Has a College Football game ever ended 28-27?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-27 123 times. It first happened on October 28, 1944, when West Virginia beat Penn State, and most recently on October 21, 2025, when Western Kentucky beat Louisiana Tech.
That makes 28-27 the 171st most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-27 has happened 44 times and 28-28 has happened 16 times.
Every 28-27 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-21 | Western Kentucky over Louisiana Tech | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-27 | SMU over Duke | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Pittsburgh over Cincinnati | 2024 | |
| 2022-12-29 | Oregon over North Carolina | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-11-05 | Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-09 | Oregon State over Stanford | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-21 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-21 | Army over Georgia Southern | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-07 | USC over Arizona State | 2020 | |
| 2020-01-01 | Oregon over Wisconsin | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-11-16 | Arkansas State over Coastal Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Miami over Florida State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | Southern Miss over Marshall | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-15 | USC over Utah | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Army over Eastern Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Florida over Kentucky | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-26 | Georgia Tech over Georgia | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-11 | Duke over North Carolina | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | Navy over Notre Dame | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-21 | Boise State over BYU | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | Georgia over Missouri | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-17 | New Mexico over Hawai'i | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-26 | Florida over Tennessee | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-25 | North Carolina over Virginia | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-28 | Washington State over Utah | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Air Force over Wyoming | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Wake Forest over North Carolina | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-15 | San José State over Hawai'i | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Wyoming over Bowling Green | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-04 | Middle Tennessee over Florida International | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-26 | Auburn over Alabama | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-03 | South Florida over Rutgers | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Tulsa over Notre Dame | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Temple over Bowling Green | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Navy over Wake Forest | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Louisiana over North Texas | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-28 | NC State over North Carolina | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Miami over Wake Forest | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Arkansas over UL Monroe | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | BYU over Washington | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Memphis over Tulane | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Nebraska over Texas A&M | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Penn State over Minnesota | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-30 | Iowa State over Northern Iowa | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Northwestern over Iowa | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | SMU over UAB | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-06 | California over Oregon | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Boise State over BYU | 2004 | |
| 2002-10-12 | Miami over Florida State | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Utah State over Idaho State | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Arizona State over UCLA | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Utah State over North Texas | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Central Michigan over Akron | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Georgia over LSU | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | East Carolina over Houston | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Wake Forest over Northwestern | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Notre Dame over Army | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-25 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Louisiana over UNLV | 1994 | |
| 1992-11-14 | San José State over Pacific | 1992 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Iowa State over Rice | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | Ball State over Kent State | 1991 | |
| 1990-12-01 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-13 | Michigan State over Michigan | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Washington over UCLA | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Washington over California | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-15 | USC over Washington | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-10 | UNLV over Utah State | 1987 | |
| 1985-11-02 | West Texas A&M over Drake | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Missouri over Iowa State | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1985 | |
| 1984-12-22 | Maryland over Tennessee | 1984 | Playoff |
| 1984-11-03 | Kansas over Colorado | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Tennessee over Alabama | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Stanford over San José State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Cincinnati over Akron | 1984 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Long Beach State over Utah State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-11 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Northern Illinois over Ohio | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | UCLA over California | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Indiana State over Akron | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Colorado over Missouri | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Temple over West Virginia | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Rutgers over Yale | 1978 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Memphis over Auburn | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-22 | Washington over Washington State | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-19 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-05 | Colorado over Air Force | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-27 | North Carolina over East Carolina | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-06 | Tennessee over Kansas | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Utah over Arizona | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Ole Miss over Tampa | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Harvard over Pennsylvania | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-29 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Wofford over Davidson | 1969 | |
| 1968-12-31 | SMU over Oklahoma | 1968 | Playoff |
| 1968-11-09 | Ohio over Bowling Green | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-19 | Purdue over Wake Forest | 1968 | |
| 1967-10-21 | Bucknell over Pennsylvania | 1967 | |
| 1964-11-21 | West Virginia over Syracuse | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-17 | Miami (OH) over Northwestern | 1964 | |
| 1959-11-21 | New Mexico over Air Force | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-26 | Tulsa over New Mexico State | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-19 | Oregon over Stanford | 1959 | |
| 1957-01-01 | TCU over Syracuse | 1956 | Playoff |
| 1956-12-01 | Colorado State over New Mexico | 1956 | |
| 1954-11-20 | Wyoming over Tulsa | 1954 | |
| 1953-10-03 | UTEP over Arizona State | 1953 | |
| 1951-11-17 | Virginia over South Carolina | 1951 | |
| 1951-11-10 | BYU over Utah State | 1951 | |
| 1951-01-01 | Hawai'i over Denver | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-30 | Montana over Idaho | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-29 | BYU over Pepperdine | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-05 | Washington over Oregon | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Florida over Furman | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-08 | Vanderbilt over Ole Miss | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-01 | SMU over Missouri | 1949 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 1948 | |
| 1944-10-28 | West Virginia over Penn State | 1944 |
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