Has a College Football game ever ended 42-9?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 42-9 22 times. It first happened on November 4, 1967, when Purdue beat Illinois, and most recently on November 22, 2025, when Ohio State beat Rutgers.
That makes 42-9 the 681st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 43-9 has happened 4 times and 42-10 has happened 99 times.
Every 42-9 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | Ohio State over Rutgers | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-15 | Tennessee over New Mexico State | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-29 | Florida International over Bethune-Cookman | 2025 | |
| 2023-11-18 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-23 | Oregon State over Colorado | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Florida Atlantic over SE Louisiana | 2022 | |
| 2019-11-17 | Boise State over New Mexico | 2019 | |
| 2014-10-18 | TCU over Oklahoma State | 2014 | |
| 2011-11-13 | LSU over Western Kentucky | 2011 | |
| 1998-10-24 | Purdue over Illinois | 1998 | |
| 1995-09-09 | Army over Lehigh | 1995 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Missouri over Oklahoma State | 1993 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Utah over Oregon State | 1992 | |
| 1988-10-29 | UTEP over New Mexico State | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Ohio State over Minnesota | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-04 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 1986 | |
| 1984-11-03 | BYU over UTEP | 1984 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Miami (OH) over Ball State | 1980 | |
| 1973-11-24 | Maryland over Tulane | 1973 | |
| 1972-11-04 | Baylor over TCU | 1972 | |
| 1971-10-15 | Houston over Villanova | 1971 | |
| 1967-11-04 | Purdue over Illinois | 1967 |