Has a College Football game ever ended 42-0?
It has. 42-0 has been a College Football final 298 times in 84,334 games. The first was Harvard beat MIT on October 25, 1884; the latest was Texas Tech beat Oklahoma State on October 25, 2025.
That makes 42-0 the 55th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-0 has happened 86 times and 42-1 has happened never.
Every 42-0 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-25 | Texas Tech over Oklahoma State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-29 | San Diego State over Stony Brook | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-25 | Penn State over Michigan State | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-17 | Ole Miss over Georgia Tech | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Oregon State over Idaho | 2021 | |
| 2020-09-05 | Army over Middle Tennessee | 2020 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Louisville over Eastern Kentucky | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Ohio State over Cincinnati | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Cincinnati over Navy | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | UAB over Rice | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Vanderbilt over Alabama A&M | 2017 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Houston over Lamar | 2016 | |
| 2014-09-20 | NC State over Presbyterian | 2014 | |
| 2013-09-22 | Washington State over Idaho | 2013 | |
| 2011-10-29 | Air Force over New Mexico | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-08 | Temple over Ball State | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | SMU over Memphis | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | Ohio State over Akron | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-30 | Arizona State over Washington State | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Temple over Buffalo | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-01 | LSU over Tulane | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Rutgers over Texas Southern | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Kentucky over Miami (OH) | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-27 | Boston College over Rhode Island | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Iowa over Florida International | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Colorado over Miami (OH) | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-19 | Nevada over Louisiana Tech | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-11 | Nevada over Utah State | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-05 | USC over Stanford | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-09 | Florida over UCF | 2006 | |
| 2004-10-31 | Fresno State over SMU | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-04 | NC State over Richmond | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-03 | Western Michigan over UT Martin | 2004 | |
| 2002-11-23 | Notre Dame over Rutgers | 2002 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Minnesota over Texas State | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Pittsburgh over Rutgers | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | LSU over Mississippi State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-08 | Air Force over Tennessee Tech | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-14 | Toledo over Marshall | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Kansas over Southern Illinois | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-09 | Utah over UL Monroe | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | TCU over San José State | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Mississippi State over Vanderbilt | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-05 | Air Force over Wake Forest | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Miami (OH) over Northern Illinois | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Central Michigan over Akron | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-05 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Utah State over UNLV | 1995 | |
| 1995-11-04 | Tennessee over Southern Miss | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Wisconsin over SMU | 1995 | |
| 1994-09-10 | Illinois over Missouri | 1994 | |
| 1993-08-28 | Florida State over Kansas | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-03 | California over Oregon State | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-02 | Virginia over VMI | 1991 | |
| 1991-11-02 | Michigan over Purdue | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Ball State over Indiana State | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Syracuse over Rutgers | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Indiana over Northwestern | 1990 | |
| 1990-10-06 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 1990 | |
| 1988-11-19 | San José State over UNLV | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Auburn over Akron | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-08 | Bowling Green over Ohio | 1988 | |
