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Has a College Football game ever ended 23-20?

Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 23-20 170 times. It first happened on November 11, 1916, when Cornell beat Michigan, and most recently on November 1, 2025, when Minnesota beat Michigan State.

Where 23-20 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 23-20 the 116th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 24-20 has happened 195 times and 23-21 has happened 132 times.

Every 23-20 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-11-01Minnesota over Michigan State2025
2025-08-23Hawai'i over Stanford2025
2024-10-19Wake Forest over UConn2024
2024-09-28Miami (OH) over Massachusetts2024
2024-09-21Buffalo over Northern Illinois2024
2024-09-21Tulsa over Louisiana Tech2024
2024-09-13UNLV over Kansas2024
2023-11-25Sam Houston over Middle Tennessee2023
2023-10-08Georgia Tech over Miami2023
2023-10-07Northwestern over Howard2023
2022-11-12West Virginia over Oklahoma2022
2022-10-08Georgia Tech over Duke2022
2022-09-24Navy over East Carolina2022
2022-09-03Indiana over Illinois2022
2021-10-30Old Dominion over Louisiana Tech2021
2021-10-09Iowa over Penn State2021
2021-10-02Texas Tech over West Virginia2021
2021-09-25Michigan State over Nebraska2021
2020-11-27Iowa State over Texas2020
2020-11-21UTSA over Southern Miss2020
2020-11-14Illinois over Rutgers2020
2020-09-26Pittsburgh over Louisville2020
2019-12-30Western Kentucky over Western Michigan2019Playoff
2019-10-26LSU over Auburn2019
2019-09-28Louisiana Tech over Rice2019
2018-09-23San Diego State over Eastern Michigan2018
2017-10-14App State over Idaho2017
2017-10-08Stanford over Utah2017
2017-09-02Boston College over Northern Illinois2017
2016-12-17New Mexico over UTSA2016Playoff
2016-10-09Arizona State over UCLA2016
2016-09-24Buffalo over Army2016
2016-09-17LSU over Mississippi State2016
2015-11-28Virginia Tech over Virginia2015
2015-10-24Pittsburgh over Syracuse2015
2015-09-12Minnesota over Colorado State2015
2015-09-04Charlotte over Georgia State2015
2014-11-15South Carolina over Florida2014
2014-10-18Ohio over Akron2014
2014-01-06Arkansas State over Ball State2013Playoff
2013-11-30UCF over South Florida2013
2013-11-23Nebraska over Penn State2013
2013-11-02Rutgers over Temple2013
2013-11-02Georgia over Florida2013
2012-11-24UConn over Louisville2012
2012-11-17Northwestern over Michigan State2012
2012-10-27Miami (OH) over Ohio2012
2012-01-04Michigan over Virginia Tech2011Playoff
2011-12-03Northern Illinois over Ohio2011
2011-10-26Florida International over Troy2011
2011-10-15Ball State over Ohio2011
2011-09-24Illinois over Western Michigan2011
2011-09-10San Diego State over Army2011
2011-09-03South Florida over Notre Dame2011
2010-12-05Oklahoma over Nebraska2010
2010-11-28Fresno State over Idaho2010
2010-11-27South Florida over Miami2010
2010-10-16Rutgers over Army2010
2009-10-31San Diego State over New Mexico2009
2009-10-17Florida over Arkansas2009
2009-09-05Minnesota over Syracuse2009
2008-10-18UCLA over Stanford2008
2008-09-14UNLV over Arizona State2008
2008-09-06Colorado State over Sacramento State2008
2008-01-01Auburn over Clemson2007Playoff
2007-10-06Arizona State over Washington State2007
2007-09-23San José State over Utah State2007
2006-11-19LSU over Ole Miss2006
2006-11-18Houston over Memphis2006
2006-11-11Boise State over San José State2006
2006-09-30Illinois over Michigan State2006
2005-11-25Arizona State over Arizona2005
2005-10-30TCU over San Diego State2005
2005-10-29Colorado over Kansas State2005
2005-10-22Michigan over Iowa2005
2005-10-22Georgia over Arkansas2005
2005-10-15Oregon State over California2005
