Has a College Football game ever ended 31-18?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 31-18 21 times. It first happened on October 21, 1922, when Spring Hill beat Marion, and most recently on October 4, 2025, when SMU beat Syracuse.
That makes 31-18 the 700th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-18 has happened 13 times and 31-19 has happened 50 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1936 and 1968.
Every 31-18 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | SMU over Syracuse | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-25 | UConn over Massachusetts | 2023 | |
| 2011-11-26 | Florida International over Middle Tennessee | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 2010 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Minnesota over Michigan State | 2006 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Kent State over Ball State | 2001 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Florida State over North Carolina | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-26 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-02 | Wyoming over Air Force | 1993 | |
| 1989-11-25 | Long Beach State over Utah State | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-15 | BYU over TCU | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-22 | NC State over Western Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Oregon State over Stanford | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | New Mexico over UTEP | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Louisiana over West Texas A&M | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Utah State over Weber State | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Washington State over Army | 1980 | |
| 1973-12-17 | NC State over Kansas | 1973 | Playoff |
| 1968-11-09 | Virginia Tech over Richmond | 1968 | |
| 1936-09-25 | Saint Louis over Missouri-Rolla | 1936 | |
| 1922-10-21 | Spring Hill over Marion | 1922 |