Has a College Football game ever ended 40-0?
It has. 40-0 has been a College Football final 330 times in 84,857 games. The first was Dartmouth beat Amherst on November 29, 1888; the latest was Iowa beat Northern Illinois on September 5, 2026.
That makes 40-0 the 42nd most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-0 has happened 389 times and 40-1 has happened never.
Every 40-0 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-05 | Iowa over Northern Illinois | 2026 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Michigan State over Prairie View A&M | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Memphis over North Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Iowa over Illinois State | 2024 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Louisiana over Lamar | 2012 | |
| 2002-10-12 | West Virginia over Rutgers | 2002 | |
| 2000-09-02 | South Florida over Jacksonville State | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Kansas State over Utah State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Kansas State over Temple | 1999 | |
| 1993-10-30 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Tennessee over Cincinnati | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Rutgers over Navy | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Tulsa over Louisville | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Temple over Howard | 1991 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Akron over Long Beach State | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Tennessee over Rutgers | 1985 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Alabama over Ole Miss | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | San José State over Santa Clara | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-11 | Hawai'i over Montana | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-04 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Toledo over Ball State | 1981 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Pittsburgh over Army | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Delaware over William & Mary | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Alabama over Florida | 1979 | |
| 1972-11-18 | Florida over Kentucky | 1972 | |
| 1970-11-21 | Purdue over Indiana | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-22 | Iowa over Illinois | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Clemson over Maryland | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Memphis over Utah State | 1969 | |
| 1967-09-09 | West Virginia over Villanova | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-23 | Air Force over Pacific | 1965 | |
| 1965-09-18 | Colgate over Lafayette | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-14 | New Mexico State over West Texas A&M | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-31 | Idaho over Pacific | 1964 | |
| 1964-09-26 | Dartmouth over New Hampshire | 1964 | |
| 1962-11-03 | Rutgers over Lafayette | 1962 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Utah over Colorado State | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-16 | Memphis over The Citadel | 1961 | |
| 1958-11-08 | Boston College over Detroit Mercy | 1958 | |
| 1957-11-30 | Auburn over Alabama | 1957 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Illinois over Colgate | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-28 | Duke over Virginia | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-21 | Richmond over Randolph-Macon | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Oklahoma over Notre Dame | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Georgia Tech over Tulane | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-19 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1955 | |
| 1955-11-12 | Army over Pennsylvania | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-01 | Illinois over Iowa State | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-06 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-09 | Alabama over Tulsa | 1954 | |
| 1954-09-24 | Richmond over Hampden-Sydney | 1954 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Rice over Hardin-Simmons | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Holy Cross over Bucknell | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | California over Pennsylvania | 1953 | |
| 1953-09-26 | Southern Miss over Parris Island Marines | 1953 | |
| 1950-11-25 | Georgia over Furman | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-07 | Kentucky over Dayton | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-23 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-22 | Pacific over Saint Mary's (CA) | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-22 | Detroit Mercy over Hillsdale | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-19 | Georgia over Duquesne | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-15 | Stanford over Washington | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-08 | Tulane over SE Louisiana | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-17 | Drake over South Dakota State | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-20 | Michigan State over Washington State | 1948 | |
| 1948-11-13 | Rutgers over New York University | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-16 | Arizona State over Northern Arizona | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-09 | NC State over Davidson | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-09 | Michigan over Purdue | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-02 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-25 | Illinois over Kansas State | 1948 | |
| 1948-09-24 | Kansas over Denver | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-27 | George Washington over Merchant Marine Academy | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-15 | Rutgers over New York University | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-25 | Tulane over Auburn | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-18 | West Virginia over New York University | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-18 | Penn State over Syracuse | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-18 | Army over Virginia Tech | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | UTEP over Northern Arizona | 1947 | |
| 1946-11-28 | William & Mary over Richmond | 1946 | |
| 1946-11-22 | LSU over Fordham | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-26 | Davidson over Hampden-Sydney | 1946 | |
| 1946-10-19 | Pennsylvania over Virginia | 1946 | |
| 1945-11-17 | Virginia over Oceana NAS | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-20 | Tulsa over Nevada | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-20 | Richmond over Guilford College | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-13 | Purdue over Iowa | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-29 | South Carolina over Presbyterian | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-29 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-15 | Baylor over Blackland Field | 1945 | |
| 1944-11-30 | William & Mary over Richmond | 1944 | |
| 1944-10-14 | Utah State over Idaho Marines | 1944 | |
| 1944-10-14 | Tennessee over Florida | 1944 | |
| 1943-10-02 | March Field over Redlands | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-02 | Great Lakes Navy over Pittsburgh | 1943 | |
| 1943-09-08 | Duke over Camp Lejeune | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-14 | USC over Oregon | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-14 | Georgia over Chattanooga | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-07 | William & Mary over Randolph-Macon | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-07 | Hardin-Simmons over West Texas A&M | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-31 | Santa Ana Field over Arizona State | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-30 | Tulsa over Drake | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-17 | Tulsa over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-17 | Georgia over Tulane | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-10 | Saint Mary's (CA) Pre-Flight over Alameda Coast Guard | 1942 | |
| 1942-09-19 | Texas over Corpus Christi NAS | 1942 | |
| 1942-09-19 | LSU over Northwestern State | 1942 | |
| 1941-10-25 | Texas over Rice | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-18 | Illinois over Drake | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-18 | Denver over Wyoming | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-11 | Michigan over Pittsburgh | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-04 | Navy over West Virginia | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-23 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-05 | Northwestern over Syracuse | 1940 | |
| 1940-09-27 | Furman over Erskine | 1940 | |
| 1940-09-21 | Boston College over Centre College Kentucky | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-18 | Mississippi State over Millsaps | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-07 | Tennessee over Sewanee | 1939 | |
| 1939-10-06 | Villanova over South Carolina | 1939 | |
| 1938-10-22 | Army over Boston University | 1938 | |
| 1938-09-30 | Miami over Spring Hill | 1938 | |
| 1938-09-23 | New Mexico over Western New Mexico | 1938 | |
| 1937-11-27 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1937 | |
| 1937-11-13 | Detroit Mercy over North Dakota | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Syracuse over St. Lawrence | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-01 | Miami over Georgia Southern | 1937 | |
| 1937-09-25 | USC over Pacific | 1937 | |
| 1937-09-25 | Sewanee over Hiwassee | 1937 | |
| 1936-11-26 | Washington over Washington State | 1936 | |
| 1936-11-21 | Nebraska over Kansas State | 1936 | |
| 1936-09-25 | Detroit Mercy over Western Michigan | 1936 | |
| 1936-09-18 | Mercer over Georgia Southern | 1936 | |
| 1935-11-16 | Minnesota over Michigan | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-05 | Wyoming over Colorado School Of Mines | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-05 | Georgia over Chattanooga | 1935 | |
| 1934-11-17 | Stanford over Olympic Club | 1934 | |
| 1934-11-17 | Alabama over Georgia Tech | 1934 | |
| 1934-11-10 | Alabama over Clemson | 1934 | |
| 1934-10-06 | Northern Colorado over Western Colorado | 1934 | |
| 1934-09-29 | Western Colorado over Fort Lewis College | 1934 | |
| 1934-09-22 | Wyoming over Fort Warren | 1934 | |
| 1934-09-22 | Santa Clara over Nevada | 1934 | |
| 1933-10-21 | Villanova over Gettysburg | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Syracuse over Ohio Wesleyan | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Michigan over Cornell | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Chicago over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-07 | Princeton over Amherst | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-07 | LSU over Millsaps | 1933 | |
| 1933-09-23 | Arkansas over Ozarks | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-05 | Creighton over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-08 | Harvard over New Hampshire | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-01 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1932 | |
| 1932-09-24 | Washington State over Albertson | 1932 | |
| 1931-11-26 | Pittsburgh over Nebraska | 1931 | |
| 1931-11-21 | Tulane over Sewanee | 1931 | |
| 1931-11-21 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-17 | Creighton over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-10 | Tulane over Spring Hill | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-09 | Marquette over Ripon | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-03 | Georgia over Virginia Tech | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-26 | Colgate over Niagara | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-12 | TCU over Texas Military | 1931 | |
| 1930-10-25 | Pennsylvania over Lehigh | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-25 | Colgate over Penn State | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-11 | Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-11 | TCU over Arkansas | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-20 | Denver over Regis (CO) | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-13 | TCU over East Texas A&M | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-23 | BYU over Wyoming | 1929 | |
| 1929-11-09 | North Carolina over South Carolina | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-26 | Pittsburgh over Allegheny | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-19 | Utah over Colorado | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-05 | Marquette over Lawrence University | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-05 | Kentucky over Maryville College (TN) | 1929 | |
| 1929-09-28 | VMI over Richmond | 1929 | |
| 1929-09-28 | Tennessee over Centre College Kentucky | 1929 | |
| 1928-11-17 | Illinois over Chicago | 1928 | |
| 1928-11-03 | Washington over Puget Sound | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-27 | Purdue over Chicago | 1928 | |
| 1927-10-15 | Idaho over Whitman | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Washington over Puget Sound | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Minnesota over Oklahoma State | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-01 | Carnegie Mellon over Thiel | 1927 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Ohio State over Wittenberg | 1926 | |
| 1926-09-25 | Tulane over Louisiana Tech | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-26 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1925 | |
| 1925-09-26 | Virginia over Hampden-Sydney | 1925 | |
| 1924-11-15 | LSU over Northwestern State | 1924 | |
| 1924-11-08 | Columbia over New York University | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-18 | Texas A&M over Arkansas Tech | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-04 | Notre Dame over Lombard | 1924 | |
| 1924-09-27 | Dartmouth over Norwich | 1924 | |
| 1924-09-20 | Texas A&M over Tarleton State | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-17 | Wofford over Erskine | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-12 | Utah State over BYU | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-10 | Washington & Jefferson over Waynesburg | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-04 | SMU over TCU | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-13 | Yale over Georgia | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-13 | Idaho over Montana | 1923 | |
| 1923-09-30 | Oregon over Willamette | 1923 | |
| 1923-09-29 | LSU over Northwestern State | 1923 | |
| 1922-11-11 | Colgate over University of Rochester (NY) | 1922 | |
| 1922-10-07 | Chattanooga over Cumberland (TN) | 1922 | |
| 1922-09-29 | Chattanooga over Bryson | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Arkansas over Drury | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-01 | Navy over NC State | 1921 | |
| 1920-11-27 | Alabama over Case | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-09 | LSU over Spring Hill | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-02 | Georgia over The Citadel | 1920 | |
| 1919-11-08 | Virginia Tech over Wake Forest | 1919 | |
| 1919-11-01 | Alabama over Sewanee | 1919 | |
| 1919-09-27 | Oklahoma over Central Oklahoma | 1919 | |
| 1919-09-27 | Dartmouth over Springfield | 1919 | |
| 1918-11-28 | Vanderbilt over Sewanee | 1918 | |
| 1918-11-02 | Rutgers over Hoboken Navy | 1918 | |
| 1917-11-17 | Brown over Camp Devens | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-27 | Notre Dame over South Dakota | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-13 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-13 | Indiana over Saint Louis | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-06 | Pittsburgh over Bethany (WV) | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-06 | California over Olympic Club | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-22 | Clemson over Presbyterian | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-17 | Penn State over Lafayette | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-28 | Virginia Tech over NC State | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-13 | Rice over Austin | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-07 | Missouri over Central Methodist | 1916 | |
| 1916-09-30 | West Virginia Wesleyan over Muskingum University | 1916 | |
| 1916-09-30 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1916 | |
| 1915-10-30 | Wake Forest over Richmond Blues | 1915 | |
| 1915-10-16 | Alabama over Mississippi College | 1915 | |
| 1915-10-02 | Texas A&M over Austin | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-21 | Dartmouth over Syracuse | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-20 | North Carolina over Riverside | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-17 | Texas A&M over TCU | 1914 | |
