Has a College Football game ever ended 24-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 24-21 347 times. It first happened on November 12, 1944, when Boston College beat Brooklyn, and most recently on September 5, 2026, when Troy beat Sam Houston.
That makes 24-21 the 38th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 25-21 has happened 51 times and 24-22 has happened 77 times.
Every 24-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Troy over Sam Houston | 2026 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Kennesaw State over New Mexico State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Western Michigan over Central Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-29 | Jacksonville State over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Kent State over Bowling Green | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Old Dominion over App State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-19 | BYU over Utah | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Air Force over Wyoming | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-17 | Louisville over Miami | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Ole Miss over Washington State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-28 | BYU over Colorado | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | Alabama over Georgia | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Army over Kansas State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-23 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-23 | California over Stanford | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Fresno State over Nevada | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Georgia State over Chattanooga | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-24 | Georgia Tech over Florida State | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Rice over Florida Atlantic | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Washington over Washington State | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Michigan State over Indiana | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Sam Houston over Kennesaw State | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-02 | Duke over Wake Forest | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-01 | Bowling Green over Ball State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | South Florida over UConn | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-14 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-01 | West Virginia over TCU | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | California over Arizona State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-22 | NC State over Virginia | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Akron over Morgan State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Temple over Akron | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-01 | Arizona State over Southern Utah | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-12 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-10 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-05 | Washington over Oregon State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | UTEP over Florida Atlantic | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-15 | Texas over Iowa State | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-31 | Central Michigan over Washington State | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-11-27 | Florida over Florida State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Iowa State over Oklahoma State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Syracuse over Liberty | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-12 | Vanderbilt over Colorado State | 2021 | |
| 2021-01-01 | Georgia over Cincinnati | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2020-12-31 | West Virginia over Army | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2020-12-05 | Louisiana over App State | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-29 | Washington over Utah | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-29 | Hawai'i over Nevada | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-26 | Boston College over Texas State | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-27 | Texas A&M over Oklahoma State | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-11-30 | Coastal Carolina over Texas State | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-07 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-01 | Georgia Southern over App State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | East Carolina over Old Dominion | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-21 | Tulsa over Wyoming | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Michigan over Army | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-31 | Old Dominion over Norfolk State | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-29 | UConn over Wagner | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-25 | North Texas over UTSA | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Northern Illinois over Ohio | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Florida International over Middle Tennessee | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | BYU over Wisconsin | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Old Dominion over Rice | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-04 | Washington State over Stanford | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-03 | Troy over Idaho | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Troy over LSU | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Illinois over Ball State | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-22 | BYU over Wyoming | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-12-03 | West Virginia over Baylor | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-19 | Kansas over Texas | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-13 | New Mexico over Utah State | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | Virginia Tech over Duke | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | South Carolina over Tennessee | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-23 | Penn State over Ohio State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Kansas State over Texas | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-08 | Central Michigan over Ball State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-02 | Indiana over Michigan State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-01 | UConn over Maine | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-07 | UTEP over Rice | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-03 | Michigan State over Purdue | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-26 | Nevada over Buffalo | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-27 | South Carolina over Miami | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-30 | UTEP over Middle Tennessee | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-26 | Ohio over Miami (OH) | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-26 | Utah over USC | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-27 | Colorado State over Boston College | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Wake Forest over Army | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-22 | Louisiana over Tulane | 2013 | Playoff |
| 2013-11-23 | Iowa over Michigan | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Middle Tennessee over UAB | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-26 | Navy over Pittsburgh | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-26 | Miami over Wake Forest | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | Tulane over North Texas | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-22 | Michigan over UConn | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Central Michigan over New Hampshire | 2013 | |
| 2013-08-31 | North Dakota State over Kansas State | 2013 | |
| 2012-12-27 | Central Michigan over Western Kentucky | 2012 | Playoff |
| 2012-11-24 | Middle Tennessee over Troy | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-24 | Penn State over Wisconsin | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Indiana over Iowa | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-16 | Utah over BYU | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | UConn over Maryland | 2012 | |