2005-10-08Minnesota over Michigan2005
2005-09-24Eastern Michigan over Central Michigan2005
2005-09-24Wisconsin over Michigan2005
2005-09-15TCU over Utah2005
2005-09-03Maryland over Navy2005
2004-09-04Maryland over Northern Illinois2004
2003-11-29Fresno State over UTEP2003
2003-10-18UCLA over California2003
2003-09-27Tennessee over South Carolina2003
2003-09-06Villanova over Temple2003
2002-09-07Southern Miss over Illinois2002
2001-10-13Auburn over Florida2001
2000-10-21Arizona State over Washington State2000
2000-09-23Akron over Ohio2000
2000-09-16UCLA over Michigan2000
2000-09-16Kansas over UAB2000
1999-11-25Mississippi State over Ole Miss1999
1999-11-20UAB over Tulane1999
1999-11-13UCLA over Washington1999
1999-10-09Houston over Cincinnati1999
1999-08-28NC State over Texas1999
1998-12-30Arizona over Nebraska1998Playoff
1998-11-21Iowa State over Kansas1998
1997-11-22UL Monroe over Hawai'i1997
1997-09-27Georgia Tech over Clemson1997
1997-09-13Kansas State over Ohio1997
1996-11-09Toledo over Central Michigan1996
1996-10-19Kansas State over Texas A&M1996
1996-10-12Louisville over Tulane1996
1996-09-28Penn State over Wisconsin1996
1996-08-31Oklahoma State over Missouri State1996
1995-11-18Rutgers over Temple1995
1995-10-21BYU over Wyoming1995
1995-09-30East Carolina over West Virginia1995
1995-09-02Washington over Arizona State1995
1994-11-12East Carolina over UCF1994
1994-09-24Temple over Army1994
1993-11-06Illinois over Minnesota1993
1993-10-30Cincinnati over Memphis1993
1992-12-25Kansas over BYU1992Playoff
1992-11-07Pacific over Cal State Fullerton1992
1992-09-12Washington State over Arizona1992
1992-09-12Akron over Toledo1992
1991-10-12East Carolina over Syracuse1991
1991-09-07Kentucky over Miami (OH)1991
1990-10-20Maryland over Duke1990
1989-11-04Northern Illinois over Louisiana1989
1988-10-29Utah State over Pacific1988
1988-09-17Penn State over Boston College1988
1987-11-21Ohio State over Michigan1987
1986-10-18San José State over UNLV1986
1986-09-13Wyoming over Pacific1986
1985-09-21Mississippi State over Southern Miss1985
1985-09-14Oregon State over California1985
1984-10-20Ohio State over Michigan State1984
1984-10-20Ball State over Western Michigan1984
1983-12-03Auburn over Alabama1983
1983-10-15Bowling Green over Western Michigan1983
1982-09-25Stanford over Ohio State1982
1981-11-21Brown over Columbia1981
1980-11-22West Texas A&M over Southern Illinois1980
1980-09-20LSU over Colorado1980
1980-09-06Texas A&M over Ole Miss1980
1979-11-03Yale over Cornell1979
1979-11-03Nebraska over Missouri1979
1979-09-22Wake Forest over East Carolina1979
1978-11-25Utah over Utah State1978
1978-10-14New Mexico State over Tulsa1978
1977-10-08Indiana State over Drake1977
1973-10-06Arizona over Iowa1973
1972-11-18Wichita State over New Mexico State1972
1972-11-11Rice over Arkansas1972
1970-11-21Northwestern over Michigan State1970
1970-10-31Air Force over Arizona1970
1970-09-12Georgia Tech over South Carolina1970
1968-11-16Southern Illinois over Tampa1968
1968-09-21Florida over Air Force1968
1966-11-05Louisville over Kent State1966
1966-10-15Western Michigan over Kent State1966
1966-09-24Florida State over Miami1966
1963-11-16Wichita State over Cincinnati1963
1961-10-28Minnesota over Michigan1961
1961-10-14Wisconsin over Oregon State1961
1958-09-27Ohio State over SMU1958
1957-09-28Columbia over Brown1957
1953-11-07USC over Stanford1953
1952-11-07Boston College over Detroit Mercy1952
1950-11-04Texas over SMU1950
1948-10-02Brown over Princeton1948
1941-11-29UTEP over Northern Arizona1941
1939-10-21Ohio State over Minnesota1939
1925-11-26Kentucky over Tennessee1925
1916-11-11Cornell over Michigan1916

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