Has a College Football game ever ended 42-26?
It has. 42-26 has been a College Football final 20 times in 84,334 games. The first was Stanford beat San Francisco on October 18, 1941; the latest was Western Kentucky beat Middle Tennessee on November 15, 2025.
That makes 42-26 the 713th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-26 has happened 7 times and 42-27 has happened 24 times.
Every 42-26 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-15 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2021-10-10 | Utah over USC | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-10 | Notre Dame over Florida State | 2020 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Central Michigan over Temple | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Boise State over Idaho | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-21 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 2006 | |
| 2002-12-07 | Cincinnati over East Carolina | 2002 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Pittsburgh over Boston College | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-30 | UTEP over San José State | 1999 | |
| 1995-10-28 | Duke over Wake Forest | 1995 | |
| 1991-10-05 | Notre Dame over Stanford | 1991 | |
| 1987-10-10 | Oregon State over Akron | 1987 | |
| 1985-11-02 | Tulsa over Wichita State | 1985 | |
| 1983-10-08 | SMU over Baylor | 1983 | |
| 1983-09-03 | Ball State over Rhode Island | 1983 | |
| 1981-11-07 | Fresno State over UNLV | 1981 | |
| 1975-11-27 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 1975 | |
| 1951-11-10 | Tulsa over Kansas State | 1951 | |
| 1950-10-14 | Pennsylvania over Dartmouth | 1950 | |
| 1941-10-18 | Stanford over San Francisco | 1941 |