Has a College Football game ever ended 20-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 20-3 112 times. It first happened on November 18, 1911, when Bucknell beat Muhlenberg, and most recently on November 23, 2025, when New Mexico beat Air Force.
That makes 20-3 the 189th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-3 has happened 110 times and 20-4 has happened 13 times.
Every 20-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-23 | New Mexico over Air Force | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | Washington State over Colorado State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | North Carolina over Charlotte | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Army over Air Force | 2024 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Texas A&M over Massachusetts | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-17 | Massachusetts over Stony Brook | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-24 | Ball State over Buffalo | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Texas A&M over Auburn | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Georgia Southern over Florida Atlantic | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Western Kentucky over Old Dominion | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-06 | UTSA over Rice | 2018 | |
| 2016-11-05 | BYU over Cincinnati | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-07 | Air Force over Army | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-08 | Utah State over Wyoming | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Kentucky over Ohio | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Syracuse over Maryland | 2013 | |
| 2012-09-16 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 2012 | |
| 2012-08-31 | Eastern Washington over Idaho | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Rutgers over Cincinnati | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-14 | Nebraska over Kansas | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-12 | Ball State over Buffalo | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Pittsburgh over Louisville | 2010 | |
| 2007-10-13 | New Mexico over Wyoming | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Stanford over Washington | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-24 | USC over Arizona | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-03 | Boston College over BYU | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-27 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | Marshall over UCF | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | South Carolina over Alabama | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Florida over Kentucky | 2004 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-08 | West Virginia over Ohio | 2001 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Florida over South Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Florida State over North Carolina | 1997 | |
| 1994-09-17 | Southern Miss over Memphis | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Western Michigan over Akron | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Wake Forest over App State | 1993 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Central Michigan over Michigan State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-18 | Auburn over Georgia | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Colorado over Oklahoma | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1988 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Memphis over Louisiana | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Purdue over Ball State | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Washington State over Oregon State | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Texas over Texas Tech | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Miami over West Virginia | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Kansas State over TCU | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-10 | South Dakota State over Drake | 1983 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Pittsburgh over Illinois | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-28 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-14 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-31 | West Virginia over East Carolina | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Washington over Kansas State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-05 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 1981 | |
| 1980-12-06 | USC over Notre Dame | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Notre Dame over Arizona | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-06 | LSU over Florida | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Hawai'i over New Mexico | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-11 | East Carolina over William & Mary | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Maryland over Kentucky | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-02 | Alabama over Nebraska | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Syracuse over Boston College | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Southern Miss over Texas-Arlington | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Akron over Indiana State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | Colorado State over Pacific | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-13 | USC over Washington | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Wyoming over Utah State | 1976 | |
| 1975-09-06 | Houston over Lamar | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Rutgers over Air Force | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Miami over Houston | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-27 | Yale over Cornell | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Richmond over William & Mary | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1971 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Tulsa over Southern Illinois | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Richmond over The Citadel | 1967 | |
| 1965-11-20 | BYU over Arizona | 1965 | |
| 1964-10-10 | LSU over North Carolina | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Brown over Lafayette | 1964 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Michigan State over Indiana | 1963 | |
| 1961-10-13 | Detroit Mercy over Boston College | 1961 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Oregon over Air Force | 1959 | |
| 1940-10-12 | Colgate over Brown | 1940 | |
| 1939-10-14 | Arizona over New Mexico State | 1939 | |
| 1935-11-16 | Washburn over Creighton | 1935 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee | 1926 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Northern Colorado over Chadron St | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-23 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1926 | |
| 1925-10-03 | Stanford over Santa Clara | 1925 | |
| 1923-11-29 | Pittsburgh over Penn State | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-24 | Colorado over Wyoming | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-20 | Brown over Boston University | 1923 | |
| 1922-09-30 | West Virginia over West Virginia Wesleyan | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-21 | Washington State over Idaho | 1921 | |
| 1920-11-20 | Baylor over Howard Payne | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-16 | Illinois over Iowa | 1920 | |
| 1918-11-09 | Oregon over Fort Lewis | 1918 | |
| 1916-10-07 | Utah State over West Logan High | 1916 | |
| 1916-09-28 | Haskell over Bethany (KS) | 1916 | |
| 1915-11-20 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1915 | |
| 1914-12-02 | Carlisle over Alabama | 1914 | |
| 1914-11-26 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-10 | Yale over Lehigh | 1914 | |
| 1912-11-28 | Denver over Colorado College | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-12 | Georgia Tech over Alabama | 1912 | |
| 1912-09-28 | Lafayette over Muhlenberg | 1912 | |
| 1912-09-28 | Colorado College over Colorado College Alumni | 1912 | |
| 1911-11-18 | Bucknell over Muhlenberg | 1911 |