Has a College Football game ever ended 28-23?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-23 93 times. It first happened on November 12, 1949, when North Texas beat Houston, and most recently on October 11, 2025, when Bowling Green beat Toledo.
That makes 28-23 the 231st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-23 has happened 25 times and 28-24 has happened 144 times.
Every 28-23 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | Bowling Green over Toledo | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Long Island University over Eastern Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-23 | Arizona State over BYU | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-09 | Georgia Tech over Miami | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Marshall over UL Monroe | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Western Kentucky over Sam Houston | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-26 | Marshall over Georgia State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Georgia Southern over Old Dominion | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-30 | Purdue over Nebraska | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Kentucky over Chattanooga | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Oklahoma State over Tulsa | 2021 | |
| 2019-01-01 | Ohio State over Washington | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-10-06 | NC State over Boston College | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-02 | North Carolina A&T over East Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-02 | BYU over Arizona | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-19 | USC over UCLA | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-11 | West Virginia over Kansas State | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Wyoming over Utah State | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-24 | Troy over Ohio | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-10-16 | Boise State over Colorado State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-09 | Charlotte over Florida Atlantic | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-01 | California over Utah | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Central Arkansas over Arkansas State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Western Illinois over Northern Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | Louisiana over South Alabama | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-30 | Nevada over Colorado State | 2015 | Playoff |
| 2015-11-11 | Toledo over Central Michigan | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-30 | BYU over Nevada | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-17 | East Carolina over Tulane | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-17 | Wyoming over UNLV | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-10 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-20 | Air Force over New Mexico | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Minnesota over Western Michigan | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-24 | East Carolina over UAB | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-27 | Rice over UAB | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Utah over Air Force | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-17 | Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-19 | Boston College over Virginia Tech | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-12 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-18 | West Virginia over Cincinnati | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-07 | Cincinnati over Rutgers | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 2007 | |
| 2006-09-02 | Navy over East Carolina | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-04 | Baylor over SMU | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Air Force over New Mexico | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-23 | Auburn over Alabama | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Oklahoma State over Texas A&M | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-10 | Virginia Tech over Boston College | 2002 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Kansas State over Texas Tech | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Purdue over Notre Dame | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Duke over Clemson | 1998 | |
| 1996-11-28 | San Diego State over Air Force | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-02 | Texas over Baylor | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-09 | UNLV over Arkansas State | 1995 | |
| 1993-11-06 | UNLV over Louisiana Tech | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-23 | NC State over Georgia Tech | 1993 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Memphis over Mississippi State | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Akron over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-14 | Arizona over Stanford | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-24 | Illinois over Northwestern | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Youngstown State over Akron | 1990 | |
| 1988-12-31 | NC State over Iowa | 1988 | Playoff |
| 1986-11-08 | Stanford over UCLA | 1986 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Purdue over Ohio State | 1984 | |
| 1984-01-02 | Ohio State over Pittsburgh | 1983 | Playoff |
| 1983-09-17 | Michigan State over Notre Dame | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Furman over South Carolina | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-12 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | California over Stanford | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-08 | San José State over Pacific | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-08 | East Tennessee State over James Madison | 1980 | |
| 1978-09-16 | North Texas over Texas-Arlington | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-19 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | SMU over Tulane | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-03 | East Carolina over NC State | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Florida over LSU | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Stanford over San José State | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Cincinnati over Houston | 1975 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Purdue over Indiana | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | UCLA over Stanford | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-07 | South Dakota over Drake | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-09 | West Virginia over William & Mary | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Oregon over USC | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-28 | Rice over Baylor | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Virginia over Maryland | 1968 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Colorado over Air Force | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-24 | Cincinnati over Tulsa | 1964 | |
| 1959-10-24 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 1959 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Northwestern over Pittsburgh | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-12 | North Texas over Houston | 1949 |