| 1987-09-05 | California over Pacific | 1987 | |
| 1985-11-23 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1985 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Kentucky over Kent State | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-15 | Notre Dame over Army | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | USC over California | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Indiana State over Marshall | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-26 | Utah over Northwestern | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Tennessee over Colorado State | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-05 | Temple over William & Mary | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Southern Illinois over Illinois State | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Tennessee over Auburn | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Georgia over Texas A&M | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Drake over Augustana (South Dakota) | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-06 | NC State over William & Mary | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-27 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1979 | |
| 1978-12-23 | Texas over Maryland | 1978 | Playoff |
| 1978-10-21 | Michigan over Wisconsin | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Ohio State over Wisconsin | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Temple over Drake | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Colorado over Kent State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-25 | Kent State over Northern Illinois | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | West Virginia over Temple | 1976 | |
| 1976-09-25 | App State over Wofford | 1976 | |
| 1975-09-06 | Arkansas State over Northwestern State | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-16 | Central Michigan over Southern Illinois | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Miami (OH) over Marshall | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Colgate over Rutgers | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-17 | North Carolina over Wake Forest | 1973 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Pacific over Fresno State | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-29 | Tulane over VMI | 1973 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Richmond over Davidson | 1973 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-22 | Tampa over Eastern Michigan | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Penn State over Army | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Arizona State over Colorado State | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-09 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | TCU over Texas-Arlington | 1971 | |
| 1970-11-07 | Michigan over Illinois | 1970 | |
| 1970-10-10 | Cincinnati over Xavier | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Rice over VMI | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Long Beach State over Cal State Los Angeles | 1969 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Princeton over Pennsylvania | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | LSU over Rice | 1969 | |
| 1967-09-09 | Furman over Mars Hill | 1967 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt | 1966 | |
| 1965-09-25 | Illinois over SMU | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-14 | New Mexico over Colorado State | 1964 | |
| 1963-11-22 | NC State over Wake Forest | 1963 | |
| 1963-10-19 | Princeton over Colgate | 1963 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Dartmouth over Columbia | 1962 | |
| 1962-09-29 | Florida State over Furman | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-21 | West Texas A&M over Hardin-Simmons | 1961 | |
| 1961-10-14 | LSU over South Carolina | 1961 | |
| 1961-09-30 | Duke over Virginia | 1961 | |
| 1960-11-12 | Memphis over Chattanooga | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-15 | Pittsburgh over West Virginia | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Minnesota over Indiana | 1960 | |
| 1960-10-01 | Iowa over Northwestern | 1960 | |
| 1960-09-17 | Ole Miss over Houston | 1960 | |
| 1959-11-28 | Ole Miss over Mississippi State | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-31 | New Mexico over Denver | 1959 | |
| 1959-10-31 | Georgia over Florida State | 1959 | |
| 1958-11-15 | Pennsylvania over Columbia | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-08 | North Carolina over Virginia | 1958 | |
| 1958-11-07 | Syracuse over Boston University | 1958 | |
| 1958-10-11 | North Texas over Drake | 1958 | |
| 1958-09-20 | TCU over Kansas | 1958 | |
| 1957-09-28 | Army over Nebraska | 1957 | |
| 1956-10-27 | Duke over NC State | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-13 | Missouri over North Dakota State | 1956 | |
