Has a College Football game ever ended 40-7?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 40-7 130 times. It first happened on October 10, 1903, when Wisconsin beat Lawrence University, and most recently on August 31, 2024, when Nebraska beat UTEP.
That makes 40-7 the 162nd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 41-7 has happened 212 times and 40-8 has happened 13 times.
Every 40-7 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-31 | Nebraska over UTEP | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-07 | North Carolina over Syracuse | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-08 | San José State over UNLV | 2022 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Liberty over UL Monroe | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-03 | Air Force over Navy | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-23 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 2019 | |
| 2017-11-25 | Michigan State over Rutgers | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-26 | Troy over Texas State | 2016 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Alabama over Florida Atlantic | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-18 | SMU over Northwestern State | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | Nebraska over Chattanooga | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | BYU over New Mexico | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Cincinnati over Indiana State | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-05 | South Florida over Wofford | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-11 | Utah over Wyoming | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-28 | Cincinnati over Eastern Kentucky | 2008 | |
| 2005-11-20 | LSU over Ole Miss | 2005 | |
| 2003-11-15 | Clemson over Duke | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-29 | Oregon State over Sacramento State | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-15 | Penn State over Nebraska | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Kansas State over Louisiana Tech | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-07 | San Diego State over Eastern Illinois | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-07 | UTEP over Tulsa | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-18 | Kansas State over UTEP | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Mississippi State over Middle Tennessee | 1999 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Eastern Michigan over Kent State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | California over San José State | 1995 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Ole Miss over Chattanooga | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Michigan over Northwestern | 1992 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Clemson over North Carolina | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Georgia over Kentucky | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | UNLV over Northern Arizona | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Kansas over Tulsa | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-16 | Clemson over Maryland | 1991 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Louisiana Tech over Arkansas State | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Tennessee over Mississippi State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-30 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Akron over Kent State | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-03 | Clemson over Virginia Tech | 1988 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Washington over Ohio State | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Illinois over Michigan State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-01 | Clemson over App State | 1984 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Arizona over Oregon State | 1981 | |
| 1981-11-07 | UL Monroe over Louisville | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Northern Illinois over Illinois State | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-20 | Dartmouth over Pennsylvania | 1980 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Michigan over Purdue | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | UCLA over Air Force | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Tennessee over Utah | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1975 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Cincinnati over Xavier | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Cincinnati over North Texas | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-30 | Auburn over Florida | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Long Beach State over Cal State Los Angeles | 1970 | |
| 1970-11-14 | Fresno State over Northern Arizona | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Wyoming over BYU | 1969 | |
| 1966-10-08 | Wyoming over Utah | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-13 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1965 | |
| 1965-10-30 | Houston over Chattanooga | 1965 | |
| 1962-10-06 | Ole Miss over Houston | 1962 | |
| 1961-09-29 | Pacific over San Diego | 1961 | |
| 1958-11-22 | Oklahoma over Nebraska | 1958 | |
| 1957-10-05 | Auburn over Chattanooga | 1957 | |
| 1957-09-14 | Richmond over East Carolina | 1957 | |
| 1956-11-10 | Yale over Pennsylvania | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-10 | Penn State over Boston University | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-06 | Texas A&M over Texas Tech | 1956 | |
| 1956-09-29 | Duke over Virginia | 1956 | |
| 1955-10-29 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-22 | Drake over Bradley | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-06 | Navy over Duke | 1954 | |
| 1954-11-06 | Brown over Springfield | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-09 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1954 | |
| 1954-10-02 | Cincinnati over Tulsa | 1954 | |
| 1953-11-07 | Ole Miss over North Texas | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-24 | Army over Columbia | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-10 | Tennessee over Chattanooga | 1953 | |
| 1952-01-01 | Illinois over Stanford | 1951 | Playoff |
| 1951-11-10 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-20 | Idaho over San José State | 1951 | |
| 1951-10-06 | Florida over Loyola Marymount | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-28 | North Carolina over William & Mary | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Kansas over Oklahoma State | 1950 | |
| 1950-10-14 | Wyoming over Utah State | 1950 | |
| 1949-11-26 | Arkansas over Tulsa | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-01 | Florida over Tulsa | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-24 | Arizona over New Mexico State | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-23 | Ole Miss over Auburn | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-16 | Ole Miss over Memphis | 1949 | |
| 1948-10-30 | Pennsylvania over Washington and Lee | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-08 | Detroit Mercy over San Francisco | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-02 | Kansas over Colorado | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-29 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1947 | |
| 1947-11-01 | Rice over Texas Tech | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Georgetown over Fordham | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-04 | Arizona over Montana | 1947 | |
| 1947-10-03 | Detroit Mercy over Wayne State | 1947 | |
| 1946-09-21 | Oklahoma State over Denver | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-06 | Virginia over VMI | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-06 | Notre Dame over Georgia Tech | 1945 | |
| 1944-09-30 | Purdue over Marquette | 1944 | |
| 1944-09-23 | Coast Guard over Tufts | 1944 | |
| 1942-11-26 | Tulsa over Arkansas | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-21 | Army over Princeton | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-24 | Oklahoma State over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1942 | |
| 1942-10-03 | Georgia over Furman | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-15 | West Texas A&M over UTEP | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-11 | Texas over Oklahoma | 1941 | |
| 1940-10-26 | Furman over Davidson | 1940 | |
| 1939-11-11 | Saint Mary's (CA) over Loyola Marymount | 1939 | |
| 1937-10-02 | Cornell over Colgate | 1937 | |
| 1936-10-10 | Northwestern over North Dakota State | 1936 | |
| 1936-10-03 | Tulsa over Central Oklahoma | 1936 | |
| 1934-11-24 | Ohio State over Iowa | 1934 | |
| 1934-09-29 | Illinois over Bradley | 1934 | |
| 1930-10-25 | Regis (CO) over 1st Infantry | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-16 | Fordham over Thiel | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-19 | Stanford over Oregon State | 1929 | |
| 1926-11-20 | Haskell over Michigan State | 1926 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Utah over BYU | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-09 | Iowa over North Dakota | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Pennsylvania over Johns Hopkins University | 1926 | |
| 1924-11-27 | West Virginia over Washington & Jefferson | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-04 | Montana over Carroll (Montana) | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-03 | Stanford over Olympic Club | 1923 | |
| 1922-10-28 | Baylor over Mississippi College | 1922 | |
| 1920-11-25 | Colorado over Oklahoma State | 1920 | |
| 1919-11-27 | Rice over Arkansas | 1919 | |
| 1903-10-10 | Wisconsin over Lawrence University | 1903 |