Has a College Football game ever ended 42-20?
It has. 42-20 has been a College Football final 45 times in 84,334 games. The first was USC beat Navy on September 24, 1949; the latest was USC beat Rutgers on October 26, 2024.
That makes 42-20 the 431st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-20 has happened 12 times and 42-21 has happened 112 times.
Every 42-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-26 | USC over Rutgers | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-23 | Jacksonville State over Middle Tennessee | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Kansas State over Oklahoma State | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Florida Atlantic over Monmouth | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Georgia over Florida | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | James Madison over Arkansas State | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | South Florida over Howard | 2022 | |
| 2022-01-05 | Kansas State over LSU | 2021 | Playoff |
| 2021-09-11 | Florida over South Florida | 2021 | |
| 2018-10-20 | Eastern Michigan over Ball State | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Houston over East Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Marshall over Old Dominion | 2018 | |
| 2015-01-13 | Ohio State over Oregon | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-08-28 | Minnesota over Eastern Illinois | 2014 | |
| 2013-09-14 | Boise State over Air Force | 2013 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Ball State over Indiana | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Clemson over NC State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | New Mexico State over Utah State | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-07 | Central Michigan over Toledo | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-04 | Louisville over Pittsburgh | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Michigan over Northwestern | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | Air Force over Eastern Washington | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Minnesota over Ohio | 2003 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Ohio over Buffalo | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Ohio State over UCLA | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-19 | West Virginia over Maryland | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-06 | Washington over BYU | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Colorado State over Fresno State | 1996 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Texas over SMU | 1994 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Tennessee over LSU | 1993 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Furman over NC State | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | South Carolina over East Carolina | 1984 | |
| 1979-11-17 | San Diego State over UTEP | 1979 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Yale over Columbia | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-27 | Houston over Rice | 1976 | |
| 1976-10-02 | Purdue over Miami (OH) | 1976 | |
| 1973-10-13 | Richmond over Southern Miss | 1973 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Cincinnati over Kent State | 1971 | |
| 1962-11-10 | Miami (OH) over Dayton | 1962 | |
| 1956-11-17 | Yale over Princeton | 1956 | |
| 1956-11-10 | Idaho over Utah State | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-13 | Tennessee over Chattanooga | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-26 | USC over Notre Dame | 1955 | |
| 1952-10-18 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 1952 | |
| 1949-09-24 | USC over Navy | 1949 |