| 1955-10-08 | Kansas State over Marquette | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-01 | Arizona State over San Diego Navy | 1955 | |
| 1954-11-13 | VMI over The Citadel | 1954 | |
| 1953-09-26 | Syracuse over Temple | 1953 | |
| 1952-10-11 | Harvard over Washington University (St. Louis) | 1952 | |
| 1952-10-04 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1952 | |
| 1952-09-27 | UTEP over Sul Ross State | 1952 | |
| 1951-11-17 | Baylor over Wake Forest | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Rutgers over New York University | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-30 | UCLA over Washington State | 1950 | |
| 1949-12-03 | South Carolina over The Citadel | 1949 | |
| 1949-10-29 | Fordham over Georgetown | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-24 | Drake over Emporia State University | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-20 | Clemson over Duquesne | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-16 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 1948 | |
| 1948-10-16 | California over Oregon State | 1948 | |
| 1947-12-06 | Hardin-Simmons over Arizona State | 1947 | |
| 1947-09-20 | Clemson over Presbyterian | 1947 | |
| 1946-10-05 | West Virginia over Waynesburg | 1946 | |
| 1946-09-28 | Michigan State over Wayne State | 1946 | |
| 1946-09-21 | Texas over Missouri | 1946 | |
| 1945-10-06 | West Virginia over Drexel | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-06 | Ohio State over Iowa | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-05 | Detroit Mercy over Scranton | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-29 | LSU over Rice | 1945 | |
| 1944-11-11 | Norman Naval Air Station over Lubbock Field | 1944 | |
| 1943-10-02 | Duke over North Carolina Pre-Flight | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-02 | Army over Colgate | 1943 | |
| 1942-11-07 | Great Lakes Navy over Purdue | 1942 | |
| 1942-11-07 | Duke over Maryland | 1942 | |
| 1941-11-20 | Wake Forest over George Washington | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-31 | Penn State over New York University | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-04 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee Tech | 1941 | |
| 1941-10-04 | Rice over Sam Houston | 1941 | |
| 1940-10-05 | William & Mary over Newport News | 1940 | |
| 1939-10-21 | Ole Miss over Saint Louis | 1939 | |
| 1937-12-04 | Texas A&M over San Francisco | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Saint Mary's (CA) over Nevada | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-09 | Dartmouth over Springfield | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-02 | Villanova over Pennsylvania Military | 1937 | |
| 1935-10-12 | Michigan State over Kansas | 1935 | |
| 1935-10-05 | Kansas over St. Benedict | 1935 | |
| 1934-09-29 | Georgia over Stetson | 1934 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Colorado over Colorado School Of Mines | 1933 | |
| 1932-10-22 | Notre Dame over Carnegie Mellon | 1932 | |
| 1928-09-22 | Wyoming over Black Hills State | 1928 | |
| 1927-11-19 | Arkansas over Austin | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-29 | Tennessee over Virginia | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-22 | Utah State over Wyoming | 1927 | |
| 1927-10-08 | Princeton over Lehigh | 1927 | |
| 1927-09-24 | Pittsburgh over Thiel | 1927 | |
| 1926-10-02 | USC over Santa Clara | 1926 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Carnegie Mellon over Thiel | 1926 | |
| 1926-09-24 | SMU over North Texas | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-07 | Florida over Clemson | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-31 | Newberry over Erskine | 1925 | |
| 1925-10-10 | Alabama over LSU | 1925 | |
| 1924-12-06 | Wake Forest over Elon | 1924 | |
| 1924-11-01 | Colgate over Providence | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-11 | Northwestern over Cincinnati | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-11 | Kentucky over Georgetown (Kentucky) | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-24 | Rutgers over Fordham | 1923 | |
| 1923-11-03 | Ohio State over Denison University | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-20 | Stanford over Occidental | 1923 | |
| 1923-09-29 | Colgate over Clarkson | 1923 | |
| 1922-11-30 | Centre College Kentucky over South Carolina | 1922 | |
| 1922-10-07 | Baylor over Hardin-Simmons | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-29 | Furman over The Citadel | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Vanderbilt over Mercer | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Syracuse over Maryland | 1921 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Drake over William Penn | 1921 | |
| 1921-09-24 | Georgia Tech over Wake Forest | 1921 | |
| 1920-11-28 | Samford over Millsaps | 1920 | |
