Has a College Football game ever ended 51-17?
It has. 51-17 has been a College Football final 25 times in 84,433 games. The first was Duke beat Virginia on September 25, 1982; the latest was Louisville beat Eastern Kentucky on August 30, 2025.
That makes 51-17 the 624th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 52-17 has happened 51 times and 51-18 has happened 3 times.
Every 51-17 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-30 | Louisville over Eastern Kentucky | 2025 | |
| 2024-10-19 | Navy over Charlotte | 2024 | |
| 2020-11-07 | BYU over Boise State | 2020 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Michigan State over Western Michigan | 2019 | |
| 2018-10-27 | Middle Tennessee over Old Dominion | 2018 | |
| 2018-08-31 | Eastern Michigan over Monmouth | 2018 | |
| 2017-10-14 | Arkansas State over Coastal Carolina | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-16 | UTSA over Southern | 2017 | |
| 2014-12-06 | Northern Illinois over Bowling Green | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-12 | Arizona State over Colorado | 2012 | |
| 2011-09-02 | Wisconsin over UNLV | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Texas over Florida Atlantic | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-02 | Indiana over Towson | 2010 | |
| 2007-11-10 | San José State over New Mexico State | 2007 | |
| 2004-10-16 | Michigan State over Minnesota | 2004 | |
| 2003-11-15 | UConn over Wake Forest | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-07 | Ohio State over Kent State | 2002 | |
| 2000-11-22 | Toledo over Bowling Green | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-18 | Colorado over Kansas | 1999 | |
| 1999-09-11 | Utah State over Stephen F. Austin | 1999 | |
| 1996-09-19 | Florida State over NC State | 1996 | |
| 1994-09-10 | Purdue over Toledo | 1994 | |
| 1992-11-07 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1992 | |
| 1982-10-23 | San Diego State over Long Beach State | 1982 | |
| 1982-09-25 | Duke over Virginia | 1982 |