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Has a College Football game ever ended 28-17?

It has. 28-17 has been a College Football final 118 times in 84,433 games. The first was Syracuse beat Amherst on October 26, 1901; the latest was Eastern Michigan beat Sacramento State on August 29, 2026.

Where 28-17 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 28-17 the 175th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-17 has happened 31 times and 28-18 has happened 49 times. At one point the score disappeared for 47 years, between 1901 and 1948.

Every 28-17 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2026-08-29Eastern Michigan over Sacramento State2026
2025-11-28Navy over Memphis2025
2025-11-23Utah State over Fresno State2025
2025-09-18Rice over Charlotte2025
2023-09-09Kentucky over Eastern Kentucky2023
2021-10-02Miami (OH) over Central Michigan2021
2020-11-07San José State over San Diego State2020
2019-11-23Ohio State over Penn State2019
2019-09-21Virginia over Old Dominion2019
2018-09-23Wisconsin over Iowa2018
2017-12-02Coastal Carolina over Georgia Southern2017
2017-11-25Fresno State over Boise State2017
2017-09-16Southern Miss over UL Monroe2017
2016-10-22Maryland over Michigan State2016
2015-11-14Massachusetts over Eastern Michigan2015
2015-09-19Ball State over Eastern Michigan2015
2014-10-25Northern Illinois over Eastern Michigan2014
2014-10-11East Carolina over South Florida2014
2014-10-04Georgia Tech over Miami2014
2014-08-30Illinois over Youngstown State2014
2013-11-30UConn over Rutgers2013
2012-10-27Northwestern over Iowa2012
2012-09-15Syracuse over Stony Brook2012
2011-11-19Florida International over UL Monroe2011
2011-11-19Wisconsin over Illinois2011
2011-10-29Boston College over Maryland2011
2011-09-17North Carolina over Virginia2011
2011-09-10SMU over UTEP2011
2010-10-16Purdue over Minnesota2010
2010-10-09Kent State over Akron2010
2009-10-31Duke over Virginia2009
2009-10-03Oregon State over Arizona State2009
2008-11-08Wake Forest over Virginia2008
2007-11-03Iowa over Northwestern2007
2007-10-27Illinois over Ball State2007
2007-09-08Michigan State over Bowling Green2007
2006-10-07Kent State over Temple2006
2005-11-12Arkansas over Ole Miss2005
2005-10-15Cincinnati over UConn2005
2005-10-08Boston College over Virginia2005
2005-09-17Florida State over Boston College2005
2003-11-15Vanderbilt over Kentucky2003
2003-10-11Nevada over Washington2003
2003-10-11North Carolina over East Carolina2003
2003-09-27Washington over Stanford2003
2003-09-06Clemson over Furman2003
2002-11-10Utah over UNLV2002
2002-10-26UCF over Akron2002
2001-12-01Florida State over Georgia Tech2001
2001-11-10New Mexico State over Arkansas State2001
2000-11-18Tulsa over San José State2000
2000-10-14Oregon over USC2000
1999-11-20Alabama over Auburn1999
1999-09-18Idaho over Washington State1999
1999-09-04Alabama over Vanderbilt1999
1998-11-14Georgia over Auburn1998
1998-10-17Miami (OH) over Ball State1998
1997-09-27West Virginia over Miami1997
1997-09-13Purdue over Notre Dame1997
1997-09-13North Carolina over Stanford1997
1997-09-04Auburn over Virginia1997
1996-10-26Rutgers over Temple1996
1994-11-05Clemson over North Carolina1994
1993-10-02Idaho over Utah1993
1991-12-30Tulsa over San Diego State1991Playoff
1991-10-26Boston College over Army1991
1990-09-29Boston College over Navy1990
1990-09-15Rutgers over Colgate1990
1990-09-08Navy over Richmond1990
1990-09-01Northern Illinois over Eastern Illinois1990
1988-09-17Arizona State over Colorado State1988
1988-09-03Georgia over Tennessee1988
1986-10-25Baylor over TCU1986
1986-10-04LSU over Florida1986
1985-10-26Stanford over Arizona1985
1985-01-01Washington over Oklahoma1984Playoff
1984-09-22Utah over Air Force1984
1984-09-15Miami over Purdue1984
1984-09-08Oregon over Long Beach State1984
1982-11-20William & Mary over Richmond1982
1982-09-25Colorado State over New Mexico State1982
1981-11-28Alabama over Auburn1981
1980-11-15Harvard over Pennsylvania1980
1980-10-18Kansas over Iowa State1980
1980-10-11Utah State over Cal State Fullerton1980
1980-10-11UNLV over San Diego State1980
1980-09-20Texas Tech over New Mexico1980
1979-12-15Temple over California1979Playoff
1979-10-20UL Monroe over Cal State Fullerton1979
1979-10-20Arizona State over Washington State1979
1979-10-13Bowling Green over Kent State1979
1978-10-07Texas-Arlington over New Mexico State1978
1978-09-09The Citadel over Presbyterian1978
1976-11-13Stanford over Oregon1976
1976-11-13Brown over Columbia1976
1976-11-06Alabama over LSU1976
1976-10-16Utah State over Utah1976
1976-09-18Oklahoma over California1976
1975-11-22Utah State over Colorado State1975
1975-10-18Rice over SMU1975
1974-10-26The Citadel over App State1974
1972-11-25Yale over Harvard1972
1972-11-25Kansas over Missouri1972
1970-12-05Tennessee over UCLA1970
1970-11-21Missouri over Kansas1970
1970-10-24Pittsburgh over Miami1970
1969-11-22Richmond over William & Mary1969
1969-11-08Iowa over Indiana1969
1969-09-27Pennsylvania over Bucknell1969
1969-09-20Oregon over Utah1969
1968-10-26Rutgers over Columbia1968
1968-09-28TCU over Iowa1968
1966-10-29Michigan over Wisconsin1966
1965-10-30Auburn over Florida1965
1963-11-30Stanford over California1963
1962-09-15New Mexico over New Mexico State1962
1948-12-14Arizona State over New Mexico1948
1901-10-26Syracuse over Amherst1901

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