Has a College Football game ever ended 45-20?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 45-20 68 times. It first happened on November 21, 1940, when Missouri beat Kansas, and most recently on November 22, 2025, when Michigan beat Maryland.
That makes 45-20 the 310th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 46-20 has happened 8 times and 45-21 has happened 102 times.
Every 45-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | Michigan over Maryland | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-02 | Mississippi State over Massachusetts | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-24 | Miami over Boston College | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Air Force over San José State | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-31 | Alabama over Kansas State | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-11-05 | Utah over Arizona | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-22 | LSU over Ole Miss | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-04 | Washington over Kent State | 2022 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Ball State over Western Michigan | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Baylor over West Virginia | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-09 | Tennessee over South Carolina | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-05 | Ball State over Central Michigan | 2020 | |
| 2019-10-26 | South Florida over East Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Oklahoma over Kansas | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-08 | USC over Stanford | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Southern Illinois over Massachusetts | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-13 | UL Monroe over Coastal Carolina | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Utah State over BYU | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | Michigan over SMU | 2018 | |
| 2016-11-05 | USC over Oregon | 2016 | |
| 2016-11-02 | Northern Illinois over Bowling Green | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-02 | UNLV over Fresno State | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-01 | Temple over SMU | 2016 | |
| 2016-10-01 | South Florida over Cincinnati | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | South Florida over Syracuse | 2016 | |
| 2015-11-08 | Navy over Memphis | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-17 | Mississippi State over Louisiana Tech | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-21 | North Carolina over Duke | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-19 | Oregon over Washington | 2014 | |
| 2013-12-21 | USC over Fresno State | 2013 | Playoff |
| 2011-10-29 | Louisiana over Middle Tennessee | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-23 | Houston over SMU | 2010 | |
| 2008-10-10 | Houston over UAB | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Illinois over Michigan | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Georgia over Auburn | 2007 | |
| 2005-09-24 | South Carolina over Troy | 2005 | |
| 2004-11-04 | South Florida over UAB | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-11 | West Virginia over UCF | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-04 | Miami (OH) over Akron | 2003 | |
| 2001-12-19 | Colorado State over North Texas | 2001 | Playoff |
| 2001-09-29 | Michigan over Illinois | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Portland State over Hawai'i | 2000 | |
| 1999-10-02 | Arkansas State over Sam Houston | 1999 | |
| 1997-10-18 | Purdue over Wisconsin | 1997 | |
| 1995-09-23 | Tulsa over East Tennessee State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-09 | Arizona State over UTEP | 1995 | |
| 1993-12-31 | Virginia Tech over Indiana | 1993 | Playoff |
| 1993-11-06 | USC over Stanford | 1993 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Notre Dame over BYU | 1993 | |
| 1991-09-28 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 1991 | |
| 1990-11-03 | Michigan State over Indiana | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | UNLV over Oregon State | 1990 | |
| 1989-09-09 | Colorado over Colorado State | 1989 | |
| 1988-11-12 | Syracuse over Boston College | 1988 | |
| 1985-11-23 | Illinois over Northwestern | 1985 | |
| 1980-10-18 | Purdue over Illinois | 1980 | |
| 1980-09-27 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 1980 | |
| 1978-10-21 | Louisiana Tech over Northwestern State | 1978 | |
| 1976-11-13 | Tulsa over Drake | 1976 | |
| 1975-11-01 | West Texas A&M over UL Monroe | 1975 | |
| 1972-11-11 | Virginia Tech over South Carolina | 1972 | |
| 1970-11-21 | UCLA over USC | 1970 | |
| 1969-10-25 | Purdue over Northwestern | 1969 | |
| 1965-10-16 | New Mexico State over Wichita State | 1965 | |
| 1962-11-17 | Arizona State over New Mexico State | 1962 | |
| 1951-10-06 | Texas over North Carolina | 1951 | |
| 1940-11-21 | Missouri over Kansas | 1940 |
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