Has a College Football game ever ended 42-23?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-23 38 times. It first happened on October 21, 1950, when Texas A&M beat TCU, and most recently on September 14, 2025, when Navy beat Tulsa.
That makes 42-23 the 492nd most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-23 has happened 6 times and 42-24 has happened 77 times.
Every 42-23 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-14 | Navy over Tulsa | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-25 | Boise State over Utah State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-03 | Arizona State over UCLA | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-04 | South Dakota State over Colorado State | 2021 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Washington over Oregon State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-19 | San Diego State over Nevada | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-15 | Central Michigan over Kent State | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Virginia over Boise State | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Colorado State over UNLV | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-22 | San José State over Hawai'i | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Louisiana over Troy | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-16 | BYU over UNLV | 2014 | |
| 2011-10-22 | Western Kentucky over Louisiana | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-13 | Maryland over Virginia | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-25 | Houston over Tulane | 2010 | |
| 2009-09-26 | BYU over Colorado State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Washington over Idaho | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Louisville over Middle Tennessee | 2008 | |
| 2005-12-03 | Navy over Army | 2005 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Bowling Green over Temple | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Penn State over Michigan State | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-21 | UNLV over Wyoming | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | New Mexico State over Army | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Ole Miss over LSU | 1999 | |
| 1998-09-19 | Oklahoma State over Mississippi State | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Nevada over Idaho | 1997 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Iowa State over Northern Iowa | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-04 | Kansas over Missouri | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-02 | Georgia over South Carolina | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-19 | Virginia over Virginia Tech | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1993 | |
| 1992-11-21 | Washington State over Washington | 1992 | |
| 1983-10-15 | New Mexico State over Drake | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-27 | UNLV over Cal State Fullerton | 1982 | |
| 1979-10-20 | USC over Notre Dame | 1979 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1975 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Notre Dame over Navy | 1972 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Texas A&M over TCU | 1950 |