Has a College Football game ever ended 27-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 27-20 217 times. It first happened on October 12, 1934, when Marquette beat Kansas State, and most recently on December 7, 2025, when Duke beat Virginia.
That makes 27-20 the 86th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 28-20 has happened 139 times and 27-21 has happened 166 times.
Every 27-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-07 | Duke over Virginia | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-30 | Alabama over Auburn | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Minnesota over Purdue | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Kansas over UCF | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Syracuse over UConn | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Georgia Tech over Colorado | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-16 | Arkansas State over Georgia State | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-09 | Memphis over Rice | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-02 | UCLA over Nebraska | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Bowling Green over Akron | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Marshall over Western Michigan | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Ohio over South Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-01 | USC over LSU | 2024 | |
| 2024-01-01 | Michigan over Alabama | 2023 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-11 | Florida State over Miami | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-07 | Ole Miss over Arkansas | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Georgia over Auburn | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-30 | Washington over Texas | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-11-26 | South Alabama over Old Dominion | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-19 | South Alabama over Southern Miss | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-19 | California over Stanford | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-01 | Ball State over Kent State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-30 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Navy over Temple | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Cincinnati over Navy | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-22 | San José State over UNLV | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Kent State over Bowling Green | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Northern Illinois over Eastern Michigan | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-14 | Nevada over New Mexico | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-14 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-07 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-10 | BYU over UTSA | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-18 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Texas State over New Mexico State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-23 | Washington over Arizona State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | Arkansas State over UNLV | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | New Mexico State over UTEP | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-27 | Iowa over Boston College | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-17 | South Florida over Tulsa | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Michigan over Indiana | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Ohio over Eastern Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-08-31 | UConn over Holy Cross | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Air Force over Boise State | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-16 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | Wake Forest over Virginia | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Eastern Michigan over Ohio | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-25 | Air Force over Utah State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-12 | Auburn over Jacksonville State | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-12 | Missouri over Arkansas State | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-06 | SMU over UConn | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-20 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | San José State over Wyoming | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | Louisiana Tech over UTSA | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Oklahoma State over Kansas | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-13 | Indiana State over Ball State | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-01 | Stanford over Notre Dame | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Northern Illinois over Akron | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-11 | San Diego State over Air Force | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-10 | Florida over Louisiana | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Maryland over Virginia | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Oregon State over UCLA | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Utah State over Utah | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-03 | Ball State over Indiana | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Miami (OH) over Central Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-18 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-18 | Texas A&M over Florida International | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Southern Miss over Marshall | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Middle Tennessee over Florida Atlantic | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Missouri over Bowling Green | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-09 | UNLV over New Mexico | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Miami (OH) over Bowling Green | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-11 | Minnesota over Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Northern Illinois over Kent State | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-19 | Utah over TCU | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Nevada over UNLV | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Illinois over Penn State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Akron over Kent State | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Ohio over Western Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-23 | Army over Baylor | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | South Carolina over Wofford | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Clemson over Florida State | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Oregon over California | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-02 | Memphis over UTEP | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Eastern Michigan over Kent State | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Southern Miss over South Florida | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Florida Atlantic over Middle Tennessee | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-09 | Middle Tennessee over Troy | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-01 | Michigan over Michigan State | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-25 | BYU over UNLV | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-12 | Boise State over Tulsa | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Marshall over Kansas State | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-30 | TCU over Memphis | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-24 | Clemson over South Carolina | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Kansas State over USC | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Miami (OH) over Kent State | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Arkansas over UCF | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Maryland over Wake Forest | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-30 | BYU over Air Force | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-02 | Michigan State over Oregon | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Arkansas over Kentucky | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Virginia Tech over Miami | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Wake Forest over Northwestern | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-30 | USC over Notre Dame | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Georgia Tech over UCF | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Michigan over Indiana | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Tulsa over Iowa | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Wyoming over Louisville | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Arkansas over Memphis | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Colorado State over Air Force | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-09 | Stanford over Utah | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-02 | Oregon over Utah | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-15 | Virginia Tech over East Carolina | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-15 | USC over Stanford | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-08 | Indiana over Iowa | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Navy over Bowling Green | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Pittsburgh over Temple | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-26 | NC State over North Carolina | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Pacific over New Mexico State | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Louisville over Pittsburgh | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Toledo over Ohio | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | South Carolina over North Carolina | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Cal State Fullerton over Cal State Northridge | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Boston College over Army | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-25 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-23 | Air Force over Hawai'i | 1985 | |
| 1984-12-29 | SMU over Notre Dame | 1984 | Playoff |
| 1984-09-15 | Oregon over Colorado | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Southern Miss over Memphis | 1983 | |
| 1981-11-28 | UNLV over UTEP | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | McNeese over Louisiana Tech | 1981 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Virginia Tech over VMI | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | South Carolina over Georgia | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-22 | East Tennessee State over Eastern Kentucky | 1979 | |
| 1978-01-02 | Washington over Michigan | 1977 | Playoff |
| 1977-10-22 | Temple over Louisiana | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Baylor over SMU | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Ball State over Bowling Green | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-23 | Pennsylvania over Dartmouth | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-19 | Pennsylvania over Lehigh | 1973 | |
| 1972-09-30 | Navy over Boston College | 1972 | |
| 1970-10-24 | BYU over Utah State | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Dayton over Villanova | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Pacific over Washington State | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-20 | South Carolina over Duke | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-02 | Louisiana Tech over Southern Miss | 1968 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Harvard over Holy Cross | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-21 | Indiana over Michigan | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-26 | UTEP over Utah | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Marshall over Morehead State | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-16 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-28 | Baylor over Rice | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Virginia Tech over William & Mary | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-17 | Indiana over Michigan State | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-03 | UCLA over Stanford | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-23 | Arkansas over Texas Tech | 1963 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Wofford over Davidson | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-22 | Illinois over Northwestern | 1958 | |
| 1957-10-12 | West Texas A&M over Trinity (Texas) | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Syracuse over Boston University | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-27 | San José State over Denver | 1957 | |
| 1956-11-10 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-13 | Syracuse over West Virginia | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-13 | Lehigh over VMI | 1956 | |
| 1955-10-15 | Arkansas over Texas | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-08 | San José State over Arizona State | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-01 | Yale over Brown | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-27 | Navy over Army | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-30 | San José State over North Texas | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Harvard over Brown | 1953 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Drake over Northern Iowa | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Texas Tech over Mississippi State | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Hardin-Simmons over Arizona State | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-17 | Brown over Rutgers | 1953 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Stanford over USC | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-27 | Lehigh over New York University | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Illinois over Washington | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-13 | SMU over Notre Dame | 1951 | |
| 1951-09-22 | Stanford over Oregon | 1951 | |
| 1950-12-02 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 1950 | |
| 1950-11-11 | Texas over Baylor | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Trinity (Texas) over West Texas A&M | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Tennessee over Washington and Lee | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Duquesne over Louisville | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Baylor over Texas A&M | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Tulane over Ole Miss | 1950 | |
| 1949-12-03 | Notre Dame over SMU | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-26 | South Carolina over Wake Forest | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-22 | UCLA over Washington State | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-15 | Missouri over Illinois | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-14 | San Francisco over San José State | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Wake Forest over Duke | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-16 | Oklahoma State over San Francisco | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-27 | Rutgers over Brown | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Villanova over Florida | 1946 | |
| 1945-11-10 | Mississippi State over LSU | 1945 | |
| 1944-10-07 | Florida over Jacksonville Naval Air Station | 1944 | |
| 1942-11-21 | Notre Dame over Northwestern | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-07 | Texas A&M over SMU | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-09 | San Francisco over Loyola Marymount | 1941 | |
| 1941-11-01 | Syracuse over Wisconsin | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-11 | Army over VMI | 1941 | |
| 1940-10-19 | Davidson over Sewanee | 1940 | |
| 1940-09-28 | Baylor over North Texas | 1940 | |
| 1937-10-15 | Gonzaga over Eastern Washington | 1937 | |
| 1934-11-10 | Fordham over West Virginia | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-12 | Marquette over Kansas State | 1934 |