Has a College Football game ever ended 35-17?
It has. 35-17 has been a College Football final 108 times in 84,433 games. The first was Miami beat Vanderbilt on November 20, 1964; the latest was UTEP beat Sam Houston on October 15, 2025.
That makes 35-17 the 200th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 36-17 has happened 26 times and 35-18 has happened 36 times.
Every 35-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-15 | UTEP over Sam Houston | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-28 | Delaware over Delaware State | 2025 | |
| 2023-12-20 | UTSA over Marshall | 2023 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-25 | Troy over Southern Miss | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | South Alabama over SE Louisiana | 2023 | |
| 2023-08-31 | Western Michigan over St. Francis (PA) | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-15 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Georgia Tech over Western Carolina | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-14 | Memphis over Navy | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-17 | Marshall over Louisiana Tech | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-26 | Florida State over Syracuse | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Liberty over Buffalo | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Utah over Northern Illinois | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-03 | Notre Dame over Louisville | 2019 | |
| 2017-12-27 | Kansas State over UCLA | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-10-14 | NC State over Pittsburgh | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Georgia Tech over Pittsburgh | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-03 | Memphis over Southeast Missouri State | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-24 | NC State over Wake Forest | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Nevada over New Mexico | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Maryland over South Florida | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-06 | Alabama over Wisconsin | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Clemson over South Carolina | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-16 | UTEP over North Texas | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-27 | Virginia Tech over Western Michigan | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-21 | Northern Illinois over Toledo | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Auburn over Arkansas | 2013 | |
| 2013-01-04 | Oregon over Kansas State | 2012 | Playoff |
| 2012-11-24 | Stanford over UCLA | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-21 | UCF over Memphis | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Pittsburgh over Virginia Tech | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-15 | East Carolina over Memphis | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-04 | Nevada over Louisiana Tech | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Navy over Notre Dame | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-27 | Ohio over Temple | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Penn State over Illinois | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | BYU over Utah State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-04 | Utah over Utah State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Rutgers over Syracuse | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Purdue over Northwestern | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 2007 | |
| 2007-08-30 | Tulsa over UL Monroe | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-17 | Northern Illinois over Toledo | 2005 | |
| 2004-09-11 | UCLA over Illinois | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-08 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 2003 | |
| 2003-11-01 | Navy over Tulane | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | UConn over Lehigh | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Tennessee over Mississippi State | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-12 | Tulane over Cincinnati | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-06 | Ole Miss over Arkansas State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-08 | Eastern Washington over UConn | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Mississippi State over Kentucky | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 2000 | |
| 2000-08-31 | Northwestern over Northern Illinois | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-27 | Colorado State over UNLV | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Kansas State over Texas | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Miami over Boston College | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Notre Dame over Stanford | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Iowa over Purdue | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | UCLA over California | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Wake Forest over Maryland | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-23 | LSU over Tulane | 1996 | |
| 1996-11-16 | Arizona over UCLA | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Rice over SMU | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Northwestern over Indiana | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Army over Duke | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-04 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Alabama over LSU | 1994 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Kentucky over LSU | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Louisville over Arizona State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-04 | Wisconsin over Nevada | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-05 | North Carolina over Wake Forest | 1992 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Louisville over Western Kentucky | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-15 | San José State over Pacific | 1988 | |
| 1986-09-20 | Tulane over Vanderbilt | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-13 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1985 | |
| 1985-11-09 | Colorado State over Southern Miss | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Purdue over Notre Dame | 1985 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-11 | Miami (OH) over William & Mary | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | Tulsa over Air Force | 1982 | |
| 1980-09-20 | Texas over Utah State | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Tennessee over Auburn | 1979 | |
| 1979-09-08 | SMU over Rice | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Pittsburgh over Army | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Cornell over Pennsylvania | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-11 | The Citadel over Wofford | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Pacific over Cal State Fullerton | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Columbia over Cornell | 1976 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Utah over Oregon | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-07 | Penn State over Illinois | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-16 | BYU over Wyoming | 1971 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Western Michigan over BYU | 1970 | |
| 1969-09-27 | West Virginia over Tulane | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Dayton over Temple | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-09 | USC over California | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-09 | Idaho over San José State | 1968 | |
| 1968-11-02 | Purdue over Illinois | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-18 | Arkansas over SMU | 1967 | |
| 1967-11-17 | Wake Forest over Maryland | 1967 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1966 | |
| 1964-11-20 | Miami over Vanderbilt | 1964 |