Has a College Football game ever ended 31-27?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 31-27 106 times. It first happened on October 21, 1950, when Florida beat Vanderbilt, and most recently on January 9, 2026, when Miami beat Ole Miss.
That makes 31-27 the 204th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-27 has happened 14 times and 31-28 has happened 212 times.
Every 31-27 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-09 | Miami over Ole Miss | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-15 | East Carolina over Memphis | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-25 | Louisville over Boston College | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-19 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-18 | UNLV over Air Force | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-01 | Akron over Kent State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Virginia over North Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-10 | Central Michigan over Buffalo | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | UTSA over North Texas | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Coastal Carolina over Gardner-Webb | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | Central Michigan over Florida International | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-21 | Oregon State over California | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-26 | Tennessee over South Carolina | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-02 | Purdue over Nebraska | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | UTSA over Rice | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-14 | Boise State over Nevada | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee State | 2018 | |
| 2018-08-31 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-30 | Mississippi State over Louisville | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2016-11-05 | Illinois over Michigan State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-01 | Akron over Kent State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Ball State over Florida Atlantic | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Utah over USC | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Utah State over Nevada | 2015 | |
| 2015-11-15 | Washington State over UCLA | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-19 | Florida State over Notre Dame | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Indiana over Missouri | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-07 | North Carolina over San Diego State | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-29 | LSU over Arkansas | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-19 | Vanderbilt over Georgia | 2013 | |
| 2012-12-29 | Texas over Oregon State | 2012 | Playoff |
| 2012-11-18 | Louisiana over Western Kentucky | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-18 | Syracuse over Missouri | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-06 | Michigan State over Indiana | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Ball State over South Florida | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-20 | Arizona over Arizona State | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Missouri over Texas Tech | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-22 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-01 | Duke over Florida International | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-01 | Washington State over Colorado | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Iowa over Pittsburgh | 2011 | |
| 2010-09-04 | Army over Eastern Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-31 | Oklahoma over Stanford | 2009 | Playoff |
| 2009-10-31 | Fresno State over Utah State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Kentucky over Louisville | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Ohio State over Navy | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-23 | UL Monroe over Florida International | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-30 | Minnesota over Northern Illinois | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-16 | Arkansas State over North Texas | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-10 | NC State over North Carolina | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | Rice over SMU | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Southern Miss over Houston | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Kansas State over Oklahoma State | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-30 | Texas Tech over Texas A&M | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-19 | Colorado State over UNLV | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-12 | New Mexico over Utah | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | UL Monroe over Arkansas State | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Wake Forest over Clemson | 2005 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Oregon over Michigan | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-12 | UCF over Western Michigan | 2002 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Syracuse over West Virginia | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Purdue over Ohio State | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Michigan over Penn State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Arkansas State over Louisiana | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Washington over California | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Hawai'i over Eastern Illinois | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Kentucky over Indiana | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Louisiana Tech over Boise State | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-11 | Penn State over Ohio State | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-23 | Ole Miss over Georgia | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Bowling Green over Central Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Auburn over Alabama | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-01 | UNLV over New Mexico State | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Baylor over Georgia Tech | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1991 | |
| 1990-12-28 | NC State over Southern Miss | 1990 | Playoff |
| 1990-11-17 | Navy over Delaware | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Long Beach State over New Mexico State | 1990 | |
| 1990-01-01 | Tennessee over Arkansas | 1989 | Playoff |
| 1988-10-01 | Alabama over Kentucky | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | BYU over UTEP | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Utah over Boise State | 1987 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Mississippi State over Tulane | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-03 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | East Carolina over William & Mary | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Houston over TCU | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | UCLA over Michigan | 1982 | |
| 1981-12-28 | North Carolina over Arkansas | 1981 | Playoff |
| 1981-09-26 | Furman over Western Carolina | 1981 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Bowling Green over Southern Miss | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | NC State over Virginia | 1979 | |
| 1977-11-19 | Clemson over South Carolina | 1977 | |
| 1975-10-18 | Auburn over Georgia Tech | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-02 | UTEP over Arizona State | 1974 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Lamar over UTEP | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Colorado State over New Mexico State | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Houston over Florida State | 1972 | |
| 1968-12-30 | LSU over Florida State | 1968 | Playoff |
| 1967-11-25 | Texas Tech over Arkansas | 1967 | |
| 1964-11-14 | Virginia over North Carolina | 1964 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 1950 |