Has a College Football game ever ended 24-17?
It has. 24-17 has been a College Football final 315 times in 84,334 games. The first was Vanderbilt beat Centre College Kentucky on October 18, 1902; the latest was Rice beat UAB on November 8, 2025.
That makes 24-17 the 46th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 25-17 has happened 21 times and 24-18 has happened 32 times. At one point the score disappeared for 58 years, between 1902 and 1960.
Every 24-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-08 | Rice over UAB | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-23 | Missouri State over New Mexico State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Tulane over Army | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Colorado over Iowa State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Oklahoma over Auburn | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-28 | NC State over East Carolina | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | North Texas over Temple | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-24 | LSU over Vanderbilt | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Michigan State over Purdue | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Florida over Ole Miss | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-26 | Michigan over Michigan State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Tennessee over Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-13 | Syracuse over NC State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Minnesota over USC | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | NC State over Northern Illinois | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-19 | Wisconsin over Nebraska | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-28 | NC State over Clemson | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Rice over East Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Marshall over Virginia Tech | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-16 | Florida International over UConn | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Purdue over Virginia Tech | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-28 | Wisconsin over Oklahoma State | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-11-25 | Nebraska over Iowa | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Florida Atlantic over UAB | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Ohio over Northern Illinois | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Rutgers over Indiana | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Florida over Missouri | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-17 | Notre Dame over California | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-04 | Washington State over Idaho | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Old Dominion over Middle Tennessee | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-17 | Air Force over Boise State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-17 | UCLA over Washington | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-16 | Oregon over California | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Western Michigan over Buffalo | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | UTSA over UNLV | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Louisiana Tech over North Texas | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-12 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-07 | Mississippi State over Vanderbilt | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-29 | Georgia Southern over South Alabama | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-02 | Florida International over Old Dominion | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-02 | Georgia over Florida | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Houston over UConn | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Kansas State over TCU | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Texas A&M over Ole Miss | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Arizona State over California | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Virginia Tech over Furman | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-31 | Kansas over Indiana State | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-25 | Notre Dame over USC | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-23 | Texas over Kansas | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-11 | LSU over Arkansas | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-10 | Boise State over Fresno State | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Tulane over Tulsa | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-20 | Temple over Cincinnati | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Temple over Navy | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-07 | Arizona over California | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Indiana over Rutgers | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-01 | California over North Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Notre Dame over Navy | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Pittsburgh over Duke | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Minnesota over Illinois | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Texas A&M over South Carolina | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Kentucky over Southern Miss | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-13 | Nebraska over Minnesota | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Clemson over NC State | 2016 | |
| 2016-01-02 | Georgia over Penn State | 2015 | Playoff |
| 2015-11-14 | Middle Tennessee over Florida Atlantic | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Texas over Oklahoma | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-02 | Memphis over South Florida | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-05 | Portland State over Washington State | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-04 | Utah over Michigan | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-01 | NC State over Syracuse | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Maryland over South Florida | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-08 | Fresno State over Utah State | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-30 | Utah over Colorado | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Cincinnati over Houston | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Louisville over Memphis | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-16 | Washington State over Arizona | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Penn State over Illinois | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-19 | Texas State over Georgia State | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-19 | Akron over Miami (OH) | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | East Carolina over Middle Tennessee | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | UCF over Memphis | 2013 | |
| 2013-08-31 | West Virginia over William & Mary | 2013 | |
| 2012-12-01 | Oklahoma over TCU | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-10 | UConn over Pittsburgh | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Navy over Florida Atlantic | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-27 | Stanford over Washington State | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-29 | UConn over Buffalo | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-02 | Indiana over Indiana State | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-02 | Arizona over Toledo | 2012 | |
| 2012-01-02 | Florida over Ohio State | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-12-25 | Southern Miss over Nevada | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-11-25 | Boston College over Miami | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-12 | Navy over SMU | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-06 | Notre Dame over Wake Forest | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-04 | Tulsa over UCF | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-22 | Louisiana Tech over Utah State | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-08 | Kansas State over Missouri | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | BYU over UCF | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Louisville over Kentucky | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-09 | Florida International over Louisville | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | Northwestern over Boston College | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-26 | Texas A&M over Texas | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-07 | Texas Tech over Missouri | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Mississippi State over Kentucky | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Auburn over LSU | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Arkansas over Texas A&M | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-18 | Memphis over Middle Tennessee | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-02 | Minnesota over Middle Tennessee | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-29 | Hawai'i over Navy | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-15 | Oklahoma State over Texas Tech | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-18 | Arizona State over Washington | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-17 | Pittsburgh over Rutgers | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Utah over Colorado State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Army over Ball State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Wake Forest over Stanford | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-28 | California over Miami | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-15 | Fresno State over New Mexico State | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Miami over Virginia | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Texas A&M over Colorado | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-19 | LSU over South Carolina | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-11 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Navy over Wake Forest | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-05 | Vanderbilt over South Carolina | 2008 | |
| 2007-12-30 | Penn State over Texas A&M | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-11 | USC over California | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Oregon over USC | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Louisville over Pittsburgh | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Pittsburgh over Cincinnati | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Temple over Miami (OH) | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Troy over Florida Atlantic | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Wake Forest over North Carolina | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Navy over Air Force | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-28 | Auburn over South Carolina | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-23 | Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | South Florida over UCF | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-09 | Florida State over Troy | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-02 | Oklahoma over UAB | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Oklahoma State over Texas Tech | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-15 | East Carolina over SMU | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Utah State over San José State | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Purdue over Ohio State | 2004 | |
