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Has a College Football game ever ended 38-31?

Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 38-31 133 times. It first happened on November 20, 1971, when Indiana beat Purdue, and most recently on October 23, 2025, when South Alabama beat Georgia State.

Where 38-31 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 38-31 the 156th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-31 has happened 11 times and 38-32 has happened 13 times.

Every 38-31 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-10-23South Alabama over Georgia State2025
2025-08-23UNLV over Idaho State2025
2024-12-27Arkansas State over Bowling Green2024Playoff
2024-11-23Illinois over Rutgers2024
2024-11-15East Carolina over Tulsa2024
2024-11-02Syracuse over Virginia Tech2024
2024-09-22Colorado over Baylor2024
2023-11-25Kentucky over Louisville2023
2023-11-18Louisville over Miami2023
2023-10-07UConn over Rice2023
2023-09-16BYU over Arkansas2023
2023-09-09Old Dominion over Louisiana2023
2022-11-12UCF over Tulane2022
2022-11-05South Alabama over Georgia Southern2022
2022-11-04Duke over Boston College2022
2022-10-08TCU over Kansas2022
2022-09-01Pittsburgh over West Virginia2022
2021-10-30West Virginia over Iowa State2021
2021-10-16Ball State over Eastern Michigan2021
2020-11-28South Alabama over Arkansas State2020
2020-11-12Ball State over Eastern Michigan2020
2020-11-08Iowa State over Baylor2020
2020-11-05Miami (OH) over Ball State2020
2020-10-03Virginia Tech over Duke2020
2019-11-09Florida State over Boston College2019
2019-11-02Virginia over North Carolina2019
2019-10-26Indiana over Nebraska2019
2019-09-28Minnesota over Purdue2019
2019-09-20Tulane over Houston2019
2018-10-27Minnesota over Indiana2018
2018-09-23Stanford over Oregon2018
2018-08-31Michigan State over Utah State2018
2017-11-04Clemson over NC State2017
2017-10-07Iowa State over Oklahoma2017
2017-09-09Kent State over Howard2017
2016-12-27Army over North Texas2016Playoff
2016-12-04Penn State over Wisconsin2016
2016-11-26Idaho over South Alabama2016
2016-11-19Middle Tennessee over Charlotte2016
2016-10-15Houston over Tulsa2016
2016-10-08Oklahoma State over Iowa State2016
2016-10-01Northwestern over Iowa2016
2015-11-28Idaho over Texas State2015
2015-11-14Louisville over Virginia2015
2015-10-24Rice over Army2015
2015-10-18Arizona over Colorado2015
2015-10-10Tennessee over Georgia2015
2015-10-03North Carolina over Georgia Tech2015
2014-12-06Cincinnati over Houston2014
2014-11-01Colorado State over San José State2014
2014-10-18Maryland over Iowa2014
2014-09-21Oregon over Washington State2014
2014-09-06UL Monroe over Idaho2014
2014-08-29Tulsa over Tulane2014
2013-10-12Wyoming over New Mexico2013
2013-10-11USC over Arizona2013
2013-09-28Duke over Troy2013
2012-11-24UTSA over Texas State2012
2012-11-10Michigan over Northwestern2012
2012-11-10UAB over Marshall2012
2012-10-14UCF over Southern Miss2012
2012-10-06Ohio over Buffalo2012
2011-11-20East Carolina over UCF2011
2011-11-19Georgia Tech over Duke2011
2011-10-29Missouri over Texas A&M2011
2011-10-01Middle Tennessee over Memphis2011
2011-10-01Western Michigan over UConn2011
2011-10-01San José State over Colorado State2011
2010-11-27Maryland over NC State2010
2010-11-21Arkansas over Mississippi State2010
2010-10-30Ohio over Louisiana2010
2009-11-21Ohio over Northern Illinois2009
2009-11-07NC State over Maryland2009
2009-09-26NC State over Pittsburgh2009
2008-11-08Rice over Army2008
2008-10-26Hawai'i over Nevada2008
2008-10-04Boston College over NC State2008
2008-08-31California over Michigan State2008
2007-12-01Oregon State over Oregon2007
2007-11-09West Virginia over Louisville2007
2007-11-03Ole Miss over Northwestern State2007
2007-10-13Tulsa over Marshall2007
2006-10-14Miami (OH) over Buffalo2006
2006-09-09Purdue over Miami (OH)2006
2005-12-30Missouri over South Carolina2005Playoff
2005-12-26Memphis over Akron2005Playoff
2005-11-27Notre Dame over Stanford2005
2005-10-29UTEP over Rice2005
2005-10-08Missouri over Oklahoma State2005
2004-11-13Colorado over Kansas State2004
2004-11-06Syracuse over Pittsburgh2004
2004-10-30Northern Illinois over Ball State2004
2004-10-23Mississippi State over Florida2004
2003-11-08UConn over Rutgers2003
2002-10-26Nebraska over Texas A&M2002
2002-10-12Illinois over Purdue2002
2002-10-05Montana over Idaho2002
2002-09-07Air Force over New Mexico2002
2002-08-25Florida State over Iowa State2002
2001-11-10Utah State over UConn2001
2001-10-06Hawai'i over SMU2001
2000-09-30UCLA over Arizona State2000
2000-09-30LSU over Tennessee2000
2000-09-16Arkansas over Boise State2000
2000-09-02NC State over Arkansas State2000
1999-10-23Indiana over Iowa1999
1999-10-16Georgia Tech over Duke1999
1999-01-01Wisconsin over UCLA1998Playoff
1998-10-24North Carolina over Wake Forest1998
1998-10-10Michigan State over Indiana1998
1998-09-26UCF over Bowling Green1998
1998-09-05Alabama over BYU1998
1997-09-27Texas over Rice1997
1996-11-30Miami over Syracuse1996
1995-09-16Oregon over UCLA1995
1994-10-01Colorado State over New Mexico1994
1993-11-06Penn State over Indiana1993
1993-09-18San Diego State over Air Force1993
1993-01-01Michigan over Washington1992Playoff
1991-10-19Nebraska over Kansas State1991
1991-08-31Illinois over East Carolina1991
1990-10-20California over UCLA1990
1984-09-08Boston College over Alabama1984
1984-09-01Texas State over Wichita State1984
1983-10-15Clemson over Duke1983
1983-10-08Indiana over Minnesota1983
1982-09-04Florida State over Cincinnati1982
1980-09-13Northwestern State over Texas-Arlington1980
1977-10-15Texas A&M over Baylor1977
1976-09-25SMU over North Texas1976
1976-09-25Columbia over Lafayette1976
1974-10-19Georgia over Vanderbilt1974
1971-11-20Indiana over Purdue1971

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