Has a College Football game ever ended 22-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 22-21 76 times. It first happened on October 29, 1949, when Pittsburgh beat Pennsylvania, and most recently on October 11, 2025, when Northwestern beat Penn State.
That makes 22-21 the 285th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 23-21 has happened 132 times and 22-22 has happened 8 times.
Every 22-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | Northwestern over Penn State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-10 | BYU over Utah | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Central Michigan over San Diego State | 2024 | |
| 2022-10-27 | NC State over Virginia Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Rutgers over Boston College | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-17 | Eastern Michigan over Western Michigan | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-04 | Northern Illinois over Georgia Tech | 2021 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Florida State over Boston College | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | LSU over Auburn | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Navy over Memphis | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | Cincinnati over UConn | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Rice over Charlotte | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-03 | Western Michigan over Northwestern | 2016 | |
| 2013-08-29 | Southern Utah over South Alabama | 2013 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Minnesota over Iowa | 2011 | |
| 2008-11-09 | Florida International over Arkansas State | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Louisiana Tech over New Mexico State | 2007 | |
| 2004-09-04 | LSU over Oregon State | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Air Force over Northwestern | 2003 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Purdue over Michigan State | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Boston College over Pittsburgh | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1997 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Utah over Air Force | 1995 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Northwestern over Boston College | 1993 | |
| 1991-10-05 | Arkansas over TCU | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Northern Illinois over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Memphis over Vanderbilt | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-12 | Iowa State over Kansas | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-24 | South Carolina over Clemson | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Texas A&M over Arkansas State | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-24 | Rice over Louisiana | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Long Beach State over San José State | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Virginia Tech over Duke | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | USC over UCLA | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-25 | New Mexico over UTEP | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Northern Illinois over Ohio | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Southern Illinois over Drake | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Wake Forest over Georgia | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-02 | Miami over Florida | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-25 | Texas Tech over Houston | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | North Texas over New Mexico State | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Rutgers over William & Mary | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Missouri over Ohio State | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Colgate over Princeton | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Virginia over VMI | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-23 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-12 | NC State over Virginia | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | VMI over Virginia Tech | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Colgate over Holy Cross | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Louisiana over Chattanooga | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Washington over Purdue | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Illinois over Indiana | 1971 | |
| 1969-09-13 | Wake Forest over NC State | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Long Beach State over UTEP | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-28 | Navy over Pittsburgh | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | Princeton over Rutgers | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Boston College over Buffalo | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Purdue over Michigan | 1966 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 1964 | |
| 1963-12-07 | Pittsburgh over Penn State | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-30 | Dartmouth over Princeton | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Tulsa over Houston | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1963 | |
| 1962-09-29 | Auburn over Tennessee | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-11 | Washington State over Oregon | 1961 | |
| 1961-11-04 | North Carolina over Tennessee | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-21 | Arizona over New Mexico | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Maryland over Syracuse | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-19 | Furman over Davidson | 1960 | |
| 1960-11-19 | The Citadel over Arkansas State | 1960 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Miami (OH) over Marquette | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-29 | Texas A&M over Texas | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Harvard over Army | 1951 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Pittsburgh over Pennsylvania | 1949 |