Has a College Football game ever ended 42-17?
It has. 42-17 has been a College Football final 88 times in 84,334 games. The first was East Carolina beat Davidson on September 30, 1967; the latest was UNLV beat Nevada on November 30, 2025.
That makes 42-17 the 246th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-17 has happened 11 times and 42-18 has happened 30 times.
Every 42-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | UNLV over Nevada | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-23 | Arizona State over Colorado | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-11 | Texas Tech over Kansas | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-07 | UTEP over UT Martin | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-22 | Ohio State over Tennessee | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-18 | TCU over Baylor | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-07 | Ohio over Kent State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-03 | Oregon State over San José State | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-19 | App State over Georgia State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-15 | Army over Colgate | 2022 | |
| 2021-09-04 | Memphis over Nicholls | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-12 | Tennessee over Vanderbilt | 2020 | |
| 2020-11-18 | Buffalo over Bowling Green | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Clemson over Miami | 2020 | |
| 2018-09-09 | Tulane over Nicholls | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-29 | Michigan State over Washington State | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-11 | Troy over Coastal Carolina | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-20 | Oregon State over Arizona | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-19 | App State over UL Monroe | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-13 | Marshall over Middle Tennessee | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-31 | Louisiana Tech over Rice | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-04 | Colorado State over Tulsa | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-17 | Michigan over Iowa | 2012 | |
| 2012-11-03 | UCF over SMU | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-06 | Duke over Virginia | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Western Kentucky over Southern Miss | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-05 | USC over Colorado | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-07 | Stanford over Arizona | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | North Carolina over East Carolina | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-18 | Buffalo over Miami (OH) | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Ole Miss over Tennessee | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-11 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-20 | Stanford over San José State | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Rice over Tulane | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Utah State over Idaho | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Minnesota over Bowling Green | 2008 | |
| 2008-08-28 | Buffalo over UTEP | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-06 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Baylor over Rice | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | Missouri over Kansas | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-18 | BYU over New Mexico | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-09 | California over Minnesota | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-02 | Illinois over Eastern Illinois | 2006 | |
| 2005-10-15 | Texas over Colorado | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-01 | Wyoming over UNLV | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-17 | Toledo over Temple | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-20 | TCU over Southern Miss | 2004 | |
| 2004-11-06 | Texas Tech over Baylor | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Tennessee over Louisiana Tech | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-06 | Tennessee over UNLV | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Northern Illinois over Tennessee Tech | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Miami over Rutgers | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-19 | Ball State over Eastern Michigan | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | North Texas over Louisiana | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Arkansas over Auburn | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-23 | Boise State over UTEP | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Boise State over Northern Iowa | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Wisconsin over Ohio State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-04 | Tennessee over Wyoming | 1999 | |
| 1998-01-02 | Nebraska over Tennessee | 1997 | Playoff |
| 1997-11-15 | Penn State over Purdue | 1997 | |
| 1997-09-13 | Marshall over Kent State | 1997 | |
| 1997-08-30 | Alabama over Houston | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-16 | Syracuse over Army | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-14 | UAB over Arkansas State | 1996 | |
| 1992-01-01 | Penn State over Tennessee | 1991 | Playoff |
| 1987-11-07 | San José State over Pacific | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-31 | Ball State over Northern Illinois | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-17 | Missouri over Iowa State | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-10 | Oklahoma State over Colorado | 1987 | |
| 1987-09-26 | Virginia over Duke | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-27 | Penn State over East Carolina | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 1984 | |
| 1983-11-19 | Wyoming over Colorado State | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-16 | UCLA over Washington State | 1982 | |
| 1979-09-29 | Nebraska over Penn State | 1979 | |
| 1978-10-28 | USC over California | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Navy over William & Mary | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-10 | Grambling over Alcorn State | 1977 | |
| 1973-11-17 | West Virginia over Virginia | 1973 | |
| 1973-01-01 | USC over Ohio State | 1972 | Playoff |
| 1972-11-18 | NC State over Clemson | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | LSU over Texas A&M | 1972 | |
| 1968-11-16 | Yale over Princeton | 1968 | |
| 1967-09-30 | East Carolina over Davidson | 1967 |