Has a College Football game ever ended 21-6?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 21-6 303 times. It first happened on October 23, 1897, when Chicago beat Northwestern, and most recently on September 6, 2026, when UNLV beat Hawai'i.
That makes 21-6 the 51st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 22-6 has happened 71 times and 21-7 has happened 482 times.
Every 21-6 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | UNLV over Hawai'i | 2026 | |
| 2024-10-26 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Ohio over Morgan State | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Air Force over Merrimack | 2024 | |
| 2021-10-30 | Syracuse over Boston College | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Washington State over California | 2021 | |
| 2019-09-21 | Oregon over Stanford | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Bowling Green over Akron | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Kansas State over Texas Tech | 2018 | |
| 2014-12-20 | Utah State over UTEP | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2013-11-29 | Florida Atlantic over Florida International | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Memphis over UT Martin | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Michigan State over South Florida | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-11 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-01 | Central Michigan over South Carolina State | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-16 | UAB over UTEP | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-06 | Idaho over New Mexico State | 2009 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Washington over San José State | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-15 | Colorado State over San Diego State | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Troy over Florida Atlantic | 2002 | |
| 1998-01-01 | Florida over Penn State | 1997 | Playoff |
| 1997-08-30 | Florida over Southern Miss | 1997 | |
| 1993-10-23 | Washington over Oregon | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | South Carolina over Mississippi State | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Clemson over Duke | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Arizona over Stanford | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Wisconsin over Eastern Michigan | 1991 | |
| 1990-01-01 | Notre Dame over Colorado | 1989 | Playoff |
| 1988-10-29 | Louisville over Cincinnati | 1988 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Ohio State over Michigan | 1984 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Hawai'i over Idaho | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Drake over Western Illinois | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Virginia Tech over VMI | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Baylor over TCU | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Colorado over Kansas State | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Oklahoma over Iowa | 1979 | |
| 1978-09-09 | Southern Miss over Arkansas State | 1978 | |
| 1977-09-24 | Arkansas State over Southern Illinois | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Baylor over Kentucky | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-06 | West Texas A&M over Lamar | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Yale over Lehigh | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Duke over Virginia | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Furman over William & Mary | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Cornell over Bucknell | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | The Citadel over William & Mary | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-12 | West Texas A&M over Idaho | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Michigan over Illinois | 1973 | |
| 1971-10-16 | Richmond over VMI | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-11 | Michigan over Northwestern | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Boston College over Pittsburgh | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-12 | Richmond over NC State | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Florida over Florida State | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | UTEP over New Mexico | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | California-Santa Barbara over Nevada | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Boston College over Massachusetts | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Penn State over UCLA | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Ohio State over Oregon | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | Harvard over Brown | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-19 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Xavier over Western Michigan | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-12 | West Virginia over George Washington | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Utah over Arizona State | 1966 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Stanford over Air Force | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Virginia Tech over Vanderbilt | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-08 | Ohio over Toledo | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | California over Washington State | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Army over Kansas State | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | Penn State over Kent State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-09 | Harvard over Columbia | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-02 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1965 | |
| 1965-09-24 | Houston over Cincinnati | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Michigan over Illinois | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-24 | West Texas A&M over Trinity (Texas) | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-23 | Detroit Mercy over Dayton | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Yale over UConn | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-19 | Wichita State over Montana State | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-23 | Maryland over Virginia | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Clemson over Maryland | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-02 | Rutgers over Boston University | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-05 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-28 | Iowa State over VMI | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-22 | Tulsa over Wichita State | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Missouri over Iowa State | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-13 | Washington State over Stanford | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-13 | The Citadel over Vanderbilt | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-18 | Harvard over Brown | 1961 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Clemson over Tulane | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-28 | New Mexico over Air Force | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-21 | Oregon over San José State | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-14 | Rutgers over Bucknell | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-23 | Virginia over William & Mary | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Utah State over UTEP | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Florida over Tulane | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-29 | USC over Stanford | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-22 | Duke over Clemson | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-14 | Miami over South Carolina | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | VMI over Richmond | 1960 | |
