Has a College Football game ever ended 8-5?
Yes. College Football has seen a final score of 8-5 10 times. It first happened on October 28, 1896, when Harvard Alumni beat Harvard, and most recently on September 6, 2003, when Eastern Washington beat Idaho.
That makes 8-5 the 1008th most common final score out of 2,216 that have ever occurred in College Football. One point away, 9-5 has happened 12 times and 8-6 has happened 45 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1890 and 1919. At one point the score disappeared for 54 years, between 1939 and 1993.
Every 8-5 in College Football history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-09-06 | Eastern Washington over Idaho | 2003 | |
| 1993-09-11 | Colorado State over Air Force | 1993 | |
| 1939-10-28 | Washington over Stanford | 1939 | |
| 1911-10-28 | Georgia over Mercer | 1911 | |
| 1910-09-24 | Ursinus over Pennsylvania | 1910 | |
| 1909-11-13 | Haskell over Denver | 1909 | |
| 1907-10-19 | Minnesota over Nebraska | 1907 | |
| 1906-11-03 | Holy Cross over Fordham | 1906 | |
| 1903-11-03 | Colorado State over Colorado College | 1903 | |
| 1896-10-28 | Harvard Alumni over Harvard | 1896 |