Has a College Football game ever ended 38-28?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 38-28 116 times. It first happened on November 15, 1958, when Ohio State beat Iowa, and most recently on November 30, 2025, when Michigan State beat Maryland.
That makes 38-28 the 181st most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-28 has happened 12 times and 38-29 has happened 25 times.
Every 38-28 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | Michigan State over Maryland | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Iowa over Rutgers | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Florida International over Florida Atlantic | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Illinois over Northwestern | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-16 | SMU over Boston College | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-26 | Baylor over Oklahoma State | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-08 | Western Michigan over Central Michigan | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | South Carolina over Jacksonville State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | Georgia Southern over UL Monroe | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Georgia Southern over Coastal Carolina | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-23 | TCU over Kansas State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Tulane over Memphis | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-17 | Vanderbilt over Northern Illinois | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Coastal Carolina over Army | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-20 | UTEP over Rice | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-05 | UTEP over Bethune-Cookman | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-04 | Holy Cross over UConn | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-19 | Ball State over Buffalo | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-08 | Washington State over Oregon State | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Charlotte over UTEP | 2020 | |
| 2019-12-30 | Louisville over Mississippi State | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2019-08-31 | Mississippi State over Louisiana | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Indiana over Florida International | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-16 | Boise State over Oregon | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-08 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Coastal Carolina over Massachusetts | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-10 | Bowling Green over Akron | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Tennessee over Florida | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-26 | New Mexico over Wyoming | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Houston over Tulsa | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Florida International over Middle Tennessee | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-08 | Tulsa over SMU | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-12 | Hawai'i over Wyoming | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-30 | Buffalo over Duquesne | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-17 | UCLA over USC | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Marshall over Memphis | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-05 | USC over Utah | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Toledo over Coastal Carolina | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Louisiana Tech over San José State | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-29 | TCU over BYU | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-15 | BYU over Oregon State | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-02 | Ole Miss over Fresno State | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-25 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Arkansas over Troy | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Missouri over Kansas State | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Stanford over Washington State | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Iowa over Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-17 | BYU over San Diego State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Oregon State over Stanford | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-29 | NC State over Miami | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-18 | Louisiana over Florida International | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-05 | Houston over SMU | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Boston College over Wake Forest | 2007 | |
| 2006-12-02 | Florida over Arkansas | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | Purdue over Ball State | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Nevada over Hawai'i | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | USC over Arizona State | 2005 | |
| 2004-12-04 | Auburn over Tennessee | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-30 | East Carolina over Army | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Arkansas over Texas | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-30 | Oklahoma State over Oklahoma | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Stanford over UCLA | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-30 | Fresno State over Louisiana Tech | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-24 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 2000 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Ohio over Marshall | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Auburn over Louisiana Tech | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | BYU over California | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-14 | Stanford over Washington State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Arizona State over Washington State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-10 | Army over Houston | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Syracuse over Michigan | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Oklahoma State over Kansas | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Washington State over Stanford | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-15 | New Mexico over BYU | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Hawai'i over UNLV | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Rutgers over Villanova | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Washington over Stanford | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-14 | Tulsa over UTEP | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Tulsa over Missouri State | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Ball State over Akron | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Louisiana Tech over Northwestern State | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Georgia Tech over Wake Forest | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-05 | BYU over UTEP | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | UNLV over New Mexico State | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-02 | East Carolina over Tulane | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-13 | TCU over Rice | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-25 | San José State over UNLV | 1989 | |
| 1989-11-18 | Florida over Kentucky | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-09 | NC State over Georgia Tech | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-01 | UTEP over Utah | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-17 | Navy over Pennsylvania | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Rice over Texas State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Utah over Colorado State | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-11 | San José State over Utah State | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-23 | BYU over Utah | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | TCU over Baylor | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Pacific over Northern Arizona | 1984 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Western Carolina over Marshall | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-01 | North Texas over New Mexico State | 1980 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Central Michigan over Bowling Green | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Auburn over Tennessee | 1976 | |
| 1975-09-13 | Ball State over Toledo | 1975 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Virginia over William & Mary | 1974 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Pacific over San José State | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-16 | UCLA over Pittsburgh | 1972 | |
| 1971-09-25 | LSU over Wisconsin | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-28 | USC over Notre Dame | 1970 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Pennsylvania over Lehigh | 1966 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Ohio State over Iowa | 1958 |
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