Has a College Football game ever ended 38-3?
It has. 38-3 has been a College Football final 81 times in 84,433 games. The first was Notre Dame beat Wisconsin on November 8, 1924; the latest was Indiana beat Alabama on January 1, 2026.
That makes 38-3 the 266th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-3 has happened 9 times and 38-4 has happened 4 times.
Every 38-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-01 | Indiana over Alabama | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-09-27 | Duke over Syracuse | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-07 | Ohio over Miami (OH) | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-17 | Texas A&M over New Mexico State | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-12 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-03 | Arizona over Northern Arizona | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | James Madison over Bucknell | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-01 | Miami over Miami (OH) | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-13 | Florida State over Syracuse | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Rutgers over Indiana | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-23 | Georgia Southern over Louisiana Tech | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2020-11-05 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-31 | Tulane over Temple | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-30 | Clemson over South Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-21 | Indiana over UConn | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-08 | Texas Tech over UTEP | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Penn State over Maryland | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-03 | Clemson over Miami | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-05 | Washington over Oregon | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-17 | Houston over Rice | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-15 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-05 | Notre Dame over Texas | 2015 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Vanderbilt over Austin Peay | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-17 | Washington over Colorado | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-13 | NC State over Wake Forest | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-21 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-17 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-06 | UNLV over Sacramento State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Pittsburgh over Youngstown State | 2009 | |
| 2009-01-01 | LSU over Georgia Tech | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-30 | USC over Notre Dame | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-02 | Boise State over Louisiana Tech | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Kentucky over Norfolk State | 2008 | |
| 2007-12-01 | Navy over Army | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-15 | South Carolina over South Carolina State | 2007 | |
| 2007-08-30 | Rutgers over Buffalo | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-24 | Tulsa over Tulane | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Alabama over Florida International | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Arizona State over Stanford | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Arkansas over Ole Miss | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-23 | Kent State over Bowling Green | 2006 | |
| 2004-09-26 | New Mexico over New Mexico State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Notre Dame over Washington | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Miami over East Carolina | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Oregon State over Arizona | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-20 | North Carolina over Clemson | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-14 | Oregon State over Arizona | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-25 | Tulsa over Nevada | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-18 | San José State over Saint Mary's (CA) | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Arizona over Oregon | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Virginia Tech over East Carolina | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Michigan over Baylor | 1997 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Tennessee over Louisiana | 1992 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Fresno State over Cal State Fullerton | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-02 | Pittsburgh over Pacific | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-30 | BYU over Utah State | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Florida over Mississippi State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Alabama over Mississippi State | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-25 | Washington over Oregon | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-25 | South Carolina over East Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Oklahoma over UCLA | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-29 | Miami over Rice | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Florida State over Miami | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1983 | |
| 1983-11-12 | Arizona State over Oregon State | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-22 | Maryland over Duke | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-23 | Arkansas over Houston | 1982 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Tulane over Vanderbilt | 1978 | |
| 1972-11-23 | Texas over Texas A&M | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Tennessee over Tulsa | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-02 | LSU over Rice | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Stanford over Army | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Oregon State over Washington State | 1969 | |
| 1967-11-04 | Penn State over Maryland | 1967 | |
| 1966-09-24 | USC over Wisconsin | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Georgia Tech over Texas A&M | 1966 | |
| 1962-11-24 | LSU over Tulane | 1962 | |
| 1941-10-04 | Villanova over Centre College Kentucky | 1941 | |
| 1924-11-08 | Notre Dame over Wisconsin | 1924 |