Has a College Football game ever ended 52-0?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 52-0 181 times. It first happened on November 22, 1884, when Yale beat Harvard, and most recently on September 6, 2026, when Sacramento State beat Mississippi Valley State.
That makes 52-0 the 109th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 53-0 has happened 115 times and 52-1 has happened never.
Every 52-0 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | Sacramento State over Mississippi Valley State | 2026 | |
| 2024-11-29 | Colorado over Oklahoma State | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Texas over Colorado State | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-30 | Tulane over SE Louisiana | 2024 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Tulane over Alcorn State | 2022 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Michigan State over Akron | 2022 | |
| 2020-09-19 | Notre Dame over South Florida | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-23 | Auburn over Samford | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Notre Dame over Bowling Green | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-28 | Michigan over Rutgers | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Indiana over Eastern Illinois | 2019 | |
| 2019-09-07 | Kansas State over Bowling Green | 2019 | |
| 2018-08-31 | UAB over Savannah St | 2018 | |
| 2017-11-18 | Georgia Southern over South Alabama | 2017 | |
| 2017-09-02 | Penn State over Akron | 2017 | |
| 2015-11-14 | Marshall over Florida International | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-19 | Boise State over Idaho State | 2015 | |
| 2013-10-19 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2013 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Florida State over Wake Forest | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-15 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2012 | |
| 2012-09-09 | SMU over Stephen F. Austin | 2012 | |
| 2010-10-16 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 2010 | |
| 2009-11-07 | BYU over Wyoming | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-05 | Southern Miss over Alcorn State | 2009 | |
| 2008-08-28 | Eastern Michigan over Indiana State | 2008 | |
| 2007-11-10 | Boise State over Utah State | 2007 | |
| 2006-11-18 | TCU over San Diego State | 2006 | |
| 2004-11-06 | Bowling Green over Western Michigan | 2004 | |
| 2004-09-18 | Alabama over Western Carolina | 2004 | |
| 2001-09-29 | Florida over Mississippi State | 2001 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Northern Illinois over Illinois State | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-09 | Louisville over Grambling | 2000 | |
| 1999-09-11 | LSU over North Texas | 1999 | |
| 1996-10-19 | Maryland over Wake Forest | 1996 | |
| 1994-11-19 | Tennessee over Kentucky | 1994 | |
| 1994-09-24 | Ohio State over Houston | 1994 | |
| 1993-11-20 | Florida over Vanderbilt | 1993 | |
| 1993-11-13 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1993 | |
| 1993-09-25 | Hawai'i over UTEP | 1993 | |
| 1989-11-11 | Colorado State over UTEP | 1989 | |
| 1989-09-23 | Fresno State over Long Beach State | 1989 | |
| 1987-09-12 | Florida over Tulsa | 1987 | |
| 1986-09-06 | BYU over Utah State | 1986 | |
| 1982-11-13 | Cincinnati over Morgan State | 1982 | |
| 1982-10-30 | Nebraska over Kansas | 1982 | |
| 1981-10-31 | Wisconsin over Northwestern | 1981 | |
| 1981-09-12 | Penn State over Cincinnati | 1981 | |
| 1980-09-13 | Florida State over Louisville | 1980 | |
| 1978-09-30 | Michigan over Duke | 1978 | |
