Has a College Football game ever ended 42-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-3 55 times. It first happened on November 6, 1920, when Furman beat Oglethorpe, and most recently on November 29, 2025, when East Carolina beat Florida Atlantic.
That makes 42-3 the 358th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-3 has happened 10 times and 42-4 has happened 2 times.
Every 42-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | East Carolina over Florida Atlantic | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-06 | Toledo over Northern Illinois | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-04 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Oklahoma over Temple | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Auburn over Ball State | 2025 | |
| 2024-08-31 | East Carolina over Norfolk State | 2024 | |
| 2023-08-26 | Notre Dame over Navy | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Houston over East Carolina | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | App State over Robert Morris | 2022 | |
| 2021-12-05 | Michigan over Iowa | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-12 | Oklahoma State over Baylor | 2020 | |
| 2019-08-31 | Illinois over Akron | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-31 | Alabama over Duke | 2019 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-23 | Louisville over Kent State | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-22 | San Diego State over San José State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | Arkansas over Texas State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Iowa over Iowa State | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-12 | Virginia Tech over Furman | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-31 | TCU over Ole Miss | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2013-10-26 | Michigan State over Illinois | 2013 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Oregon over California | 2009 | |
| 2005-09-17 | Northern Illinois over Tennessee Tech | 2005 | |
| 2004-12-05 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Wake Forest over North Carolina A&T | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Oklahoma State over Missouri State | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-14 | Arkansas over South Florida | 2002 | |
| 2001-11-03 | Kansas State over Iowa State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 2000 | |
| 1998-01-01 | North Carolina over Virginia Tech | 1997 | Playoff |
| 1997-09-20 | Georgia over UL Monroe | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Washington over Oregon State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-18 | Ohio State over Indiana | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-26 | Kansas State over UNLV | 1994 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Florida State over LSU | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Fresno State over New Mexico State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-23 | USC over Ohio State | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Penn State over Temple | 1989 | |
| 1987-11-07 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Penn State over Syracuse | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Nebraska over UCLA | 1984 | |
| 1982-09-18 | Kansas State over South Dakota | 1982 | |
| 1981-11-14 | Stanford over Oregon | 1981 | |
| 1981-10-24 | Oklahoma over Oregon State | 1981 | |
| 1980-11-15 | Kansas over Colorado | 1980 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 1978 | |
| 1978-10-07 | Arkansas over TCU | 1978 | |
| 1972-10-07 | The Citadel over VMI | 1972 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Penn State over Ohio | 1969 | |
| 1966-09-17 | Purdue over Ohio | 1966 | |
| 1965-10-09 | Utah over Wyoming | 1965 | |
| 1950-10-21 | Denver over BYU | 1950 | |
| 1926-10-02 | Michigan over Oklahoma State | 1926 | |
| 1922-10-07 | Utah State over BYU | 1922 | |
| 1920-11-06 | Furman over Oglethorpe | 1920 |