Has a College Football game ever ended 53-20?
It has. 53-20 has been a College Football final 6 times in 84,857 games. The first was Clemson beat Duquesne on November 4, 1950; the latest was San Diego State beat Portland State on September 6, 2026.
That makes 53-20 the 1226th most common final score out of 2,217 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 54-20 has happened 12 times and 53-21 has happened 11 times. At one point the score disappeared for 28 years, between 1970 and 1998.
Every 53-20 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-06 | San Diego State over Portland State | 2026 | |
| 1998-09-26 | LSU over Idaho | 1998 | |
| 1970-09-26 | North Carolina over Maryland | 1970 | |
| 1968-11-23 | Vanderbilt over Davidson | 1968 | |
| 1955-11-12 | Hardin-Simmons over Cincinnati | 1955 | |
| 1950-11-04 | Clemson over Duquesne | 1950 |
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