Has a College Football game ever ended 52-3?
It has. 52-3 has been a College Football final 48 times in 84,334 games. The first was Baylor beat Haskell on October 18, 1910; the latest was South Florida beat Rice on November 30, 2025.
That makes 52-3 the 408th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 53-3 has happened 4 times and 52-4 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 56 years, between 1914 and 1970.
Every 52-3 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | South Florida over Rice | 2025 | |
| 2025-08-29 | Illinois over Western Illinois | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-10 | Notre Dame over Florida State | 2024 | |
| 2024-09-07 | Ole Miss over Middle Tennessee | 2024 | |
| 2023-09-30 | Rutgers over Wagner | 2023 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Texas A&M over Prairie View A&M | 2021 | |
| 2021-11-06 | Wisconsin over Rutgers | 2021 | |
| 2021-10-08 | Cincinnati over Temple | 2021 | |
| 2021-09-18 | Washington over Arkansas State | 2021 | |
| 2020-12-12 | Alabama over Arkansas | 2020 | |
| 2019-11-26 | Ohio over Akron | 2019 | |
| 2019-11-16 | Clemson over Wake Forest | 2019 | |
| 2019-10-19 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 2019 | |
| 2018-11-03 | UAB over UTSA | 2018 | |
| 2018-10-13 | Army over San José State | 2018 | |
| 2018-09-08 | Ohio State over Rutgers | 2018 | |
| 2017-09-09 | Akron over Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 2017 | |
| 2016-10-29 | Western Kentucky over Florida Atlantic | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-03 | Illinois over Murray State | 2016 | |
| 2015-10-10 | Ole Miss over New Mexico State | 2015 | |
| 2015-09-05 | Illinois over Kent State | 2015 | |
| 2014-11-22 | Florida over Eastern Kentucky | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-06 | UAB over SE Louisiana | 2012 | |
| 2011-11-20 | LSU over Ole Miss | 2011 | |
| 2011-09-10 | Arkansas over New Mexico | 2011 | |
| 2010-10-02 | Auburn over UL Monroe | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-04 | California over UC Davis | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-10 | Penn State over Eastern Illinois | 2009 | |
| 2008-09-06 | Missouri over Southeast Missouri State | 2008 | |
| 2006-09-09 | West Virginia over Eastern Washington | 2006 | |
| 2002-08-31 | Air Force over Northwestern | 2002 | |
| 2000-10-21 | Ohio over Central Michigan | 2000 | |
| 2000-09-23 | TCU over Arkansas State | 2000 | |
| 1998-10-03 | Idaho over Idaho State | 1998 | |
| 1993-11-06 | Syracuse over Temple | 1993 | |
| 1990-10-27 | Texas over SMU | 1990 | |
| 1984-11-10 | Ohio State over Northwestern | 1984 | |
| 1979-10-13 | Hawai'i over Santa Clara | 1979 | |
| 1978-11-18 | Michigan State over Northwestern | 1978 | |
| 1977-10-01 | Fresno State over Cal Poly | 1977 | |
| 1977-10-01 | California over San José State | 1977 | |
| 1976-11-20 | Ball State over Eastern Michigan | 1976 | |
| 1973-11-03 | Cincinnati over North Texas | 1973 | |
| 1972-09-30 | Oklahoma over Clemson | 1972 | |
| 1970-10-03 | Arizona State over Wyoming | 1970 | |
| 1970-09-26 | Toledo over Marshall | 1970 | |
| 1914-10-17 | Montana State over Utah State | 1914 | |
| 1910-10-18 | Baylor over Haskell | 1910 |