Has a College Football game ever ended 42-30?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-30 33 times. It first happened on October 18, 1969, when Oklahoma beat Colorado, and most recently on November 29, 2025, when Louisiana Tech beat Missouri State.
That makes 42-30 the 529th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-30 has happened 4 times and 42-31 has happened 27 times.
Every 42-30 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | Louisiana Tech over Missouri State | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-25 | LSU over Texas A&M | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-03 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | California over Sacramento State | 2021 | |
| 2018-10-07 | Colorado State over San José State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-25 | Arizona State over Arizona | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-09 | Central Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-16 | Ohio over Kansas | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-07 | Notre Dame over Pittsburgh | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Oklahoma over Texas Tech | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-11 | Oregon over UCLA | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-03 | Boise State over Colorado State | 2013 | |
| 2010-11-14 | Texas A&M over Baylor | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-08 | Hawai'i over New Mexico State | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-27 | Georgia over Florida | 2007 | |
| 2004-10-30 | Syracuse over UConn | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-02 | Texas A&M over Kansas State | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Baylor over Colorado | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-19 | Nevada over San José State | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-09 | San José State over Louisiana Tech | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-09 | Texas Tech over New Mexico | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Clemson over Maryland | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-11 | North Carolina over Indiana | 1999 | |
| 1994-11-19 | Notre Dame over Air Force | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Michigan State over Purdue | 1994 | |
| 1989-09-16 | Nebraska over Utah | 1989 | |
| 1981-10-17 | Tennessee State over Louisville | 1981 | |
| 1977-12-25 | Penn State over Arizona State | 1977 | Playoff |
| 1975-11-29 | Houston over Tulsa | 1975 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Minnesota over North Dakota | 1974 | |
| 1970-10-03 | West Texas A&M over East Carolina | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-18 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 1969 |