Has a College Football game ever ended 38-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 38-20 101 times. It first happened on October 10, 1931, when Utah State beat Western Colorado, and most recently on September 27, 2025, when New Mexico beat New Mexico State.
That makes 38-20 the 214th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-20 has happened 17 times and 38-21 has happened 163 times.
Every 38-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |