Has a College Football game ever ended 27-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 27-17 164 times. It first happened on October 30, 1920, when Notre Dame beat Army, and most recently on November 29, 2025, when Texas beat Texas A&M.
That makes 27-17 the 124th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 28-17 has happened 117 times and 27-18 has happened 25 times.
Every 27-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | Texas over Texas A&M | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-21 | Notre Dame over Indiana | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-12-18 | James Madison over Western Kentucky | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-10-05 | Washington over Michigan | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Colorado State over UTEP | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Coastal Carolina over Arkansas State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-17 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-23 | Wake Forest over Missouri | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-10-15 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-28 | Middle Tennessee over Florida Atlantic | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | UTSA over Southern Miss | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Pittsburgh over Clemson | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-19 | BYU over Arizona State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Iowa over Iowa State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-03 | New Mexico over Houston Christian | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-28 | Penn State over Michigan | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-21 | North Texas over Rice | 2020 | |
| 2020-01-07 | Louisiana over Miami (OH) | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-12-01 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-30 | Duke over Miami | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | San Diego State over San José State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-04 | Temple over East Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Temple over South Florida | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-20 | App State over Louisiana | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-20 | Southern Miss over UTSA | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-16 | Georgia State over Western Kentucky | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-02 | Toledo over Northern Illinois | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Duke over North Carolina | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Nebraska over Rutgers | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Arizona State over Washington | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-24 | UTEP over Florida Atlantic | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-27 | UTEP over Incarnate Word | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-26 | Louisiana Tech over Florida International | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-29 | Washington over Washington State | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Wisconsin over BYU | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | TCU over Kansas | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-05 | Virginia Tech over North Carolina | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-25 | South Carolina over Clemson | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-29 | Arizona State over California | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-08 | Florida International over Akron | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-11 | UCLA over San José State | 2011 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Iowa over Arizona | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-16 | Boston College over Florida State | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Western Michigan over Toledo | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-08 | NC State over Duke | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-31 | UNLV over Utah State | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-30 | Bowling Green over Pittsburgh | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-04 | Florida State over Boston College | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-21 | Michigan over Illinois | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-08 | UCLA over BYU | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Arizona over Washington State | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Oregon State over Washington | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Auburn over Florida | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-17 | Missouri over New Mexico | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Iowa over Iowa State | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-02 | Michigan State over Idaho | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Louisiana Tech over Utah State | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-06 | North Texas over Louisiana | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Marshall over Kent State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-19 | Fresno State over Portland State | 2004 | |
| 2003-12-17 | Memphis over North Texas | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2003-11-14 | Maryland over Virginia | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Alabama over Kentucky | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-06 | South Florida over Nicholls | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Kentucky over Indiana | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-18 | Rice over UTEP | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-11 | New Mexico over UNLV | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Iowa over Northwestern | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Alabama over South Carolina | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Ohio State over Arizona | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Missouri over Memphis | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Penn State over Minnesota | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Oregon State over Baylor | 1998 | |
| 1998-08-30 | USC over Purdue | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-22 | Michigan State over Illinois | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-11 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-27 | USC over California | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-16 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Penn State over Michigan | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Colorado over Kansas State | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Syracuse over Minnesota | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Rutgers over Navy | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Northern Illinois over Louisiana Tech | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | North Carolina over TCU | 1994 | |
| 1992-12-30 | Hawai'i over Illinois | 1992 | Playoff |
| 1992-10-31 | Louisville over Cincinnati | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Purdue over Michigan State | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Oklahoma over Virginia Tech | 1991 | |
| 1990-09-01 | East Carolina over Louisiana Tech | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-07 | Notre Dame over Stanford | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | UCLA over Stanford | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-03 | Tulane over Vanderbilt | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Penn State over Boston College | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Vanderbilt over Memphis | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-02 | Pittsburgh over BYU | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Oregon over Washington State | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Western Michigan over Miami (OH) | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-27 | BYU over Temple | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-23 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Tulane over Louisiana | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Hawai'i over New Mexico | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | West Texas A&M over Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1985 | |
| 1984-12-01 | Florida over Florida State | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Houston over Baylor | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | UCLA over USC | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Boston College over Penn State | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Clemson over NC State | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-24 | West Virginia over Boston College | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Oklahoma State over Cincinnati | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Nebraska-Omaha over Drake | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-02 | Rutgers over William & Mary | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Florida over Mississippi State | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Syracuse over Boston College | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Illinois over Michigan State | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Louisville over Indiana State | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-20 | West Virginia over Tulane | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Alabama over Tennessee | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-06 | Wofford over Furman | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Baylor over Texas Tech | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Temple over Villanova | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Texas Tech over TCU | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-09 | Western Michigan over Illinois State | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Florida over Tennessee | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Wyoming over UTEP | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | California over Tennessee | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-11 | South Carolina over Georgia Tech | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-08 | North Texas over Cal Poly-Pomona | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Washington over Oregon | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-26 | San Diego State over Long Beach State | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | San José State over Long Beach State | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Pittsburgh over Georgia Tech | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Louisville over Drake | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-11 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Wofford over Davidson | 1972 | |
| 1971-09-25 | Western Michigan over Northern Illinois | 1971 | |
| 1971-01-01 | Stanford over Ohio State | 1970 | Playoff |
| 1970-09-19 | Clemson over Virginia | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1969 | |
| 1967-09-23 | Memphis over Ole Miss | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-22 | East Carolina over The Citadel | 1966 | |
| 1965-09-25 | Nebraska over Air Force | 1965 | |
| 1963-10-05 | William & Mary over Furman | 1963 | |
| 1952-11-15 | SMU over Arkansas | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-18 | Pennsylvania over Columbia | 1952 | |
| 1939-11-30 | Colorado over Denver | 1939 | |
| 1920-10-30 | Notre Dame over Army | 1920 |