Has a College Football game ever ended 31-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 31-3 100 times. It first happened on November 11, 1921, when Idaho beat Wyoming, and most recently on September 5, 2026, when Rice beat Houston Christian.
That makes 31-3 the 217th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 32-3 has happened 15 times and 31-4 has happened 1 times. At one point the score disappeared for 35 years, between 1926 and 1961.
Every 31-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Rice over Houston Christian | 2026 | |
| 2024-12-08 | Marshall over Louisiana | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Baylor over Air Force | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | UConn over Sacred Heart | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-13 | Kansas State over Baylor | 2022 | |
| 2022-11-12 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | South Alabama over Arkansas State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Clemson over Boston College | 2022 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Akron over Bowling Green | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-02 | Louisiana over Texas State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-26 | Wyoming over Nevada | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Louisiana Tech over UTSA | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Akron over Ball State | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Georgia over Mississippi State | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-20 | Alabama over Chattanooga | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-11 | Fresno State over Sacramento State | 2016 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Missouri over Tennessee | 2013 | |
| 2011-11-27 | Mississippi State over Ole Miss | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Tulsa over Tulane | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-16 | TCU over BYU | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | South Florida over Florida Atlantic | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-23 | Miami over Pittsburgh | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-15 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | LSU over Louisiana | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Duke over Virginia | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Miami over Marshall | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Southern Miss over Tulane | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-01 | Nevada over UNLV | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-23 | UTEP over Marshall | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Alabama over Florida | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Nebraska over Wake Forest | 2005 | |
| 2003-11-08 | Air Force over Army | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Michigan over Purdue | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Michigan State over Indiana | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-28 | Texas A&M over Louisiana Tech | 2002 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Ole Miss over UL Monroe | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-13 | UNLV over San Diego State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Toledo over Ball State | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Boston College over Temple | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Idaho over Utah State | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Ohio over Kent State | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Virginia Tech over Syracuse | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-28 | BYU over SMU | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma State | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-28 | Georgia Tech over Maryland | 1995 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Navy over Colgate | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Missouri over Illinois | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Michigan over Indiana | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1991 | |
| 1991-08-31 | Miami over Arkansas | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Nebraska over Oklahoma State | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Georgia Tech over Maryland | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-25 | Michigan State over Wisconsin | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Miami over California | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-19 | Fresno State over Long Beach State | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Washington over Pacific | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Florida State over Michigan State | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Mississippi State over Louisiana | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Auburn over Texas | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Notre Dame over Air Force | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Texas-Arlington over Wichita State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-14 | BYU over Washington | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Louisiana over Wichita State | 1984 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-29 | Southern Miss over Louisiana | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Texas over Arkansas | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Kansas over Kansas State | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Colorado over Colorado State | 1983 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Texas over Rice | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Louisiana Tech over East Tennessee State | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-25 | North Carolina over East Carolina | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-20 | Navy over Kent State | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Kentucky over Florida | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | East Tennessee State over SE Louisiana | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-15 | Florida State over Arizona State | 1979 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1976 | |
| 1975-10-04 | Iowa State over Utah | 1975 | |
| 1974-10-12 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Northern Iowa over Drake | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Maryland over Villanova | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Indiana State over Southern Illinois | 1972 | |
| 1972-10-21 | William & Mary over VMI | 1972 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Alabama over Miami | 1971 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Texas over Oklahoma State | 1968 | |
| 1966-10-08 | Nebraska over Wisconsin | 1966 | |
| 1964-09-19 | Alabama over Georgia | 1964 | |
| 1961-10-07 | Michigan State over Stanford | 1961 | |
| 1926-11-13 | SMU over Baylor | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-09 | Northwestern over Carleton | 1926 | |
| 1922-11-18 | Notre Dame over Butler | 1922 | |
| 1922-11-11 | Tennessee over Mississippi State | 1922 | |
| 1921-11-11 | Idaho over Wyoming | 1921 |