Has a College Football game ever ended 28-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-21 264 times. It first happened on October 8, 1921, when Oklahoma State beat TCU, and most recently on November 9, 2025, when Nebraska beat UCLA.
That makes 28-21 the 59th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-21 has happened 34 times and 28-22 has happened 44 times.
Every 28-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-09 | Nebraska over UCLA | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-30 | Missouri State over Florida International | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Ohio over Eastern Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Nebraska over Northwestern | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Buffalo over Massachusetts | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Kennesaw State over Arkansas State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Missouri over Arkansas | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Arkansas State over UL Monroe | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-10 | Boise State over Nevada | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Army over Coastal Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Kansas over Iowa State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Old Dominion over App State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Ole Miss over Auburn | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-12 | Marshall over App State | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-09 | Toledo over Ball State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-23 | Washington over California | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-15 | Central Michigan over Akron | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-09 | Coastal Carolina over UL Monroe | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-26 | Iowa over Nebraska | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-03 | UTEP over Old Dominion | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-26 | UAB over Tulane | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-19 | South Alabama over Alcorn State | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-19 | Nebraska over Rutgers | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-09 | Charlotte over UTEP | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-26 | Louisville over Virginia | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Georgia State over Army | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Georgia Tech over Miami | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Penn State over Michigan | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Toledo over BYU | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-30 | Minnesota over South Dakota State | 2019 | |
| 2019-01-02 | Texas over Georgia | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-11-24 | Liberty over New Mexico State | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Purdue over Indiana | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-21 | Western Michigan over Northern Illinois | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Colorado over Arizona State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Georgia Southern over Arkansas State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | Oklahoma over Army | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-16 | San Diego State over Arizona State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | Army over Hawai'i | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-09 | Texas over Tulsa | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Virginia over Duke | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-24 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Pittsburgh over Youngstown State | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-18 | Southern Miss over Louisiana | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-11-25 | NC State over North Carolina | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-30 | New Mexico over Hawai'i | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-20 | Troy over South Alabama | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | BYU over Mississippi State | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-28 | TCU over Baylor | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Wyoming over Nevada | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-26 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-30 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Utah State over New Mexico | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-13 | East Carolina over Virginia Tech | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-01 | Missouri over Texas A&M | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-24 | UConn over Temple | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Duke over Wake Forest | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-17 | San Diego State over Hawai'i | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-10 | Pittsburgh over Notre Dame | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-06 | Navy over Air Force | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Louisville over Florida International | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | UConn over Syracuse | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-28 | Virginia over Miami | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-15 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | New Mexico State over Minnesota | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-04 | Virginia Tech over Georgia Tech | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Iowa State over Texas | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Navy over SMU | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Florida International over Western Kentucky | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | NC State over UCF | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Miami (OH) over Eastern Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-06 | Florida Atlantic over Florida International | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-27 | Akron over Eastern Michigan | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-15 | Boise State over Tulsa | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-11 | SMU over East Carolina | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Boston College over Florida State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Northern Illinois over Purdue | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-29 | Boston College over Maryland | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-23 | Cincinnati over Pittsburgh | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-22 | UCF over Memphis | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Syracuse over Louisville | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Notre Dame over Stanford | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Illinois over Ohio State | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Western Kentucky over Chattanooga | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Oklahoma over Texas | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-15 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-15 | USC over Arizona State | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Purdue over Michigan State | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-22 | Oregon over Arizona | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Tulane over SE Louisiana | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Navy over Duke | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-24 | Iowa State over Army | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-22 | UL Monroe over Florida Atlantic | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-20 | Northwestern over Illinois | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Louisiana Tech over Fresno State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Ole Miss over Arkansas State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Arkansas State over UL Monroe | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | NC State over Duke | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-18 | Kansas over Baylor | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-18 | Nevada over Tulsa | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-18 | Middle Tennessee over Idaho | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Auburn over Tennessee | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Utah over Colorado State | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-28 | Eastern Michigan over East Tennessee State | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-22 | Miami over Pittsburgh | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-03 | Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-23 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-11 | Boise State over Hawai'i | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-09 | Colorado State over Air Force | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-02 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2001 | |
| 2000-12-20 | Southern Miss over TCU | 2000 | Playoff |
