Has a College Football game ever ended 30-28?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 30-28 59 times. It first happened on October 24, 1959, when USC beat Stanford, and most recently on December 30, 2025, when Illinois beat Tennessee.
That makes 30-28 the 342nd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 31-28 has happened 212 times and 30-29 has happened 31 times.
Every 30-28 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | Illinois over Tennessee | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-01-03 | Texas State over North Texas | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2023-10-28 | Tulane over Rice | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Illinois over Toledo | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-06 | TCU over Baylor | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Vanderbilt over UConn | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-30 | Virginia over Miami | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Auburn over Arkansas | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-09 | Texas State over South Alabama | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | Temple over Memphis | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-08 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | Coastal Carolina over Louisiana | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-16 | Idaho State over Nevada | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-10 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-19 | Oregon over Utah | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Wyoming over Boise State | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-01 | Stanford over Washington State | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-24 | Northwestern over Nebraska | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-05 | Utah over UCLA | 2014 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Sacramento State over Colorado | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-12 | UConn over Pittsburgh | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-21 | Fresno State over Louisiana Tech | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-11 | Iowa over Michigan | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Wyoming over Florida Atlantic | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Fresno State over Utah State | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Buffalo over Temple | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Wake Forest over Ole Miss | 2008 | |
| 2006-11-24 | Oregon State over Oregon | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-22 | Texas A&M over Kansas State | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Northern Illinois over UCF | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-19 | Tennessee over Florida | 2004 | |
| 2002-10-12 | USC over California | 2002 | |
| 2000-12-02 | Navy over Army | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-04 | LSU over Alabama | 2000 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Ole Miss over South Carolina | 1998 | |
| 1995-11-24 | North Carolina over NC State | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-28 | Arkansas over Auburn | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-07 | Stanford over Arizona State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Miami (OH) over Northwestern | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-15 | TCU over Tulane | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-03 | Texas over Pittsburgh | 1994 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Auburn over LSU | 1992 | |
| 1990-12-01 | Miami over San Diego State | 1990 | |
| 1990-11-10 | Rice over SMU | 1990 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Louisville over Virginia | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Akron over New Mexico | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-24 | NC State over Clemson | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Louisville over Houston | 1984 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Fresno State over UNLV | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-13 | West Texas A&M over New Mexico State | 1982 | |
| 1979-11-03 | South Carolina over NC State | 1979 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Boston College over Tulane | 1977 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Xavier over Marshall | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-08 | Holy Cross over Massachusetts | 1973 | |
| 1971-10-08 | San José State over Long Beach State | 1971 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Duke over Maryland | 1968 | |
| 1967-09-30 | North Texas over Louisville | 1967 | |
| 1959-10-24 | USC over Stanford | 1959 |