Has a College Football game ever ended 42-28?
It has. 42-28 has been a College Football final 79 times in 84,433 games. The first was San Diego Navy beat Loyola Marymount on September 23, 1951; the latest was Pittsburgh beat Georgia Tech on November 23, 2025.
That makes 42-28 the 275th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-28 has happened 12 times and 42-29 has happened 11 times.
Every 42-28 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-23 | Pittsburgh over Georgia Tech | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-18 | Ball State over Akron | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Marshall over Middle Tennessee | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-07 | Northern Illinois over Western Michigan | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Indiana over Maryland | 2024 | |
| 2023-12-28 | USC over Louisville | 2023 | Playoff |
| 2023-11-25 | Liberty over UTEP | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Alabama over LSU | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-24 | USC over Arizona State | 2023 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Eastern Michigan over Massachusetts | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-12 | Stanford over USC | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-30 | Wisconsin over Wake Forest | 2020 | Playoff |
| 2019-10-13 | LSU over Florida | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | Central Michigan over New Mexico State | 2019 | |
| 2018-09-29 | Purdue over Nebraska | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Louisiana Tech over Rice | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-26 | Old Dominion over Florida International | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-22 | Navy over Memphis | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | San Diego State over Northern Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-13 | Texas over Rice | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-29 | Ohio State over Michigan | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-01 | Vanderbilt over Old Dominion | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-27 | Toledo over Central Michigan | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-29 | Troy over Texas State | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-23 | East Carolina over NC State | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Navy over Hawai'i | 2013 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Air Force over Army | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Michigan State over Indiana | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-21 | Stanford over Arizona State | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-24 | San Diego State over Wyoming | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-25 | Bowling Green over Buffalo | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-13 | Nevada over Hawai'i | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-02 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-02 | UCLA over Washington State | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-25 | Maryland over Florida International | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-24 | San Diego State over Colorado State | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-04 | Louisiana over Middle Tennessee | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Akron over Syracuse | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Missouri over Iowa State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Western Michigan over Toledo | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-04 | Troy over Louisiana | 2006 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Tulane over Army | 2006 | |
| 2003-09-06 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Texas Tech over Ole Miss | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-10 | Tulane over Navy | 2001 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Washington over Stanford | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Michigan State over Wisconsin | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Vanderbilt over Duke | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Iowa over Indiana | 2001 | |
| 2001-08-30 | Central Michigan over Eastern Kentucky | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Notre Dame over West Virginia | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-14 | New Mexico State over Tulsa | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-30 | Georgia Tech over North Carolina | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-20 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 1999 | |
| 1999-10-09 | UTEP over SMU | 1999 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Wyoming over Western Michigan | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-21 | UCLA over Stanford | 1995 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Auburn over Georgia | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-19 | Air Force over Wyoming | 1992 | |
| 1991-10-19 | Fresno State over New Mexico State | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-24 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1990 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Iowa State over Kansas | 1987 | |
| 1984-10-27 | Cal State Fullerton over Long Beach State | 1984 | |
| 1981-10-10 | Iowa over Indiana | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-03 | Pittsburgh over South Carolina | 1981 | |
| 1980-10-04 | Furman over Chattanooga | 1980 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Texas Tech over Rice | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Houston over SMU | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-29 | Eastern Michigan over Akron | 1977 | |
| 1976-09-25 | Maryland over Syracuse | 1976 | |
| 1971-09-11 | Wyoming over South Dakota | 1971 | |
| 1970-10-17 | The Citadel over Bucknell | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-04 | Notre Dame over Michigan State | 1969 | |
| 1968-11-16 | Baylor over Texas Tech | 1968 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Samford over Furman | 1967 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Alabama over Chattanooga | 1952 | |
| 1951-09-23 | San Diego Navy over Loyola Marymount | 1951 |