| 1920-11-13 | Oglethorpe over Mercer | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-29 | Furman over Newberry | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-16 | Colorado State over Wyoming | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-09 | Notre Dame over Western Michigan | 1920 | |
| 1920-10-02 | Grinnell over William Penn | 1920 | |
| 1919-10-25 | Texas A&M over Trinity (Texas) | 1919 | |
| 1919-10-04 | Kansas over Pittsburg St | 1919 | |
| 1917-11-17 | Lafayette over Albright | 1917 | |
| 1917-11-10 | Syracuse over Bucknell | 1917 | |
| 1917-11-10 | Michigan over Cornell | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-25 | TCU over Howard Payne | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-11 | Syracuse over Susquehanna | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-04 | Princeton over Bucknell | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-04 | Brown over Vermont | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-14 | Cornell over Williams | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-07 | Vanderbilt over Transylvania | 1916 | |
| 1916-10-07 | Brown over Trinity (CT) | 1916 | |
| 1915-10-01 | LSU over Jefferson | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-07 | Bucknell over Albright | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-24 | Colgate over Vermont | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-17 | Dartmouth over Vermont | 1914 | |
| 1912-10-19 | Colorado School Of Mines over Wyoming | 1912 | |
| 1911-10-14 | Indiana over Franklin | 1911 | |
| 1911-10-07 | Washington & Jefferson over Bethany (WV) | 1911 | |
| 1911-10-07 | LSU over Louisiana | 1911 | |
| 1911-09-30 | Ole Miss over Memphis High | 1911 | |
| 1910-10-15 | Pittsburgh over Waynesburg | 1910 | |
| 1909-10-09 | TCU over Fort Worth | 1909 | |
| 1908-11-26 | Davidson over Morganton Mutes | 1908 | |
| 1908-10-10 | Auburn over Gordon | 1908 | |
| 1906-11-03 | Utah over Montana | 1906 | |
| 1906-11-03 | Princeton over Dartmouth | 1906 | |
| 1906-10-27 | Texas A&M over TCU | 1906 | |
| 1905-11-18 | Pennsylvania over Villanova | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Utah over Montana | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Sewanee over Mooney | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Minnesota over Iowa State | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-07 | Chicago over Iowa | 1905 | |
| 1905-09-30 | Minnesota over St. Thomas | 1905 | |
| 1905-09-30 | Brown over Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1905 | |
| 1904-11-12 | Ole Miss over Tennessee Medical College | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-01 | Yale over Trinity (CT) | 1904 | |
| 1903-11-26 | Pennsylvania over Cornell | 1903 | |
| 1903-11-21 | Michigan over Oberlin | 1903 | |
| 1902-11-01 | Ole Miss over Tennessee-Memphis | 1902 | |
| 1902-10-16 | LSU over Louisiana | 1902 | |
| 1902-10-04 | Cornell over Union (NY) | 1902 | |
| 1900-11-24 | Cornell over Vermont | 1900 | |
| 1899-11-11 | Yale over Penn State | 1899 | |
| 1899-09-23 | Cornell over Colgate | 1899 | |
| 1898-10-15 | Wisconsin over Rush Medical | 1898 | |
| 1898-10-01 | Princeton over Stevens | 1898 | |
| 1897-11-20 | Dickinson (PA) over Franklin & Marshall | 1897 | |
| 1897-11-20 | Army over Brown | 1897 | |
| 1897-11-13 | Lehigh over New York University | 1897 | |
| 1897-11-06 | Cornell over Williams | 1897 | |
| 1897-10-13 | Pennsylvania over Virginia | 1897 | |
| 1896-10-17 | Yale over Dartmouth | 1896 | |
| 1896-10-07 | Northwestern over Armour | 1896 | |
| 1895-11-02 | Michigan over Oberlin | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-12 | Michigan over Detroit A.C. | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-09 | Harvard over Exeter | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-05 | Pennsylvania over Franklin & Marshall | 1895 | |
| 1895-09-28 | Amherst over Massachusetts | 1895 | |
| 1894-11-21 | Brown over Bowdoin | 1894 | |
| 1894-10-31 | Yale over Volunteer A.C. | 1894 | |
| 1894-10-27 | Dartmouth over Bowdoin | 1894 | |
| 1894-10-20 | Army over MIT | 1894 | |
| 1894-09-29 | Yale over Trinity (CT) | 1894 | |
| 1893-11-07 | Yale over New York A.C. | 1893 | |
| 1892-10-29 | Illinois over Kansas City A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-22 | Princeton over Crescent A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-22 | Army over Stevens | 1892 | |
| 1892-10-12 | Princeton over Columbia A.C. | 1892 | |
| 1891-10-24 | Pennsylvania over Lehigh | 1891 | |
| 1891-10-17 | Crescent A.C. over Columbia | 1891 | |
| 1891-10-07 | Williams over Troy Laureates | 1891 | |
| 1890-11-01 | Dartmouth over Bowdoin | 1890 | |
| 1890-10-15 | Williams over Troy Laureates | 1890 | |
| 1889-10-19 | Yale over Amherst | 1889 | |
| 1888-11-02 | Williams over Rutgers | 1888 | |
| 1888-10-31 | Harvard over MIT | 1888 | |
| 1887-11-19 | Harvard over Pennsylvania | 1887 | |
| 1887-10-22 | Princeton over Pennsylvania | 1887 | |
| 1885-10-07 | Pennsylvania over Pennsylvania Alumni | 1885 | |
| 1884-10-25 | Harvard over MIT | 1884 |