Has a College Football game ever ended 23-15?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 23-15 34 times. It first happened on November 9, 1907, when Carlisle beat Harvard, and most recently on November 18, 2023, when Northwestern beat Purdue.
That makes 23-15 the 521st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 24-15 has happened 39 times and 23-16 has happened 49 times. At one point the score disappeared for 50 years, between 1907 and 1957.
Every 23-15 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-18 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-05 | Michigan State over Illinois | 2022 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Northern Illinois over Northwestern | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Rutgers over Syracuse | 2012 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Rutgers over Florida International | 2009 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Notre Dame over Stanford | 2004 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 2002 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Kansas over Colorado | 2000 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Boston College over Pittsburgh | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Maryland over James Madison | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Ole Miss over SMU | 1997 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Northern Illinois over Louisiana | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-02 | Texas over Texas Tech | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Ohio State over Louisville | 1991 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Ohio over Marshall | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Miami over Florida | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Louisiana over Wichita State | 1985 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Northern Illinois over Kent State | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Southern Illinois over New Mexico State | 1981 | |
| 1974-09-07 | Syracuse over Oregon State | 1974 | |
| 1972-12-02 | Army over Navy | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Cincinnati over Ohio | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Delaware over Villanova | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Long Beach State over Northern Arizona | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Michigan State over SMU | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1968 | |
| 1965-09-25 | Arizona over Kansas | 1965 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Wichita State over Louisville | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Florida over Georgia | 1962 | |
| 1959-11-07 | Hardin-Simmons over Trinity (Texas) | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-17 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 1959 | |
| 1957-10-26 | Utah over Wyoming | 1957 | |
| 1907-11-09 | Carlisle over Harvard | 1907 |