Has a College Football game ever ended 28-24?
It has. 28-24 has been a College Football final 144 times in 84,334 games. The first was Oklahoma State beat Houston on November 18, 1961; the latest was California beat Boston College on September 27, 2025.
That makes 28-24 the 142nd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-24 has happened 42 times and 28-25 has happened 61 times.
Every 28-24 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | California over Boston College | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Arkansas State over Tulsa | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Coastal Carolina over Old Dominion | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-14 | Memphis over Navy | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Cincinnati over South Florida | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Rice over UAB | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-16 | Utah State over UNLV | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-15 | Tulsa over SMU | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-24 | Oklahoma over TCU | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Auburn over Texas A&M | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-28 | Nevada over San Diego State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Florida State over Louisville | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Washington State over Utah | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Houston over South Florida | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | UConn over Temple | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | San Diego State over Air Force | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-03 | Georgia Southern over Troy | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Missouri over Arkansas | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Troy over App State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Navy over UConn | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Illinois over Minnesota | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Houston over Memphis | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-31 | LSU over Wisconsin | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-10 | Utah State over UNLV | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-21 | Rutgers over Arkansas | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-14 | Michigan over Akron | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Nebraska over Michigan State | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-20 | Tulsa over Rice | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-24 | Kansas State over Miami | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-28 | NC State over Florida State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Michigan over Notre Dame | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-29 | UNLV over San Diego State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Rutgers over UConn | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-24 | West Virginia over UConn | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-22 | UTEP over Tulsa | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | UCF over Samford | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Colorado over Iowa State | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Texas over Oklahoma State | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-27 | North Carolina over Miami | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | East Carolina over Tulane | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-30 | Arkansas over Western Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Michigan over Michigan State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Louisville over Cincinnati | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-07 | LSU over Florida | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-04 | LSU over Tennessee | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-17 | Texas A&M over Army | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-19 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Clemson over Maryland | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Vanderbilt over Arkansas | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-12 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Navy over Northeastern | 2004 | |
| 2003-12-26 | Bowling Green over Northwestern | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2003-11-22 | Troy over UL Monroe | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-02 | Arkansas State over New Mexico State | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-05 | Rice over San José State | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Vanderbilt over UConn | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Purdue over Western Michigan | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-07 | Oregon over Fresno State | 2002 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Kansas State over Missouri | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-02 | Colorado State over Colorado | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Arkansas over Tennessee | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Tennessee over Arkansas | 1998 | |
| 1998-11-07 | Michigan State over Ohio State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | UCLA over Stanford | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Temple over Virginia Tech | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Arkansas State over Missouri State | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Michigan over Iowa | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Wisconsin over Boise State | 1997 | |
| 1996-12-07 | Army over Navy | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Auburn over UL Monroe | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-07 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Colorado over Texas | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Oklahoma over Baylor | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Auburn over South Carolina | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Temple over Eastern Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-18 | North Carolina over Duke | 1995 | |
| 1995-01-01 | NC State over Mississippi State | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-05 | Cincinnati over Troy | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | North Carolina over SMU | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-09 | Navy over Air Force | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Baylor over Utah State | 1993 | |
| 1991-11-09 | New Mexico State over Long Beach State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Oregon over UCLA | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Notre Dame over USC | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-07 | Georgia Tech over Maryland | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-24 | Texas A&M over Texas | 1988 | |
| 1988-11-19 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1988 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Wake Forest over Georgia Tech | 1988 | |
| 1988-01-02 | Michigan over Alabama | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1986-09-20 | Southern Miss over Mississippi State | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-26 | Michigan State over Purdue | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Long Beach State over UNLV | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-21 | Bowling Green over Miami (OH) | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-20 | UCF over Illinois State | 1984 | |
| 1982-12-31 | Arkansas over Florida | 1982 | Playoff |
| 1982-11-26 | Nebraska over Oklahoma | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Northwestern over Michigan State | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-28 | Boston College over Holy Cross | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-03 | TCU over Arkansas | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | USC over Oklahoma | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | East Carolina over Toledo | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Dartmouth over Brown | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Rice over TCU | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Fresno State over Cal State Fullerton | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Washington over California | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-03 | LSU over Ole Miss | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-27 | UNLV over Wyoming | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | East Tennessee State over Furman | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-10 | Temple over Boston College | 1978 | |
| 1978-12-02 | BYU over UNLV | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Clemson over Maryland | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-28 | McNeese over Chattanooga | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Kansas over UCLA | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Boston College over West Virginia | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Houston over Baylor | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-03 | Northwestern State over Texas-Arlington | 1977 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Texas Tech over Rice | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Georgia over Richmond | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | McNeese over Texas-Arlington | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Richmond over East Carolina | 1974 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Long Beach State over Fresno State | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Clemson over Georgia | 1974 | |
| 1972-12-09 | North Carolina over Florida | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-25 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 1971 | |
| 1971-11-20 | Syracuse over West Virginia | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Boston College over Tulane | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Colgate over Cornell | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-02 | Penn State over Army | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-12 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-15 | SMU over Rice | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | UCLA over Washington | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-30 | North Texas over Cincinnati | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-09 | Texas Tech over TCU | 1965 | |
| 1962-10-19 | Miami over Maryland | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-18 | Oklahoma State over Houston | 1961 |