Has a College Football game ever ended 28-20?
It has. 28-20 has been a College Football final 140 times in 84,857 games. The first was Bucknell beat Lehigh on October 23, 1897; the latest was Clemson beat North Carolina on September 19, 2026.
That makes 28-20 the 152nd most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-20 has happened 30 times and 28-21 has happened 266 times. At one point the score disappeared for 45 years, between 1897 and 1942.
Every 28-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Clemson over North Carolina | 2026 | |
| 2024-12-23 | Northern Illinois over Fresno State | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-11-16 | Troy over Georgia Southern | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-16 | USC over Nebraska | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-02 | App State over Old Dominion | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Coastal Carolina over Temple | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-22 | Miami over Clemson | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-29 | Minnesota over Syracuse | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-10-08 | Notre Dame over BYU | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-20 | San Diego State over UNLV | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Georgia State over Arkansas State | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Cincinnati over Tulsa | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Louisiana over Georgia Southern | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Houston over Navy | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Penn State over Auburn | 2021 | |
| 2019-09-21 | Auburn over Texas A&M | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-21 | California over Ole Miss | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-23 | Eastern Michigan over Kent State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | Western Kentucky over Ball State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Florida International over Old Dominion | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-11 | South Carolina over Florida | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Syracuse over Boston College | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-27 | Iowa over Nebraska | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | South Florida over UConn | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-05 | East Carolina over Towson | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-04 | Hawai'i over Colorado | 2015 | |
| 2015-01-03 | Florida over East Carolina | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-08-30 | UCLA over Virginia | 2014 | |
| 2013-09-21 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-01 | Northern Iowa over Iowa State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Florida International over South Alabama | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-06 | Louisville over Syracuse | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Oklahoma over Texas | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-05 | Wyoming over Southern Utah | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-27 | Nebraska over Colorado | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Rice over Tulane | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | Akron over Kent State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Cincinnati over Fresno State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Wisconsin over Northern Illinois | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-29 | North Carolina over Duke | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Cincinnati over Louisville | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-06 | San José State over Idaho | 2007 | |
| 2006-12-29 | Kentucky over Clemson | 2006 | Playoff |
| 2006-11-18 | Florida State over Western Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Idaho over New Mexico State | 2006 | |
| 2004-11-07 | USC over Oregon State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | UL Monroe over Florida International | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Texas over Missouri | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2003-12-31 | Washington State over Texas | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2003-11-08 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Northwestern over Kansas | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-19 | Colorado State over Utah | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Nevada over Hawai'i | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-08 | Kentucky over Ball State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-07 | Texas A&M over Wyoming | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Oregon State over New Mexico | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Oregon State over Arizona | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Miami over West Virginia | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Southern Miss over Cincinnati | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Fresno State over New Mexico | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Ohio State over Arizona | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-26 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-29 | Eastern Illinois over Western Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Syracuse over Virginia Tech | 1994 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Youngstown State over Ohio | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Indiana over Wisconsin | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-13 | West Virginia over Cincinnati | 1990 | |
| 1988-10-15 | UNLV over New Mexico State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Alabama over Tennessee | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-03 | SMU over Texas A&M | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-03 | Long Beach State over Kansas State | 1983 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Tennessee over Ole Miss | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-08 | Ohio over Marshall | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Bucknell over Brown | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-13 | UNLV over New Mexico | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Tulsa over Louisiana | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-12 | The Citadel over App State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Furman over App State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | App State over Marshall | 1977 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1975 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Houston over Colorado State | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | The Citadel over Chattanooga | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-06 | Pennsylvania over Brown | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-07 | Brown over Pennsylvania | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-09 | Western Michigan over Long Beach State | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Washington over Washington State | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-11 | Louisiana Tech over Tampa | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-08 | West Texas A&M over Western Michigan | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Fresno State over Montana State | 1969 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Iowa State over BYU | 1968 | |
| 1966-12-24 | Wyoming over Florida State | 1966 | Playoff |
| 1966-11-12 | Michigan over Northwestern | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Kent State over Toledo | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-20 | NC State over Iowa | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-30 | Arizona State over UTEP | 1965 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Western Michigan over BYU | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Richmond over Davidson | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Virginia over South Carolina | 1961 | |
| 1960-10-29 | Wake Forest over Virginia | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-29 | Colgate over Buffalo | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-21 | Xavier over Quantico Marines | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Oklahoma over Army | 1959 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Princeton over Harvard | 1957 | |
| 1957-11-09 | Hardin-Simmons over Arizona | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-12 | Abilene Christian over North Texas | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1957 | |
| 1956-12-01 | USC over Notre Dame | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-03 | Oregon State over Washington | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-20 | Princeton over Colgate | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-05 | Stanford over USC | 1955 | |
| 1955-09-24 | Ohio State over Nebraska | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-20 | California over Stanford | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-16 | Denver over Utah | 1954 | |
| 1954-01-01 | Michigan State over UCLA | 1953 | Playoff |
| 1953-11-14 | UTEP over Arizona | 1953 | |
| 1953-11-07 | Notre Dame over Pennsylvania | 1953 | |
| 1953-11-07 | Minnesota over Indiana | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-01 | Detroit Mercy over Fordham | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-03 | Utah over Utah State | 1951 | |
| 1951-09-29 | West Texas A&M over McMurry | 1951 | |
| 1949-11-19 | West Virginia over Western Reserve | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-08 | Villanova over Saint Mary's (CA) | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-01 | West Virginia over Washington and Lee | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-27 | Texas Tech over Hardin-Simmons | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-30 | Michigan over Illinois | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-08 | William & Mary over VMI | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-09 | Georgia Tech over Navy | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-26 | USC over Stanford | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-12 | Columbia over Yale | 1946 | |
| 1943-10-16 | Brown over Princeton | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-14 | Georgetown over NC State | 1942 | |
| 1897-10-23 | Bucknell over Lehigh | 1897 |
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