Has a College Football game ever ended 40-38?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 40-38 6 times. It first happened on November 19, 1966, when Columbia beat Brown, and most recently on November 14, 2020, when Georgia Southern beat Texas State.
That makes 40-38 the 1223rd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-38 has happened 89 times and 40-39 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1966 and 1996.
Every 40-38 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-11-14 | Georgia Southern over Texas State | 2020 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 2016 | |
| 2007-11-03 | Nevada over New Mexico State | 2007 | |
| 2000-10-28 | UCF over Alabama | 2000 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Wyoming over Idaho | 1996 | |
| 1966-11-19 | Columbia over Brown | 1966 |