Wake Forest over North Carolina Pre-Flight | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-09 | Monticello Navy over Arkansas | 1943 | |
| 1943-09-25 | Yale over Coast Guard | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-21 | Fordham over Missouri | 1942 | |
| 1942-09-26 | Iowa Pre-Flight over Northwestern | 1942 | |
| 1941-09-27 | Manhattan over St. Bonaventure | 1941 | |
| 1939-11-25 | USC over Notre Dame | 1939 | |
| 1938-12-03 | Temple over Florida | 1938 | |
| 1938-11-19 | BYU over Colorado State | 1938 | |
| 1938-11-19 | Arizona over Marquette | 1938 | |
| 1938-11-12 | Denver over Hawai'i | 1938 | |
| 1938-11-05 | Army over Franklin & Marshall | 1938 | |
| 1938-09-27 | Georgia over The Citadel | 1938 | |
| 1937-10-30 | Manhattan over Georgetown | 1937 | |
| 1935-10-19 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 1935 | |
| 1934-10-27 | Tulane over Georgia Tech | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-27 | Army over Yale | 1934 | |
| 1933-11-30 | Cornell over Pennsylvania | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-25 | Idaho over Gonzaga | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-11 | Fordham over New York University | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Michigan State over Illinois Wesleyan | 1933 | |
| 1933-09-30 | Oklahoma State over Central Oklahoma | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-05 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 1932 | |
| 1931-11-14 | Kentucky over VMI | 1931 | |
| 1930-11-15 | Saint Mary's (CA) over Fordham | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-02 | Boston College over Duke | 1929 | |
| 1927-11-24 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-15 | Baylor over Trinity (Texas) | 1927 | |
| 1926-10-30 | Penn State over George Washington | 1926 | |
| 1923-11-29 | Washington and Lee over NC State | 1923 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Oglethorpe over Fort Benning | 1921 | |
| 1918-11-16 | South Carolina over Furman | 1918 | |
| 1918-11-03 | Swarthmore over Pennsylvania | 1918 | |
| 1917-11-17 | Georgetown over Washington and Lee | 1917 | |
| 1915-10-15 | Presbyterian over Furman | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-07 | Arkansas over LSU | 1914 | |
| 1913-10-18 | Virginia Tech over Virginia Tech Alumni | 1913 | |
| 1900-11-29 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 1900 | |
| 1897-11-27 | Carlisle over Ohio Medical | 1897 | |
| 1890-12-13 | Pennsylvania over Rutgers | 1890 | |
| 1886-10-13 | Lafayette over Swarthmore | 1886 |