Has a College Football game ever ended 5-4?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 5-4 8 times. It first happened on November 1, 1873, when Rutgers beat Columbia, and most recently on November 20, 1911, when Tulane beat Mississippi State.
That makes 5-4 the 1096th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 6-4 has happened 46 times and 5-5 has happened 28 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 32 years, between 1873 and 1905.
Every 5-4 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911-11-20 | Tulane over Mississippi State | 1911 | |
| 1907-11-21 | Colorado School Of Mines over Colorado | 1907 | |
| 1907-11-02 | Missouri over Texas | 1907 | |
| 1906-11-10 | Navy over Swarthmore | 1906 | |
| 1906-09-29 | Colorado College over Colorado Springs High | 1906 | |
| 1905-10-21 | Grinnell over Drake | 1905 | |
| 1905-10-14 | Grinnell over Coe College | 1905 | |
| 1873-11-01 | Rutgers over Columbia | 1873 |