Has a College Football game ever ended 20-18?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 20-18 70 times. It first happened on November 12, 1927, when NC State beat Duke, and most recently on November 29, 2024, when Sam Houston beat Liberty.
That makes 20-18 the 303rd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-18 has happened 50 times and 20-19 has happened 132 times.
Every 20-18 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-29 | Sam Houston over Liberty | 2024 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Illinois over Penn State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-03 | Louisiana over South Alabama | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-07 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-26 | Louisiana over Georgia Southern | 2020 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 2018 | |
| 2012-10-20 | NC State over Maryland | 2012 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Virginia over Clemson | 1998 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Southern Miss over LSU | 1994 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Washington State over Arizona State | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | East Carolina over South Carolina | 1992 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 1989 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Boston College over Tennessee | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Michigan over Florida State | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-03 | Cal State Fullerton over San José State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | West Virginia over Duke | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Penn State over Maryland | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Oregon over UCLA | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Eastern Michigan over Kent State | 1984 | |
| 1984-08-27 | Miami over Auburn | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Western Michigan over Miami (OH) | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Navy over Syracuse | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Bowling Green over Northern Illinois | 1982 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Wichita State over West Texas A&M | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Kansas over Kansas State | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Holy Cross over Massachusetts | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | West Virginia over Boston College | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | West Virginia over Richmond | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-02 | Utah over San Diego State | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Houston over Baylor | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Lamar over Stephen F. Austin | 1978 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Florida over Tennessee | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | Wake Forest over NC State | 1976 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Stanford over Washington State | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Pennsylvania over Princeton | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Memphis over Colorado State | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Florida over Kentucky | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Harvard over Columbia | 1972 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Tennessee over South Carolina | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Texas A&M over LSU | 1970 | |
| 1967-09-16 | Xavier over Quantico Marines | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Virginia Tech over William & Mary | 1966 | |
| 1966-01-01 | Missouri over Florida | 1965 | Playoff |
| 1964-11-21 | Southern Miss over Memphis | 1964 | |
| 1963-09-28 | Dartmouth over Bucknell | 1963 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Kent State over Toledo | 1962 | |
| 1959-11-07 | Syracuse over Penn State | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-07 | Oregon over California | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-10 | New Mexico State over Trinity (Texas) | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-19 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1959 | |
| 1956-11-24 | California over Stanford | 1956 | |
| 1953-10-31 | New Mexico over Denver | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Arizona State over Arizona | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-25 | West Texas A&M over Abilene Christian | 1952 | |
| 1949-10-15 | Denver over Utah | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-24 | Bradley over Louisiana Tech | 1949 | |
| 1947-11-01 | Ole Miss over LSU | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | New Mexico over Kansas State | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-09 | Tulsa over Oklahoma State | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-05 | Iowa State over Northern Iowa | 1946 | |
| 1945-12-01 | Tulsa over Hondo Field | 1945 | |
| 1944-01-01 | Georgia Tech over Tulsa | 1943 | Playoff |
| 1941-11-22 | Notre Dame over USC | 1941 | |
| 1940-10-18 | Catholic over Miami | 1940 | |
| 1938-11-05 | Rutgers over Princeton | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-08 | Columbia over Army | 1938 | |
| 1936-10-24 | Drake over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1936 | |
| 1927-11-12 | NC State over Duke | 1927 |