| 1960-09-24 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 1960 | |
| 1960-09-17 | Alabama over Georgia | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-28 | UCLA over Utah | 1959 | |
| 1959-11-07 | New Mexico over BYU | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-24 | Tulsa over Detroit Mercy | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-23 | Auburn over Miami | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Wyoming over BYU | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Army over Duke | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-10 | North Texas over Cincinnati | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-03 | Stanford over Pacific | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-26 | Oregon over Utah | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-26 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-26 | Columbia over Brown | 1959 | |
| 1959-01-01 | Oklahoma over Syracuse | 1958 | Playoff |
| 1958-11-15 | Auburn over Georgia | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Air Force over Wyoming | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-08 | USC over Washington | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-01 | Wichita State over Villanova | 1958 | |
| 1958-09-27 | Maryland over NC State | 1958 | |
| 1958-09-19 | Detroit Mercy over George Washington | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-28 | Utah over Utah State | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Tennessee over Georgia Tech | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Pacific over San José State | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-02 | Purdue over Illinois | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Montana over New Mexico | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-12 | Navy over California | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-12 | Iowa State over Kansas | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Idaho over Utah | 1957 | |
| 1956-12-01 | TCU over SMU | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-24 | Duke over North Carolina | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-03 | Clemson over Virginia Tech | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Florida over LSU | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-13 | Tulane over Navy | 1956 | |
| 1956-09-22 | Arkansas over Hardin-Simmons | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-26 | Southern Miss over Florida State | 1955 | |
| 1955-11-24 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1955 | |
| 1955-11-19 | Vanderbilt over Florida | 1955 | |
| 1955-11-19 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-01 | Vanderbilt over Alabama | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-01 | Colgate over Cornell | 1955 | |
| 1955-09-17 | Arkansas over Tulsa | 1955 | |
| 1955-09-16 | Drake over North Dakota State | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-27 | SMU over TCU | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-30 | Ole Miss over LSU | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Ohio State over Purdue | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-17 | VMI over Virginia | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Mississippi State over North Texas | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Colorado State over Denver | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Rutgers over Lafayette | 1952 | |
| 1952-11-01 | Wake Forest over NC State | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-25 | Tulane over Auburn | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-25 | Oklahoma State over Detroit Mercy | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-24 | South Carolina over Wake Forest | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-24 | Denver over Colorado State | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-17 | Miami over Florida | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Columbia over Dartmouth | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-03 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Lehigh over Rutgers | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-13 | North Carolina over South Carolina | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-06 | South Carolina over Furman | 1951 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Wake Forest over NC State | 1951 | |
| 1950-12-09 | Texas over LSU | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-06 | South Carolina over Furman | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-25 | Kentucky over Miami | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-12 | Furman over Davidson | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Lehigh over New York University | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-14 | Georgetown over New York University | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-25 | Chattanooga over Dayton | 1948 | |
| 1948-11-05 | San José State over BYU | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-30 | SMU over Texas | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-23 | Tulane over Auburn | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-16 | Tennessee over Alabama | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Utah over Idaho | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Mississippi State over Tennessee | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-24 | USC over Oregon State | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-29 | Alabama over Miami | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-22 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-15 | Oregon over Stanford | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-15 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-15 | Colorado over Wyoming | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-31 | Georgia over Clemson | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-18 | Texas over Arkansas | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-18 | California over Washington State | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Rutgers over Western Reserve | 1947 | |
| 1947-09-27 | Utah State over Wichita State | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-30 | Hardin-Simmons over Texas Tech | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-09 | Holy Cross over Colgate | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-26 | Texas Tech over Denver | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-12 | Tulsa over Texas Tech | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-12 | Duke over Navy | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Colorado over Colorado State | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-22 | Oklahoma over Hondo Field | 1945 | |
