Has a College Football game ever ended 42-27?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-27 24 times. It first happened on October 21, 1961, when Wichita State beat New Mexico State, and most recently on November 22, 2025, when Oregon beat USC.
That makes 42-27 the 644th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-27 has happened 6 times and 42-28 has happened 79 times.
Every 42-27 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | Oregon over USC | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-11 | Sam Houston over Louisiana Tech | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-20 | Arkansas over Ole Miss | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Houston over South Florida | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-27 | Michigan over Ohio State | 2021 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Louisiana over Texas State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-11 | Texas over Kansas | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-04 | Auburn over Texas A&M | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-15 | South Florida over UConn | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Ohio State over Indiana | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-30 | Marshall over Miami (OH) | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-27 | Colorado State over Hawai'i | 2012 | |
| 2008-10-19 | Arizona over California | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Idaho over Idaho State | 2008 | |
| 1999-11-27 | Arizona State over Arizona | 1999 | |
| 1994-10-22 | Maryland over Georgia Tech | 1994 | |
| 1989-11-04 | Michigan over Purdue | 1989 | |
| 1974-11-02 | NC State over South Carolina | 1974 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Xavier over Bowling Green | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Davidson over East Carolina | 1969 | |
| 1969-09-27 | Kansas State over Arizona | 1969 | |
| 1967-11-25 | Bowling Green over Cal State Los Angeles | 1967 | |
| 1967-10-07 | Utah over New Mexico | 1967 | |
| 1961-10-21 | Wichita State over New Mexico State | 1961 |