Has a College Football game ever ended 31-28?
It has. 31-28 has been a College Football final 215 times in 84,857 games. The first was Brown beat Cornell on November 7, 1964; the latest was Stanford beat NC State on October 24, 2026.
That makes 31-28 the 88th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-28 has happened 28 times and 31-29 has happened 44 times.
Every 31-28 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | Stanford over NC State | 2026 | |
| 2026-10-03 | NC State over Louisville | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-26 | Buffalo over Robert Morris | 2026 | |
| 2025-10-22 | Delaware over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Houston over Arizona | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | Minnesota over Rutgers | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | San José State over Idaho | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-14 | UAB over Akron | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Buffalo over Kent State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-24 | Iowa State over Utah | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-24 | Duke over Virginia Tech | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-13 | Kansas State over Colorado | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-12 | Arizona State over Texas State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Syracuse over Georgia Tech | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Boston College over Holy Cross | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-03 | Kansas State over TCU | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-12 | UL Monroe over Georgia State | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-05 | BYU over Boise State | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-05 | North Carolina over Virginia | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Ole Miss over Texas A&M | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | UTSA over Western Kentucky | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Bowling Green over Akron | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-18 | Arizona over North Dakota State | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-17 | Florida over South Florida | 2022 | |
| 2022-08-27 | Northwestern over Nebraska | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-28 | Air Force over Louisville | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-12-18 | UAB over BYU | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-11-20 | TCU over Kansas | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Florida State over Miami | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Missouri over South Carolina | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-16 | Troy over Texas State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-16 | UL Monroe over Liberty | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | East Carolina over Charleston Southern | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | UTSA over Memphis | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-03 | Charlotte over Duke | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-17 | Florida State over North Carolina | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Middle Tennessee over Florida International | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-24 | Arizona State over Oregon | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-16 | Rice over Middle Tennessee | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-14 | Northern Illinois over Toledo | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Stanford over Oregon State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-08 | Hawai'i over Oregon State | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Louisiana over UL Monroe | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-23 | South Alabama over Coastal Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-23 | Iowa over Nebraska | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-10 | Arizona State over UCLA | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Maine over Western Kentucky | 2018 | |
| 2018-08-25 | Rice over Prairie View A&M | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-16 | Marshall over Colorado State | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-12-02 | USC over Stanford | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-24 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | SMU over Cincinnati | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Louisville over Florida State | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Army over Temple | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-17 | App State over Toledo | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-09-11 | Boise State over Washington State | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Fresno State over UNLV | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Pittsburgh over Georgia Tech | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-13 | Michigan State over Oregon | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-30 | Notre Dame over LSU | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-29 | Old Dominion over Florida Atlantic | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Louisville over Notre Dame | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-01 | New Mexico over UNLV | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-01 | UAB over Florida Atlantic | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-30 | Eastern Michigan over Morgan State | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-01 | UL Monroe over Louisiana | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-06 | Stanford over Washington | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-23 | Washington State over Washington | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Auburn over UL Monroe | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-20 | Stanford over California | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-12 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Western Kentucky over UL Monroe | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Arkansas over Vanderbilt | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-22 | Louisville over Southern Miss | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2010-11-20 | Tulsa over UTEP | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Kentucky over South Carolina | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Oregon State over Arizona State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Hawai'i over Army | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-20 | Oklahoma State over Colorado | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | SMU over Rice | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Marshall over Southern Illinois | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-22 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Missouri over Baylor | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | Georgia Tech over Florida State | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-03 | Utah over Oregon State | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | UConn over Baylor | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Air Force over Houston | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 2008 | |
