Has a College Football game ever ended 24-16?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 24-16 77 times. It first happened on October 11, 1958, when Tulsa beat Oklahoma State, and most recently on October 26, 2025, when Houston beat Arizona State.
That makes 24-16 the 280th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 25-16 has happened 12 times and 24-17 has happened 315 times.
Every 24-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-26 | Houston over Arizona State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Akron over Buffalo | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | Kennesaw State over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Iowa State over Arkansas State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Kentucky over Toledo | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-17 | Pittsburgh over Boston College | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Auburn over San José State | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-04 | Louisiana over App State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-05 | BYU over Arizona | 2021 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Northwestern over Illinois | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-20 | Utah State over Wyoming | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Northern Illinois over Ball State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Notre Dame over Ball State | 2018 | |
| 2017-01-02 | Wisconsin over Western Michigan | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-10-22 | UCF over UConn | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-03 | Florida State over Wake Forest | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-30 | New Mexico State over Idaho | 2013 | |
| 2012-09-29 | TCU over SMU | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | Iowa over Michigan | 2011 | |
| 2009-11-15 | LSU over Louisiana Tech | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-15 | California over Arizona | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Stanford over UCLA | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Richmond over Duke | 2009 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Florida State over Maryland | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Mississippi State over Alabama | 2006 | |
| 2003-11-22 | Purdue over Indiana | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Northern Illinois over Iowa State | 2003 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Boston College over UConn | 2002 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Miami (OH) over Central Michigan | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Utah over Fresno State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Washington State over Idaho | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-11 | Oregon State over Utah State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-27 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Clemson over Virginia | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Baylor over Louisiana Tech | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Kentucky over LSU | 1995 | |
| 1993-10-23 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Ball State over Ohio | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Wisconsin over SMU | 1993 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Michigan over Indiana | 1991 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-07 | USC over Washington | 1989 | |
| 1985-12-31 | Air Force over Texas | 1985 | Playoff |
| 1984-11-17 | Boston College over Syracuse | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-01 | Illinois over Northwestern | 1984 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | William & Mary over Dartmouth | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | TCU over Rice | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-05 | Auburn over TCU | 1981 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Delaware over Colgate | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Arkansas State over Southern Illinois | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-08 | Houston over UCLA | 1979 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Alcorn State over Central Michigan | 1978 | |
| 1977-09-17 | West Virginia over Maryland | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Syracuse over Temple | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Bucknell over Colgate | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Brown over Princeton | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Florida over Duke | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Tulsa over Cincinnati | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | South Carolina over Duke | 1975 | |
| 1972-09-09 | Virginia over South Carolina | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-23 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-25 | Oklahoma State over Virginia Tech | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-30 | Alabama over Auburn | 1968 | |
| 1965-10-02 | Tulane over Miami | 1965 | |
| 1963-10-12 | Arizona State over West Texas A&M | 1963 | |
| 1962-10-13 | Georgia over Clemson | 1962 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Oregon State over Stanford | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Idaho over Arizona | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-11 | Tulsa over Oklahoma State | 1958 |