Has a College Football game ever ended 35-31?
It has. 35-31 has been a College Football final 92 times in 84,433 games. The first was Arizona State beat New Mexico State on October 31, 1959; the latest was Hawai'i beat California on December 25, 2025.
That makes 35-31 the 233rd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 36-31 has happened 22 times and 35-32 has happened 43 times.
Every 35-31 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-25 | Hawai'i over California | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-28 | Kent State over Northern Illinois | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | NC State over Virginia | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-28 | USC over Texas A&M | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-11-10 | Arizona State over UCF | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-06 | Arizona State over Kansas | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-05 | San José State over Nevada | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Massachusetts over Central Connecticut | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-24 | Montana State over New Mexico | 2024 | |
| 2024-01-01 | LSU over Wisconsin | 2023 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-25 | Syracuse over Wake Forest | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Purdue over Indiana | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-20 | Utah State over San José State | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-16 | Florida State over Louisville | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-02 | Penn State over Purdue | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-28 | BYU over USC | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-27 | Rice over Louisiana Tech | 2021 | |
| 2020-09-12 | Arkansas State over Kansas State | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-06 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-26 | USC over Colorado | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Oregon over Washington | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-31 | Cincinnati over Virginia Tech | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-11-10 | Florida over South Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Baylor over Oklahoma State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-16 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-20 | Western Kentucky over Old Dominion | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-16 | North Carolina A&T over Charlotte | 2017 | |
| 2017-01-10 | Clemson over Alabama | 2016 | Playoff |
| 2016-11-12 | Florida Atlantic over UTEP | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-30 | Washington State over Oregon State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | SMU over Tulane | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-31 | UCLA over Colorado | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-01 | Auburn over Ole Miss | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | Air Force over New Mexico | 2014 | |
| 2011-11-06 | Utah State over Hawai'i | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-03 | Ohio over Temple | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-11 | Michigan over Notre Dame | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Michigan State over Purdue | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | SMU over UTEP | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-29 | Nevada over Louisiana Tech | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-22 | Louisiana Tech over New Mexico State | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Michigan State over Penn State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-27 | Arkansas State over Memphis | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Texas over Texas Tech | 2006 | |
| 2005-12-04 | Florida International over Middle Tennessee | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-11 | LSU over Arizona State | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Indiana over Nicholls | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-27 | Tulane over TCU | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Eastern Michigan over Western Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-05 | Idaho over New Mexico State | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Toledo over Pittsburgh | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-23 | New Mexico State over Idaho | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-09 | BYU over Wyoming | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Colorado over Kansas State | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Ball State over Western Michigan | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-29 | BYU over UNLV | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-11 | Oklahoma over Texas A&M | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-11 | NC State over Duke | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Michigan over Illinois | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Stanford over USC | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | NC State over Clemson | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-05 | Arizona over TCU | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Louisiana Tech over UAB | 1996 | |
| 1994-12-30 | Texas over North Carolina | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-12 | Penn State over Illinois | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Nevada over Northern Illinois | 1994 | |
| 1992-10-31 | UNLV over San José State | 1992 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Army over Rutgers | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Wisconsin over Northwestern | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Washington over San José State | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-19 | Duke over Vanderbilt | 1987 | |
| 1985-10-05 | Iowa over Michigan State | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Montana State over Fresno State | 1984 | |
| 1982-10-02 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-18 | San José State over Stanford | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Princeton over Yale | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Minnesota over Ohio State | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-17 | East Carolina over Louisiana | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | West Texas A&M over Texas-Arlington | 1981 | |
| 1979-10-06 | UNLV over Northern Colorado | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Missouri over Nebraska | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-20 | SMU over Arkansas | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Tulsa over Virginia Tech | 1976 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Xavier over Toledo | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-03 | Georgia over Tennessee | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-25 | Nebraska over Oklahoma | 1971 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Purdue over Iowa | 1969 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Houston over Tulsa | 1962 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Arizona State over New Mexico State | 1959 |