Has a College Football game ever ended 28-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-3 89 times. It first happened on October 9, 1909, when Vanderbilt beat Rose-Hulman, and most recently on November 16, 2025, when Washington State beat Louisiana Tech.
That makes 28-3 the 241st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-3 has happened 20 times and 28-4 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1924 and 1954.
Every 28-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-16 | Washington State over Louisiana Tech | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Notre Dame over Miami (OH) | 2024 | |
| 2022-09-03 | UConn over Central Connecticut | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-14 | Notre Dame over Virginia | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Boston College over Temple | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Nebraska over Buffalo | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-21 | East Carolina over Temple | 2020 | |
| 2018-12-01 | South Carolina over Akron | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-22 | Temple over Florida International | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2015-11-27 | Arkansas over Missouri | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Ohio State over Illinois | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-20 | Penn State over Rutgers | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Wisconsin over Troy | 2015 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Texas State over Prairie View A&M | 2013 | |
| 2011-10-01 | Maryland over Towson | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Notre Dame over Utah | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-05 | UCLA over Washington State | 2008 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Tulsa over North Texas | 2006 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Furman over North Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Miami (OH) over Northwestern | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Houston over Rice | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-22 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 1997 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Cincinnati over Memphis | 1995 | |
| 1994-09-03 | Indiana over Cincinnati | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Ball State over Kent State | 1993 | |
| 1993-01-01 | Notre Dame over Texas A&M | 1992 | Playoff |
| 1992-10-10 | Indiana over Northwestern | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-02 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-07 | Northwestern State over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-10 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-10 | California over Oregon | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | Arkansas over Tulsa | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Ball State over Bowling Green | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Iowa State over Ohio | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Eastern Michigan over Bowling Green | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Missouri over Northwestern | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | USC over California | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Kent State over Eastern Michigan | 1985 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Texas over Penn State | 1984 | |
| 1983-12-30 | Florida State over North Carolina | 1983 | Playoff |
| 1983-09-10 | Abilene Christian over West Texas A&M | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-03 | Florida over Miami | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Colorado over Kansas | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Navy over The Citadel | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | Western Michigan over Grand Valley State University | 1982 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Purdue over Miami (OH) | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-20 | BYU over Wisconsin | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Wisconsin over Northwestern | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Army over Colgate | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Southern over Bishop | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Indiana over Northwestern | 1977 | |
| 1974-10-26 | UCLA over California | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Bowling Green over Marshall | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Pacific over Hawai'i | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Arizona State over San José State | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-14 | Purdue over Minnesota | 1972 | |
| 1971-12-28 | Toledo over Richmond | 1971 | Playoff |
| 1971-11-13 | West Virginia over VMI | 1971 | |
| 1971-11-13 | LSU over Mississippi State | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Northwestern over Iowa | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Penn State over Boston College | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Tennessee over SMU | 1970 | |
| 1969-09-20 | Ole Miss over Memphis | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-05 | USC over Miami | 1968 | |
| 1966-10-29 | Georgia over North Carolina | 1966 | |
| 1964-10-24 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-16 | Virginia Tech over West Virginia | 1963 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Arkansas over TCU | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-30 | Dartmouth over New Hampshire | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-23 | Texas over California | 1961 | |
| 1954-11-20 | West Virginia over NC State | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-30 | Kentucky over Villanova | 1954 | |
| 1924-11-22 | Colorado College over Wyoming | 1924 | |
| 1923-10-27 | Saint Louis over Ole Miss | 1923 | |
| 1921-11-05 | Central Oklahoma over Phillips | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-01 | Iowa State over Coe College | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-01 | Dartmouth over Middlebury | 1921 | |
| 1920-10-23 | Notre Dame over Valparaiso | 1920 | |
| 1916-10-14 | Wisconsin over South Dakota State | 1916 | |
| 1915-10-16 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1915 | |
| 1912-11-23 | Texas over Southwestern University | 1912 | |
| 1911-11-30 | Georgetown over Lehigh | 1911 | |
| 1911-11-04 | Yale over New York University | 1911 | |
| 1911-10-28 | Wisconsin over Northwestern | 1911 | |
| 1910-11-19 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1910 | |
| 1909-10-09 | Vanderbilt over Rose-Hulman | 1909 |