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Has a College Football game ever ended 78-0?

Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 78-0 20 times. It first happened on October 28, 1891, when Princeton beat Manhattan A.C., and most recently on October 8, 2016, when Michigan beat Rutgers.

Where 78-0 sits among nearby College Football scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 78-0 the 713th most common final score out of 2,215 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 79-0 has happened 16 times and 78-1 has happened never. At one point the score disappeared for 66 years, between 1950 and 2016.

Every 78-0 in College Football history

DateResultSeason
2016-10-08Michigan over Rutgers2016
1950-09-23New Mexico over Northern Arizona1950
1945-09-22New Mexico over Eastern New Mexico1945
1944-11-11Bucknell over City College of New York1944
1944-09-23Second Air Force over Whitman1944
1941-09-20Boston College over St. Anselm1941
1921-10-08LSU over Northwestern State1921
1919-10-18Washington and Lee over Norfolk Navy Base1919
1919-10-18NC State over Roanoke1919
1917-11-24Lehigh over Lafayette1917
1916-11-25Georgetown over Bucknell1916
1915-10-01Auburn over Marion1915
1912-11-04Florida over Charleston1912
1910-10-15Auburn over Samford1910
1910-10-01Colgate over Clarkson1910
1907-11-02Saint Louis over Washington University (St. Louis)1907
1906-10-20Vanderbilt over Alabama1906
1900-10-05Beloit over Ripon1900
1892-10-19Pennsylvania over Dickinson (PA)1892
1891-10-28Princeton over Manhattan A.C.1891

Open the College Football grid at 78-0