Has a College Football game ever ended 28-5?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-5 13 times. It first happened on October 31, 1891, when Pennsylvania beat Trinity (CT), and most recently on October 5, 1996, when Ball State beat Western Michigan.
That makes 28-5 the 895th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-5 has happened 19 times and 28-6 has happened 199 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 76 years, between 1911 and 1987.
Every 28-5 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-10-05 | Ball State over Western Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1987-11-21 | Pittsburgh over Kent State | 1987 | |
| 1911-10-14 | Carlisle over Georgetown | 1911 | |
| 1909-10-02 | Vanderbilt over Mercer | 1909 | |
| 1909-10-02 | Indiana over Depauw | 1909 | |
| 1905-11-30 | Holy Cross over Fordham | 1905 | |
| 1904-11-12 | Harvard over Holy Cross | 1904 | |
| 1902-11-15 | Williams over Wesleyan (CT) | 1902 | |
| 1902-11-01 | NC State over Guilford College | 1902 | |
| 1902-09-27 | Davidson over Oak Ridge | 1902 | |
| 1900-11-10 | Iowa over Michigan | 1900 | |
| 1900-10-13 | Purdue over Depauw | 1900 | |
| 1891-10-31 | Pennsylvania over Trinity (CT) | 1891 |