Has a College Football game ever ended 48-3?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 48-3 45 times. It first happened on September 27, 1913, when Indiana beat Depauw, and most recently on September 7, 2025, when Arizona beat Weber State.
That makes 48-3 the 431st most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 49-3 has happened 41 times and 48-4 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 52 years, between 1916 and 1968.
Every 48-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-07 | Arizona over Weber State | 2025 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Georgia over Tennessee Tech | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | South Florida over Bethune-Cookman | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-30 | Kansas over Lindenwood | 2024 | |
| 2021-09-19 | Iowa State over UNLV | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-08 | Texas A&M over South Carolina | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-09 | Cincinnati over UConn | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Iowa over Middle Tennessee | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-04 | Fresno State over UNLV | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-11 | Ohio State over Michigan State | 2017 | |
| 2017-10-21 | Ohio over Kent State | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-16 | Arkansas State over Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2017 | |
| 2016-11-12 | Wisconsin over Illinois | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-10 | Ohio State over Tulsa | 2016 | |
| 2012-09-22 | Georgia over Vanderbilt | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Texas A&M over SMU | 2012 | |
| 2010-09-04 | Alabama over San José State | 2010 | |
| 2008-11-23 | Troy over Louisiana | 2008 | |
| 2008-09-20 | Northern Illinois over Indiana State | 2008 | |
| 2007-10-13 | Ohio State over Kent State | 2007 | |
| 2003-11-01 | Southern Miss over Louisiana | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-27 | Auburn over Western Kentucky | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-07 | New Mexico State over Western New Mexico | 2003 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Kansas State over Western Kentucky | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-21 | Nebraska over Rice | 2001 | |
| 1998-09-12 | Penn State over Bowling Green | 1998 | |
| 1997-10-25 | Purdue over Illinois | 1997 | |
| 1994-11-12 | Colorado State over Arkansas State | 1994 | |
| 1988-11-05 | Michigan State over Purdue | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Nebraska over Kansas State | 1988 | |
| 1988-10-15 | NC State over North Carolina | 1988 | |
| 1984-11-03 | Illinois over Minnesota | 1984 | |
| 1984-09-22 | Georgia Tech over The Citadel | 1984 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Houston over Lamar | 1982 | |
| 1979-09-15 | BYU over Weber State | 1979 | |
| 1977-09-17 | Florida over Rice | 1977 | |
| 1975-10-18 | San Diego State over New Mexico State | 1975 | |
| 1973-09-15 | Tulsa over West Texas A&M | 1973 | |
| 1970-10-03 | Tennessee over Army | 1970 | |
| 1968-09-21 | Wyoming over Utah State | 1968 | |
| 1916-10-14 | TCU over SMU | 1916 | |
| 1915-11-06 | The Citadel over Newberry | 1915 | |
| 1914-10-31 | Cornell over Holy Cross | 1914 | |
| 1914-10-24 | Indiana over Miami (OH) | 1914 | |
| 1913-09-27 | Indiana over Depauw | 1913 |