Has a College Football game ever ended 21-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 21-17 229 times. It first happened on October 22, 1910, when Colorado College beat Utah, and most recently on November 9, 2025, when Sam Houston beat Oregon State.
That makes 21-17 the 78th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 22-17 has happened 57 times and 21-18 has happened 50 times.
Every 21-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-09 | Sam Houston over Oregon State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Missouri State over Liberty | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | USC over Nebraska | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Troy over Buffalo | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Colorado State over Northern Colorado | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Kent State over Merrimack | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-31 | Illinois over South Carolina | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-10-26 | Ohio State over Nebraska | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Missouri over Auburn | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-13 | Minnesota over UCLA | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Toledo over Miami (OH) | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Wake Forest over Pittsburgh | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-16 | Toledo over San José State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Marshall over UAlbany | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-26 | North Texas over Rice | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-05 | Kentucky over Missouri | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-28 | Utah over Washington State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | LSU over Auburn | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-25 | UL Monroe over Louisiana | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-02 | San José State over Portland State | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-21 | South Carolina over Auburn | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Michigan over Penn State | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-04 | Louisiana over Georgia State | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-06 | California over Oregon | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Louisiana Tech over UTEP | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-03 | Florida Atlantic over Charlotte | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Oregon State over California | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-10 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | San Diego State over Air Force | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Michigan State over Penn State | 2018 | |
| 2018-01-01 | Notre Dame over LSU | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-04 | Georgia State over Georgia Southern | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Tulane over Army | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-17 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-16 | Northern Illinois over Nebraska | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Army over Buffalo | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-10 | Army over Navy | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-08 | USC over Colorado | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Eastern Illinois over Miami (OH) | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-12 | Navy over Army | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 2015 | |
| 2013-12-27 | Syracuse over Minnesota | 2013 | Playoff |
| 2013-11-09 | Western Kentucky over Army | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-09 | TCU over Iowa State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-04 | Alabama over LSU | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-27 | Texas over Kansas | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-30 | Louisville over Southern Miss | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-26 | Utah State over Nevada | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Eastern Michigan over Buffalo | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Northwestern over Iowa | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | North Carolina over William & Mary | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-25 | North Texas over Florida Atlantic | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-26 | Marshall over Ohio | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2009-12-05 | Arizona over USC | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-22 | Louisiana over UL Monroe | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-17 | Buffalo over Akron | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | East Carolina over Marshall | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Kansas State over Massachusetts | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-15 | NC State over Wake Forest | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Texas A&M over Army | 2008 | |
| 2008-01-01 | Tennessee over Wisconsin | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-10 | Troy over Western Kentucky | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | UConn over Louisville | 2007 | |
| 2005-10-29 | Central Michigan over Toledo | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-29 | NC State over Southern Miss | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-15 | LSU over Florida | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Colorado State over Utah | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-02 | UCLA over Washington | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Ball State over UCF | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-17 | Tennessee over Ole Miss | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Colorado State over San Diego State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | TCU over Army | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Southern Miss over Nebraska | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-04 | Washington State over New Mexico | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-09 | Oregon over California | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Delaware over Navy | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-09 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-06 | UNLV over Nevada | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Boston College over Notre Dame | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Army over Tulane | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Washington State over California | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-02 | Georgia Tech over UCF | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1999 | |
| 1998-01-02 | Auburn over Clemson | 1997 | Playoff |
| 1997-11-01 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Ohio over Akron | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-18 | Pittsburgh over Miami | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Memphis over Tennessee | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-02 | Southern Miss over Cincinnati | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-14 | Utah over SMU | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-02 | Arkansas State over Utah State | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-26 | Mississippi State over Ole Miss | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Miami (OH) over Eastern Michigan | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-27 | Louisiana over Louisiana Tech | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Kansas State over Oklahoma State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Nebraska over Colorado | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-23 | Kentucky over South Carolina | 1993 | |
| 1993-01-02 | North Carolina over Mississippi State | 1992 | Playoff |
| 1992-10-24 | South Carolina over Vanderbilt | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Louisville over Virginia Tech | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | UNLV over Pacific | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Louisiana Tech over UTEP | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-16 | North Carolina over South Carolina | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-24 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Ole Miss over Arkansas | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-06 | Colorado over Stanford | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Eastern Illinois over Akron | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-30 | Duke over Clemson | 1989 | |
