Has a College Football game ever ended 28-26?
It has. 28-26 has been a College Football final 58 times in 84,433 games. The first was Drury beat Washington University (St. Louis) on October 17, 1914; the latest was Nevada beat Troy on August 31, 2024.
That makes 28-26 the 345th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-26 has happened 40 times and 28-27 has happened 123 times.
Every 28-26 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-31 | Nevada over Troy | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-04 | UCF over Cincinnati | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Pittsburgh over Duke | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-24 | Purdue over Florida Atlantic | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Duquesne over Ohio | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-31 | Mississippi State over Tulsa | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2019-11-22 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-29 | Washington State over Iowa State | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-10-13 | Eastern Michigan over Toledo | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Clemson over Texas A&M | 2018 | |
| 2015-11-29 | Hawai'i over UL Monroe | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-12 | USC over Arizona | 2014 | |
| 2012-12-22 | Boise State over Washington | 2012 | Playoff |
| 2010-10-02 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-10 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2009 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Hawai'i over Nevada | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Maryland over Georgia Tech | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Maryland over Virginia | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-01 | Cincinnati over Eastern Michigan | 2005 | |
| 2003-11-08 | North Texas over UL Monroe | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-07 | Texas A&M over Utah | 2003 | |
| 2001-11-10 | East Carolina over Cincinnati | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Utah over Indiana | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-25 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Wake Forest over Duke | 2000 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Syracuse over Virginia Tech | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Missouri over Texas Tech | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Georgia over Kentucky | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Georgia Tech over Wake Forest | 1997 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Baylor over Texas Tech | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-10 | Georgia Tech over Maryland | 1992 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Southern Illinois over Illinois State | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Maryland over North Carolina | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | Wichita State over New Mexico State | 1982 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Tulsa over Wichita State | 1979 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Southern Miss over Hawai'i | 1977 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Miami over Tampa | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-06 | NC State over North Carolina | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Tulsa over Louisville | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Colgate over The Citadel | 1972 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Memphis over Florida State | 1969 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Furman over Davidson | 1966 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Cornell over Brown | 1962 | |
| 1962-11-03 | TCU over Baylor | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Utah over Arizona State | 1961 | |
| 1960-09-23 | Denver over Washington State | 1960 | |
| 1958-10-18 | The Citadel over Memphis | 1958 | |
| 1953-11-14 | Cornell over Dartmouth | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Harvard over Colgate | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-22 | Northwestern over Illinois | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-17 | California over Oregon | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-27 | USC over TCU | 1951 | |
| 1950-11-25 | Santa Clara over Loyola Marymount | 1950 | |
| 1944-11-25 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1944 | |
| 1927-10-22 | Tulsa over Oklahoma State | 1927 | |
| 1914-10-17 | Drury over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1914 |