List of 100-point games in college football

In college football, games in which 100 points are scored by a single team are a rarity, especially since 1940; in lopsided games, it is considered in poor form to run up the score. Of current NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) teams, only Arizona, Bowling Green, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and Tulsa have eclipsed 150 points in a game. Neglecting games in the early 1900s, the Houston Cougars are the only Division I FBS football team to score 100 points against another FBS team, against Tulsa in 1968. The most lopsided game in college football history occurred in a 1916 contest when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222–0.[1] King College (TN), now King University, scored 206 points against Lenoir in 1922 and the former St. Viator College (IL) put up 205 points against Lane in 1916.

In 1916, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0.

On September 25, 1884, Yale defeated Dartmouth 113–0, becoming the first team to score 100 points in a game.[2] The next week, Princeton outscored Lafayette 140 to 0.[3]

It is rare for a team to have scored in a game when the opponent scored over 100 points, but several cases exist. One is the Rice–Southern Methodist game of 1916 when SMU scored an early field goal but Rice "came back" to win 146–3.

Early records are often incomplete and sometimes contradictory. Scores listed in the table below have been confirmed in at least two sources[4] except when there is a footnote to the score. A footnote by the date indicates a third reference source. The table includes not only scores from NCAA programs but also from those that compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and from games played before the advent of the NCAA or NAIA.