| 1987-11-07 | Fresno State over Cal State Fullerton | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Arkansas over Houston | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Angelo State over New Mexico State | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Toledo over Ball State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-29 | Auburn over Alabama | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-22 | Rice over Air Force | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Pittsburgh over Temple | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Cal State Fullerton over New Mexico State | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-02 | NC State over South Carolina | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Texas over Missouri | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | Texas Tech over Tulsa | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | Colorado over Oregon | 1985 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Iowa State over Drake | 1984 | |
| 1983-12-23 | BYU over Missouri | 1983 | Playoff |
| 1983-12-03 | Oklahoma over Hawai'i | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Utah State over Utah | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-08 | William & Mary over Dartmouth | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-24 | SMU over TCU | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-24 | Iowa State over Colorado State | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-10 | Minnesota over Rice | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-27 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | San Diego State over Utah | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Miami (OH) over Toledo | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Arizona State over Stanford | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-18 | James Madison over Virginia | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | Baylor over North Texas | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Mississippi State over Auburn | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | West Texas A&M over UNLV | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | Oklahoma over Nebraska | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | LSU over Auburn | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-06 | Central Michigan over Ball State | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Lamar over Louisiana | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Washington over Oregon | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Rice over Tulane | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Michigan over Arizona | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | William & Mary over Villanova | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Virginia over Army | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-09 | Northwestern State over Lamar | 1978 | |
| 1977-12-19 | Nebraska over North Carolina | 1977 | Playoff |
| 1977-11-19 | Kentucky over Tennessee | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-12 | William & Mary over East Carolina | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Notre Dame over Clemson | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Penn State over NC State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-22 | TCU over Miami | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | Dayton over Villanova | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Stanford over Tulane | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Iowa State over Missouri | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Illinois over Purdue | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Ole Miss over Georgia | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Southern Illinois over West Texas A&M | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Lamar over New Mexico State | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-29 | Texas-Arlington over Bowling Green | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-22 | Long Beach State over San Diego State | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Colgate over William & Mary | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Utah State over West Texas A&M | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Temple over Cincinnati | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Tennessee over Auburn | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Colorado State over BYU | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Western Kentucky over Louisville | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Texas-Arlington over Louisiana | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Temple over Delaware | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-12 | Baylor over Arkansas | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Baylor over Florida State | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Western Carolina over App State | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Clemson over Georgia Tech | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-14 | Washington over Cincinnati | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-14 | Florida over California | 1974 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Tennessee over Duke | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Lamar over Howard Payne | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Navy over Air Force | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Vanderbilt over William & Mary | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-30 | Rhode Island over Brown | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-27 | Texas-Arlington over Abilene Christian | 1971 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Utah State over Utah | 1971 | |
| 1970-01-01 | Texas over Notre Dame | 1969 | Playoff |
| 1969-11-22 | TCU over Rice | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Cal Poly over Fresno State | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-09 | VMI over Davidson | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-02 | Miami (OH) over Toledo | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-26 | Michigan State over Notre Dame | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Oklahoma State over Houston | 1968 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Washington over Wisconsin | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-21 | Holy Cross over Boston University | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-14 | Indiana over Iowa | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | USC over Michigan State | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | South Carolina over Duke | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Davidson over The Citadel | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-25 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1965 | |
| 1965-11-13 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-30 | Indiana over Iowa | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-30 | California over Penn State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-09 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-02 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1965 | |
| 1965-01-01 | Texas over Alabama | 1964 | Playoff |
| 1964-10-24 | Wake Forest over Maryland | 1964 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Baylor over Texas Tech | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-28 | Colgate over Cornell | 1963 | |
| 1961-11-25 | Washington over Washington State | 1961 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Maryland over Penn State | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-23 | Florida over Clemson | 1961 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Colorado State over Utah | 1959 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Minnesota over Purdue | 1957 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 1951 | |
| 1946-11-09 | South Carolina over Maryland | 1946 | |
| 1939-12-02 | Washington University (St. Louis) over Saint Louis | 1939 | |
| 1926-10-30 | SMU over Texas | 1926 | |
| 1923-10-13 | 3rd Army Corps over Virginia Tech | 1923 | |
| 1916-10-14 | California over Whittier | 1916 | |
| 1910-10-22 | Colorado College over Utah | 1910 |