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Has a College Football game ever ended 40-20?

It has. 40-20 has been a College Football final 32 times in 84,433 games. The first was Texas Tech beat TCU on November 6, 1943; the latest was Boise State beat Fresno State on October 9, 2022.

Where 40-20 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 40-20 the 544th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-20 has happened 90 times and 40-21 has happened 41 times.

Every 40-20 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2022-10-09Boise State over Fresno State2022
2015-11-21Iowa over Purdue2015
2014-11-23Fresno State over Nevada2014
2014-11-01Memphis over Tulsa2014
2014-09-07Utah State over Idaho State2014
2013-09-07North Carolina over Middle Tennessee2013
2013-08-31Ohio State over Buffalo2013
2012-10-05UCF over East Carolina2012
2012-09-16San José State over Colorado State2012
2011-09-18UNLV over Hawai'i2011
2009-11-07Troy over Western Kentucky2009
2007-10-06Indiana over Minnesota2007
2004-09-18Kansas State over Louisiana2004
2004-09-18Miami (OH) over Ohio2004
2003-08-29Utah over Utah State2003
2000-10-07Northern Illinois over UCF2000
1998-09-19USC over Oregon State1998
1995-10-28Utah over Utah State1995
1994-10-08Michigan over Michigan State1994
1991-10-26Texas Tech over Rice1991
1985-09-28Alabama over Vanderbilt1985
1970-10-03Missouri over Oklahoma State1970
1968-11-30Boston College over Holy Cross1968
1968-11-29Florida State over Houston1968
1968-09-14Northern Illinois over Ball State1968
1958-11-01Notre Dame over Navy1958
1956-10-13Stanford over San José State1956
1955-11-26Clemson over Furman1955
1951-10-20Baylor over Texas Tech1951
1950-12-09Texas A&M over Georgia1950Playoff
1946-11-22Miami over Washington and Lee1946
1943-11-06Texas Tech over TCU1943

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