Has a College Football game ever ended 45-23?
It has. 45-23 has been a College Football final 25 times in 84,857 games. The first was USC beat Notre Dame on December 2, 1972; the latest was TCU beat Cincinnati on November 29, 2025.
That makes 45-23 the 626th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 46-23 has happened 4 times and 45-24 has happened 74 times.
Every 45-23 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | TCU over Cincinnati | 2025 | |
| 2022-11-26 | Michigan over Ohio State | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Eastern Michigan over Western Michigan | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-27 | North Texas over UTSA | 2021 | |
| 2018-10-07 | Notre Dame over Virginia Tech | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-22 | Alabama over Texas A&M | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-15 | California over Idaho State | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Ole Miss over UT Martin | 2017 | |
| 2016-01-02 | Arkansas over Kansas State | 2015 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-15 | Rutgers over Indiana | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-02 | UCLA over Colorado | 2013 | |
| 2012-11-09 | Arkansas State over UL Monroe | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-01 | Georgia over Buffalo | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Tennessee over Cincinnati | 2011 | |
| 2008-11-16 | USC over Stanford | 2008 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Utah over UNLV | 2006 | |
| 2004-11-20 | Cincinnati over South Florida | 2004 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Michigan State over Notre Dame | 1998 | |
| 1994-12-30 | Tennessee over Virginia Tech | 1994 | Playoff |
| 1994-11-05 | Michigan over Purdue | 1994 | |
| 1985-10-19 | BYU over New Mexico | 1985 | |
| 1981-10-17 | San José State over Cal State Fullerton | 1981 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1978 | |
| 1975-11-08 | Brown over Cornell | 1975 | |
| 1972-12-02 | USC over Notre Dame | 1972 |
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