Has a College Football game ever ended 42-10?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-10 99 times. It first happened on October 27, 1916, when Furman beat Presbyterian, and most recently on November 15, 2025, when Kentucky beat Tennessee Tech.
That makes 42-10 the 218th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-10 has happened 24 times and 42-11 has happened 4 times. At one point the score disappeared for 51 years, between 1916 and 1967.
Every 42-10 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-15 | Kentucky over Tennessee Tech | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-09 | UNLV over Colorado State | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-12 | Utah over Arizona State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Missouri State over UT Martin | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Wake Forest over Western Carolina | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Wisconsin over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-30 | Temple over Massachusetts | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Iowa over Wisconsin | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Washington State over Hawai'i | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | LSU over South Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-14 | Alabama over Wisconsin | 2024 | |
| 2023-10-19 | Rice over Tulsa | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Georgia over Auburn | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Tulane over Massachusetts | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Iowa State over Southeast Missouri State | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-03 | Wake Forest over Old Dominion | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-11 | Buffalo over Miami (OH) | 2020 | |
| 2020-09-24 | UAB over South Alabama | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-16 | BYU over Idaho State | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Missouri over Troy | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Navy over East Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-02 | Clemson over Pittsburgh | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-18 | LSU over Rice | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Utah over Arizona | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-02 | Florida State over UL Monroe | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-30 | Pittsburgh over Rice | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-06 | UTEP over Houston Christian | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Boston College over Wagner | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-07 | Stanford over Colorado | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Arizona over Utah | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-30 | Georgia Southern over Troy | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-29 | San José State over North Dakota | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-30 | North Texas over Tulsa | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-29 | Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-14 | Indiana over Bowling Green | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Wyoming over Idaho | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-24 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Alabama over Missouri | 2012 | |
| 2011-12-03 | LSU over Georgia | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-03 | North Carolina over James Madison | 2011 | |
| 2010-09-19 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 2010 | |
| 2009-12-05 | Washington over California | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-21 | Oregon State over Washington State | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Florida International over North Texas | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Purdue over Northern Colorado | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Michigan State over Eastern Michigan | 2008 | |
| 2006-09-02 | West Virginia over Marshall | 2006 | |
| 2004-11-07 | Tulane over Navy | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-23 | Auburn over Kentucky | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Northern Illinois over Central Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-19 | USC over BYU | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-02 | Washington over Oregon | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-20 | South Carolina over UAB | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-29 | Hawai'i over SMU | 2002 | |
| 2001-12-01 | Cincinnati over UL Monroe | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Memphis over Army | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 2001 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Florida State over North Carolina | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Marshall over Ball State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | UCF over Louisiana | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Florida over UL Monroe | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Toledo over Akron | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Miami over Arkansas State | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Michigan State over Western Michigan | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Baylor over Oregon State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-11 | Syracuse over Pittsburgh | 1995 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Florida State over Georgia Tech | 1995 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Nevada over San José State | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | North Carolina over Tulane | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-06 | UL Monroe over Arkansas State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-04 | Cincinnati over Austin Peay | 1993 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Virginia over NC State | 1991 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Louisiana Tech over Arkansas State | 1991 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Pittsburgh over Ohio State | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Cincinnati over Austin Peay | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-28 | Maryland over Virginia | 1986 | |
| 1986-10-25 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 1986 | |
| 1986-09-06 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1986 | |
| 1985-11-28 | Texas A&M over Texas | 1985 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Arizona State over Utah State | 1985 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Temple over Cincinnati | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | TCU over Kansas State | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-15 | Oklahoma over Pittsburgh | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-05 | Michigan over Purdue | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-24 | Nebraska over UCLA | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-06 | Utah over Utah State | 1982 | |
| 1981-09-19 | Missouri over Rice | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-08 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-24 | Temple over Villanova | 1979 | |
| 1979-11-10 | San Diego State over Arizona | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-28 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-06 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-09 | Michigan over Michigan State | 1976 | |
| 1972-11-11 | Georgia Tech over Boston College | 1972 | |
| 1967-10-28 | Western Michigan over Marshall | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-14 | Memphis over Wake Forest | 1967 | |
| 1916-10-27 | Furman over Presbyterian | 1916 |