Has a College Football game ever ended 49-17?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 49-17 44 times. It first happened on September 23, 1972, when Fresno State beat New Mexico State, and most recently on October 19, 2025, when Cincinnati beat Oklahoma State.
That makes 49-17 the 440th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 50-17 has happened 9 times and 49-18 has happened 7 times.
Every 49-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-19 | Cincinnati over Oklahoma State | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-09 | Texas over Florida | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Rutgers over Akron | 2024 | |
| 2022-11-19 | Florida State over Louisiana | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-04 | Western Kentucky over Hawai'i | 2022 | |
| 2021-11-20 | UCF over UConn | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-11 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2021 | |
| 2020-11-28 | UTSA over North Texas | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-30 | Temple over UConn | 2019 | |
| 2018-09-01 | Louisiana over Grambling | 2018 | |
| 2014-09-13 | NC State over South Florida | 2014 | |
| 2013-11-24 | Oklahoma State over Baylor | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-26 | Florida State over NC State | 2013 | |
| 2013-10-20 | Oregon State over California | 2013 | |
| 2012-10-13 | Cincinnati over Fordham | 2012 | |
| 2009-10-24 | California over Washington State | 2009 | |
| 2008-11-23 | Hawai'i over Idaho | 2008 | |
| 2008-10-04 | Oklahoma over Baylor | 2008 | |
| 2008-01-01 | USC over Illinois | 2007 | Playoff |
| 2007-11-24 | Oklahoma over Oklahoma State | 2007 | |
| 2005-09-03 | Arkansas over Missouri State | 2005 | |
| 2002-11-10 | USC over Stanford | 2002 | |
| 2002-09-21 | Penn State over Louisiana Tech | 2002 | |
| 1998-10-31 | Utah over San José State | 1998 | |
| 1998-10-03 | UCLA over Washington State | 1998 | |
| 1997-11-08 | Navy over Temple | 1997 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Northern Illinois over Eastern Illinois | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-18 | Hawai'i over Kent State | 1993 | |
| 1992-10-17 | Pacific over New Mexico State | 1992 | |
| 1990-10-20 | Texas over Arkansas | 1990 | |
| 1989-10-28 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1989 | |
| 1989-10-21 | Colorado over Kansas | 1989 | |
| 1988-10-15 | Clemson over Duke | 1988 | |
| 1987-11-14 | Oklahoma State over Kansas | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-13 | Temple over Western Michigan | 1986 | |
| 1985-09-07 | Pacific over Sacramento State | 1985 | |
| 1984-10-06 | South Carolina over Kansas State | 1984 | |
| 1983-10-01 | Wyoming over UTEP | 1983 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Temple over Syracuse | 1979 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Texas Tech over TCU | 1977 | |
| 1977-11-05 | Colgate over Bucknell | 1977 | |
| 1972-10-21 | Arizona State over BYU | 1972 | |
| 1972-09-23 | Fresno State over New Mexico State | 1972 |