Has a College Football game ever ended 21-18?
It has. 21-18 has been a College Football final 52 times in 84,857 games. The first was Princeton beat Chicago on October 28, 1922; the latest was Michigan beat Penn State on October 17, 2026.
That makes 21-18 the 377th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 22-18 has happened 8 times and 21-19 has happened 105 times.
Every 21-18 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-17 | Michigan over Penn State | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-12 | California over Syracuse | 2026 | |
| 2025-10-18 | California over North Carolina | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Rutgers over Washington | 2024 | |
| 2018-09-09 | California over BYU | 2018 | |
| 2010-10-10 | SMU over Tulsa | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | UL Monroe over Western Kentucky | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-13 | New Mexico State over Prairie View A&M | 2009 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Texas A&M over Kansas | 2006 | |
| 2002-11-21 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Idaho over Middle Tennessee | 2002 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Louisiana over UL Monroe | 2000 | |
| 1997-11-20 | TCU over SMU | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Washington State over California | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Virginia Tech over Akron | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Virginia over Maryland | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Kansas State over Missouri | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Syracuse over East Carolina | 1994 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Eastern Michigan over Ohio | 1990 | |
| 1987-11-21 | BYU over Utah | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 1987 | |
| 1983-10-08 | East Carolina over Louisiana | 1983 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Minnesota over Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-18 | William & Mary over Rutgers | 1980 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | California over Oregon | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Northern Illinois over Kent State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Notre Dame over Alabama | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | Duke over Tennessee | 1976 | |
| 1974-11-09 | South Carolina over App State | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-09 | BYU over Arizona State | 1974 | |
| 1972-12-29 | Tampa over Kent State | 1972 | Playoff |
| 1964-10-31 | Bowling Green over Miami (OH) | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-10 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 1964 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-17 | Toledo over Tulsa | 1962 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Davidson over Lehigh | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-22 | Princeton over Cornell | 1960 | |
| 1957-10-12 | Washington State over Stanford | 1957 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Lehigh over Rutgers | 1950 | |
| 1949-10-01 | Virginia over Miami (OH) | 1949 | |
| 1948-10-23 | Oklahoma over TCU | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-22 | California over Stanford | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-30 | Army over Navy | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-20 | SMU over Rice | 1945 | |
| 1940-10-04 | George Washington over Manhattan | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-04 | BYU over Denver | 1939 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Army over Columbia | 1937 | |
| 1936-10-17 | Baylor over Texas | 1936 | |
| 1922-10-28 | Princeton over Chicago | 1922 |
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