| 2000-10-21 | Rutgers over Navy | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Arkansas over Alabama | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-17 | UTEP over San José State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Texas A&M over Nebraska | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Arizona State over California | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | UL Monroe over Louisiana | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-11 | LSU over Florida | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Washington State over USC | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Temple over Boston College | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Bowling Green over Miami (OH) | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Arkansas State over Northern Illinois | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-30 | BYU over Colorado State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Stanford over Oregon | 1995 | |
| 1995-08-31 | Western Michigan over Weber State | 1995 | |
| 1995-08-31 | Louisiana Tech over Bowling Green | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Washington State over Arizona State | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-22 | East Carolina over Tulsa | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-17 | Colorado State over BYU | 1994 | |
| 1993-12-30 | USC over Utah | 1993 | Playoff |
| 1993-12-30 | Ohio State over BYU | 1993 | Playoff |
| 1993-11-06 | Washington over Oregon State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Eastern Michigan over Central Michigan | 1993 | |
| 1992-12-05 | Alabama over Florida | 1992 | Playoff |
| 1992-10-10 | Florida over LSU | 1992 | |
| 1991-12-14 | Bowling Green over Fresno State | 1991 | Playoff |
| 1991-10-19 | San Diego State over UTEP | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-05 | NC State over Georgia Tech | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Stanford over Colorado | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Penn State over Boston College | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | South Carolina over Virginia Tech | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-10 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Arizona over UCLA | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | BYU over Miami | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Michigan State over Purdue | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Kansas over Kent State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Arizona State over San José State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-02 | Louisville over Wyoming | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Michigan State over Illinois | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Colorado over Oregon State | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-16 | BYU over Air Force | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | North Carolina over NC State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | UNLV over New Mexico State | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-26 | Nebraska over Oklahoma | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Houston over TCU | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Auburn over Florida | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-27 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-27 | Houston over Rice | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | UNLV over UTEP | 1982 | |
| 1981-12-13 | Tennessee over Wisconsin | 1981 | Playoff |
| 1981-11-07 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Baylor over Louisiana Tech | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | Ball State over Indiana State | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Princeton over Pennsylvania | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | The Citadel over Western Carolina | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Mississippi State over Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | SE Louisiana over Illinois State | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Stanford over Arizona State | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Dartmouth over Princeton | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Baylor over TCU | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Texas over Arkansas | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | SMU over Baylor | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-14 | Chattanooga over Jacksonville State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | California over West Virginia | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Louisiana Tech over Texas-Arlington | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | LSU over Ole Miss | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | California over Missouri | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Florida State over Virginia Tech | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Rutgers over Lehigh | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Missouri over Kansas State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Cincinnati over Southern Miss | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-22 | TCU over Rice | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | NC State over South Carolina | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Navy over The Citadel | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-02 | Michigan State over Wisconsin | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Hawai'i over Long Beach State | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Missouri over Baylor | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Cincinnati over Rice | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-20 | Utah over San José State | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | LSU over Kentucky | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | App State over Wofford | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-08 | Memphis over Louisville | 1973 | |
| 1972-09-16 | Tennessee over Penn State | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-16 | The Citadel over App State | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-27 | Hawai'i over New Mexico | 1971 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Kansas State over Memphis | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Colgate over Yale | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-21 | Nebraska over Oklahoma | 1970 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Furman over The Citadel | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Columbia over Harvard | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Boston College over Villanova | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-09 | Tampa over East Carolina | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-02 | The Citadel over Davidson | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-04 | Kent State over Louisville | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-30 | Purdue over Notre Dame | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Illinois over Michigan | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Tulane over Cincinnati | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-15 | Bucknell over Pennsylvania | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Cornell over Buffalo | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-13 | Washington over Oregon State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-16 | Syracuse over Penn State | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Miami (OH) over Dayton | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-17 | Dartmouth over Cornell | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-13 | Arkansas over Baylor | 1962 | |
| 1962-10-06 | Duke over Florida | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-04 | North Texas over Drake | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-14 | UCLA over Vanderbilt | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Miami over Notre Dame | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 1960 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Texas A&M over Rice | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-08 | Drake over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-08 | Abilene Christian over West Texas A&M | 1958 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Harvard over Dartmouth | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-19 | NC State over William & Mary | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-13 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-07 | Penn State over Fordham | 1953 | |
| 1953-09-26 | Notre Dame over Oklahoma | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-15 | Brown over Harvard | 1952 | |
| 1952-09-27 | Wake Forest over William & Mary | 1952 | |
| 1951-12-01 | Texas Tech over Hardin-Simmons | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Rutgers over Brown | 1951 | |
| 1950-12-02 | Tulsa over Houston | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-28 | Virginia over West Virginia | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-19 | Oklahoma over Santa Clara | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-19 | Houston over Trinity (Texas) | 1949 | |
| 1949-11-19 | Clemson over Furman | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-22 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-13 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1948 | |
| 1947-10-25 | Cornell over Princeton | 1947 | |
| 1944-11-04 | USC over San Diego Navy | 1944 | |
| 1942-10-31 | Tulane over Vanderbilt | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-10 | Brown over Columbia | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-29 | Arizona over Kansas State | 1941 | |
| 1937-10-02 | Pennsylvania over Maryland | 1937 | |
| 1930-10-11 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1930 | |
| 1921-11-24 | Colorado College over Denver | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Oklahoma State over TCU | 1921 |