| 1944-11-11 | Utah over Colorado College | 1944 | |
| 1944-11-04 | NC State over VMI | 1944 | |
| 1943-11-06 | North Carolina over South Carolina | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-16 | Iowa Pre-Flight over Missouri | 1943 | |
| 1942-10-24 | SMU over Corpus Christi NAS | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-03 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 1942 | |
| 1941-10-25 | Tennessee over Cincinnati | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-18 | Kentucky over Xavier | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-04 | Missouri over Colorado | 1941 | |
| 1941-09-27 | Colorado State over Colorado School Of Mines | 1941 | |
| 1941-09-20 | Drake over St Ambrose University Iowa | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-09 | Missouri over Colorado | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-02 | Purdue over Iowa | 1940 | |
| 1940-11-02 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-18 | Clemson over Rhodes College | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-28 | Missouri over Iowa State | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-21 | Detroit Mercy over NC State | 1939 | |
| 1938-11-26 | Baylor over Rice | 1938 | |
| 1938-11-19 | SMU over Baylor | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-29 | Drake over Grinnell | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-22 | Santa Clara over Arkansas | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-22 | Cornell over Penn State | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-01 | Purdue over Butler | 1938 | |
| 1937-11-13 | Denver over Wyoming | 1937 | |
| 1937-11-06 | Pittsburgh over Notre Dame | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-29 | South Carolina over The Citadel | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-08 | San José State over Northern Arizona | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-02 | Army over Clemson | 1937 | |
| 1937-09-25 | Davidson over Erskine | 1937 | |
| 1936-11-28 | Saint Louis over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1936 | |
| 1936-11-14 | Tulsa over Drake | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-31 | North Carolina over NC State | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-03 | Holy Cross over Providence | 1936 | |
| 1935-10-12 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1935 | |
| 1934-11-17 | Cornell over Dartmouth | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-20 | Mississippi State over Rhodes College | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-06 | Navy over Virginia | 1934 | |
| 1933-11-25 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-18 | Marquette over Saint Louis | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-11 | Kentucky over VMI | 1933 | |
| 1933-11-04 | Duquesne over Washington & Jefferson | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Utah over BYU | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-07 | Illinois over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-24 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1932 | |
| 1932-11-12 | Cornell over Dartmouth | 1932 | |
| 1932-11-12 | California over Idaho | 1932 | |
| 1932-11-12 | Auburn over Florida | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-28 | George Washington over Iowa | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-22 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-08 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 1932 | |
| 1931-10-03 | Utah State over Montana State | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-20 | Oregon over Western Oregon | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-19 | Gonzaga over San Francisco | 1931 | |
| 1930-11-08 | Wyoming over Colorado State | 1930 | |
| 1930-11-01 | Pennsylvania over Kansas | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-18 | Notre Dame over Carnegie Mellon | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-17 | Saint Mary's (CA) over UCLA | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-23 | Stanford over California | 1929 | |
| 1929-11-02 | Grinnell over Northern Iowa | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-19 | Colgate over Indiana | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-12 | Detroit Mercy over Tulsa | 1929 | |
| 1928-10-13 | Yale over Georgia | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-13 | Colorado over Northern Colorado | 1928 | |
| 1927-11-19 | Purdue over Indiana | 1927 | |
| 1927-11-05 | Alabama over Kentucky | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Syracuse over Johns Hopkins University | 1927 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Arkansas over Ole Miss | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-26 | SMU over Drake | 1925 | |
| 1925-11-21 | Mercer over Oglethorpe | 1925 | |
| 1924-11-01 | Princeton over Swarthmore | 1924 | |
| 1924-09-27 | West Virginia over West Virginia Wesleyan | 1924 | |
| 1923-10-06 | Northwestern over Beloit | 1923 | |
| 1922-09-23 | TCU over Dallas | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-15 | Colgate over Susquehanna | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Mississippi State over Ouachita | 1921 | |
| 1920-11-06 | Navy over Georgetown | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-29 | Samford over Marion | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-09 | Furman over The Citadel | 1920 | |
| 1919-11-01 | Furman over The Citadel | 1919 | |
| 1919-10-25 | Navy over Bucknell | 1919 | |
| 1918-11-23 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1918 | |
| 1918-11-16 | Northwestern over Chicago | 1918 | |
| 1918-11-02 | Fort Lewis over Oregon State | 1918 | |
| 1918-10-05 | Michigan State over Albion | 1918 | |
| 1917-10-27 | Dartmouth over New Hampshire | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-20 | Utah State over Montana | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-13 | Utah State over Utah Field Artillery | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-30 | Colorado College over Utah | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-11 | Brown over Yale | 1916 | |
| 1915-11-06 | VMI over Wake Forest | 1915 | |
| 1915-09-18 | Carlisle over Albright | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-07 | Ole Miss over Tulane | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-31 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-03 | Lehigh over Carlisle | 1914 | |
| 1912-11-16 | Stetson over Davidson | 1912 | |
| 1912-11-02 | Purdue over Northwestern | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-19 | Swarthmore over Navy | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-19 | Oklahoma over Texas | 1912 | |
| 1911-10-28 | Iowa State over Grinnell | 1911 | |
| 1910-10-29 | Kansas over Washburn | 1910 | |
| 1909-10-23 | Arkansas over Oklahoma | 1909 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Iowa over Missouri | 1907 | |
| 1905-09-23 | Grinnell over Marshalltown | 1905 | |
| 1903-09-16 | Minnesota over Minneapolis Central High | 1903 | |
| 1899-11-30 | Lake Forest College over Pontiac A.C. | 1899 | |
| 1899-11-11 | Kalamazoo over Lake Forest College | 1899 | |
| 1897-10-23 | Chicago over Northwestern | 1897 |