Has a College Football game ever ended 48-5?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 48-5 2 times. It first happened on November 21, 1896, when Carlisle beat Penn State, and most recently on September 17, 2011, when Wake Forest beat Gardner-Webb.
That makes 48-5 the 1611th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 49-5 has happened never and 48-6 has happened 68 times. At one point the score disappeared for 115 years, between 1896 and 2011.
Every 48-5 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-09-17 | Wake Forest over Gardner-Webb | 2011 | |
| 1896-11-21 | Carlisle over Penn State | 1896 |