Has a College Football game ever ended 42-37?
It has. 42-37 has been a College Football final 17 times in 84,433 games. The first was USC beat Wisconsin on January 1, 1963; the latest was UCLA beat Penn State on October 4, 2025.
That makes 42-37 the 792nd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-37 has happened 8 times and 42-38 has happened 23 times.
Every 42-37 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | UCLA over Penn State | 2025 | |
| 2024-12-18 | Memphis over West Virginia | 2024 | Playoff |
| 2024-11-29 | Colorado State over Utah State | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-12 | Nevada over Oregon State | 2024 | |
| 2013-09-29 | Fresno State over Hawai'i | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Nevada over UNLV | 2012 | |
| 2010-09-18 | Michigan over Massachusetts | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-22 | Houston over UTEP | 2008 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Miami (OH) over Cincinnati | 2003 | |
| 2001-11-24 | Penn State over Michigan State | 2001 | |
| 1996-09-14 | California over San Diego State | 1996 | |
| 1995-11-04 | Hawai'i over Fresno State | 1995 | |
| 1993-09-18 | West Virginia over Maryland | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-12 | Vanderbilt over Duke | 1992 | |
| 1980-11-22 | Arizona State over Oregon | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Wisconsin over Minnesota | 1979 | |
| 1963-01-01 | USC over Wisconsin | 1962 | Playoff |