| 1975-11-15 | Nebraska over Iowa State | 1975 | |
| 1975-10-11 | Alabama over Washington | 1975 | |
| 1975-09-27 | Colorado over Wichita State | 1975 | |
| 1974-09-28 | Michigan over Navy | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Auburn over Chattanooga | 1974 | |
| 1974-09-21 | Alabama over Southern Miss | 1974 | |
| 1972-10-28 | Oklahoma over Kansas State | 1972 | |
| 1970-09-19 | Vanderbilt over The Citadel | 1970 | |
| 1969-11-27 | Virginia Tech over VMI | 1969 | |
| 1968-10-05 | Tennessee over Rice | 1968 | |
| 1967-09-23 | Texas Tech over Iowa State | 1967 | |
| 1961-11-04 | Princeton over Brown | 1961 | |
| 1957-11-16 | Navy over George Washington | 1957 | |
| 1956-11-24 | Boston College over Brandeis | 1956 | |
| 1956-10-20 | Colorado over Iowa State | 1956 | |
| 1955-11-12 | Oklahoma over Iowa State | 1955 | |
| 1955-10-22 | Auburn over Furman | 1955 | |
| 1954-10-02 | Ole Miss over Villanova | 1954 | |
| 1954-09-25 | Duke over Pennsylvania | 1954 | |
| 1953-09-26 | Maryland over Washington and Lee | 1953 | |
| 1950-10-14 | Texas A&M over VMI | 1950 | |
| 1950-09-23 | Montana over Eastern Washington | 1950 | |
| 1949-09-23 | Pacific over Loyola Marymount | 1949 | |
| 1948-11-06 | Yale over Merchant Marine Academy | 1948 | |
| 1947-11-15 | Ole Miss over Chattanooga | 1947 | |
| 1947-09-27 | Harvard over McDaniel | 1947 | |
| 1946-09-28 | Tulsa over New Mexico State | 1946 | |
| 1945-11-10 | Auburn over Louisiana | 1945 | |
| 1945-11-03 | Utah State over Idaho Marines | 1945 | |
| 1945-10-20 | USC over Pacific | 1945 | |
| 1945-09-15 | Wichita State over Doane | 1945 | |
| 1943-10-16 | Army over Columbia | 1943 | |
| 1943-10-02 | Indiana over Wabash College | 1943 | |
| 1942-09-26 | Vanderbilt over Tennessee Tech | 1942 | |
| 1941-09-19 | New Mexico State over New Mexico Highlands | 1941 | |
| 1939-11-25 | Tulane over Sewanee | 1939 | |
| 1939-09-30 | Oklahoma State over Northwestern Oklahoma State | 1939 | |
| 1938-10-01 | Notre Dame over Kansas | 1938 | |
| 1938-09-24 | Texas A&M over Texas A&M-Kingsville | 1938 | |
| 1937-11-20 | LSU over Northwestern State | 1937 | |
| 1937-10-23 | Furman over Presbyterian | 1937 | |
| 1936-11-07 | Minnesota over Iowa | 1936 | |
| 1935-10-19 | Colgate over Lafayette | 1935 | |
| 1934-09-28 | New Mexico State over Wayland Baptist | 1934 | |
| 1933-10-14 | Army over Delaware | 1933 | |
| 1933-10-07 | Syracuse over Clarkson | 1933 | |
| 1933-09-30 | Fordham over Albright | 1933 | |
| 1932-11-12 | Army over North Dakota State | 1932 | |
| 1932-11-04 | Loyola Marymount over New Mexico | 1932 | |
| 1932-10-15 | Fordham over Lebanon Valley | 1932 | |
| 1931-11-07 | Yale over St. John's (Maryland) | 1931 | |
| 1931-10-03 | Utah over Albertson | 1931 | |
| 1931-09-26 | Vanderbilt over Western Kentucky | 1931 | |
| 1930-11-15 | USC over Hawai'i | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-18 | Dartmouth over Columbia | 1930 | |
| 1930-10-11 | Pittsburgh over Western Reserve | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-27 | USC over UCLA | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-27 | Pittsburgh over Waynesburg | 1930 | |
| 1930-09-27 | Montana over Carroll (Montana) | 1930 | |
| 1929-11-09 | Tulane over Auburn | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-26 | SMU over Ole Miss | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-26 | Colgate over Providence | 1929 | |
| 1929-10-12 | Columbia over Wesleyan (CT) | 1929 | |
| 1928-11-17 | Minnesota over Haskell | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-19 | Clemson over Erskine | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-13 | Georgetown over Lebanon Valley | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-13 | Davidson over Elon | 1928 | |
