Has a College Football game ever ended 56-16?
It has. 56-16 has been a College Football final 7 times in 84,433 games. The first was Syracuse beat Miami on November 21, 1970; the latest was Florida International beat Sam Houston on November 29, 2025.
That makes 56-16 the 1154th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 57-16 has happened 2 times and 56-17 has happened 31 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 2010 and 2039.
Every 56-16 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-29 | Florida International over Sam Houston | 2025 | |
| 2021-11-20 | Kentucky over New Mexico State | 2021 | |
| 2015-09-05 | Rice over Wagner | 2015 | |
| 2014-09-21 | Fresno State over Southern Utah | 2014 | |
| 2012-10-06 | Kansas State over Kansas | 2012 | |
| 1991-11-09 | Oklahoma over Missouri | 1991 | |
| 1970-11-21 | Syracuse over Miami | 1970 |