Has a College Football game ever ended 20-16?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 20-16 118 times. It first happened on November 8, 1890, when Trinity (CT) beat Brown, and most recently on October 22, 2022, when Eastern Michigan beat Ball State.
That makes 20-16 the 175th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-16 has happened 108 times and 20-17 has happened 331 times.
Every 20-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-10-22 | Eastern Michigan over Ball State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-09 | UCF over East Carolina | 2021 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Indiana over Virginia | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-04 | West Virginia over Iowa State | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-15 | Missouri over BYU | 2015 | |
| 2014-08-28 | Central Michigan over Chattanooga | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Illinois over Purdue | 2013 | |
| 2010-11-28 | Notre Dame over USC | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-24 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 2009 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Rutgers over Pittsburgh | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Tennessee over Memphis | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-15 | Stanford over Arizona | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-04 | Virginia Tech over NC State | 2005 | |
| 2004-12-31 | Minnesota over Alabama | 2004 | Playoff |
| 2004-09-11 | Georgia over South Carolina | 2004 | |
| 2002-11-16 | New Mexico over BYU | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-28 | Boston College over Georgia | 2001 | Playoff |
| 2000-11-04 | UCF over Louisiana Tech | 2000 | |
| 2000-08-31 | App State over Wake Forest | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-26 | Texas A&M over Texas | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Boston College over Pittsburgh | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Tulsa over UNLV | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Texas over Nebraska | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Oregon State over Utah State | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-04 | UAB over Western Kentucky | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Northwestern State over Boise State | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-14 | Bowling Green over Temple | 1996 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Wake Forest over Clemson | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Kent State over Akron | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | Bowling Green over Cincinnati | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-17 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Virginia Tech over NC State | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Virginia Tech over Southern Miss | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Minnesota over Iowa State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Oregon State over Stanford | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Bowling Green over Youngstown State | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Tulane over Kansas State | 1988 | |
| 1987-12-25 | UCLA over Florida | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1987-12-05 | Miami over South Carolina | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-17 | San José State over Fresno State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Georgia over Auburn | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Virginia over NC State | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Illinois over Iowa | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Kent State over Eastern Michigan | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-30 | Georgia Tech over Georgia | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Army over Rutgers | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-02 | Alabama over Georgia | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Wake Forest over Duke | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Baylor over Texas A&M | 1984 | |
| 1983-12-22 | West Virginia over Kentucky | 1983 | Playoff |
| 1983-11-05 | Toledo over Western Michigan | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | UCLA over California | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Cal State Fullerton over Wyoming | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-31 | Houston over TCU | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | VMI over Marshall | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-03 | Rice over Tulane | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-20 | Georgia over Clemson | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Purdue over Northwestern | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-25 | Holy Cross over UConn | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Iowa State over Colorado | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Tulane over Miami | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Pittsburgh over North Carolina | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Navy over Georgia Tech | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Kent State over Western Michigan | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Colorado State over Hawai'i | 1977 | |
| 1976-12-13 | McNeese over Tulsa | 1976 | Playoff |
| 1976-09-25 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Arkansas over Rice | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Ball State over Indiana State | 1975 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Wyoming over Air Force | 1974 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Nebraska over Wisconsin | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-23 | Utah State over Weber State | 1972 | |
| 1972-11-11 | Louisville over Southern Illinois | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Utah over Wyoming | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Mississippi State over Texas Tech | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Illinois over Oregon | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-16 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1968 | |
| 1968-01-01 | Texas A&M over Alabama | 1967 | Playoff |
| 1967-11-11 | Tampa over Chattanooga | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-16 | UCLA over Tennessee | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-19 | Dayton over Toledo | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-20 | UCLA over USC | 1965 | |
| 1965-11-06 | Miami (OH) over Toledo | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-02 | Texas Tech over Texas A&M | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Texas-Arlington over West Texas A&M | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-24 | Baylor over Texas A&M | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-02 | West Virginia over George Washington | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-12 | West Virginia over William & Mary | 1963 | |
| 1962-09-29 | Navy over William & Mary | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-14 | UTEP over McMurry | 1961 | |
| 1959-10-10 | Cornell over Harvard | 1959 | |
| 1958-10-18 | Utah over Denver | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-04 | Northern Iowa over Drake | 1958 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Boston College over Detroit Mercy | 1957 | |
| 1955-11-05 | Wichita State over Cincinnati | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-29 | Kentucky over Rice | 1955 | |
| 1953-10-17 | Nebraska over Miami | 1953 | |
| 1953-09-19 | Rice over Florida | 1953 | |
| 1951-10-13 | Santa Clara over Loyola Marymount | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-07 | Trinity (Texas) over Houston | 1950 | |
| 1948-10-02 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 1948 | |
| 1942-09-26 | Cornell over Lafayette | 1942 | |
| 1942-01-01 | Oregon State over Duke | 1941 | Playoff |
| 1941-11-15 | Kansas over Kansas State | 1941 | |
| 1938-12-02 | New Mexico State over Drake | 1938 | |
| 1936-11-14 | Alabama over Georgia Tech | 1936 | |
| 1925-11-29 | Colorado College over Colorado School Of Mines | 1925 | |
| 1912-10-05 | Georgia Tech over The Citadel | 1912 | |
| 1890-11-08 | Trinity (CT) over Brown | 1890 |