Has a College Football game ever ended 45-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 45-17 100 times. It first happened on October 15, 1966, when New Mexico State beat Wichita State, and most recently on October 3, 2026, when James Madison beat Marshall.
That makes 45-17 the 220th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 46-17 has happened 6 times and 45-18 has happened 9 times.
Every 45-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-03 | James Madison over Marshall | 2026 | |
| 2026-10-03 | Missouri over Florida | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-27 | Florida Atlantic over UL Monroe | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-19 | Georgia over Arkansas | 2026 | |
| 2026-09-12 | Alabama over Kentucky | 2026 | |
| 2025-11-22 | Vanderbilt over Kentucky | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | Georgia Southern over Maine | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Pittsburgh over Central Michigan | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-06 | Rutgers over Miami (OH) | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-28 | Duke over Elon | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-30 | Baylor over Kansas | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Duke over Middle Tennessee | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-04 | Georgia Tech over Virginia | 2023 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Baylor over Texas Tech | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | Penn State over Minnesota | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-24 | UCLA over Colorado | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-18 | USC over Fresno State | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-03 | UCLA over Bowling Green | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-27 | Houston over UConn | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Liberty over Old Dominion | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Georgia Tech over Kennesaw State | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Duke over North Carolina A&T | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-22 | App State over Arkansas State | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-20 | Eastern Michigan over Northern Illinois | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-12 | Navy over Tulsa | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-17 | App State over Georgia State | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-19 | Missouri over Vanderbilt | 2017 | |
| 2017-11-04 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Tulsa over Houston | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-25 | Washington over Washington State | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Northwestern over Purdue | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Mississippi State over Troy | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-02 | Wyoming over Fresno State | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-25 | Arkansas over UAB | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-27 | Auburn over Louisiana Tech | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-01 | Boise State over New Mexico | 2013 | |
| 2013-09-07 | Illinois over Cincinnati | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-03 | Louisville over Temple | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Air Force over UNLV | 2011 | |
| 2011-11-19 | Michigan over Nebraska | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-08 | Purdue over Minnesota | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | Iowa over UL Monroe | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | Boston College over Massachusetts | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-26 | Nebraska over Colorado | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-10 | Florida State over Miami | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Air Force over UNLV | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Michigan over Eastern Michigan | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-12 | Illinois over Illinois State | 2009 | |
| 2008-10-25 | Troy over North Texas | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-28 | San Diego State over Idaho | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-13 | Baylor over Washington State | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Clemson over The Citadel | 2008 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Kentucky over Florida Atlantic | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-29 | Georgia over Ole Miss | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Washington State over San Diego State | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | UCLA over Stanford | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-05 | Iowa State over Kansas State | 2005 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Middle Tennessee over Arkansas State | 2004 | |
| 2004-10-09 | Alabama over Kentucky | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-25 | Toledo over Temple | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-01 | Wake Forest over Clemson | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-28 | Oregon State over Arizona State | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-28 | Ohio State over Indiana | 2002 | |
| 2002-01-01 | Tennessee over Michigan | 2001 | Playoff |
| 2001-10-20 | Ole Miss over Middle Tennessee | 2001 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Texas over Oklahoma State | 2001 | |
| 2001-09-01 | Georgia over Arkansas State | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-18 | Notre Dame over Rutgers | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Miami over Temple | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-16 | Texas A&M over UTEP | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-16 | Western Michigan over Buffalo | 1999 | |
| 1998-11-07 | San José State over Hawai'i | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-01 | Marshall over Central Michigan | 1997 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Washington over Oregon State | 1997 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Syracuse over Boston College | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-04 | BYU over Utah State | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Air Force over Rice | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-21 | Utah over Fresno State | 1996 | |
| 1995-10-21 | Virginia Tech over Rutgers | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-02 | New Mexico State over UTEP | 1995 | |
| 1994-11-19 | Penn State over Northwestern | 1994 | |
| 1994-11-05 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Hawai'i over Air Force | 1993 | |
| 1990-11-10 | Utah State over Cal State Fullerton | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Michigan over Maryland | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Indiana over Wisconsin | 1989 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Syracuse over Boston College | 1987 | |
| 1987-10-17 | West Virginia over Cincinnati | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Western Michigan over Ohio | 1986 | |
| 1984-10-06 | Louisville over Western Kentucky | 1984 | |
| 1981-10-17 | Arizona State over California | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-20 | Yale over Brown | 1980 | |
| 1979-09-22 | Western Michigan over Northern Illinois | 1979 | |
| 1977-11-12 | Washington State over Idaho | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-05 | North Texas over New Mexico State | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-22 | Arizona over Utah | 1977 | |
| 1973-10-20 | Northern Illinois over Ball State | 1973 | |
| 1971-11-13 | Iowa State over Missouri | 1971 | |
| 1971-10-16 | Oklahoma over Colorado | 1971 | |
| 1966-10-15 | New Mexico State over Wichita State | 1966 |
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