| 1914-09-26 | TCU over North Texas | 1914 | |
| 1914-09-26 | Colgate over Ohio Wesleyan | 1914 | |
| 1913-11-22 | LSU over Tulane | 1913 | |
| 1913-10-18 | Colorado School Of Mines over Wyoming | 1913 | |
| 1913-10-11 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1913 | |
| 1913-09-27 | Virginia over Randolph-Macon | 1913 | |
| 1912-11-09 | The Citadel over Charleston | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-05 | Oklahoma over Kingfisher | 1912 | |
| 1912-09-30 | Virginia Tech over Roanoke | 1912 | |
| 1911-10-28 | LSU over Meteor A.C. | 1911 | |
| 1911-10-20 | LSU over Mississippi College | 1911 | |
| 1911-10-13 | Washington and Lee over Hampden-Sydney | 1911 | |
| 1911-09-30 | Vanderbilt over Birmingham | 1911 | |
| 1910-10-15 | LSU over Mississippi College | 1910 | |
| 1909-11-13 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1909 | |
| 1909-10-02 | Chicago over Purdue | 1909 | |
| 1908-11-14 | Missouri over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1908 | |
| 1908-10-10 | Purdue over Earlham | 1908 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Princeton over Washington & Jefferson | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Indiana over Indiana Alumni | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Virginia over Gallaudet | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Saint Louis over Creighton | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Brown over Maine | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-05 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-05 | Colorado College over East Denver High | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-01 | Colorado over Boulder High | 1907 | |
| 1907-09-21 | Carlisle over Lebanon Valley | 1907 | |
| 1906-11-17 | Navy over North Carolina | 1906 | |
| 1906-11-16 | Texas over Daniel Baker | 1906 | |
| 1905-11-18 | Indiana over Wabash College | 1905 | |
| 1905-11-11 | Michigan over Ohio State | 1905 | |
| 1905-09-30 | Iowa over Monmouth | 1905 | |
| 1904-11-19 | Amherst over Trinity (CT) | 1904 | |
| 1904-11-05 | Iowa State over Grinnell | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-26 | Tufts over Boston University | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-08 | Texas over TCU | 1904 | |
| 1903-10-17 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee | 1903 | |
| 1903-10-14 | Chicago over Rush Medical | 1903 | |
| 1903-10-10 | Colorado College over Golden High | 1903 | |
| 1903-10-07 | Illinois over Physicians & Surgeons | 1903 | |
| 1903-10-03 | Missouri over Missouri-Rolla | 1903 | |
| 1903-09-30 | Lehigh over Manhattan | 1903 | |
| 1903-09-26 | Colorado over Boulder High | 1903 | |
| 1903-09-17 | Chicago over Englewood High | 1903 | |
| 1902-10-18 | Haskell over Missouri | 1902 | |
| 1902-09-27 | Yale over Trinity (CT) | 1902 | |
| 1901-10-12 | Wisconsin over Beloit | 1901 | |
| 1901-10-02 | Lafayette over Ursinus | 1901 | |
| 1900-10-09 | Chicago over Rush Medical | 1900 | |
| 1900-09-29 | Princeton over Stevens | 1900 | |
| 1899-11-18 | Wesleyan (CT) over Amherst | 1899 | |
| 1899-10-28 | Purdue over Depauw | 1899 | |
| 1899-10-18 | Columbia over New York University | 1899 | |
| 1899-10-07 | Minnesota over Shattuck | 1899 | |
| 1899-10-07 | Bucknell over Shamokin | 1899 | |
| 1899-09-30 | Penn State over Gettysburg | 1899 | |
| 1899-09-30 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1899 | |
| 1899-09-30 | Grinnell over Western (Iowa) | 1899 | |
| 1899-09-23 | Chicago over Knox College | 1899 | |
| 1898-10-15 | Pennsylvania over Lehigh | 1898 | |
| 1898-10-12 | Pennsylvania over Virginia | 1898 | |
| 1898-10-01 | Pennsylvania over Penn State | 1898 | |
| 1898-10-01 | Army over Tufts | 1898 | |
| 1897-10-30 | Pennsylvania over Brown | 1897 | |
| 1896-11-14 | Trinity (CT) over New York University | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-31 | Michigan over Lehigh | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-17 | Dickinson (PA) over Susquehanna | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-03 | Pennsylvania over Bucknell | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-03 | Dickinson (PA) over Ursinus | 1896 | |
| 1896-09-26 | Penn State over Gettysburg | 1896 | |
| 1895-11-02 | Minnesota over Macalester | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-26 | Michigan over Lake Forest College | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-02 | Pennsylvania over Bucknell | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-01 | Pennsylvania over Swarthmore | 1895 | |
| 1894-11-10 | Minnesota over Beloit | 1894 | |
| 1894-11-03 | Princeton over Volunteer A.C. | 1894 | |
| 1894-11-03 | Harvard over Boston A.C. | 1894 | |
| 1894-09-29 | Princeton over Lafayette | 1894 | |
| 1893-11-11 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 1893 | |
| 1893-10-21 | Pennsylvania over Crescent A.C. | 1893 | |
| 1892-11-26 | Princeton over Manhattan A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1892-11-19 | Navy over Georgetown | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-21 | Princeton over New York A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-19 | Harvard over Boston A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-08 | Princeton over Lafayette | 1892 | |
| 1891-11-07 | Williams over Fordham | 1891 | |
| 1890-10-30 | Columbia over Fordham | 1890 | |
| 1890-10-15 | Yale over Trinity (CT) | 1890 | |
| 1890-10-11 | Williams over Ridgefield A.C. | 1890 | |
| 1889-11-30 | Lehigh over Johns Hopkins University | 1889 | |
| 1888-11-29 | Dartmouth over Amherst | 1888 |
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