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.
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
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 | Missouri over Kansas | 2025 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Texas State over Baylor | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-03 | Vanderbilt over Elon | 2022 | |
| 2020-12-03 | Louisiana Tech over North Texas | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-31 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Texas over West Virginia | 2019 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Army over Fordham | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-30 | Florida State over Louisville | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Western Michigan over Central Michigan | 2012 | |
| 2011-10-30 | Washington over Arizona | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-26 | Toledo over Central Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | SMU over Rice | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-26 | Oregon over Arizona State | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-03 | Georgia Tech over Mississippi State | 2009 | |
| 2008-12-31 | Oregon over Oklahoma State | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2006-11-11 | Purdue over Illinois | 2006 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Minnesota over Wisconsin | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 2001 | |
| 2000-10-28 | Miami over Louisiana Tech | 2000 | |
| 1997-08-30 | West Virginia over Marshall | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Louisiana over Arkansas State | 1996 | |
| 1992-10-31 | Fresno State over Wyoming | 1992 | |
| 1992-10-03 | Michigan State over Indiana | 1992 | |
| 1981-10-31 | Washington over Stanford | 1981 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Chattanooga over Illinois State | 1979 | |
| 1976-10-30 | Colorado over Oklahoma | 1976 | |
| 1972-10-07 | UCLA over Arizona | 1972 |