Has a College Football game ever ended 20-9?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 20-9 68 times. It first happened on December 1, 1888, when Pennsylvania beat Navy, and most recently on November 9, 2025, when Alabama beat LSU.
That makes 20-9 the 310th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 21-9 has happened 55 times and 20-10 has happened 172 times.
Every 20-9 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-09 | Alabama over LSU | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-05 | Maryland over Northern Illinois | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-20 | Miami (OH) over Northern Illinois | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-19 | James Madison over Marshall | 2023 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Georgia State over Charlotte | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Marshall over Florida Atlantic | 2020 | |
| 2016-10-08 | UConn over Cincinnati | 2016 | |
| 2009-10-17 | Virginia over Maryland | 2009 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Troy over UAB | 2003 | |
| 2001-09-01 | Sam Houston over UL Monroe | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | LSU over Ole Miss | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Maryland over Duke | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Boise State over New Mexico | 1999 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Clemson over Maryland | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-02 | Syracuse over North Carolina | 1995 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Memphis over Southern Miss | 1993 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Miami (OH) over Kent State | 1991 | |
| 1989-11-18 | Washington over Washington State | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-04 | Virginia over NC State | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-01 | Syracuse over Maryland | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Arizona over New Mexico | 1987 | |
| 1983-09-03 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1983 | |
| 1982-09-11 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-11 | Boise State over Cal State Fullerton | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | Virginia Tech over Richmond | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-03 | Columbia over Pennsylvania | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | SMU over TCU | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Ole Miss over Tennessee | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Villanova over Boston College | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-22 | SMU over North Texas | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Houston over Arkansas | 1978 | |
| 1976-12-27 | Notre Dame over Penn State | 1976 | Playoff |
| 1976-10-02 | Maryland over Villanova | 1976 | |
| 1974-10-12 | VMI over The Citadel | 1974 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Stanford over UCLA | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Wake Forest over Virginia Tech | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-21 | Ohio State over Michigan | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-03 | Trinity (Texas) over Davidson | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Michigan over Arizona | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Syracuse over Maryland | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-19 | Wyoming over Utah | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | North Carolina over Duke | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Colgate over Lafayette | 1966 | |
| 1963-10-26 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1962 | |
| 1959-10-24 | Penn State over Illinois | 1959 | |
| 1958-10-18 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-23 | UCLA over USC | 1957 | |
| 1951-09-22 | West Virginia over Waynesburg | 1951 | |
| 1947-11-01 | San Francisco over Santa Clara | 1947 | |
| 1939-11-25 | Oklahoma State over Creighton | 1939 | |
| 1938-11-12 | DePaul over Saint Louis | 1938 | |
| 1937-10-02 | VMI over William & Mary | 1937 | |
| 1936-10-23 | Furman over Mercer | 1936 | |
| 1934-10-27 | Rice over Texas | 1934 | |
| 1932-11-05 | Villanova over Boston College | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-28 | Oregon State over West Coast Army | 1932 | |
| 1926-11-25 | Denver over Colorado | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-30 | Baylor over Texas A&M | 1926 | |
| 1925-10-03 | Lafayette over Pittsburgh | 1925 | |
| 1922-11-25 | Detroit Mercy over Washington & Jefferson | 1922 | |
| 1916-11-18 | Vanderbilt over Auburn | 1916 | |
| 1904-11-05 | Navy over Penn State | 1904 | |
| 1889-11-09 | Dartmouth over Williams | 1889 | |
| 1888-12-01 | Pennsylvania over Navy | 1888 |
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