Has a College Football game ever ended 23-8?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 23-8 14 times. It first happened on November 13, 1897, when Wisconsin beat Chicago, and most recently on October 11, 2025, when Coastal Carolina beat UL Monroe.
That makes 23-8 the 859th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 24-8 has happened 32 times and 23-9 has happened 34 times. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1925 and 1959.
Every 23-8 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | Coastal Carolina over UL Monroe | 2025 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Northwestern over Purdue | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Memphis over Tulane | 1995 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Iowa over Minnesota | 1991 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Kansas over Syracuse | 1980 | |
| 1974-11-23 | Houston over Florida State | 1974 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Toledo over Northern Illinois | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-24 | Syracuse over Navy | 1970 | |
| 1968-10-19 | Oregon over Idaho | 1968 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Miami (OH) over Dayton | 1960 | |
| 1959-10-16 | Miami over Navy | 1959 | |
| 1925-10-31 | Missouri over Iowa State | 1925 | |
| 1908-11-26 | Baylor over TCU | 1908 | |
| 1897-11-13 | Wisconsin over Chicago | 1897 |