Has a College Football game ever ended 24-20?
It has. 24-20 has been a College Football final 195 times in 84,334 games. The first was Lehigh beat Carnegie Mellon on October 17, 1914; the latest was James Madison beat Washington State on November 22, 2025.
That makes 24-20 the 97th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 25-20 has happened 29 times and 24-21 has happened 346 times.
Every 24-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | James Madison over Washington State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Arizona over Kansas | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-05 | Ohio over Miami (OH) | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Georgia over Florida | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Washington over Maryland | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Mississippi State over Arizona State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-16 | Clemson over Pittsburgh | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-12 | Louisville over Virginia | 2024 | |
| 2022-12-16 | UAB over Miami (OH) | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-10-09 | Alabama over Texas A&M | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Buffalo over Miami (OH) | 2022 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Purdue over Iowa | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Louisiana over UAB | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-24 | Tennessee over Missouri | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-23 | California over Stanford | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-16 | West Virginia over Kansas State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | Kentucky over Arkansas | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-31 | North Carolina over South Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-24 | Florida over Miami | 2019 | |
| 2018-09-30 | USC over Arizona | 2018 | |
| 2018-08-30 | Georgia State over Kennesaw State | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Miami over Florida State | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Kentucky over Eastern Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-23 | Old Dominion over Eastern Michigan | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-11-12 | West Virginia over Texas | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | Florida State over NC State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-01 | Notre Dame over Temple | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-03 | Arkansas over Tennessee | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-16 | South Alabama over Texas State | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Iowa over Pittsburgh | 2014 | |
| 2014-01-01 | Michigan State over Stanford | 2013 | Playoff |
| 2013-09-14 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-25 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-21 | UTEP over Tulane | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Missouri over Arizona State | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Washington State over Eastern Washington | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Louisiana Tech over Nevada | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Georgia over Florida | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-15 | Marshall over Rice | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Iowa State over UConn | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Georgia Tech over Wake Forest | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-25 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-04 | Arkansas State over Western Kentucky | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Louisville over South Florida | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Alabama over Ole Miss | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Northwestern over Duke | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Arizona State over UCLA | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Temple over Akron | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | San Diego State over Colorado State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Arizona over California | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Kentucky over Georgia | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-05 | NC State over Florida State | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-01 | Vanderbilt over Wake Forest | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-24 | LSU over Troy | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | New Mexico over UNLV | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | UNLV over BYU | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Louisiana Tech over Louisiana | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-08 | Ole Miss over Auburn | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Texas over Kansas State | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-19 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | East Carolina over Tulane | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Kent State over Miami (OH) | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Eastern Michigan over Buffalo | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Ball State over Toledo | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | BYU over New Mexico | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-11 | SMU over Tulsa | 2000 | |
| 1999-12-31 | Oregon over Minnesota | 1999 | Playoff |
| 1999-12-29 | Kansas State over Washington | 1999 | Playoff |
| 1999-10-23 | Texas over Nebraska | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-22 | Boston College over Army | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Utah State over Boise State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Oregon over Nevada | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Northwestern over Duke | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Stanford over USC | 1996 | |
| 1995-12-02 | Oklahoma State over Hawai'i | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-25 | Penn State over Michigan State | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-18 | UCLA over USC | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-09 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-08 | UNLV over Louisiana Tech | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Pacific over San José State | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-13 | California over Arizona | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Florida over Kentucky | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Florida over Southern Miss | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Purdue over Minnesota | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Western Michigan over Akron | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Florida State over Clemson | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Central Michigan over Michigan State | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Penn State over Cincinnati | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Air Force over Hawai'i | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Notre Dame over USC | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-05 | Pittsburgh over Maryland | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | Fresno State over Oregon State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-17 | Louisiana over Northern Illinois | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-10 | East Carolina over Northern Illinois | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-13 | UNLV over New Mexico State | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Western Michigan over Akron | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-28 | James Madison over Navy | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Texas over Arkansas | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-07 | Iowa State over Kansas | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-30 | South Carolina over Georgia | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Bowling Green over Central Michigan | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Western Michigan over Louisiana Tech | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-10 | Vanderbilt over Mississippi State | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-10 | USC over Stanford | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-28 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 1987 | |
| 1987-11-07 | Northern Arizona over Tulsa | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Utah over New Mexico | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-18 | North Texas over TCU | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-03 | Colorado State over BYU | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Pacific over Minnesota | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Louisiana over UL Monroe | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Cincinnati over Virginia Tech | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-30 | Houston over Rice | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Syracuse over Navy | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Penn State over Syracuse | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Florida State over Kansas | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Iowa over Indiana | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-13 | SMU over Baylor | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-13 | Hawai'i over UTEP | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Ball State over Western Michigan | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Washington State over Washington | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Ohio over Kent State | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Wyoming over Wichita State | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Iowa over Indiana | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Houston over Texas A&M | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Georgia Tech over Memphis | 1982 | |
| 1982-01-01 | Pittsburgh over Georgia | 1981 | Playoff |
| 1981-10-03 | Wichita State over New Mexico State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Richmond over Arkansas State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Texas Tech over Texas | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | NC State over Clemson | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-08 | Maryland over Villanova | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Oklahoma State over Colorado | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Northern Illinois over Western Illinois | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Western Michigan over Bowling Green | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | NC State over Maryland | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Kentucky over Penn State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | Southern Illinois over Temple | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-24 | Lehigh over Pennsylvania | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-15 | North Texas over New Mexico State | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Princeton over Harvard | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-25 | Pennsylvania over Princeton | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-17 | Miami over Houston | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Minnesota over Purdue | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Georgia over Kentucky | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | NC State over East Carolina | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-14 | Penn State over Stanford | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Rice over Texas A&M | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-06 | Oklahoma over Miami | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Cornell over Pennsylvania | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-16 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Southern Miss over Louisiana Tech | 1971 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Miami (OH) over Western Michigan | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-19 | Xavier over Northern Illinois | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-25 | Yale over Harvard | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-28 | Army over Stanford | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-23 | Purdue over Texas A&M | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-23 | California-Santa Barbara over Pacific | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-15 | California over Washington | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-23 | Washington over Oregon | 1965 | |
| 1963-11-28 | Clemson over South Carolina | 1963 | |
| 1963-11-23 | BYU over Colorado State | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-12 | Gettysburg over Lehigh | 1963 | |
| 1962-09-29 | Xavier over Detroit Mercy | 1962 | |
| 1959-10-24 | Oregon State over California | 1959 | |
| 1958-09-20 | Pacific over California | 1958 | |
| 1955-10-08 | Virginia Tech over Florida State | 1955 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Houston over Arizona State | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Virginia over George Washington | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Wisconsin over Northwestern | 1952 | |
| 1951-10-06 | Princeton over Navy | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-06 | Michigan State over Ohio State | 1951 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Purdue over Ohio State | 1947 | |
| 1947-09-26 | Oklahoma over Detroit Mercy | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-02 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1946 | |
| 1946-09-28 | Saint Mary's (CA) over Washington | 1946 | |
| 1944-10-28 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1944 | |
| 1943-09-25 | Camp Davis over Wake Forest | 1943 | |
| 1934-10-06 | Gonzaga over Idaho | 1934 | |
| 1928-11-29 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1928 | |
| 1914-10-17 | Lehigh over Carnegie Mellon | 1914 |