Has a College Football game ever ended 42-35?
It has. 42-35 has been a College Football final 88 times in 84,433 games. The first was California beat Washington State on October 13, 1951; the latest was South Alabama beat Southern Miss on November 22, 2025.
That makes 42-35 the 247th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-35 has happened 6 times and 42-36 has happened 6 times.
Every 42-35 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | South Alabama over Southern Miss | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-12 | Kent State over Akron | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-13 | Charlotte over Monmouth | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 2024 | |
| 2024-11-24 | Marshall over Old Dominion | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-26 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-17 | Liberty over Middle Tennessee | 2023 | |
| 2023-08-31 | Georgia State over Rhode Island | 2023 | |
| 2022-11-16 | Bowling Green over Toledo | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-17 | Louisville over UCF | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-21 | Ohio State over Indiana | 2020 | |
| 2020-10-31 | Virginia Tech over Louisville | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Virginia Tech over Miami | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Florida International over Charlotte | 2018 | |
| 2018-11-10 | Duke over North Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Western Michigan over Bowling Green | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | Bowling Green over Eastern Kentucky | 2018 | |
| 2017-12-23 | Army over San Diego State | 2017 | Playoff |
| 2017-11-04 | Kansas State over Texas Tech | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Oregon over Nebraska | 2017 | |
| 2016-12-04 | Clemson over Virginia Tech | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-05 | UL Monroe over South Alabama | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Middle Tennessee over Florida International | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-15 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | North Texas over Rice | 2016 | |
| 2015-12-05 | UL Monroe over New Mexico State | 2015 | |
| 2015-01-02 | Ohio State over Alabama | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-29 | BYU over California | 2014 | |
| 2014-11-28 | Arizona over Arizona State | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Auburn over South Carolina | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Toledo over Massachusetts | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-19 | Nevada over BYU | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-12 | UTEP over Old Dominion | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Illinois over Texas State | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-07 | UCLA over Memphis | 2014 | |
| 2014-08-30 | Texas Tech over Central Arkansas | 2014 | |
| 2013-10-12 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-21 | Middle Tennessee over Florida Atlantic | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-08 | New Mexico over UTEP | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-23 | Utah over Colorado | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-20 | East Carolina over UAB | 2012 | |
| 2010-11-06 | Florida International over UL Monroe | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Temple over Army | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Ole Miss over Kentucky | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Michigan over Indiana | 2010 | |
| 2008-12-30 | Maryland over Nevada | 2008 | Playoff |
| 2008-10-25 | BYU over UNLV | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-18 | Akron over Eastern Michigan | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-07 | Rice over Memphis | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-25 | Washington State over Washington | 2007 | |
| 2007-11-11 | Maryland over Boston College | 2007 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Hawai'i over San José State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-22 | Northern Illinois over Idaho | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-26 | Hawai'i over Purdue | 2006 | |
| 2005-09-24 | Minnesota over Purdue | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-06 | Oklahoma over Texas A&M | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Army over South Florida | 2004 | |
| 2003-09-21 | Houston over Mississippi State | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-13 | Kansas over Wyoming | 2003 | |
| 2003-08-30 | Colorado over Colorado State | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-16 | SMU over UTEP | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-09 | Colorado over Missouri | 2002 | |
| 2002-11-02 | Iowa State over Missouri | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-26 | New Mexico over Utah | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-28 | Iowa over Penn State | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-27 | Army over Tulane | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-20 | Illinois over Wisconsin | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Wake Forest over Duke | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-04 | Illinois over Indiana | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Washington State over Boise State | 2000 | |
| 1998-12-30 | Idaho over Southern Miss | 1998 | Playoff |
| 1998-11-14 | Texas Tech over Texas | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-17 | Navy over Colgate | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-03 | BYU over Utah State | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Kansas State over Oklahoma | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-14 | Houston over Pittsburgh | 1996 | |
| 1993-10-09 | New Mexico over Utah | 1993 | |
| 1990-09-22 | Northern Illinois over Kansas State | 1990 | |
| 1988-09-24 | The Citadel over Navy | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-17 | Georgia over Mississippi State | 1988 | |
| 1986-11-22 | North Carolina over Duke | 1986 | |
| 1983-09-17 | Houston over Lamar | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Drake over Illinois State | 1982 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Chattanooga over Western Carolina | 1979 | |
| 1969-09-20 | Purdue over TCU | 1969 | |
| 1951-10-13 | California over Washington State | 1951 |