Has a College Football game ever ended 41-38?
It has. 41-38 has been a College Football final 89 times in 84,433 games. The first was Missouri beat Kansas State on November 1, 1969; the latest was Ole Miss beat Louisville on September 6, 2026.
That makes 41-38 the 241st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 42-38 has happened 23 times and 41-39 has happened 16 times.
Every 41-38 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Ole Miss over Louisville | 2026 | |
| 2025-11-15 | Navy over South Florida | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | UNLV over Miami (OH) | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-24 | Oregon State over Washington State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Louisiana over Wake Forest | 2024 | |
| 2022-09-10 | UTSA over Army | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Ohio over Florida Atlantic | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-10 | Texas A&M over Alabama | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-05 | Notre Dame over Florida State | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-28 | Oregon State over Oregon | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-12 | Western Michigan over Toledo | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Texas A&M over Florida | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-23 | Kent State over Ball State | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-03 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-26 | Navy over Tulane | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | Nevada over San José State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-21 | SMU over TCU | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-16 | North Texas over Florida Atlantic | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Washington State over Stanford | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | SMU over Tulane | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-24 | East Carolina over UConn | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-26 | Kentucky over Louisville | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-20 | Air Force over San José State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-16 | UNLV over Hawai'i | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Colorado over Oregon | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Arkansas over TCU | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Idaho over Wofford | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-11 | Western Kentucky over Louisiana Tech | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-05 | South Dakota State over Kansas | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Rutgers over Maryland | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-08 | Texas A&M over Auburn | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Colorado over Massachusetts | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-29 | Rutgers over Washington State | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-30 | Baylor over TCU | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-13 | Texas A&M over Ole Miss | 2013 | |
| 2012-09-08 | Florida International over Akron | 2012 | |
| 2012-01-03 | Oklahoma State over Stanford | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-11-16 | Northern Illinois over Ball State | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-23 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Eastern Michigan over Ball State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | Oklahoma State over Troy | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-11 | South Dakota over Minnesota | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-13 | Kent State over Temple | 2008 | |
| 2007-12-24 | East Carolina over Boise State | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-30 | Louisville over Rutgers | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-15 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Rice over Tulsa | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 2006 | |
| 2006-01-05 | Texas over USC | 2005 | Playoff |
| 2005-11-12 | Louisiana Tech over Idaho | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-06 | UTEP over Tulsa | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-10 | Stanford over Navy | 2005 | |
| 2004-12-05 | Hawai'i over Michigan State | 2004 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Pittsburgh over Notre Dame | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-14 | Miami over Louisville | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Oregon over Washington State | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Pittsburgh over Furman | 2004 | |
| 2003-08-28 | Kent State over Akron | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Tennessee over Arkansas | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-02 | BYU over Mississippi State | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-23 | LSU over Arkansas | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Louisiana Tech over Rice | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-07 | Missouri over Oklahoma State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Middle Tennessee over Louisiana | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | NC State over Indiana | 2000 | |
| 1998-10-17 | UCLA over Oregon | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-28 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Georgia Tech over Duke | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Arizona over California | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Western Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Houston over Cincinnati | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-04 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Kent State over Eastern Michigan | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Wyoming over Iowa State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-24 | Boston College over Rutgers | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-11 | North Texas over Idaho State | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-21 | NC State over Duke | 1995 | |
| 1993-09-11 | BYU over Hawai'i | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-21 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1992 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 1990 | |
| 1988-10-29 | Maryland over North Carolina | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Indiana State over Southern Illinois | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-13 | BYU over Wyoming | 1984 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Southern Illinois over Indiana State | 1979 | |
| 1969-11-08 | New Mexico State over UTEP | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Missouri over Kansas State | 1969 |