Has a College Football game ever ended 45-42?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 45-42 49 times. It first happened on November 3, 1979, when Washington State beat Oregon State, and most recently on October 18, 2025, when Texas A&M beat Arkansas.
That makes 45-42 the 395th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 46-42 has happened 2 times and 45-43 has happened 10 times.
Every 45-42 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | Texas A&M over Arkansas | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Western Michigan over Ball State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-21 | Monmouth over Florida International | 2024 | |
| 2023-11-25 | North Texas over UAB | 2023 | |
| 2023-11-04 | UAB over Florida Atlantic | 2023 | |
| 2023-10-28 | Memphis over North Texas | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-09 | Central Michigan over New Hampshire | 2023 | |
| 2023-09-02 | Colorado over TCU | 2023 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Georgia Southern over Nebraska | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-14 | Wake Forest over NC State | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-16 | North Carolina over Miami | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-11 | Louisiana Tech over SE Louisiana | 2021 | |
| 2020-09-20 | NC State over Wake Forest | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-23 | UL Monroe over Coastal Carolina | 2019 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Air Force over Nevada | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Boston College over Louisville | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-08 | Arizona over Colorado | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-01 | Baylor over Iowa State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-04 | Eastern Washington over Washington State | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-24 | Washington State over Arizona | 2015 | |
| 2014-12-28 | USC over Nebraska | 2014 | Playoff |
| 2014-11-01 | Tennessee over South Carolina | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-20 | Old Dominion over Rice | 2014 | |
| 2014-09-13 | Bowling Green over Indiana | 2014 | |
| 2013-09-29 | Nevada over Air Force | 2013 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Kansas over Northern Illinois | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | South Carolina over Georgia | 2011 | |
| 2009-10-31 | Florida State over NC State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-29 | Georgia Tech over Georgia | 2008 | |
| 2008-11-01 | BYU over Colorado State | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-14 | East Carolina over UTEP | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-12 | Kansas State over Texas | 2006 | |
| 2006-09-16 | North Carolina over Furman | 2006 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Boise State over Tulsa | 2004 | |
| 2003-10-11 | Houston over Tulane | 2003 | |
| 2003-10-11 | UL Monroe over Louisiana | 2003 | |
| 2002-11-16 | Purdue over Michigan State | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-19 | Arizona State over Oregon | 2002 | |
| 2002-10-11 | Minnesota over Northwestern | 2002 | |
| 2001-10-13 | Louisiana Tech over Nevada | 2001 | |
| 1999-11-13 | Georgia Tech over Clemson | 1999 | |
| 1996-09-28 | Utah over Kansas | 1996 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Arizona State over Washington | 1996 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Wyoming over Northern Iowa | 1993 | |
| 1990-11-17 | USC over UCLA | 1990 | |
| 1988-12-03 | Oklahoma State over Texas Tech | 1988 | |
| 1988-09-24 | Southern Miss over East Carolina | 1988 | |
| 1979-11-03 | Washington State over Oregon State | 1979 |