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Has a College Football game ever ended 38-21?

It has. 38-21 has been a College Football final 163 times in 84,334 games. The first was Virginia Tech beat Furman on November 9, 1940; the latest was Boise State beat UNLV on December 6, 2025.

Where 38-21 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 38-21 the 125th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-21 has happened 12 times and 38-22 has happened 30 times.

Every 38-21 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-12-06Boise State over UNLV2025
2025-11-01Kansas over Oklahoma State2025
2025-08-31Washington over Colorado State2025
2025-08-30South Alabama over Morgan State2025
2025-08-30UNLV over Sam Houston2025
2024-11-23Liberty over Western Kentucky2024
2024-11-03Colorado State over Nevada2024
2024-10-12UL Monroe over Southern Miss2024
2024-09-28Georgia Southern over Georgia State2024
2024-09-28USC over Wisconsin2024
2024-09-22Oregon State over Purdue2024
2024-09-22Fresno State over New Mexico2024
2024-09-14Utah over Utah State2024
2024-09-14Iowa over Troy2024
2024-08-29NC State over Western Carolina2024
2023-10-14Kansas State over Texas Tech2023
2023-10-14Pittsburgh over Louisville2023
2023-10-14Missouri over Kentucky2023
2023-10-01Virginia Tech over Pittsburgh2023
2023-09-30Missouri over Vanderbilt2023
2022-11-12South Alabama over Texas State2022
2021-12-30South Carolina over North Carolina2021Playoff
2021-09-04Texas Tech over Houston2021
2021-09-04Michigan State over Northwestern2021
2020-12-13Hawai'i over UNLV2020
2020-12-12Utah over Colorado2020
2020-11-21Western Kentucky over Florida International2020
2020-11-07Indiana over Michigan2020
2020-11-07Tulane over East Carolina2020
2020-10-31San José State over New Mexico2020
2020-10-17Liberty over Syracuse2020
2020-10-10NC State over Virginia2020
2019-11-17Air Force over Colorado State2019
2019-09-14Louisville over Western Kentucky2019
2019-08-30Central Michigan over UAlbany2019
2018-11-04USC over Oregon State2018
2018-09-22LSU over Louisiana Tech2018
2017-11-11Louisville over Virginia2017
2017-09-30Marshall over Cincinnati2017
2016-10-23LSU over Ole Miss2016
2016-10-08North Texas over Marshall2016
2016-09-17Wake Forest over Delaware2016
2016-09-10West Virginia over Youngstown State2016
2016-09-03UL Monroe over Southern2016
2015-11-21Miami over Georgia Tech2015
2014-09-13Boise State over UConn2014
2014-09-06Georgia Tech over Tulane2014
2013-11-17Arkansas State over Texas State2013
2013-11-16SMU over UConn2013
2013-11-16Boston College over NC State2013
2013-10-19South Alabama over Kent State2013
2013-09-26Iowa State over Tulsa2013
2012-10-27Middle Tennessee over North Texas2012
2011-11-27Washington over Washington State2011
2011-11-19Oregon State over Washington2011
2011-10-22North Texas over UL Monroe2011
2011-09-17Louisiana over Nicholls2011
2011-09-17Indiana over South Carolina State2011
2010-09-18Indiana over Western Kentucky2010
2009-11-21BYU over Air Force2009
2009-11-21Purdue over Indiana2009
2009-09-19Indiana over Akron2009
2008-09-27Notre Dame over Purdue2008
2008-09-13Vanderbilt over Rice2008
2007-09-29South Carolina over Mississippi State2007
2006-10-21East Carolina over SMU2006
2006-10-07Missouri over Texas Tech2006
2005-11-19Northwestern over Illinois2005
2005-10-22Ohio over Ball State2005
2005-10-16Boise State over San José State2005
2005-10-15Iowa over Indiana2005
2005-09-18New Mexico over New Mexico State2005
2004-12-29Oregon State over Notre Dame2004Playoff
2004-11-14Louisiana Tech over Tulsa2004
