Has a College Football game ever ended 40-39?
It has. 40-39 has been a College Football final 4 times in 84,334 games. The first was Furman beat Wofford on October 18, 1958; the latest was Sam Houston beat Texas State on September 28, 2024.
That makes 40-39 the 1361st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-39 has happened 16 times and 40-40 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1958 and 1999.
Every 40-39 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-28 | Sam Houston over Texas State | 2024 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Western Michigan over Miami (OH) | 2018 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Alabama over Florida | 1999 | |
| 1958-10-18 | Furman over Wofford | 1958 |