Has a College Football game ever ended 42-8?
It has. 42-8 has been a College Football final 9 times in 84,433 games. The first was Oklahoma beat Washburn on November 5, 1909; the latest was Oklahoma beat Arkansas on January 1, 1987.
That makes 42-8 the 1041st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-8 has happened 5 times and 42-9 has happened 22 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1950 and 1979. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1909 and 1961.
Every 42-8 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987-01-01 | Oklahoma over Arkansas | 1986 | Playoff |
| 1974-09-28 | Central Michigan over Dayton | 1974 | |
| 1973-11-17 | Pennsylvania over Columbia | 1973 | |
| 1970-10-31 | Penn State over West Virginia | 1970 | |
| 1969-09-20 | UCLA over Pittsburgh | 1969 | |
| 1966-09-24 | Michigan State over Penn State | 1966 | |
| 1965-11-27 | BYU over New Mexico | 1965 | |
| 1961-10-28 | Kansas over Oklahoma State | 1961 | |
| 1909-11-05 | Oklahoma over Washburn | 1909 |