Has a College Football game ever ended 23-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 23-17 109 times. It first happened on November 4, 1898, when Illinois Alumni beat Illinois, and most recently on December 27, 2025, when East Carolina beat Pittsburgh.
That makes 23-17 the 196th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 24-17 has happened 315 times and 23-18 has happened 22 times. At one point the score disappeared for 46 years, between 1908 and 1954.
Every 23-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-27 | East Carolina over Pittsburgh | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-28 | New Mexico over San Diego State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | TCU over West Virginia | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Missouri over Auburn | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Arizona over Kansas State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Duke over Wake Forest | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-16 | Sam Houston over Kennesaw State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-29 | Louisiana over Texas State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-12 | Tennessee over Florida | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | St. Francis (PA) over Kent State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Illinois over Kansas | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Utah over Colorado | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Illinois over Florida Atlantic | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-05 | Troy over Louisiana | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Texas State over Florida International | 2021 | |
| 2019-09-22 | Utah State over San Diego State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-22 | Georgia over Notre Dame | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | California over North Texas | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Texas over Baylor | 2018 | |
| 2018-08-31 | Wake Forest over Tulane | 2018 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Wisconsin over Nebraska | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | Wisconsin over Georgia State | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-05 | Texas over Baylor | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-22 | Georgia over Georgia Southern | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-14 | TCU over Kansas | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-03 | UNLV over Nevada | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-04 | TCU over Minnesota | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-28 | LSU over Texas A&M | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Boston College over Wake Forest | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Clemson over Louisville | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-04 | Ole Miss over Alabama | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-21 | Florida State over Clemson | 2014 | |
| 2013-08-31 | Penn State over Syracuse | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-24 | UL Monroe over Florida International | 2012 | |
| 2011-12-30 | Mississippi State over Wake Forest | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2010-11-13 | North Texas over Middle Tennessee | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Northern Illinois over North Dakota | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-04 | BYU over Washington | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-19 | UCF over Buffalo | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-06 | Colorado State over Colorado | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-06 | Buffalo over UTEP | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Western Michigan over Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Vanderbilt over Ole Miss | 2008 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Auburn over Ole Miss | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Louisville over Cincinnati | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Ball State over Akron | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-17 | Stanford over Washington State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | USC over California | 2004 | |
| 2002-11-09 | Nevada over UTEP | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-15 | Arizona over Utah | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Rutgers over Navy | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Ohio over Minnesota | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-04 | Cincinnati over Army | 2000 | |
| 1999-12-31 | Southern Miss over Colorado State | 1999 | Playoff |
| 1999-12-25 | Hawai'i over Oregon State | 1999 | Playoff |
| 1999-11-06 | Alabama over LSU | 1999 | |
| 1998-12-04 | Marshall over Toledo | 1998 | Playoff |
| 1998-09-05 | Rice over SMU | 1998 | |
| 1996-10-19 | South Carolina over Arkansas | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Kansas State over Oklahoma State | 1995 | |
| 1995-01-02 | Florida State over Florida | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-10-01 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1993 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Kansas over Tulsa | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-13 | Kansas State over Oklahoma State | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Ball State over Eastern Michigan | 1989 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Akron over Nicholls | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Eastern Michigan over Western Michigan | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-19 | USC over Boston College | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Baylor over Rice | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-11 | Penn State over Cincinnati | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Wyoming over Air Force | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Arizona over California | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | North Carolina over Kansas | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | UCLA over Long Beach State | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-10 | Michigan State over Colorado | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Duke over North Carolina | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Fresno State over Arizona | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Yale over Cornell | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-17 | West Texas A&M over Wichita State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Army over Brown | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Vanderbilt over Maryland | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Arizona over UCLA | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Tulsa over TCU | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-01 | Texas over Arkansas | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Memphis over Cincinnati | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 1979 | |
| 1978-09-30 | East Carolina over Texas-Arlington | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Southern Illinois over Illinois State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | Miami over Florida State | 1977 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Cincinnati over Louisiana | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | South Carolina over Georgia Tech | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-14 | Dayton over Eastern Kentucky | 1974 | |
| 1972-10-07 | Washington over Oregon | 1972 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Fresno State over Cal Poly | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Wisconsin over Iowa | 1969 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Richmond over Davidson | 1966 | |
| 1960-10-01 | UTEP over New Mexico | 1960 | |
| 1954-11-27 | Notre Dame over USC | 1954 | |
| 1908-11-07 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1908 | |
| 1903-10-03 | Colorado State over Denver | 1903 | |
| 1898-11-04 | Illinois Alumni over Illinois | 1898 |