Has a College Football game ever ended 52-6?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 52-6 49 times. It first happened on October 15, 1887, when Harvard beat Williams, and most recently on September 13, 2025, when Penn State beat Villanova.
That makes 52-6 the 395th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 53-6 has happened 20 times and 52-7 has happened 89 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1902 and 1930.
Every 52-6 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-13 | Penn State over Villanova | 2025 | |
| 2024-11-09 | Tulane over Temple | 2024 | |
| 2024-10-05 | Wisconsin over Purdue | 2024 | |
| 2024-08-31 | Ohio State over Akron | 2024 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Washington over Portland State | 2022 | |
| 2018-11-17 | Mississippi State over Arkansas | 2018 | |
| 2016-09-24 | Troy over New Mexico State | 2016 | |
| 2016-09-04 | Alabama over USC | 2016 | |
| 2015-09-12 | Southern Miss over Austin Peay | 2015 | |
| 2013-11-23 | Clemson over The Citadel | 2013 | |
| 2011-09-17 | Southern Miss over SE Louisiana | 2011 | |
| 2010-11-20 | Nevada over New Mexico State | 2010 | |
| 2010-10-09 | Vanderbilt over Eastern Michigan | 2010 | |
| 2010-09-12 | Arizona over The Citadel | 2010 | |
| 2009-10-04 | Oregon over Washington State | 2009 | |
| 2009-09-19 | Ole Miss over SE Louisiana | 2009 | |
| 2007-09-08 | Purdue over Eastern Illinois | 2007 | |
| 2007-09-01 | Alabama over Western Carolina | 2007 | |
| 2005-11-26 | Florida International over Florida Atlantic | 2005 | |
| 2003-11-22 | Arkansas over Mississippi State | 2003 | |
| 2003-09-20 | Oklahoma State over SMU | 2003 | |
| 2002-09-01 | Memphis over Murray State | 2002 | |
| 2001-09-09 | UTEP over Texas Southern | 2001 | |
| 2000-11-25 | Miami over Boston College | 2000 | |
| 2000-10-07 | Arkansas over UL Monroe | 2000 | |
| 1996-09-07 | Miami over The Citadel | 1996 | |
| 1995-09-30 | Western Michigan over Kent State | 1995 | |
| 1995-09-16 | Wyoming over Hawai'i | 1995 | |
| 1991-10-25 | Michigan over Minnesota | 1991 | |
| 1988-10-22 | Pittsburgh over Navy | 1988 | |
| 1987-10-24 | Syracuse over Colgate | 1987 | |
| 1986-11-15 | Arizona State over Wichita State | 1986 | |
| 1986-11-08 | Georgia Tech over VMI | 1986 | |
| 1983-09-10 | Notre Dame over Purdue | 1983 | |
| 1982-11-20 | Pittsburgh over Rutgers | 1982 | |
| 1969-10-11 | Memphis over Cincinnati | 1969 | |
| 1967-11-23 | Toledo over Villanova | 1967 | |
| 1961-10-14 | Tennessee over Tulsa | 1961 | |
| 1958-11-27 | Pacific over Fresno State | 1958 | |
| 1954-10-23 | Navy over Pennsylvania | 1954 | |
| 1951-11-03 | Boston University over New York University | 1951 | |
| 1941-10-18 | Tulane over North Carolina | 1941 | |
| 1937-10-30 | LSU over Loyola (LA) | 1937 | |
| 1936-09-26 | Drake over Simpson College (IA) | 1936 | |
| 1935-09-21 | Loyola Marymount over California Tech | 1935 | |
| 1932-10-07 | Kansas State over Kansas Wesleyan | 1932 | |
| 1930-10-04 | Carnegie Mellon over Thiel | 1930 | |
| 1902-10-18 | Wisconsin over Beloit | 1902 | |
| 1887-10-15 | Harvard over Williams | 1887 |