2004-09-11Oklahoma State over Tulsa2004
2004-09-06Louisiana Tech over Nevada2004
2004-09-05San Diego State over Idaho State2004
2003-11-29Southern Miss over East Carolina2003
2003-11-22Oklahoma State over Baylor2003
2003-09-27Akron over Buffalo2003
2002-11-16Ball State over Central Michigan2002
2002-09-21Toledo over UNLV2002
2002-09-01Boise State over Idaho2002
2001-09-30Oregon over Utah State2001
2001-09-29Louisville over Memphis2001
2001-09-23Arizona over UNLV2001
2001-09-22Boston College over Navy2001
2001-09-22Michigan over Western Michigan2001
2000-11-25Notre Dame over USC2000
2000-11-11UTEP over Rice2000
2000-09-16Washington State over Utah2000
1999-11-13Auburn over Georgia1999
1999-09-11Texas over Rutgers1999
1998-10-10Mississippi State over Auburn1998
1997-10-18Tennessee over Alabama1997
1996-11-16Tulsa over UTEP1996
1996-10-26Ole Miss over Arkansas State1996
1996-10-12Arkansas over Louisiana Tech1996
1996-10-05Rice over New Mexico1996
1996-09-28Arkansas over UL Monroe1996
1995-09-09Washington State over Montana1995
1994-11-05Rutgers over Temple1994
1994-11-05Auburn over East Carolina1994
1994-10-08Tennessee over Arkansas1994
1994-10-08New Mexico over Hawai'i1994
1993-10-23Utah over Colorado State1993
1992-10-29Southern Miss over East Carolina1992
1991-11-23Stanford over California1991
1991-11-09Texas Tech over Arkansas1991
1991-11-09Iowa over Indiana1991
1991-11-02Texas A&M over Rice1991
1991-11-02NC State over South Carolina1991
1991-10-05Baylor over Houston1991
1991-09-21Syracuse over Florida1991
1988-11-19Arkansas State over Louisiana1988
1988-10-29Clemson over Wake Forest1988
1988-10-15UCLA over California1988
1988-10-15Southern Miss over Mississippi State1988
1988-10-15Ohio over Miami (OH)1988
1988-10-08UCLA over Oregon State1988
1987-11-07BYU over San Diego State1987
1987-10-10Clemson over Virginia1987
1986-11-29Long Beach State over Pacific1986
1985-11-23Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan1985
1985-10-12Memphis over Tulane1985
1984-12-01SMU over UNLV1984
1984-11-17Navy over South Carolina1984
1984-10-20Rutgers over Louisville1984
1984-10-06San José State over Utah State1984
1984-09-22UNLV over Wichita State1984
1983-11-19Colorado over Kansas State1983
1983-11-05Penn State over Brown1983
1983-10-01North Carolina over Georgia Tech1983
1983-10-01Arkansas over TCU1983
1983-09-24Michigan over Wisconsin1983
1982-11-13Texas over TCU1982
1982-10-30Duke over Georgia Tech1982
1981-10-31Central Michigan over Ohio1981
1980-11-15NC State over Duke1980
1980-09-27Ohio State over Arizona State1980
1979-11-10Indiana State over UL Monroe1979
1979-11-03East Carolina over App State1979
1978-11-25Florida State over Florida1978
1978-11-18Notre Dame over Georgia Tech1978
1978-11-11Southern Miss over Bowling Green1978
1978-10-28Texas A&M over Rice1978
1977-11-19SE Louisiana over Northwestern State1977
1977-10-29Texas A&M over SMU1977
1977-10-15Georgia Tech over Auburn1977
1977-10-01Colgate over Harvard1977
1976-11-06Wisconsin over Iowa1976
1976-10-23NC State over Clemson1976
1976-09-18Furman over Presbyterian1976
1975-12-27Texas over Colorado1975Playoff
1975-11-22Ohio over Marshall1975
1972-11-25Arizona State over Arizona1972
1971-11-27Colorado State over New Mexico State1971
1965-11-27UTEP over West Texas A&M1965
1965-11-13Houston over Kentucky1965
1964-09-26Wake Forest over Virginia Tech1964
1957-11-23Colorado over Iowa State1957
1955-11-12North Texas over McMurry1955
1940-11-09Virginia Tech over Furman1940

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