Has a College Football game ever ended 28-16?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-16 80 times. It first happened on October 17, 1925, when TCU beat Hardin-Simmons, and most recently on November 20, 2025, when Central Michigan beat Kent State.
That makes 28-16 the 269th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-16 has happened 19 times and 28-17 has happened 117 times.
Every 28-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-20 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Louisville over Virginia Tech | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | UL Monroe over Arkansas State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Utah State over UTEP | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-13 | Iowa State over West Virginia | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | UTSA over Kennesaw State | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-28 | UCLA over Colorado | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-03 | Fresno State over Boise State | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-06 | San José State over Colorado State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Georgia State over Texas State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Ball State over Army | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-17 | Army over UTSA | 2020 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Michigan over Penn State | 2015 | |
| 2013-10-31 | North Texas over Rice | 2013 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Mississippi State over Kentucky | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Iowa State over Kansas | 2010 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Louisiana Tech over Idaho | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Michigan over Northwestern | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-22 | LSU over South Carolina | 2007 | |
| 2005-10-22 | Houston over Mississippi State | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Ohio over Kentucky | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-22 | California over Stanford | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Oregon State over New Mexico State | 2003 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Washington State over Arizona State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-28 | California over USC | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | West Virginia over Idaho | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 1999 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Marshall over Kent State | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Oklahoma over Baylor | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | UCLA over California | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-28 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-11 | Hawai'i over Fresno State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Arkansas over UL Monroe | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Colorado State over Hawai'i | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 1996 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Utah State over Kansas State | 1992 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Colorado State over Hawai'i | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-10 | Michigan State over Minnesota | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Fresno State over Long Beach State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Toledo over Ball State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Louisville over Kansas | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Arizona over Illinois | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-02 | Texas A&M over LSU | 1989 | |
| 1987-11-07 | West Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-27 | NC State over Maryland | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Miami over Oklahoma | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Temple over Cincinnati | 1985 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Long Beach State over Pacific | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1983 | |
| 1981-11-28 | San José State over North Texas | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-14 | New Mexico over Colorado State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | Wake Forest over App State | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Eastern Kentucky over East Carolina | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Tennessee over Boston College | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Villanova over Boston College | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-19 | Oregon over Oregon State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Purdue over Northwestern | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Duke over Navy | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-04 | Kansas over Oregon State | 1976 | |
| 1974-11-30 | Hawai'i over Rutgers | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-03 | Nebraska over Colorado | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | Dartmouth over Brown | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Texas Tech over Texas A&M | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Memphis over Tulsa | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Holy Cross over Massachusetts | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Maryland over VMI | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Rutgers over Colgate | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Oregon State over Washington State | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-23 | USC over UCLA | 1968 | |
| 1966-11-12 | East Carolina over Richmond | 1966 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Arizona State over San José State | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Tennessee over Tulane | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-27 | USC over Illinois | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-25 | Virginia over Maryland | 1961 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Georgia over North Carolina | 1951 | |
| 1926-10-30 | TCU over Texas Tech | 1926 | |
| 1925-10-17 | TCU over Hardin-Simmons | 1925 |