Has a College Football game ever ended 40-34?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 40-34 21 times. It first happened on November 4, 1950, when Nebraska beat Missouri, and most recently on November 25, 2023, when Oklahoma State beat BYU.
That makes 40-34 the 700th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-34 has happened 46 times and 40-35 has happened 12 times. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1951 and 1983.
Every 40-34 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-25 | Oklahoma State over BYU | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | North Carolina over App State | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-14 | SMU over Navy | 2022 | |
| 2020-10-24 | Middle Tennessee over Rice | 2020 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Texas over Kansas State | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-07 | Kentucky over Missouri | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-15 | UL Monroe over Texas State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-04 | Wyoming over Northern Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2011-11-26 | Michigan over Ohio State | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-06 | Fresno State over Louisiana Tech | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-21 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-15 | Kentucky over Louisville | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Missouri over Illinois | 2007 | |
| 2006-09-30 | Syracuse over Wyoming | 2006 | |
| 2000-09-02 | Louisville over Kentucky | 2000 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Kentucky over Alabama | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Rice over Northwestern | 1997 | |
| 1990-11-17 | San Diego State over New Mexico | 1990 | |
| 1983-11-19 | UTEP over Weber State | 1983 | |
| 1951-09-29 | Penn State over Boston University | 1951 | |
| 1950-11-04 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1950 |