Has a College Football game ever ended 42-34?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-34 32 times. It first happened on October 3, 1970, when Furman beat Carson-Newman College, and most recently on October 24, 2025, when Virginia Tech beat California.
That makes 42-34 the 544th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-34 has happened 7 times and 42-35 has happened 88 times.
Every 42-34 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Virginia Tech over California | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Ball State over Missouri State | 2024 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Florida International over Louisiana Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Arizona State over Colorado | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-24 | TCU over SMU | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-02 | Eastern Michigan over Eastern Kentucky | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Oregon State over Utah | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | SMU over TCU | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Incarnate Word over Texas State | 2021 | |
| 2018-11-03 | Arizona over Colorado | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-29 | West Virginia over Texas Tech | 2018 | |
| 2016-10-23 | Wyoming over Nevada | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-21 | Virginia over Duke | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Middle Tennessee over Florida International | 2015 | |
| 2014-09-06 | Illinois over Western Kentucky | 2014 | |
| 2013-08-31 | Illinois over Southern Illinois | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-10 | Oklahoma over Baylor | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-28 | Georgia over Georgia Tech | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-01 | Minnesota over Michigan State | 2009 | |
| 2007-11-17 | Colorado State over Georgia Southern | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-12 | Rice over Tulane | 2005 | |
| 2003-11-08 | North Carolina over Wake Forest | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Louisiana Tech over Nevada | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-31 | Oregon over Mississippi State | 2003 | |
| 2002-10-05 | Eastern Michigan over Akron | 2002 | |
| 1996-11-02 | TCU over UNLV | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-12 | Arizona State over UCLA | 1996 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Arizona over Washington State | 1990 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Iowa over Penn State | 1983 | |
| 1974-11-02 | Colgate over Massachusetts | 1974 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Colgate over Lehigh | 1972 | |
| 1970-10-03 | Furman over Carson-Newman College | 1970 |