| 2011-12-30 | BYU over Tulsa | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-12-03 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-20 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-18 | Virginia Tech over North Carolina | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-17 | Western Michigan over Miami (OH) | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-12 | West Virginia over Cincinnati | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-10 | Temple over Miami (OH) | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-05 | Kent State over Central Michigan | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-15 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | North Texas over Indiana | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | South Carolina over Navy | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Vanderbilt over UConn | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-14 | USC over Arizona | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-13 | South Florida over Louisville | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-11 | Miami (OH) over Bowling Green | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-06 | LSU over Alabama | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Maryland over Boston College | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | BYU over San Diego State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-10 | West Virginia over Marshall | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-05 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Cincinnati over West Virginia | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Pittsburgh over UConn | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Iowa over Arkansas State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Maryland over Clemson | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-27 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Baylor over Wake Forest | 2009 | |
| 2009-01-06 | Texas over Ohio State | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-12-27 | Florida Atlantic over Central Michigan | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-28 | Kent State over Buffalo | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-22 | Boston College over Wake Forest | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Middle Tennessee over UL Monroe | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-12 | UTEP over Tulane | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green | 2008 | |
| 2008-01-04 | Kansas over Virginia Tech | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-12-28 | Boston College over Michigan State | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-10-11 | Wake Forest over Florida State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Wyoming over TCU | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-03 | Memphis over Marshall | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Wisconsin over Iowa | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Bowling Green over Eastern Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-13 | Air Force over Colorado State | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-08 | UTEP over SMU | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Central Michigan over Akron | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-26 | Kansas over Iowa State | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-26 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-19 | North Carolina over Duke | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Stanford over Washington State | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-02 | UCF over Louisiana | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-03 | East Carolina over Duke | 2005 | |
| 2005-01-01 | Georgia over Wisconsin | 2004 | Playoff |
| 2004-12-24 | Wyoming over UCLA | 2004 | Playoff |
| 2004-11-20 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-10 | UTEP over Fresno State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | LSU over Florida | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-30 | Navy over Air Force | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Michigan over San Diego State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Ohio State over Marshall | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-11 | UCLA over Arizona | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Florida over Kentucky | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-23 | SMU over Tulsa | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-23 | Marshall over Ohio | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Georgia over Auburn | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-09 | Maryland over NC State | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-03 | New Mexico State over Middle Tennessee | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-19 | Oklahoma State over Nebraska | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Wake Forest over Georgia Tech | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-28 | Ball State over UConn | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Wake Forest over Purdue | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Wisconsin over Northern Illinois | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-18 | BYU over Utah | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Miami (OH) over Bowling Green | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Texas A&M over Iowa State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | North Texas over Middle Tennessee | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-06 | North Carolina over East Carolina | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Auburn over Vanderbilt | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-08 | Cincinnati over Army | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Ohio State over Illinois | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Kent State over Central Michigan | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | UConn over Buffalo | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | UCLA over Fresno State | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | California over Utah | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Rutgers over Syracuse | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Iowa State over Missouri | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-16 | UAB over Cincinnati | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | New Mexico over San Diego State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Western Michigan over Northern Illinois | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-25 | TCU over Arkansas State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-18 | USC over San Diego State | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Fresno State over San José State | 1998 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Akron over Eastern Michigan | 1998 | |
| 1998-11-12 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1998 | |
| 1998-11-05 | East Carolina over Cincinnati | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Arkansas over Auburn | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Texas A&M over Kansas | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Marshall over South Carolina | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Eastern Washington over Idaho | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-27 | Maryland over Temple | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-30 | Florida State over Florida | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Texas A&M over Iowa State | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-05 | North Texas over Northern Illinois | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Boston College over Hawai'i | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-07 | San Diego State over Utah | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Southern Miss over Utah State | 1995 | |
| 1995-01-02 | South Carolina over West Virginia | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-05 | New Mexico State over San José State | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-08 | Rice over Texas Tech | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Mississippi State over Tennessee | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1994 | |
| 1994-01-01 | Notre Dame over Texas A&M | 1993 | Playoff |
