Has a College Football game ever ended 38-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 38-20 102 times. It first happened on October 10, 1931, when Utah State beat Western Colorado, and most recently on September 12, 2026, when Boise State beat Memphis.
That makes 38-20 the 213th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-20 has happened 17 times and 38-21 has happened 164 times.
Every 38-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | Boise State over Memphis | 2026 | |
| 2025-09-27 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Coastal Carolina over South Alabama | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Southern Miss over Jackson State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Troy over Nicholls | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Defiance College over Elgin | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Maryland over Villanova | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Florida Atlantic over Florida International | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | North Carolina over Charlotte | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Cincinnati over Towson | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | UCLA over USC | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Florida State over Duke | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Maryland over Charlotte | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Houston over Navy | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-01 | Texas over West Virginia | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Arizona over San Diego State | 2022 | |
| 2020-09-26 | Virginia over Duke | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Central Michigan over Bowling Green | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-21 | Marshall over South Florida | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-11-03 | Arizona State over Utah | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Boston College over Louisville | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-26 | Stanford over Notre Dame | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-12 | Oklahoma over TCU | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Florida Atlantic over Middle Tennessee | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-03 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-23 | Utah State over Fresno State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Cincinnati over Purdue | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-14 | West Virginia over Texas | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-23 | UCLA over USC | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-09 | Arizona over Colorado | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-01 | Florida over Georgia | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Florida State over Syracuse | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Duke over NC State | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | BYU over Georgia Tech | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Cincinnati over Temple | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-23 | Syracuse over Temple | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-10 | South Carolina over Arkansas | 2012 | |
| 2012-01-09 | Northern Illinois over Arkansas State | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-10-22 | Tulsa over Rice | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Kentucky over Vanderbilt | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | UTEP over New Mexico | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-04 | Boston College over Weber State | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Alabama over Kentucky | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Hawai'i over Washington State | 2009 | |
| 2009-01-03 | UConn over Buffalo | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-03 | Indiana over Ball State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Indiana over Iowa | 2007 | |
| 2006-08-31 | Ball State over Eastern Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-08 | Pittsburgh over Cincinnati | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-13 | SMU over Nevada | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | UTEP over San José State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Auburn over Arkansas | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-03 | Boise State over SMU | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Miami (OH) over Ohio | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | Bowling Green over Ball State | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Penn State over Southern Miss | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | TCU over Army | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-06 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Middle Tennessee over UL Monroe | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-14 | NC State over North Carolina | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Wyoming over UL Monroe | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-05 | South Carolina over Ball State | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-13 | New Mexico over UTEP | 1997 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Air Force over Army | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-14 | Kansas over TCU | 1995 | |
| 1995-01-02 | Penn State over Oregon | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-19 | UL Monroe over North Texas | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Washington over Miami | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-04 | Penn State over Minnesota | 1993 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | San Diego State over Long Beach State | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Oregon over UCLA | 1989 | |
| 1987-12-05 | Arkansas over Hawai'i | 1987 | |
| 1987-11-14 | California over Arizona State | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Boston College over TCU | 1987 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Tennessee over Auburn | 1985 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Tulsa over North Texas | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | San Diego State over UNLV | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-10 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-29 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Colgate over Cornell | 1980 | |
| 1978-11-18 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1978 | |
| 1978-11-04 | Louisville over Wichita State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Florida State over Oklahoma State | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-16 | Alabama over Missouri | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-08 | East Tennessee State over App State | 1977 | |
| 1976-10-09 | UCLA over Stanford | 1976 | |
| 1974-11-16 | Bowling Green over Southern Miss | 1974 | |
| 1972-11-04 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Minnesota over Kansas | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-25 | Cornell over Colgate | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Notre Dame over Georgia Tech | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Florida State over Tulsa | 1969 | |
| 1968-09-28 | Kansas over Indiana | 1968 | |
| 1963-10-12 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1963 | |
| 1959-11-14 | Yale over Princeton | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-01 | Washington State over UCLA | 1958 | |
| 1955-09-17 | Wyoming over Kansas State | 1955 | |
| 1940-11-16 | San Diego Marines over Montana | 1940 | |
| 1931-10-10 | Utah State over Western Colorado | 1931 |
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