Has a College Football game ever ended 36-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 36-20 18 times. It first happened on November 18, 1944, when Tulane beat Clemson, and most recently on September 12, 2025, when Houston beat Colorado.
That makes 36-20 the 766th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 37-20 has happened 70 times and 36-21 has happened 12 times.
Every 36-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | Houston over Colorado | 2025 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Wake Forest over Vanderbilt | 2023 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Texas State over Texas Southern | 2018 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Texas over Oklahoma | 2013 | |
| 2009-11-20 | Bowling Green over Akron | 2009 | |
| 2007-11-24 | UCF over UTEP | 2007 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Texas A&M over Oklahoma State | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Louisville over East Carolina | 2003 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Notre Dame over Michigan | 1998 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Kansas State over UNLV | 1993 | |
| 1989-10-07 | BYU over Wyoming | 1989 | |
| 1984-11-17 | UNLV over Utah State | 1984 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Kansas State over Kansas | 1978 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Arizona over BYU | 1975 | |
| 1971-10-22 | San Diego State over Utah State | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-17 | Wake Forest over Clemson | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-22 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 1969 | |
| 1944-11-18 | Tulane over Clemson | 1944 |
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