Has a College Football game ever ended 42-39?
It has. 42-39 has been a College Football final 19 times in 84,433 games. The first was Oregon beat Washington State on August 31, 1985; the latest was Duke beat Arizona State on December 31, 2025.
That makes 42-39 the 743rd most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-39 has happened 2 times and 42-40 has happened 11 times.
Every 42-39 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | Duke over Arizona State | 2025 | Playoff |
| 2025-11-08 | Louisiana over Texas State | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-11 | California over Washington State | 2023 | |
| 2021-09-24 | Charlotte over Middle Tennessee | 2021 | |
| 2017-10-28 | Maryland over Indiana | 2017 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Pittsburgh over Penn State | 2016 | |
| 2014-10-04 | UAB over Western Kentucky | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-02 | Minnesota over Indiana | 2013 | |
| 2011-12-04 | Wisconsin over Michigan State | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-05 | Baylor over Missouri | 2011 | |
| 2007-09-15 | Florida Atlantic over Minnesota | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-25 | UNLV over Air Force | 2006 | |
| 2006-11-18 | Ohio State over Michigan | 2006 | |
| 2001-09-22 | Northern Iowa over Ball State | 2001 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Northwestern State over UL Monroe | 1995 | |
| 1993-09-04 | Baylor over Fresno State | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-12 | New Mexico State over New Mexico | 1992 | |
| 1986-11-01 | Tulane over Louisiana | 1986 | |
| 1985-08-31 | Oregon over Washington State | 1985 |