Has a College Football game ever ended 27-26?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 27-26 64 times. It first happened on November 16, 1946, when Stanford beat Washington State, and most recently on October 7, 2026, when Jacksonville State beat Kennesaw State.
That makes 27-26 the 324th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 28-26 has happened 60 times and 27-27 has happened 22 times.
Every 27-26 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-07 | Jacksonville State over Kennesaw State | 2026 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Bryant over Massachusetts | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Kennesaw State over Florida International | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Charlotte over Gardner-Webb | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Illinois over Minnesota | 2023 | |
| 2021-10-16 | Buffalo over Ohio | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-25 | UTSA over Louisiana Tech | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-12 | Georgia Southern over Campbell | 2020 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Kansas over TCU | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Ohio over Kent State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Ohio State over Penn State | 2018 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Florida International over Charlotte | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-06 | Arkansas State over Georgia Southern | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Bowling Green over North Dakota | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Rice over Florida Atlantic | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Arizona over Washington | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-29 | Syracuse over Villanova | 2014 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Maryland over Virginia | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-11 | Vanderbilt over Ole Miss | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Tulane over SMU | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-23 | Tulsa over Fresno State | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Middle Tennessee over Western Kentucky | 2010 | |
| 2007-11-24 | North Texas over Western Kentucky | 2007 | |
| 2005-10-29 | Marshall over Tulane | 2005 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Bowling Green over Purdue | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-07 | UAB over Troy | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Northwestern over Michigan State | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Eastern Michigan over Ohio | 1999 | |
| 1997-09-27 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Missouri over SMU | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Indiana over Southern Miss | 1995 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Colorado over Michigan | 1994 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Northwestern over Illinois | 1992 | |
| 1990-11-10 | Ohio State over Iowa | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Akron over Central Michigan | 1989 | |
| 1986-11-01 | San Diego State over Colorado State | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-01 | UNLV over North Texas | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-22 | LSU over Arizona | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-10 | Duke over NC State | 1983 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Purdue over Michigan State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-10 | Washington over California | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-29 | Boston College over Holy Cross | 1980 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Tulsa over Cincinnati | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | UCLA over Stanford | 1978 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Air Force over Arizona | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-10 | USC over Stanford | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-06 | East Carolina over Davidson | 1971 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 1969 | |
| 1967-10-21 | East Carolina over Parsons | 1967 | |
| 1962-09-15 | Richmond over East Carolina | 1962 | |
| 1957-11-02 | Oregon over Stanford | 1957 | |
| 1955-11-05 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1955 | |
| 1954-10-02 | Miami (OH) over Marquette | 1954 | |
| 1954-09-25 | Dartmouth over Holy Cross | 1954 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Utah State over BYU | 1952 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Hardin-Simmons over UTEP | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-11 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 1952 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Missouri over Oklahoma State | 1951 | |
| 1950-11-25 | Arizona over Iowa State | 1950 | |
| 1949-09-17 | Tulsa over McMurry | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-13 | Cornell over Dartmouth | 1948 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Northwestern over UCLA | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-16 | Stanford over Washington State | 1946 |
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