| 2008-01-01 | Texas Tech over Virginia | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-10 | Northwestern over Indiana | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Iowa State over Colorado | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Miami (OH) over Buffalo | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-20 | Nevada over Utah State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Oregon State over California | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Colorado over Colorado State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | South Carolina over Clemson | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-14 | Indiana over Iowa | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Louisiana over Houston | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-19 | UCF over Rice | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-06 | Louisiana over North Texas | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-29 | Louisiana over Troy | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-03 | Colorado over Colorado State | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-06 | Akron over Marshall | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | North Carolina over Miami | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Ole Miss over South Carolina | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Kansas over Kansas State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Eastern Illinois over Eastern Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | USC over Stanford | 2004 | |
| 2004-01-02 | Ole Miss over Oklahoma State | 2003 | Playoff |
| 2003-11-09 | Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-08 | Tulsa over Rice | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-06 | TCU over Louisville | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Fresno State over Rice | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | South Florida over Louisville | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-14 | Tulane over Mississippi State | 2003 | |
| 2002-12-29 | Wisconsin over Colorado | 2002 | Playoff |
| 2002-11-23 | East Carolina over TCU | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-10 | South Florida over Memphis | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Louisiana over Idaho | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-13 | New Mexico State over Louisiana | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Iowa over Purdue | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-29 | Fresno State over Rice | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Nevada over BYU | 2002 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Georgia over Clemson | 2002 | |
| 2002-01-01 | South Carolina over Ohio State | 2001 | Playoff |
| 2001-11-04 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Washington over Arizona | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Michigan State over Iowa | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Washington over California | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Jacksonville State over Arkansas State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Iowa State over Ohio | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-02 | Oregon over Wisconsin | 2001 | |
| 2001-01-01 | Michigan over Auburn | 2000 | Playoff |
| 2000-10-28 | Washington over Stanford | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Marshall over Akron | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Kansas over Iowa State | 1999 | |
| 1999-11-13 | USC over Washington State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Miami over Boston College | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Navy over West Virginia | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Missouri over UAB | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Arizona over Washington | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-26 | Boise State over Utah | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Oregon over Washington | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Arizona over San Diego State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Bowling Green over Akron | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Auburn over LSU | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-23 | San José State over UNLV | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-16 | UL Monroe over Jacksonville State | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Southern Miss over Tulane | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-24 | Arizona over Arizona State | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | San José State over Louisiana | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-16 | East Carolina over Louisiana Tech | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Stanford over San José State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Iowa over Iowa State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-09 | Temple over Eastern Michigan | 1993 | |
| 1992-12-29 | Washington State over Utah | 1992 | Playoff |
| 1992-11-21 | North Carolina over Duke | 1992 | |
| 1992-11-14 | Texas Tech over TCU | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Akron over Central Michigan | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Fresno State over New Mexico | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-17 | BYU over Wyoming | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Fresno State over San José State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Northern Illinois over Akron | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Temple over Virginia Tech | 1990 | |
| 1989-12-30 | Pittsburgh over Texas A&M | 1989 | Playoff |
| 1989-10-07 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-01 | Louisiana Tech over Kansas State | 1988 | |
| 1988-01-01 | Florida State over Nebraska | 1987 | Playoff |
| 1987-09-19 | Utah over Wisconsin | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Clemson over Georgia | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Baylor over Wyoming | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Mississippi State over Memphis | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Illinois over Ohio State | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-24 | SMU over Arkansas | 1984 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Hawai'i over Wyoming | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-20 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Colorado State over Utah | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-27 | Tulane over LSU | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | San Diego State over Hawai'i | 1982 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Illinois State over Moorhead State | 1982 | |
| 1981-12-30 | Ohio State over Navy | 1981 | Playoff |
| 1981-10-03 | Chattanooga over Furman | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Oregon State over Fresno State | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-27 | West Virginia over Richmond | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | UCLA over Arizona State | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-03 | UNLV over Fresno State | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-21 | San Diego State over Pacific | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-12 | VMI over Furman | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Florida A&M over Tennessee State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Chattanooga over Illinois State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Utah over Arizona State | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Texas Tech over Texas | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-18 | Idaho over Pacific | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-04 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1975 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Washington over Iowa State | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Washington State over California | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Utah over Utah State | 1973 | |
| 1972-09-23 | TCU over Indiana | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-16 | Wisconsin over Michigan State | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Toledo over Ohio | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-10 | California over Washington | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Southern Illinois over Louisville | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Southern Miss over Richmond | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Cincinnati over Tampa | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-25 | Rutgers over Colgate | 1967 | |
| 1964-11-07 | Brown over Cornell | 1964 |
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