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Has a College Football game ever ended 42-31?

It has. 42-31 has been a College Football final 27 times in 84,334 games. The first was UCLA beat Arizona on October 7, 1972; the latest was Missouri beat Kansas on September 6, 2025.

Where 42-31 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 42-31 the 605th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-31 has happened 2 times and 42-32 has happened 23 times.

Every 42-31 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2025-09-06Missouri over Kansas2025
2023-09-02Texas State over Baylor2023
2022-09-03Vanderbilt over Elon2022
2020-12-03Louisiana Tech over North Texas2020
2020-10-31Texas A&M over Arkansas2020
2019-10-05Texas over West Virginia2019
2014-11-22Army over Fordham2014
2014-10-30Florida State over Louisville2014
2012-11-03Western Michigan over Central Michigan2012
2011-10-30Washington over Arizona2011
2010-11-26Toledo over Central Michigan2010
2010-10-02SMU over Rice2010
2010-09-26Oregon over Arizona State2010
2009-10-03Georgia Tech over Mississippi State2009
2008-12-31Oregon over Oklahoma State2008Playoff
2006-11-11Purdue over Illinois2006
2001-11-24Minnesota over Wisconsin2001
2001-09-29Ole Miss over Kentucky2001
2000-10-28Miami over Louisiana Tech2000
1997-08-30West Virginia over Marshall1997
1996-10-12Louisiana over Arkansas State1996
1992-10-31Fresno State over Wyoming1992
1992-10-03Michigan State over Indiana1992
1981-10-31Washington over Stanford1981
1979-11-17Chattanooga over Illinois State1979
1976-10-30Colorado over Oklahoma1976
1972-10-07UCLA over Arizona1972

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