| 1928-10-06 | Georgia over Mercer | 1928 | |
| 1927-10-01 | LSU over Louisiana | 1927 | |
| 1926-11-13 | Carnegie Mellon over Juniata College | 1926 | |
| 1924-10-04 | Dartmouth over McGill | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-04 | Columbia over St. Lawrence | 1924 | |
| 1924-10-01 | Pennsylvania over Drexel | 1924 | |
| 1923-11-17 | Cornell over Johns Hopkins University | 1923 | |
| 1923-10-20 | Wisconsin over Indiana | 1923 | |
| 1922-11-18 | Clemson over Erskine | 1922 | |
| 1922-11-11 | Navy over Xavier | 1922 | |
| 1921-10-08 | Illinois over South Dakota | 1921 | |
| 1919-11-08 | Oklahoma State over Central Oklahoma | 1919 | |
| 1917-11-29 | Kentucky over Florida | 1917 | |
| 1917-11-10 | Nebraska over Missouri | 1917 | |
| 1917-10-20 | Tulane over Florida | 1917 | |
| 1916-11-14 | Texas over Arkansas | 1916 | |
| 1916-11-11 | Virginia Tech over Wake Forest | 1916 | |
| 1915-10-02 | Georgia Tech over Mercer | 1915 | |
| 1914-11-21 | Iowa State over Drake | 1914 | |
| 1913-11-27 | Washington & Jefferson over Bucknell | 1913 | |
| 1913-11-17 | Clemson over Mercer | 1913 | |
| 1913-11-03 | Texas over Southwestern University | 1913 | |
| 1912-10-19 | Washington & Jefferson over Carnegie Mellon | 1912 | |
| 1912-10-05 | Arkansas over Hendrix College | 1912 | |
| 1912-09-28 | Alabama over Marion | 1912 | |
| 1911-09-30 | Wake Forest over Warrenton Preparatory | 1911 | |
| 1910-10-22 | Baylor over TCU | 1910 | |
| 1910-10-15 | Georgetown over Washington and Lee | 1910 | |
| 1909-11-18 | LSU over Transylvania | 1909 | |
| 1909-10-23 | Virginia Tech over Richmond | 1909 | |
| 1909-09-25 | Vanderbilt over Rhodes College | 1909 | |
| 1907-11-02 | Penn State over Dickinson (PA) | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-12 | Yale over Holy Cross | 1907 | |
| 1907-10-09 | Princeton over Bucknell | 1907 | |
| 1906-10-10 | Princeton over Lehigh | 1906 | |
| 1905-11-25 | Wabash College over Depauw | 1905 | |
| 1905-09-22 | Syracuse over Alfred University | 1905 | |
| 1904-10-15 | Drake over Coe College | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-08 | Georgia over Florida | 1904 | |
| 1904-10-08 | Bowdoin over Colby College | 1904 | |
| 1903-11-21 | Nebraska over Bellevue | 1903 | |
| 1903-11-07 | Wisconsin over Wisconsin-Oshkosh | 1903 | |
| 1903-10-17 | Sewanee over Tennessee Medical College | 1903 | |
| 1902-10-11 | Wisconsin over Lawrence University | 1902 | |
| 1902-10-11 | Iowa State over Northern Iowa | 1902 | |
| 1901-10-05 | Illinois over Marion Sims | 1901 | |
| 1898-10-01 | Wisconsin over Ripon | 1898 | |
| 1897-11-13 | Dartmouth over Williams | 1897 | |
| 1897-10-23 | Dickinson (PA) over Villanova | 1897 | |
| 1895-10-30 | Lafayette over Rutgers | 1895 | |
| 1895-10-05 | Chicago over Lake Forest College | 1895 | |
| 1895-01-04 | Chicago over Salt Lake YMCA | 1894 | |
| 1893-10-14 | Harvard over Williams | 1893 | |
| 1893-09-30 | Lehigh over Dickinson (PA) | 1893 | |
| 1891-10-24 | Dickinson (PA) over Johns Hopkins University | 1891 | |
| 1891-10-21 | Stevens over Columbia | 1891 | |
| 1890-11-04 | Yale over Crescent A.C. | 1890 | |
| 1890-11-04 | Amherst over Massachusetts | 1890 | |
| 1890-10-01 | Lafayette over Dickinson (PA) | 1890 | |
| 1889-11-16 | Yale over Wesleyan (CT) | 1889 | |
| 1887-10-26 | Dartmouth over Amherst | 1887 | |
| 1887-10-15 | Dartmouth over Tufts | 1887 | |
| 1885-11-03 | Yale over Crescent A.C. | 1885 | |
| 1884-11-27 | Stevens over Lafayette | 1884 | |
| 1884-11-22 | Yale over Harvard | 1884 |