Has a College Football game ever ended 53-42?
It has. 53-42 has been a College Football final 2 times in 84,433 games. The first was San José State beat Long Beach State on October 27, 1979; the latest was Eastern Michigan beat Western Michigan on December 5, 2020.
That makes 53-42 the 1611th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 54-42 has happened 2 times and 53-43 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 41 years, between 1979 and 2020.
Every 53-42 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-05 | Eastern Michigan over Western Michigan | 2020 | |
| 1979-10-27 | San José State over Long Beach State | 1979 |