| 1993-11-20 | Miami (OH) over Central Michigan | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Utah State over Pacific | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | Illinois over Michigan | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Syracuse over Cincinnati | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Ball State over Ohio | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Hawai'i over Oregon | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | UCLA over USC | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Arizona State over Oregon | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-26 | San Diego State over Utah | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Stanford over USC | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Iowa over Illinois | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Bowling Green over Toledo | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | TCU over Oklahoma State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-19 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Air Force over Utah | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-17 | Penn State over Notre Dame | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Vanderbilt over LSU | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Louisiana over Nicholls | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Louisiana over Southern Miss | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Washington State over Stanford | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Florida State over Clemson | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Colorado over Iowa | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Texas over TCU | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-03 | Kent State over Central Michigan | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Temple over Pittsburgh | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-22 | Wake Forest over Georgia Tech | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Northwestern over Michigan State | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-25 | Toledo over Ohio | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Iowa over Michigan State | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Arizona over Colorado | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Eastern Michigan over Akron | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | West Virginia over East Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | New Mexico State over Cal State Fullerton | 1986 | |
| 1985-12-06 | Wyoming over UTEP | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-16 | Illinois State over Indiana State | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Wichita State over Drake | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Baylor over Houston | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Wake Forest over App State | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Tennessee over Georgia Tech | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Michigan State over Colorado | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Texas over Baylor | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Long Beach State over UNLV | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Baylor over Arkansas | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | William & Mary over James Madison | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-01 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Harvard over Army | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Purdue over Michigan State | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Air Force over Navy | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-02 | Wichita State over West Texas A&M | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-02 | Vanderbilt over Tulane | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Penn State over Notre Dame | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-21 | UNLV over Air Force | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Colorado over Kansas State | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Tennessee over Wichita State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Wake Forest over Virginia | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Maryland over Duke | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-10 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Washington State over Arizona State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Wake Forest over Auburn | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Georgia Tech over Alabama | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Ball State over McNeese | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Bowling Green over Ball State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Mississippi State over Auburn | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Wyoming over Utah | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | New Mexico over Wyoming | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | UConn over Colgate | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Purdue over Michigan | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Toledo over Miami (OH) | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Baylor over SMU | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Chattanooga over App State | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Nebraska over Iowa | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Michigan State over Miami (OH) | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-25 | NC State over Virginia | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Drake over West Texas A&M | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Harvard over Colgate | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Indiana over Iowa | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-29 | UNLV over Cal State Fullerton | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Iowa State over Nebraska | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Mississippi State over Kansas State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Indiana over LSU | 1977 | |
| 1976-12-04 | Texas Tech over Baylor | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-23 | McNeese over Arkansas State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | NC State over Indiana | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-11 | North Carolina over Florida | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-29 | Arizona State over Arizona | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Colorado over Kansas | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Stanford over Washington | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-12 | San Diego State over Fresno State | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Rutgers over Harvard | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Colorado over Wisconsin | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Yale over Pennsylvania | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-27 | Bowling Green over Marshall | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-18 | South Carolina over Florida State | 1972 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Idaho State over Drake | 1972 | |
| 1972-11-18 | California over Stanford | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Miami over Tulane | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-16 | Long Beach State over North Texas | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Cornell over Columbia | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-24 | West Virginia over Colorado State | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-17 | UCLA over California | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-22 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | East Carolina over Furman | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-20 | Georgia Tech over SMU | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-16 | The Citadel over William & Mary | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1968 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Oregon State over Utah | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | Cornell over Dartmouth | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-05 | NC State over Maryland | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Colorado over Oklahoma | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | North Texas over Wichita State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-16 | Delaware over Villanova | 1965 | |
| 1964-10-03 | Bucknell over Harvard | 1964 | |
| 1961-09-30 | Maryland over Clemson | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-30 | Auburn over Tennessee | 1961 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Purdue over Ohio State | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1960 | |
| 1958-09-27 | Washington over Minnesota | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-02 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1957 | |
| 1952-11-01 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1952 | |
| 1944-11-12 | Boston College over Brooklyn | 1944 |