Has a College Football game ever ended 21-12?
It has. 21-12 has been a College Football final 87 times in 84,334 games. The first was Navy beat Rutgers on October 31, 1891; the latest was Liberty beat Akron on September 24, 2022.
That makes 21-12 the 253rd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 22-12 has happened 25 times and 21-13 has happened 219 times.
Every 21-12 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-24 | Liberty over Akron | 2022 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Nevada over San José State | 2018 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Colorado over Hawai'i | 2014 | |
| 2012-09-02 | Washington over San Diego State | 2012 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Louisville over Temple | 2003 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Boston University over Army | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Ohio State over Washington | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Toledo over Western Michigan | 1992 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Wyoming over Weber State | 1990 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Wyoming over Wisconsin | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Miami (OH) over LSU | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Auburn over Georgia | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-13 | Cal State Fullerton over San José State | 1984 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Texas over Utah | 1982 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Nebraska over Kansas State | 1979 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Cornell over Colgate | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Hawai'i over Portland State | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | Memphis over Florida State | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Louisiana over Lamar | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1974 | |
| 1971-10-30 | North Texas over Drake | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Tulsa over Wichita State | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Colgate over Lehigh | 1970 | |
| 1968-09-21 | Arizona over Iowa State | 1968 | |
| 1968-09-14 | Mississippi College over Furman | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | Army over Pittsburgh | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-21 | Texas over Arkansas | 1967 | |
| 1964-10-10 | Ohio over Toledo | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-30 | Baylor over Rice | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-02 | Miami (OH) over Bowling Green | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Navy over VMI | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-28 | Rice over LSU | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-21 | Xavier over Miami (OH) | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-17 | Texas Tech over Colorado | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Miami (OH) over Toledo | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-11 | Utah over Colorado | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-24 | Denver over Colorado State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Oregon over Washington State | 1960 | |
| 1960-01-01 | Middle Tennessee over Presbyterian | 1959 | Playoff |
| 1959-11-14 | Dartmouth over Cornell | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-13 | UCLA over NC State | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Penn State over Boston University | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-19 | Washington over Colorado | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-22 | Dartmouth over Princeton | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-01 | Kansas over Kansas State | 1958 | |
| 1956-11-17 | Brown over Harvard | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-03 | Holy Cross over Boston University | 1956 | |
| 1954-11-06 | Wyoming over Utah State | 1954 | |
| 1954-09-18 | New Mexico over BYU | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-26 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1953 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Utah State over Denver | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1953 | |
| 1952-10-18 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-04 | Kansas over Colorado | 1952 | |
| 1951-10-27 | Santa Clara over Arkansas | 1951 | |
| 1949-11-05 | Colorado State over Utah | 1949 | |
| 1949-01-01 | West Virginia over UTEP | 1948 | Playoff |
| 1948-10-02 | Wake Forest over William & Mary | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-02 | Northern Arizona over San Pedro A.C. | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-15 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-30 | Oregon State over Washington | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-19 | Syracuse over Holy Cross | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Amarillo Field over West Texas A&M | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-06 | Fort Benning over Great Lakes Navy | 1945 | |
| 1944-10-21 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight over UCLA | 1944 | |
| 1942-10-24 | Utah over Denver | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-08 | Rice over Arkansas | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-30 | Rice over Baylor | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-23 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1940 | |
| 1937-11-06 | William & Mary over Hampden-Sydney | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Richmond over Roanoke | 1937 | |
| 1937-09-25 | Manhattan over St. Bonaventure | 1937 | |
| 1935-11-23 | Iowa State over Kansas | 1935 | |
| 1934-09-29 | Northwestern over Marquette | 1934 | |
| 1932-12-03 | Detroit Mercy over Loyola (LA) | 1932 | |
| 1932-01-01 | USC over Tulane | 1931 | Playoff |
| 1931-10-17 | SMU over Rice | 1931 | |
| 1928-11-10 | Minnesota over Indiana | 1928 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Centenary (LA) over SMU | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Army over Marquette | 1927 | |
| 1921-10-29 | Lehigh over West Virginia | 1921 | |
| 1917-11-24 | Northwestern over Michigan | 1917 | |
| 1910-10-08 | Utah over Utah State | 1910 | |
| 1897-11-25 | Chicago over Michigan | 1897 | |
| 1891-11-03 | New York A.C. over Rutgers | 1891 | |
| 1891-10-31 | Navy over Rutgers | 1891 |