Has a College Football game ever ended 26-16?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 26-16 39 times. It first happened on November 7, 1893, when Lake Forest College beat Beloit, and most recently on November 15, 2025, when UConn beat Air Force.
That makes 26-16 the 482nd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 27-16 has happened 76 times and 26-17 has happened 43 times. At one point the score disappeared for 40 years, between 1915 and 1955.
Every 26-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-15 | UConn over Air Force | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Air Force over San José State | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-19 | Texas over Iowa State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Iowa over Michigan State | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Kentucky over Florida | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Oregon over Washington | 2021 | |
| 2019-10-06 | UTSA over UTEP | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Troy over Louisiana | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-29 | UNLV over Fresno State | 2017 | |
| 2013-09-29 | San Diego State over New Mexico State | 2013 | |
| 2008-11-01 | California over Oregon | 2008 | |
| 2006-09-10 | UCLA over Rice | 2006 | |
| 2004-12-05 | California over Southern Miss | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-18 | Marshall over Buffalo | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-14 | Arizona State over Utah State | 2003 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Memphis over Army | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Arizona State over USC | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 1997 | |
| 1995-10-07 | USC over California | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Washington over Oregon State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Virginia Tech over Pittsburgh | 1995 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Tennessee over UTEP | 1986 | |
| 1978-10-21 | San José State over Fresno State | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Texas over North Texas | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Howard over Southern | 1977 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Kent State over Xavier | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Dayton over Bowling Green | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-24 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 1970 | |
| 1966-10-08 | Boston University over Buffalo | 1966 | |
| 1962-11-03 | UCLA over California | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-25 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1961 | |
| 1961-11-18 | Princeton over Yale | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-26 | Tulsa over Houston | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-21 | Columbia over Rutgers | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Colorado State over Montana | 1959 | |
| 1955-10-22 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1955 | |
| 1915-10-30 | Drake over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-25 | Washburn over Kansas State | 1914 | |
| 1893-11-07 | Lake Forest College over Beloit | 1893 |