Has a College Football game ever ended 42-18?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-18 30 times. It first happened on November 30, 1893, when Purdue beat Depauw, and most recently on November 18, 2023, when Arizona beat Utah.
That makes 42-18 the 568th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-18 has happened 5 times and 42-19 has happened 24 times. At one point the score disappeared for 57 years, between 1893 and 1950.
Every 42-18 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-18 | Arizona over Utah | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-12 | San José State over Fresno State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-16 | Boise State over North Dakota | 2023 | |
| 2001-11-17 | Marshall over Ohio | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Louisiana Tech over Middle Tennessee | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-22 | Southern Miss over Memphis | 1997 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Eastern Michigan over Akron | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-08 | Florida over LSU | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-08 | Auburn over Mississippi State | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Baylor over TCU | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-10 | Memphis over Tulsa | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-27 | California over Hawai'i | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-21 | Hawai'i over Wyoming | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Utah over Utah State | 1992 | |
| 1991-09-14 | California over Purdue | 1991 | |
| 1987-10-24 | UCLA over California | 1987 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Central Michigan over Ohio | 1982 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Arizona over Oregon State | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Indiana State over Wichita State | 1978 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Ball State over Indiana State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-08 | Rutgers over UConn | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-18 | BYU over Colorado State | 1976 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Texas over Texas Tech | 1975 | |
| 1972-09-16 | Lamar over UTEP | 1972 | |
| 1968-11-02 | Tennessee over UCLA | 1968 | |
| 1965-10-09 | Minnesota over Indiana | 1965 | |
| 1958-11-29 | Arizona State over Marquette | 1958 | |
| 1954-10-02 | Sul Ross State over New Mexico State | 1954 | |
| 1950-11-18 | Tulane over Virginia | 1950 | |
| 1893-11-30 | Purdue over Depauw | 1893 |