Has a College Football game ever ended 48-21?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 48-21 55 times. It first happened on November 11, 1950, when Kentucky beat Mississippi State, and most recently on October 18, 2025, when Ohio beat Northern Illinois.
That makes 48-21 the 358th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 49-21 has happened 81 times and 48-22 has happened 12 times.
Every 48-21 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-18 | Ohio over Northern Illinois | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-11 | Louisiana Tech over Middle Tennessee | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-28 | Colorado over UCF | 2024 | |
| 2022-10-29 | Louisville over Wake Forest | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Western Kentucky over Middle Tennessee | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-25 | San Diego State over Towson | 2021 | |
| 2020-10-24 | North Carolina over NC State | 2020 | |
| 2019-09-28 | SMU over South Florida | 2019 | |
| 2019-08-30 | Rutgers over Massachusetts | 2019 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Arkansas State over Southeast Missouri State | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Toledo over Akron | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-05 | West Virginia over Kansas | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-02 | New Mexico over South Dakota | 2016 | |
| 2014-11-08 | Air Force over UNLV | 2014 | |
| 2011-11-06 | Boise State over UNLV | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-24 | Ball State over Army | 2011 | |
| 2010-12-19 | Troy over Ohio | 2010 | Playoff |
| 2010-10-23 | Virginia over Eastern Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-14 | Oregon State over Washington | 2009 | |
| 2009-11-07 | Middle Tennessee over Florida International | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-26 | Central Michigan over Akron | 2009 | |
| 2008-08-30 | West Virginia over Villanova | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Michigan over Purdue | 2007 | |
| 2006-10-28 | Nevada over New Mexico State | 2006 | |
| 2003-10-12 | Wyoming over Utah State | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-06 | UConn over Army | 2003 | |
| 2001-09-30 | Washington State over Arizona | 2001 | |
| 1999-10-30 | Georgia Tech over NC State | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-02 | Idaho over Eastern Washington | 1999 | |
| 1997-11-15 | Florida over South Carolina | 1997 | |
| 1997-11-08 | San Diego State over San José State | 1997 | |
| 1996-11-09 | Notre Dame over Boston College | 1996 | |
| 1996-10-26 | Rice over UTEP | 1996 | |
| 1994-10-01 | Penn State over Temple | 1994 | |
| 1992-09-26 | Utah State over New Mexico State | 1992 | |
| 1992-09-05 | Florida State over Duke | 1992 | |
| 1990-09-29 | Miami over Iowa | 1990 | |
| 1990-09-15 | North Carolina over UConn | 1990 | |
| 1989-11-18 | Virginia over Maryland | 1989 | |
| 1988-09-10 | UTEP over Weber State | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-17 | Syracuse over Penn State | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | South Carolina over Wake Forest | 1986 | |
| 1985-10-19 | Fresno State over New Mexico State | 1985 | |
| 1985-09-28 | Illinois State over UCF | 1985 | |
| 1985-08-31 | California over San José State | 1985 | |
| 1979-11-17 | Ohio over Bowling Green | 1979 | |
| 1977-11-26 | Alabama over Auburn | 1977 | |
| 1977-09-03 | Louisiana over Tulsa | 1977 | |
| 1974-10-26 | Fresno State over Cal State Fullerton | 1974 | |
| 1972-09-30 | Alabama over Vanderbilt | 1972 | |
| 1969-09-20 | Oklahoma over Wisconsin | 1969 | |
| 1963-11-09 | Air Force over UCLA | 1963 | |
| 1958-01-01 | Oklahoma over Duke | 1957 | Playoff |
| 1950-11-25 | Arizona State over Idaho | 1950 | |
| 1950-11-11 | Kentucky over Mississippi State | 1950 |