Has a College Football game ever ended 42-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-21 112 times. It first happened on October 22, 1948, when Georgia beat Miami, and most recently on November 28, 2025, when Air Force beat Colorado State.
That makes 42-21 the 189th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-21 has happened 20 times and 42-22 has happened 9 times.
Every 42-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-28 | Air Force over Colorado State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-14 | TCU over Abilene Christian | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-29 | Ohio over Ball State | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-17 | Boise State over San José State | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Arizona State over Oklahoma State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-17 | Virginia Tech over Boston College | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-18 | West Virginia over Cincinnati | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-11 | Clemson over Georgia Tech | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | San José State over Utah State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-21 | New Mexico over Hawai'i | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-24 | Western Michigan over Northern Illinois | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Western Kentucky over Rice | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Kentucky over LSU | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-02 | Alabama over Ole Miss | 2021 | |
| 2019-10-27 | Louisiana Tech over UTEP | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Syracuse over Boston College | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-21 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Oregon over UCLA | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Michigan over Maryland | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-23 | Hawai'i over Duquesne | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Louisiana Tech over UTEP | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-26 | Northwestern over Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-19 | Kansas State over Baylor | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-11 | UCLA over UNLV | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Akron over Buffalo | 2015 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Western Michigan over Ohio | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Alabama over Florida | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-12 | Louisiana Tech over North Texas | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Middle Tennessee over Southern Miss | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-28 | Texas State over Wyoming | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-15 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-23 | Central Michigan over Massachusetts | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-29 | Air Force over Colorado State | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Northwestern over Eastern Illinois | 2011 | |
| 2009-11-21 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Troy over UL Monroe | 2009 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Texas Tech over Kansas | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-31 | Kansas over Minnesota | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-11-23 | San Diego State over UNLV | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Pittsburgh over Navy | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Missouri over Buffalo | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-07 | Utah over UNLV | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Wisconsin over Washington State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-06 | Southern Miss over Memphis | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-05 | Marshall over Tulane | 2006 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Notre Dame over Navy | 2005 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Minnesota over Indiana | 2005 | |
| 2005-10-08 | USC over Arizona | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-24 | Colorado State over Nevada | 2005 | |
| 2005-09-04 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-13 | Miami (OH) over Western Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-11-06 | West Virginia over Temple | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Pittsburgh over Ball State | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Toledo over Western Michigan | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Marshall over Kent State | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | South Carolina over Temple | 2002 | |
| 2002-08-29 | BYU over Syracuse | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Marshall over Kent State | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Marshall over Central Michigan | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-25 | Virginia Tech over Virginia | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-14 | East Carolina over Army | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-23 | Rice over TCU | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-25 | Oklahoma over Louisville | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Colorado State over TCU | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Bowling Green over Kent State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Air Force over Tulsa | 1998 | |
| 1997-09-20 | Missouri over Tulsa | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-23 | Stanford over California | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Wyoming over Fresno State | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Army over Rutgers | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Purdue over NC State | 1996 | |
| 1996-08-31 | Central Michigan over Boise State | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Auburn over Kentucky | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Hawai'i over UTEP | 1995 | |
| 1993-10-23 | West Virginia over Pittsburgh | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Michigan over Houston | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Duke over Army | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | East Carolina over Cincinnati | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Syracuse over East Carolina | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Fresno State over Pacific | 1992 | |
| 1991-11-23 | Toledo over Northern Illinois | 1991 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Rice over Texas Tech | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | TCU over SMU | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-08 | Oregon over San Diego State | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-14 | Louisiana Tech over Northern Illinois | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Utah over Utah State | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Louisville over UCF | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Central Michigan over Bowling Green | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-08 | Clemson over Virginia | 1983 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Baylor over Houston | 1983 | |
| 1982-10-09 | Alabama over Penn State | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-21 | Stanford over California | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-10 | McNeese over Northwestern State | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Syracuse over Northwestern | 1980 | |
| 1978-11-11 | Georgia Tech over Air Force | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-15 | Grambling over Mississippi Valley State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Oklahoma State over Iowa State | 1976 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Northwestern over Michigan State | 1976 | |
| 1974-01-01 | Ohio State over USC | 1973 | Playoff |
| 1973-12-01 | Boston College over Holy Cross | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-27 | Arizona over Utah | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | Alabama over Tennessee | 1973 | |
| 1970-09-12 | USC over Alabama | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-01 | Dartmouth over Yale | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-12 | Memphis over West Texas A&M | 1968 | |
| 1966-10-29 | NC State over Virginia | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-23 | Delaware over Lehigh | 1965 | |
| 1963-10-26 | Columbia over Lehigh | 1963 | |
| 1961-11-25 | Iowa over Notre Dame | 1961 | |
| 1952-10-04 | Pacific over Texas Tech | 1952 | |
| 1950-10-21 | SMU over Rice | 1950 | |
| 1948-10-22 | Georgia over Miami | 1948 |