Has a College Football game ever ended 31-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 31-21 188 times. It first happened on November 14, 1914, when Navy beat Colby College, and most recently on November 28, 2025, when Utah beat Kansas.
That makes 31-21 the 103rd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-21 has happened 19 times and 31-22 has happened 39 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1914 and 1946.
Every 31-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | Utah over Kansas | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-26 | Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-01 | Virginia over California | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-23 | West Virginia over UCF | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-30 | Jacksonville State over Liberty | 2024 | |
| 2023-12-23 | Air Force over James Madison | 2023 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-04 | Massachusetts over Merrimack | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-13 | Tulane over Memphis | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Cincinnati over Tulsa | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Wake Forest over Florida State | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-31 | Michigan State over Pittsburgh | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-11-26 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-02 | Ball State over Western Illinois | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-03 | Kansas State over Texas Tech | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-28 | Air Force over Washington State | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-10-12 | Georgia State over Coastal Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Notre Dame over Northwestern | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Boston College over Virginia Tech | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Virginia over North Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-12 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-11 | BYU over UNLV | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | UCF over Navy | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Navy over Tulsa | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Northern Illinois over Kent State | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | South Carolina over Missouri | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-30 | Old Dominion over UTEP | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Air Force over Fresno State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Troy over Georgia State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Ball State over Buffalo | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-11 | Arizona over Grambling | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-02 | Ball State over Georgia State | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-28 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-27 | Georgia State over Troy | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Rutgers over Army | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Old Dominion over UTEP | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-07 | New Mexico State over Texas State | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-24 | San José State over New Mexico | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-28 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-23 | East Carolina over UConn | 2014 | |
| 2013-09-22 | Texas over Kansas State | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-15 | UNLV over Central Michigan | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Arkansas over Samford | 2013 | |
| 2013-08-30 | Samford over Georgia State | 2013 | |
| 2012-09-22 | West Virginia over Maryland | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-20 | Western Kentucky over North Texas | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Iowa over Purdue | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-12 | Virginia over Duke | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-16 | Fresno State over Utah State | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Southern Miss over UCF | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Purdue over Western Illinois | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | UAB over Memphis | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-08 | Fresno State over Idaho | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Nevada over Hawai'i | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Missouri over Nevada | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-21 | Arizona over BYU | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-10-11 | Florida International over Middle Tennessee | 2008 | |
| 2007-12-22 | Cincinnati over Southern Miss | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-10-27 | Louisiana Tech over Utah State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | North Texas over UL Monroe | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-22 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-05 | San José State over New Mexico State | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | SMU over Marshall | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | East Carolina over Virginia | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-23 | Nevada over Northwestern | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Louisiana Tech over Nicholls | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Syracuse over Illinois | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-29 | Rutgers over Navy | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Western Michigan over Buffalo | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-20 | Marshall over Western Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Miami over Virginia | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-03 | BYU over Colorado State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-26 | Utah State over UNLV | 2004 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Oregon State over Stanford | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | San Diego State over UNLV | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Hawai'i over Fresno State | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Nevada over Rice | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Minnesota over Toledo | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Nebraska over Kansas State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Colorado over Texas A&M | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Oregon State over USC | 2000 | |
| 2000-01-02 | Nebraska over Tennessee | 1999 | Playoff |
| 1999-11-20 | Clemson over South Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Eastern Michigan over Ball State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Florida State over Miami | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | UCF over Eastern Illinois | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-18 | Air Force over Washington | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Ohio over Kent State | 1998 | |
| 1998-11-21 | Central Michigan over Ball State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Fresno State over BYU | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Tulane over SMU | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-05 | TCU over Iowa State | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-28 | LSU over Arkansas | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Colorado over Colorado State | 1997 | |
| 1996-12-27 | Miami over Virginia | 1996 | Playoff |
| 1996-11-23 | San Diego State over Fresno State | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-02 | Iowa over Illinois | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-07 | TCU over Houston | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-14 | Toledo over Western Michigan | 1995 | |
| 1994-09-17 | TCU over Kansas | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Kansas State over Missouri | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Auburn over Arkansas | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-09 | Boston College over Rutgers | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-24 | USC over Washington State | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Nevada over McNeese | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Syracuse over Texas | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-26 | Iowa over Purdue | 1991 | |
| 1991-10-05 | Missouri over Memphis | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-21 | Memphis over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-17 | Missouri over Kansas | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Ole Miss over Tulane | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-22 | TCU over Oklahoma State | 1990 | |
| 1990-01-01 | Illinois over Virginia | 1989 | Playoff |
| 1989-11-18 | Iowa State over Oklahoma State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Iowa over Iowa State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Florida State over LSU | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-29 | Duke over Georgia Tech | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-03 | Syracuse over Temple | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-03 | Duke over Northwestern | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Washington over Stanford | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-27 | SMU over TCU | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Hawai'i over UTEP | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-20 | California over Washington State | 1986 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Hawai'i over Pacific | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Washington State over Arizona State | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-17 | West Virginia over Maryland | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Georgia Tech over Tennessee | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | William & Mary over East Carolina | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Georgia over Auburn | 1980 | |
| 1980-11-01 | Hawai'i over Cal State Fullerton | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-25 | Long Beach State over Oregon State | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | SMU over Tulane | 1980 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Indiana over Duke | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Ohio State over Syracuse | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-03 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Louisville over Drake | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | UCLA over Purdue | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Rutgers over Holy Cross | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Dartmouth over Brown | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Western Carolina over Chattanooga | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Washington over Arizona | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Utah State over San José State | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-28 | New Mexico State over Wichita State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Florida State over Miami | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-23 | Dartmouth over Pennsylvania | 1978 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Pacific over Idaho | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-23 | Western Michigan over Marshall | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Indiana State over Arkansas State | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-22 | William & Mary over Richmond | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | UCLA over Stanford | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Tulsa over Tampa | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | North Texas over Wichita State | 1973 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Washington State over Oregon | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Pittsburgh over Syracuse | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Colorado over Kansas State | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-11 | Colorado over LSU | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Oregon State over Utah | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Ole Miss over Georgia | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Georgia Tech over Miami | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-27 | Wofford over Furman | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-22 | Utah State over Idaho | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Colorado State over Idaho | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Cincinnati over Louisville | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | BYU over Arizona | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Missouri over Oklahoma State | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-04 | California over Rice | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-03 | Idaho over Southern Miss | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-20 | USC over Nebraska | 1969 | |
| 1968-09-28 | UCLA over Washington State | 1968 | |
| 1967-12-23 | Colorado over Miami | 1967 | Playoff |
| 1966-10-08 | South Carolina over NC State | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Texas over Texas Tech | 1966 | |
| 1965-12-31 | Georgia Tech over Texas Tech | 1965 | Playoff |
| 1965-11-13 | Pennsylvania over Columbia | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-16 | LSU over Kentucky | 1965 | |
| 1964-10-17 | Wisconsin over Iowa | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-19 | Wake Forest over Virginia | 1964 | |
| 1958-11-22 | Iowa over Notre Dame | 1958 | |
| 1952-11-01 | Florida over Auburn | 1952 | |
| 1951-09-22 | USC over Washington State | 1951 | |
| 1947-11-22 | Yale over Harvard | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-09 | LSU over Alabama | 1946 | |
| 1914-11-14 | Navy over Colby College | 1914 |