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Has a College Football game ever ended 28-9?

Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 28-9 51 times. It first happened on October 27, 1906, when Michigan beat Illinois, and most recently on September 5, 2026, when Vanderbilt beat Austin Peay.

Where 28-9 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 28-9 the 381st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 29-9 has happened 9 times and 28-10 has happened 123 times. At one point the score disappeared for 36 years, between 1918 and 1954.

Every 28-9 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2026-09-05Vanderbilt over Austin Peay2026
2024-09-14Colorado over Colorado State2024
2022-10-01Washington State over California2022
2016-10-08Wake Forest over Syracuse2016
2013-11-02Wisconsin over Iowa2013
2012-11-10San Diego State over Air Force2012
2005-10-20Virginia Tech over Maryland2005
2003-08-31Ohio State over Washington2003
2001-12-28Texas A&M over TCU2001Playoff
1998-10-10Notre Dame over Arizona State1998
1998-10-03Ohio State over Penn State1998
1998-09-26Texas A&M over North Texas1998
1997-11-08Cincinnati over Louisville1997
1992-11-07Syracuse over Virginia Tech1992
1992-09-26Central Michigan over Toledo1992
1989-09-02Long Beach State over Cal State Northridge1989
1988-11-19Memphis over Vanderbilt1988
1986-11-22Tennessee over Kentucky1986
1985-10-26Alabama over Memphis1985
1984-10-20Virginia over Wake Forest1984
1983-10-08Southern Illinois over Drake1983
1982-10-02Missouri over East Carolina1982
1981-11-14Chattanooga over Tennessee State1981
1981-10-24Tennessee over Memphis1981
1980-09-13SMU over North Texas1980
1979-10-06Mississippi State over Tennessee1979
1979-09-08Indiana State over Wichita State1979
1977-11-26West Texas A&M over Southern Illinois1977
1977-11-19Syracuse over West Virginia1977
1976-11-20Clemson over South Carolina1976
1976-11-13Kentucky over Florida1976
1976-10-09Florida State over Boston College1976
1974-11-16Clemson over Virginia1974
1974-09-28Ohio State over SMU1974
1974-09-14New Mexico State over Southern Illinois1974
1973-11-10Oklahoma State over Kansas State1973
1972-10-28Delaware over Temple1972
1972-10-14Wyoming over Colorado State1972
1971-12-18Memphis over San José State1971Playoff
1971-10-23Hawai'i over New Mexico Highlands1971
1971-10-02Dartmouth over Holy Cross1971
1970-10-10Wake Forest over Virginia Tech1970
1970-09-12Colorado State over New Mexico State1970
1968-10-19Oregon State over Arizona State1968
1966-10-15Maryland over West Virginia1966
1961-11-04Syracuse over Pittsburgh1961
1960-11-05Penn State over Maryland1960
1954-09-25Ole Miss over Kentucky1954
1918-11-09Kansas State over Washburn1918
1907-11-05Tulane over Centre College Kentucky1907
1906-10-27Michigan over Illinois1906

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