Has a College Football game ever ended 42-40?
It has. 42-40 has been a College Football final 11 times in 84,433 games. The first was Arizona beat Wyoming on November 27, 1954; the latest was Michigan State beat Boston College on September 6, 2025.
That makes 42-40 the 971st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-40 has happened 17 times and 42-41 has happened 24 times. At one point the score disappeared for 30 years, between 1954 and 1984.
Every 42-40 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-06 | Michigan State over Boston College | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-19 | James Madison over Georgia State | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-13 | Georgia State over Coastal Carolina | 2021 | |
| 2019-11-10 | Hawai'i over San José State | 2019 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Navy over Tulsa | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-28 | Navy over South Alabama | 2014 | |
| 2006-11-18 | Kentucky over UL Monroe | 2006 | |
| 1987-09-05 | Louisville over Tulane | 1987 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Maryland over Miami | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-08 | Washington State over Utah | 1984 | |
| 1954-11-27 | Arizona over Wyoming | 1954 |