Has a College Football game ever ended 30-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 30-20 82 times. It first happened on November 22, 1947, when Tulsa beat Detroit Mercy, and most recently on September 13, 2026, when San José State beat Cal Poly.
That makes 30-20 the 266th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 31-20 has happened 91 times and 30-21 has happened 66 times.
Every 30-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-13 | San José State over Cal Poly | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-05 | Michigan State over Toledo | 2026 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Indiana over Oregon | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Louisiana Tech over Southern Miss | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-14 | Stanford over Boston College | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Toledo over Miami (OH) | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | East Carolina over UTSA | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | NC State over Louisiana Tech | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Colorado State over Nevada | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Clemson over NC State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-31 | Fresno State over San Diego State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-30 | Clemson over Florida State | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-12 | San José State over Nevada | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-17 | South Alabama over Texas State | 2020 | |
| 2017-11-26 | BYU over Hawai'i | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | USC over California | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-10 | San Diego State over Arizona State | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Georgia Tech over Virginia Tech | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Indiana over Ball State | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-24 | Nevada over Hawai'i | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Texas Tech over Kansas | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Miami over Virginia Tech | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-13 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-05 | Toledo over Kent State | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | Southern Miss over North Texas | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-05 | Pittsburgh over Boston College | 2014 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-24 | San Diego State over New Mexico | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Ohio State over Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Florida State over Virginia Tech | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Florida Atlantic over North Texas | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Tulsa over UTEP | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Oregon over UCLA | 2006 | |
| 2005-12-04 | Louisville over UConn | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-29 | UCF over East Carolina | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Michigan State over Indiana | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-17 | Colorado State over Air Force | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Louisville over Syracuse | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-23 | North Texas over Middle Tennessee | 2002 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Texas over Baylor | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | New Mexico over Hawai'i | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-26 | Maryland over Temple | 1998 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Louisville over Michigan State | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Air Force over Navy | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Ohio State over Washington | 1995 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Oregon over Arizona State | 1992 | |
| 1990-12-08 | Army over Navy | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | LSU over Kentucky | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | UCLA over Washington State | 1990 | |
| 1989-12-02 | Auburn over Alabama | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Minnesota over Iowa State | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-08 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-21 | Mississippi State over Ole Miss | 1987 | |
| 1987-11-07 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1987 | |
| 1987-11-07 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-03 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Fresno State over Cal State Fullerton | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-11 | Long Beach State over Cal State Fullerton | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Virginia over South Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Oklahoma State over Missouri | 1982 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Drake over Texas-Arlington | 1980 | |
| 1978-10-14 | UNLV over Hawai'i | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Lehigh over VMI | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Syracuse over Illinois | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-24 | Louisiana over Texas-Arlington | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-16 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-29 | Hawai'i over San José State | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-20 | Missouri over Illinois | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Holy Cross over Massachusetts | 1974 | |
| 1971-11-06 | USC over Washington State | 1971 | |
| 1968-11-16 | West Virginia over Villanova | 1968 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Xavier over Marshall | 1968 | |
| 1962-10-27 | Syracuse over Holy Cross | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Princeton over Columbia | 1961 | |
| 1957-10-19 | Detroit Mercy over Xavier | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-20 | Wyoming over Utah | 1956 | |
| 1954-10-09 | Georgia Tech over LSU | 1954 | |
| 1947-11-22 | Tulsa over Detroit Mercy | 1947 |
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