Has a College Football game ever ended 45-38?
It has. 45-38 has been a College Football final 51 times in 84,433 games. The first was Arizona State beat Florida State on December 27, 1971; the latest was Vanderbilt beat Auburn on November 8, 2025.
That makes 45-38 the 381st most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 46-38 has happened 2 times and 45-39 has happened 5 times.
Every 45-38 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-08 | Vanderbilt over Auburn | 2025 | |
| 2025-11-02 | San José State over Hawai'i | 2025 | |
| 2025-10-25 | Texas over Mississippi State | 2025 | |
| 2025-09-20 | North Texas over Army | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-29 | Texas State over South Alabama | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-24 | James Madison over Utah State | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-23 | Louisiana over Buffalo | 2023 | |
| 2022-12-30 | Notre Dame over South Carolina | 2022 | Playoff |
| 2022-11-26 | Florida State over Florida | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-15 | Georgia Southern over James Madison | 2022 | |
| 2022-10-08 | Arizona State over Washington | 2022 | |
| 2019-12-07 | App State over Louisiana | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Ohio over Kent State | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | LSU over Texas | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-25 | Hawai'i over Arizona | 2019 | |
| 2018-12-28 | Baylor over Vanderbilt | 2018 | Playoff |
| 2018-09-01 | Penn State over App State | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-28 | North Texas over Old Dominion | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-08 | Texas A&M over Tennessee | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-24 | App State over Akron | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-17 | Oklahoma State over Pittsburgh | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-10 | BYU over East Carolina | 2015 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Washington State over Oregon | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-15 | Air Force over Nevada | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-18 | Florida Atlantic over Western Kentucky | 2014 | |
| 2014-10-04 | Kentucky over South Carolina | 2014 | |
| 2012-11-24 | North Carolina over Maryland | 2012 | |
| 2012-10-06 | Tulsa over Marshall | 2012 | |
| 2012-01-02 | Oregon over Wisconsin | 2011 | Playoff |
| 2011-11-20 | Baylor over Oklahoma | 2011 | |
| 2011-10-22 | Nevada over Fresno State | 2011 | |
| 2011-01-01 | Texas Tech over Northwestern | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2010-11-28 | Louisiana Tech over San José State | 2010 | |
| 2010-11-26 | SMU over East Carolina | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Texas Tech over Baylor | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-29 | Stanford over Notre Dame | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | Tulane over UTEP | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-15 | Louisiana Tech over Utah State | 2008 | |
| 2005-10-22 | Hawai'i over San José State | 2005 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Ole Miss over Vanderbilt | 2002 | |
| 2000-10-21 | LSU over Mississippi State | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Montana over Idaho | 2000 | |
| 1999-11-06 | Virginia over Georgia Tech | 1999 | |
| 1998-10-03 | William & Mary over Temple | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1997 | |
| 1993-10-16 | Rutgers over Army | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-24 | Texas over Houston | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-10 | San Diego State over BYU | 1992 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Cincinnati over Miami (OH) | 1986 | |
| 1984-10-13 | Ohio State over Illinois | 1984 | |
| 1971-12-27 | Arizona State over Florida State | 1971 | Playoff |