Has a College Football game ever ended 27-16?
It has. 27-16 has been a College Football final 76 times in 84,334 games. The first was Clemson beat Wofford on November 1, 1917; the latest was Western Kentucky beat Southern Miss on December 23, 2025.
That makes 27-16 the 285th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 28-16 has happened 80 times and 27-17 has happened 164 times.
Every 27-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | Western Kentucky over Southern Miss | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-09-06 | Clemson over Troy | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-23 | UNLV over San José State | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-16 | Florida over LSU | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 2024 | |
| 2022-10-21 | Tulsa over Temple | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-26 | San Diego State over Boise State | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Texas over Baylor | 2020 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Kentucky over Florida | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-17 | California over Ole Miss | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky | 2017 | |
| 2015-12-20 | San José State over Georgia State | 2015 | Playoff |
| 2015-09-26 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 2015 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Miami (OH) over Massachusetts | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Iowa over Northern Iowa | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | UTSA over East Texas A&M | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Michigan over Purdue | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Marshall over Memphis | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Pittsburgh over Buffalo | 2008 | |
| 2006-11-18 | Northwestern over Illinois | 2006 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Tulsa over Hawai'i | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-27 | Arizona State over Washington | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Notre Dame over USC | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Colorado over Kansas | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Ohio State over Miami (OH) | 2000 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Marshall over Akron | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-28 | Texas A&M over Texas | 1997 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-29 | Bowling Green over Miami (OH) | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-04 | Oregon State over Wyoming | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Purdue over Iowa | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Florida State over LSU | 1991 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Central Michigan over Akron | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-10 | Virginia Tech over East Carolina | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-03 | Maryland over Louisville | 1988 | |
| 1985-09-14 | East Carolina over Texas State | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-10 | TCU over Texas Tech | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Syracuse over Army | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-06 | New Mexico State over UTEP | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Southern Illinois over Southeast Missouri State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Cal State Fullerton over Utah State | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Syracuse over West Virginia | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-10 | Virginia over Navy | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Vanderbilt over Chattanooga | 1982 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Boston College over Syracuse | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Florida State over Florida | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Purdue over Ohio State | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-20 | Louisville over Indiana State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | UCLA over Washington State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Ball State over Illinois State | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | Georgia over Oregon | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-30 | San Diego State over UTEP | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Louisiana over Furman | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Texas Tech over Texas A&M | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-04 | USC over Iowa | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | SMU over Houston | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Michigan over Stanford | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-27 | Kent State over Utah State | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | SMU over Rice | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Western Michigan over Idaho | 1972 | |
| 1969-01-01 | Ohio State over USC | 1968 | Playoff |
| 1967-10-21 | William & Mary over Navy | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-16 | Arizona State over San José State | 1967 | |
| 1963-11-16 | North Carolina over Miami | 1963 | |
| 1963-09-28 | Michigan over SMU | 1963 | |
| 1960-10-08 | Penn State over Army | 1960 | |
| 1959-09-26 | Fresno State over BYU | 1959 | |
| 1958-10-25 | Colorado over Nebraska | 1958 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Ole Miss over LSU | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Missouri over Colorado | 1953 | |
| 1938-10-15 | Stanford over Oregon | 1938 | |
| 1936-10-10 | Army over Columbia | 1936 | |
| 1917-11-01 | Clemson over Wofford | 1917 |