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Has a College Football game ever ended 23-21?

It has. 23-21 has been a College Football final 132 times in 84,334 games. The first was Carlisle beat Holy Cross on November 6, 1915; the latest was Oklahoma beat Alabama on November 15, 2025.

Where 23-21 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 23-21 the 158th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 24-21 has happened 346 times and 23-22 has happened 48 times.

Every 23-21 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-11-15Oklahoma over Alabama2025
2025-10-18Florida over Mississippi State2025
2025-09-27Virginia Tech over NC State2025
2025-09-21Fresno State over Hawai'i2025
2022-12-27Buffalo over Georgia Southern2022Playoff
2022-09-24Texas A&M over Arkansas2022
2021-11-14San Diego State over Nevada2021
2021-01-02Kentucky over NC State2020Playoff
2019-11-16Iowa State over Texas2019
2019-09-28Baylor over Iowa State2019
2018-12-15Georgia Southern over Eastern Michigan2018Playoff
2017-09-09Navy over Tulane2017
2016-09-17Georgia Southern over UL Monroe2016
2016-09-17North Dakota State over Iowa2016
2015-12-31Wisconsin over USC2015Playoff
2015-12-22Akron over Utah State2015Playoff
2015-11-13Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech2015
2015-11-07Louisiana over Georgia State2015
2015-11-07Northwestern over Penn State2015
2015-10-24Central Michigan over Ball State2015
2015-10-10Wisconsin over Nebraska2015
2014-09-13Virginia over Louisville2014
2013-11-30Vanderbilt over Wake Forest2013
2013-10-19Tennessee over South Carolina2013
2013-09-07NC State over Richmond2013
2012-11-17Tulsa over UCF2012
2012-10-14LSU over South Carolina2012
2011-09-03Richmond over Duke2011
2010-09-04Northwestern over Vanderbilt2010
2009-11-07Navy over Notre Dame2009
2009-10-31California over Arizona State2009
2009-10-24Utah State over Louisiana Tech2009
2009-09-13Oregon State over UNLV2009
2008-10-25Ole Miss over Arkansas2008
2008-10-18UAB over Marshall2008
2008-09-20Navy over Rutgers2008
2007-11-25Clemson over South Carolina2007
2007-10-06Virginia over Middle Tennessee2007
2007-09-01Ole Miss over Memphis2007
2005-11-19Texas Tech over Oklahoma2005
2004-11-06Iowa over Purdue2004
2003-09-07Stephen F. Austin over UL Monroe2003
2003-09-06Colorado State over California2003
2002-11-23North Carolina over Duke2002
2002-10-19Michigan over Purdue2002
2002-09-21Air Force over California2002
2002-09-14Ball State over Indiana State2002
2002-08-24Wisconsin over Fresno State2002
2000-11-11Ohio over Bowling Green2000
2000-09-23Northwestern State over Louisiana2000
2000-09-16Notre Dame over Purdue2000
1999-10-16Northwestern over Iowa1999
1999-09-18Florida over Tennessee1999
1997-11-01Baylor over Texas1997
1996-11-16Minnesota over Illinois1996
1995-09-16Duke over Army1995
1995-09-09Kansas State over Cincinnati1995
1994-11-05New Mexico over Utah1994
1994-09-24UNLV over Utah State1994
1993-11-20Arkansas State over Nevada1993
1993-09-04South Carolina over Georgia1993
1992-10-31Weber State over Nevada1992
1992-10-17Miami (OH) over Ohio1992
1992-10-03Texas over Rice1992
1992-09-05Southern Miss over Memphis1992
1991-09-21California over Arizona1991
1990-09-22Navy over Villanova1990
1990-09-08Ole Miss over Memphis1990
1989-11-25Hawai'i over Oregon State1989
1989-10-21Arizona over Washington State1989
1989-10-14Ball State over Kent State1989
1987-09-26Eastern Michigan over Kent State1987
1986-11-01Texas Tech over Texas1986
1986-11-01Southern Miss over East Carolina1986
1986-09-06Air Force over UTEP1986
1985-11-23Duke over North Carolina1985
1984-10-13Colorado over Iowa State1984
1984-10-06Stanford over UCLA1984
1984-09-08Purdue over Notre Dame1984
1983-09-17Long Beach State over Hawai'i1983
1982-10-16Texas Tech over Rice1982
1982-09-11Tennessee over Iowa State1982
1981-11-07Pacific over South Carolina1981
1981-10-24Illinois over Wisconsin1981
1981-09-19Oklahoma State over Tulsa1981
1981-09-19Ohio over Bowling Green1981
1980-11-22Iowa State over Oklahoma State1980
1980-10-18Long Beach State over San José State1980
1980-10-04USC over Arizona State1980
1980-09-20Long Beach State over Bowling Green1980
1979-10-27Indiana State over Illinois State1979
1978-11-04UCLA over Oregon1978
1977-11-19Wyoming over New Mexico1977
1977-11-05Florida State over Virginia Tech1977
1977-10-01UTEP over New Mexico State1977
1977-09-17Washington State over Michigan State1977
1976-10-02Texas-Arlington over West Texas A&M1976
1975-09-27Ohio over Kent State1975
1975-09-20Indiana State over Southern Illinois1975
1975-09-13Bowling Green over BYU1975
1974-10-19App State over East Carolina1974
1973-11-17New Mexico over Wyoming1973
1973-09-22Toledo over Central Michigan1973
1973-09-22Duke over Washington1973
1972-11-11Florida State over Tulsa1972
1972-09-30Fresno State over San José State1972
1971-11-20Minnesota over Wisconsin1971
1971-10-16Oregon over Washington1971
1971-09-11Kent State over NC State1971
1971-09-11Houston over Rice1971
1970-10-31Illinois over Purdue1970
1969-11-08Wake Forest over Virginia1969
1968-11-23Cincinnati over Miami (OH)1968
1967-10-28Dartmouth over Harvard1967
1966-10-29Virginia Tech over Florida State1966
1966-10-29Clemson over Wake Forest1966
1965-10-02Ohio State over Washington1965
1964-10-24Yale over Cornell1964
1962-10-27Penn State over California1962
1961-11-25Wisconsin over Minnesota1961
1959-11-28Baylor over Rice1959
1959-11-07Quantico Marines over Xavier1959
1957-11-16Kansas State over Missouri1957
1957-10-12Notre Dame over Army1957
1955-11-04Hardin-Simmons over UTEP1955
1954-10-02Wyoming over Denver1954
1953-11-07Tulsa over Houston1953
1952-11-01Tulsa over Oklahoma State1952
1940-12-07Texas Tech over San Francisco1940
1940-10-05Franklin & Marshall over Dartmouth1940
1921-11-12Ohio over Columbia1921
1915-11-06Carlisle over Holy Cross1915

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