Has a College Football game ever ended 38-6?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 38-6 102 times. It first happened on November 14, 1891, when Wesleyan (CT) beat Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and most recently on November 22, 2025, when SMU beat Louisville.
That makes 38-6 the 213th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 39-6 has happened 52 times and 38-7 has happened 227 times.
Every 38-6 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | SMU over Louisville | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-09 | Hawai'i over San Diego State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Virginia Tech over Wofford | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | SMU over California | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Texas over Baylor | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Liberty over Florida International | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Maryland over Towson | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-12 | Florida over South Carolina | 2022 | |
| 2022-08-27 | Illinois over Wyoming | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Florida Atlantic over Georgia Southern | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-03 | Tennessee over Bowling Green | 2021 | |
| 2020-01-02 | Cincinnati over Boston College | 2019 | Playoff |
| 2013-09-01 | Washington over Boise State | 2013 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Ohio State over Youngstown State | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-22 | LSU over Fresno State | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-09 | Georgia Tech over Samford | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Rutgers over Villanova | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-03 | Mississippi State over Murray State | 2005 | |
| 2003-10-18 | Navy over Rice | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-24 | NC State over Clemson | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Miami over Boston College | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-20 | UCF over UL Monroe | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-14 | Oregon State over Stanford | 2000 | |
| 1998-11-21 | UCF over New Mexico | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-19 | UAB over Tennessee Tech | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-11 | Michigan State over Indiana | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-12 | UCF over Samford | 1996 | |
| 1996-01-01 | Colorado over Oregon | 1995 | Playoff |
| 1995-11-25 | Texas A&M over TCU | 1995 | |
| 1995-08-27 | Ohio State over Boston College | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Miami over West Virginia | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Tennessee over Georgia | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-14 | Bowling Green over Ball State | 1992 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Kansas State over New Mexico | 1990 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Auburn over Tennessee | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Wyoming over Louisiana Tech | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1987 | |
| 1984-11-17 | Kansas State over Colorado | 1984 | |
| 1983-09-03 | Southern Illinois over Western Illinois | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Ohio State over Purdue | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-05 | Wichita State over Missouri Southern | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-22 | Northern Illinois over Eastern Michigan | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Virginia Tech over James Madison | 1980 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Florida State over Navy | 1978 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Miami over Kansas | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Baylor over Rice | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 1975 | |
| 1975-11-01 | Lehigh over Colgate | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-30 | Boston College over Holy Cross | 1974 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Auburn over Florida State | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Pacific over Long Beach State | 1974 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Montana State over Fresno State | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-22 | Oklahoma State over Arkansas | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-07 | Tulane over Pittsburgh | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Colorado over Minnesota | 1972 | |
| 1972-01-01 | Nebraska over Alabama | 1971 | Playoff |
| 1971-10-02 | Auburn over Kentucky | 1971 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Dartmouth over Holy Cross | 1969 | |
| 1968-09-21 | NC State over North Carolina | 1968 | |
| 1966-11-12 | Miami (OH) over Dayton | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1966 | |
| 1966-09-17 | West Texas A&M over Texas-Arlington | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-13 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-02 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1965 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Syracuse over Kansas | 1964 | |
| 1962-10-06 | Michigan State over North Carolina | 1962 | |
| 1961-11-11 | Michigan over Illinois | 1961 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1960 | |
| 1959-09-18 | Detroit Mercy over George Washington | 1959 | |
| 1953-11-14 | North Texas over West Texas A&M | 1953 | |
| 1947-11-08 | Wichita State over Saint Louis | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-08 | Detroit Mercy over Nevada | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-24 | Detroit Mercy over Duquesne | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-30 | Rice over Baylor | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-09 | San Francisco over Kansas State | 1946 | |
| 1944-10-14 | Coast Guard over Rensselaer | 1944 | |
| 1942-10-18 | Loyola Marymount over Alameda Coast Guard | 1942 | |
| 1939-11-04 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1939 | |
| 1938-11-05 | Detroit Mercy over North Dakota | 1938 | |
| 1938-10-01 | West Virginia over West Virginia Wesleyan | 1938 | |
| 1936-10-03 | Harvard over Amherst | 1936 | |
| 1936-01-01 | USC over Hawai'i | 1935 | |
| 1935-11-23 | Arizona over New Mexico | 1935 | |
| 1935-09-28 | Texas over Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1935 | |
| 1933-11-25 | Bucknell over Washington & Jefferson | 1933 | |
| 1931-11-28 | Temple over Missouri | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-10 | USC over Washington State | 1931 | |
| 1930-11-08 | Drake over Creighton | 1930 | |
| 1930-11-01 | Auburn over Wofford | 1930 | |
| 1929-09-28 | Columbia over Middlebury | 1929 | |
| 1928-10-13 | Oregon over Willamette | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-06 | Washington and Lee over NC State | 1928 | |
| 1927-09-24 | Virginia over Hampden-Sydney | 1927 | |
| 1926-10-30 | Colgate over Michigan State | 1926 | |
| 1921-11-05 | Lafayette over Pennsylvania | 1921 | |
| 1921-09-24 | Birmingham-Southern over Rhodes College | 1921 | |
| 1916-11-18 | Northwestern over Purdue | 1916 | |
| 1909-11-20 | Colgate over Carnegie Mellon | 1909 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Missouri over Central Missouri | 1907 | |
| 1897-10-02 | Army over Trinity (CT) | 1897 | |
| 1891-11-14 | Wesleyan (CT) over Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1891 |