| 2004-11-07 | Clemson over Miami | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Louisiana over Middle Tennessee | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Nebraska over Pittsburgh | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Baylor over Texas State | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-01 | South Florida over Cincinnati | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-28 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Ohio State over Bowling Green | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Akron over Eastern Michigan | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-12 | Toledo over Marshall | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Wisconsin over West Virginia | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-30 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Arkansas over Louisiana | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-06 | South Florida over North Texas | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Central Michigan over Akron | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-07 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-03 | USC over Auburn | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Auburn over Georgia | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Oregon over Washington State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | SMU over San José State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-06 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Virginia over NC State | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Colorado State over Utah | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Duke over Virginia | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-07 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Ole Miss over Auburn | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Toledo over Akron | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-15 | UTEP over TCU | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Southern Miss over Cincinnati | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Iowa State over Baylor | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Miami (OH) over Virginia Tech | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | West Virginia over East Carolina | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-16 | North Texas over Idaho | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Kentucky over Georgia | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Boston College over Cincinnati | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-21 | UAB over Jacksonville State | 1996 | |
| 1995-01-02 | Alabama over Ohio State | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1995-01-01 | Nebraska over Miami | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-25 | TCU over Texas Tech | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-08 | UTEP over Tulsa | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | New Mexico State over Arkansas State | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | USC over Washington | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Indiana over Purdue | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | NC State over Marshall | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-09 | New Mexico State over Northern Illinois | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Michigan over Purdue | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Indiana over Minnesota | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Arizona over California | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Illinois over Missouri | 1992 | |
| 1992-01-01 | Syracuse over Ohio State | 1991 | Playoff |
| 1991-11-16 | East Carolina over Virginia Tech | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Mississippi State over Auburn | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Washington over California | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Ole Miss over Arkansas | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | Utah over Oregon | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-07 | West Virginia over Bowling Green | 1991 | |
| 1990-12-28 | Florida State over Penn State | 1990 | Playoff |
| 1990-11-03 | East Carolina over Memphis | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Clemson over NC State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Fresno State over New Mexico | 1990 | |
| 1989-12-02 | Florida State over Florida | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-23 | West Virginia over Syracuse | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Boston College over Army | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-04 | Texas Tech over Texas | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Alabama over Louisiana | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Arkansas over Ole Miss | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Army over Lafayette | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-01 | UCLA over Washington | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-03 | Eastern Michigan over Miami (OH) | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-10 | Tulsa over Temple | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | San José State over Stanford | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-08 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Cincinnati over Louisville | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Mississippi State over Syracuse | 1986 | |
| 1986-08-30 | Air Force over Hawai'i | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-23 | Clemson over South Carolina | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Cincinnati over Boston College | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-12 | Georgia Tech over Western Carolina | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-12 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Vanderbilt over Tulane | 1985 | |
| 1984-12-21 | BYU over Michigan | 1984 | Playoff |
| 1984-11-24 | Houston over Texas Tech | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Tulsa over Indiana State | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-10 | North Carolina over Georgia Tech | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-19 | West Texas A&M over Southern Illinois | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Marshall over Eastern Michigan | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Indiana State over Eastern Illinois | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-01 | Kent State over Akron | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Arizona State over San José State | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Florida over East Carolina | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Oregon over California | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-01 | New Mexico State over Iowa State | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Colgate over Temple | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Kansas over Iowa State | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Baylor over Arkansas | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Florida State over Southern Miss | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Southern Illinois over Drake | 1982 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Miami over Vanderbilt | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-08 | TCU over Texas Tech | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Houston over Arkansas | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Houston over North Texas | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | USC over Washington | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-27 | McNeese over Chattanooga | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Wichita State over Drake | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | TCU over Tulsa | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Yale over UConn | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Tulane over SMU | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | San Diego State over Wisconsin | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-02 | LSU over Wyoming | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Kentucky over Ole Miss | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Georgia over LSU | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Maryland over Louisville | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | LSU over Indiana | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Arizona State over BYU | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Kent State over Miami (OH) | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-30 | East Carolina over Western Carolina | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | App State over Western Carolina | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-25 | USC over Notre Dame | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Richmond over App State | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Oklahoma over Texas | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Syracuse over Villanova | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-23 | Washington over Washington State | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-02 | Penn State over Maryland | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Texas Tech over Arkansas | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-03 | VMI over Davidson | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Tulane over Duke | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Air Force over Oregon | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Marshall over Morehead State | 1973 | |
| 1972-12-30 | Tennessee over LSU | 1972 | Playoff |
| 1971-11-20 | UConn over Holy Cross | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Florida over Georgia | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-31 | TCU over Baylor | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Tulane over North Carolina | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-17 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Arizona over BYU | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Brown over Harvard | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Princeton over Cornell | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Louisville over Dayton | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-26 | Tampa over Mississippi State | 1968 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Tennessee over Memphis | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | TCU over Texas | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-28 | Louisville over Wichita State | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-07 | Richmond over Davidson | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | Georgia over Clemson | 1967 | |
| 1964-10-10 | Duke over Maryland | 1964 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Michigan State over Michigan | 1960 | |
| 1902-10-18 | Vanderbilt over Centre College Kentucky | 1902 |