Has a College Football game ever ended 42-6?
It has. 42-6 has been a College Football final 86 times in 84,334 games. The first was Dartmouth beat MIT on November 16, 1889; the latest was Kent State beat Massachusetts on October 11, 2025.
That makes 42-6 the 257th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-6 has happened 12 times and 42-7 has happened 183 times.
Every 42-6 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | Kent State over Massachusetts | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-27 | Missouri over Massachusetts | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-26 | Wyoming over Nevada | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Oregon over Stanford | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Oregon over Colorado | 2023 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Iowa State over West Virginia | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-05 | LSU over Utah State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-14 | Memphis over South Alabama | 2019 | |
| 2018-08-30 | Ball State over Central Connecticut | 2018 | |
| 2013-11-09 | Oklahoma State over Kansas | 2013 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Oklahoma State over Florida Atlantic | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-18 | Navy over Temple | 2006 | |
| 2003-10-25 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2003 | |
| 2001-10-06 | South Carolina over Kentucky | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-23 | Indiana over Cincinnati | 2000 | |
| 1998-09-26 | Arkansas over Alabama | 1998 | |
| 1998-09-12 | LSU over Arkansas State | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Colorado over Kansas | 1997 | |
| 1994-10-08 | Virginia over Wake Forest | 1994 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Arkansas over Vanderbilt | 1994 | |
| 1989-11-18 | Miami over San Diego State | 1989 | |
| 1986-10-18 | Tulsa over Central Michigan | 1986 | |
| 1984-09-01 | Indiana State over Wayne State | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Texas over Rice | 1983 | |
| 1981-09-05 | East Carolina over Western Carolina | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Louisiana Tech over Western Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1979-11-10 | Temple over Akron | 1979 | |
| 1979-10-20 | Western Carolina over Lenoir-Rhyne | 1979 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Army over Lafayette | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Arkansas over TCU | 1977 | |
| 1975-11-22 | LSU over Tulane | 1975 | |
| 1974-11-09 | Central Michigan over Western Michigan | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-10 | Texas over Baylor | 1973 | |
| 1973-10-20 | Navy over Air Force | 1973 | |
| 1971-10-02 | Nebraska over Utah State | 1971 | |
| 1971-09-18 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1971 | |
| 1969-11-15 | Alabama over Miami | 1969 | |
| 1969-11-08 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 1969 | |
| 1967-11-25 | Penn State over Pittsburgh | 1967 | |
| 1967-11-11 | Wyoming over New Mexico | 1967 | |
| 1967-09-16 | Pacific over Idaho | 1967 | |
| 1966-11-05 | Southern Miss over VMI | 1966 | |
| 1966-10-22 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-06 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1965 | |
| 1964-11-21 | Long Beach State over Pacific | 1964 | |
| 1964-10-10 | Kansas over Iowa State | 1964 | |
| 1962-10-13 | Florida over Texas A&M | 1962 | |
| 1961-10-28 | New Mexico State over UTEP | 1961 | |
| 1959-10-17 | Syracuse over Holy Cross | 1959 | |
| 1959-09-19 | Davidson over Catawba | 1959 | |
| 1958-09-20 | Florida State over Furman | 1958 | |
| 1954-10-23 | Boston College over Springfield | 1954 | |
| 1953-10-31 | Harvard over Davidson | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | Southern Miss over Tampa | 1953 | |
| 1953-10-03 | LSU over Boston College | 1953 | |
| 1952-11-08 | Tulsa over Villanova | 1952 | |
| 1951-10-13 | Cornell over Harvard | 1951 | |
| 1949-11-12 | Notre Dame over North Carolina | 1949 | |
| 1949-09-23 | Georgia over Chattanooga | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-20 | Oklahoma State over Kansas State | 1948 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Notre Dame over Indiana | 1948 | |
| 1947-10-31 | Virginia Tech over George Washington | 1947 | |
| 1944-10-07 | Randolph Field over Texas | 1944 | |
| 1943-11-06 | Holy Cross over Temple | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-30 | Northwestern over Minnesota | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-30 | Michigan over Illinois | 1943 | |
| 1941-09-20 | North Carolina over Lenoir-Rhyne | 1941 | |
| 1940-11-23 | Duke over NC State | 1940 | |
| 1940-10-19 | Arizona State over New Mexico State | 1940 | |
| 1938-10-15 | Arkansas over Texas | 1938 | |
| 1937-10-02 | Tulsa over Central Oklahoma | 1937 | |
| 1931-10-10 | SMU over Arkansas | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-26 | Alabama over Samford | 1931 | |
| 1927-10-22 | Idaho over Montana | 1927 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Wofford over Erskine | 1926 | |
| 1925-11-07 | Brown over Boston University | 1925 | |
| 1920-10-23 | Cornell over Colgate | 1920 | |
| 1914-11-14 | Lafayette over Albright | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-03 | Vanderbilt over Henderson State | 1914 | |
| 1907-10-26 | Saint Louis over Arkansas | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Chicago over Illinois | 1907 | |
| 1905-11-23 | Sewanee over Alabama | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-07 | Nebraska over South Dakota | 1905 | |
| 1895-09-14 | Chicago over Englewood YMCA | 1895 | |
| 1894-10-20 | Beloit over Northwestern | 1894 | |
| 1889-11-16 | Dartmouth over MIT | 1889 |