Has a College Football game ever ended 27-21?
It has. 27-21 has been a College Football final 166 times in 84,334 games. The first was Pennsylvania beat Michigan on November 9, 1912; the latest was Indiana beat Miami on January 20, 2026.
That makes 27-21 the 122nd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 28-21 has happened 264 times and 27-22 has happened 56 times.
Every 27-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Indiana over Miami | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-22 | Florida International over Jacksonville State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-08 | Southern Miss over Arkansas State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Temple over UTSA | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Florida Atlantic over Rice | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-06 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Oklahoma over Auburn | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Missouri over Boston College | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Cincinnati over Pittsburgh | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-12 | Michigan State over Rutgers | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Clemson over Syracuse | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-26 | Coastal Carolina over South Alabama | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-30 | San José State over Wyoming | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | NC State over Clemson | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-19 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-15 | Washington over Oregon State | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-03 | West Virginia over Baylor | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-27 | Michigan State over Wake Forest | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-08-31 | Auburn over Oregon | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-11 | Georgia Tech over Miami | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-03 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Georgia State over Coastal Carolina | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | NC State over Florida State | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-16 | Washington State over UCLA | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Marshall over Florida Atlantic | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-31 | Louisville over Texas A&M | 2015 | Playoff |
| 2015-11-28 | Duke over Wake Forest | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-07 | Miami over Virginia | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-31 | USC over California | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-31 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 2015 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Rice over UTSA | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Utah over Stanford | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-14 | Iowa over Iowa State | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Ohio over North Texas | 2013 | |
| 2012-12-01 | Boise State over Nevada | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 2012 | |
| 2012-08-30 | McNeese over Middle Tennessee | 2012 | |
| 2011-12-10 | Navy over Army | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-20 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-17 | Hawai'i over Nevada | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Miami (OH) over Kent State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-03 | Tulane over SE Louisiana | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Notre Dame over Navy | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Alabama over LSU | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Clemson over Boston College | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-26 | Oregon State over USC | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-24 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | North Dakota State over Minnesota | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-11 | TCU over New Mexico | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-23 | Purdue over Minnesota | 2006 | |
| 2005-12-28 | Boston College over Boise State | 2005 | Playoff |
| 2005-11-12 | UCF over UAB | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-02 | NC State over Wake Forest | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-22 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-09 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2003 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Miami (OH) over North Carolina | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Marshall over Miami (OH) | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-08 | Auburn over Ole Miss | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Akron over Bowling Green | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Michigan State over Notre Dame | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | UL Monroe over Nicholls | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Western Michigan over Iowa | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Central Michigan over Ball State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-02 | Western Illinois over Northern Illinois | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-17 | North Texas over Nevada | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Utah over Louisville | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Texas State over Idaho | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-14 | Eastern Washington over Boise State | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Michigan State over Illinois | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-29 | Michigan State over Indiana | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | UCLA over USC | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-02 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Northern Illinois over Liberty | 1992 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Baylor over TCU | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-13 | Penn State over Syracuse | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Western Michigan over Louisiana Tech | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-04 | Colorado over Nebraska | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Kentucky over LSU | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Florida over New Mexico | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-02 | South Carolina over Duke | 1989 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Akron over Northern Illinois | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-17 | Northern Illinois over Missouri State | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-03 | Texas Tech over Texas A&M | 1987 | |
| 1986-12-27 | Clemson over Stanford | 1986 | Playoff |
| 1986-10-18 | Wake Forest over Maryland | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-11 | SMU over Baylor | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Eastern Michigan over Ohio | 1985 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Tennessee over Utah | 1984 | |
| 1982-10-02 | Navy over Duke | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Boston College over Rutgers | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-05 | NC State over Richmond | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Drake over West Texas A&M | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Louisiana over East Carolina | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Michigan over Indiana | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Northwestern State over Stephen F. Austin | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Northern Illinois over Kent State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Houston over Florida State | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Yale over Pennsylvania | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | Colorado over Stanford | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-22 | Pennsylvania over Cornell | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Utah State over Wyoming | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Illinois over Washington State | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Missouri over Wisconsin | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Richmond over Furman | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Akron over Western Michigan | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-16 | Northern Illinois over Idaho | 1974 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Utah State over Southern Miss | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-28 | East Carolina over Furman | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | East Carolina over The Citadel | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-09 | UL Monroe over Chattanooga | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Colgate over Boston University | 1971 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Kent State over Buffalo | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-09 | Pacific over California-Santa Barbara | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | Illinois over Northwestern | 1967 | |
| 1967-11-04 | Cincinnati over Boston College | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-23 | Oregon State over Arizona State | 1967 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Kentucky over Ole Miss | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-23 | Florida over Miami | 1963 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Utah State over BYU | 1962 | |
| 1962-09-22 | Louisville over Western Michigan | 1962 | |
| 1962-09-22 | Arizona over BYU | 1962 | |
| 1960-09-24 | Cincinnati over Dayton | 1960 | |
| 1959-10-03 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 1959 | |
| 1957-10-19 | Rice over SMU | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-05 | South Carolina over Texas | 1957 | |
| 1957-01-01 | Colorado over Clemson | 1956 | Playoff |
| 1956-10-27 | Idaho over Utah | 1956 | |
| 1955-10-29 | Drake over Iowa State | 1955 | |
| 1954-09-25 | Virginia over Lehigh | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-21 | Kentucky over Tennessee | 1953 | |
| 1953-11-21 | Baylor over SMU | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Penn State over TCU | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Northwestern over Pittsburgh | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Kansas over Colorado | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Trinity (Texas) over Hardin-Simmons | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | San José State over Fresno State | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Princeton over Yale | 1952 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Notre Dame over Oklahoma | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-25 | Utah over Wyoming | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-18 | Fresno State over Utah State | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-17 | VMI over The Citadel | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-17 | Utah over Colorado State | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Tulsa over Marquette | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-13 | Duke over NC State | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-07 | Kansas over Colorado | 1950 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Wichita State over Tulsa | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-24 | Cincinnati over Hardin-Simmons | 1949 | |
| 1947-11-02 | Nevada over Saint Louis | 1947 | |
| 1946-10-19 | Illinois over Wisconsin | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-05 | Georgia over Miami | 1945 | |
| 1940-11-28 | Arkansas over Tulsa | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-11 | Duquesne over South Carolina | 1940 | |
| 1938-11-12 | Washington University (St. Louis) over Butler | 1938 | |
| 1928-11-03 | Utah over Colorado College | 1928 | |
| 1926-10-16 | Army over Syracuse | 1926 | |
| 1920-11-06 | Pittsburgh over Pennsylvania | 1920 | |
| 1912-11-09 | Pennsylvania over Michigan | 1912 |