List of 100-point games
TeamOpponentScoreYear
AlbionRiver Rouge NTS178–0[5]1919
Alma CollegeCentral Michigan106–0[6]1912
Appalachian StatePiedmont115–0[7]1936
AlabamaMarion Military Institute110–0[8]1922
Arkansas StateCentral Arkansas101–01917
ArizonaNew Mexico Military Institute110–01921
ArizonaCamp Harry Jones167–0[9]1920
ArkansasFourth District Normal[10]100–01911
Austin CollegeDaniel Baker College109–01920
Baldwin–WallaceKent State118–01923
BaylorHardin–Simmons103–01917
BeloitNorthern Illinois115–01913
Bowling GreenFindlay151–01921
ButlerHanover122–6[11]1921
ButlerIndiana State101–01905
CaliforniaSt. Mary's (CA)127–01920
Carlisle IndiansAlbright100–01904
Central OklahomaOklahoma City183–0[12]1916
Central OklahomaOklahoma Baptist157–01919
Central OklahomaEast Central (OK)104–01921
Central State (Ohio)Lane101–0[13]1989
CentreKentucky Military Institute104–01917
CentreHoward (AL)[14]120–01920
CentreGeorgetown (KY)103–01920
Chemawa IndiansPacific U. (OR)[15]104–0[16]1923
ChicagoGreat Lakes Naval Station123–01919
ChicagoMonmouth108–01903
CincinnatiTransylvania124–01912
CincinnatiKentucky Wesleyan115–01921
ClemsonGuilford122–0[17]1901
CoeHighland Park115–0[18]1914
ColgateRPI107–01915
ColoradoRegis109–01905
Colorado MinesColorado103–01890
ConnecticutNewport NTS125–01949
CornellRochester124–01889
CornellWestern Reserve110–01921
DaytonCentral Normal (IN)161–0[19]1923
DefianceFindlay118–0[20]1921
DetroitToledo145–01917
Eastern WashingtonSpokane Univ.114–0[21]1914
Emporia (College of)Pittsburg Normal107–01910
Emporia (College of)Olathe105–0[16]1914
Emporia StateFriends134–01912
FloridaFlorida Southern144–01913
FordhamWashington (MD)101–01920
Fort Hays StateSalina All Stars125–7[22]1913
Fort Valley StateKnoxville106–01969
GeorgiaAlabama Presbyterian108–01913
GeorgiaDahlonega[23]101–0[18]1914
GeorgiaLocust Grove101–01910
Georgia TechMercer105–01914
Georgia TechCumberland222–01916
Georgia TechNC State128–01918
Georgia Tech11th Cavalry123–01918
Georgia TechFurman118–01918
HarvardExeter158–0[24]1886
HarvardWesleyan110–0[25]1887
HarvardAmherst102–01888
HarvardWesleyan124–01891
HawaiiNational Guard101–01926
HawaiiField Artillery101–01926
HendrixDraughon Practical Business Col.112–0[26]1912
HendrixHenderson128–01919
HoustonTulsa100–61968
Idaho StateWestern Montana111–0[27]1931
Idaho StateWestern Montana103–0[27]1930
Idaho StateGooding (Idaho)106–0[27]1922
Illinois CollegeCarthage111–0[28]1915
King (TN)Lenoir206–0[29]1922
LehighPenn State106–01889
LouisianaDelcambre Academy (LA)105–0[30]1903
Louisiana TechClarke (MS)100–0[31]1922
LouisvilleWashington (TN)100–01913
Marion MilitaryHoward (AL)[14]101–0[32]1918
MarquetteUW-Oshkosh103–01917
MarshallKentucky Wesleyan101–01916
MemphisSomerville High School115–01916
MichiganWest Virginia130–01904
MichiganBuffalo128–01901
MichiganMichigan State119–01902
MichiganIowa107–01902
Michigan StateOlivet109–01920
Michigan StateHillsdale104–01904
Michigan StateKalamazoo103–01928
Michigan StateRipon100–01931
MillikinIndiana State158–6[33]1920
MillikinIllinois State107–01920
MinnesotaGrinnell102–01902
MinnesotaMacalester112–01903
MinnesotaGrinnell146–01904
MinnesotaTwin Cities High School107–01904
MississippiSW Baptist114–0[34]1904
Mississippi Valley StateRust101–0[35]1956
Missouri School of MinesKirksville Osteopaths150–0[18]1914
Missouri School of MinesPittsburg Normal104–01914
MontanaMt. St. Charles133–01920
MontanaMontana Tech106–61924
Morehead StateRio Grande (OH)104–0[36]1941
Murray StateLouisville105–01933
Murray StateWill Mayfield119–6[37]1928
NavyUrsinus127–01918
NavyColby121–01919
NebraskaHaskell119–01910
NebraskaKearney State117–01911
NebraskaCreighton102–01905
NebraskaNebraska Wesleyan100–01917
NevadaCollege of Pacific (CA)[38]134–01919
NevadaMare Island Marines102–01919
New MexicoNorthern Arizona108–01916
New Mexico State2nd Cavalry-Fort Bliss116–0[39]1912
New Mexico StateNew Mexico Mines108–0[39]1932
New Mexico StateNew Mexico110–31917
NC StateHampton Roads100–01919
North CentralLewis Institute116–0[40]1915
North Dakota StateWahpeton Indians123–0[41]1912
North Dakota StateFlandreau Indians105–0[41]1903
North ParkNorth Central104–32[40]1968
Northern IllinoisWheaton (IL)114–71912
Northwestern State (LA)Monroe High School (LA)134–0[42]1915
Notre DameAmerican Medical142–01905
Notre DameRose Poly103–01914
Ohio WesleyanMiami (OH)104–01891
OklahomaKingfisher179–0[43]1917
OklahomaKingfisher157–0[43]1919
OklahomaSW Oklahoma140–0[43]1916
OklahomaOklahoma Baptist107–0[43]1916
OklahomaKingfisher104–0[43]1911
OklahomaArkansas103–0[43]1918
OklahomaNW Oklahoma102–0[43]1915
OklahomaNW Oklahoma101–0[43]1913
Oklahoma StatePhillips134–01914
Oklahoma StatePhillips112–3[44]1913
Oklahoma StateSW Oklahoma117–01916
OregonPuget Sound114–0[45] 1910
Pacific U. (OR)[15]Pacific College[15]118–0[16]1923
Penn StateLebanon Valley109–71920
Pittsburg State (KS)Fourth District Normal[10]150–01912
Portland StateDelaware State105–0[46]1980
PrincetonLafayette140–01884
PrincetonJohns Hopkins108–0[47]1885
PrincetonJohns Hopkins104–01888
PrincetonVirginia115–01890
RiceSMU146–31916
RockfordTrinity Bible105–02003
St. LouisBlackburn104–0[18]1914
St. ViatorLane College (IL)205–0[48]1916
San Jose StateUniversity of Mexico103–01949
SewaneeFlorence State101–0[49]1912
SouthernBishop (TX)105–0[50]1952
Southern IllinoisInternational Univ. Arts & Sci.118–0[51]1914
Southern MissSmith County High School113–01921
Southwestern Louisiana[52]Patterson High School107–61918
S. F. AustinCenter High School120–0[53]1923
S. F. AustinCollege of Marshall (TX)108–0[53]1926
SusquehannaLyken AC104–0[54]1902
SyracuseManhattan144–01904
TempleBlue Ridge110–01927
TennesseeAmerican104–01905
TennesseeCumberland101–01915
TennesseeKing101–01912
TennesseeCarson-Newman101–01915
Texas A&MDaniel Baker College110–0[55]1920
Texas TechWayland Baptist120–01925
Third District Normal[56]Will Mayfield110–0[57]1916
Third District Normal[56]DeSoto Athletic Club107–0[57]1916
TulsaMissouri School of Mines117–01916
TulsaOklahoma Baptist152–01919
TulsaSt. Gregory's121–01920
TulsaNE Oklahoma151–01920
UtahFort Douglas107–01904
UtahFort Douglas129–01905
UtahCollege of Idaho105–31923
Utah StateCrimsons100–01907
Utah StateIdaho State136–01919
ValparaisoLewis110–0[58]1923
VanderbiltBethel105–01912
VanderbiltHenderson-Brown101–01915
VanderbiltMaryville100–31912
VirginiaRandolph-Macon136–01890
VirginiaFort Monroe102–01894
Virginia MilitaryHampden-Sydney136–01920
XavierLees132–01927
XavierFort Thomas121–01919
WashingtonWhitworth100–01913
WashingtonWhitman120–01919
WashingtonWillamette108–01925
Washington & JeffersonGrove City100–0[59]1913
Washington & JeffersonDickinson105–0[18][59]1914
Washington & LeeRose Poly103–0[18]1914
West Liberty StateCedarville137–0[60]1932
Western MichiganHillsdale103–0[61]1918
WhittierUCLA103–01920
WisconsinWisconsin-Whitewater106–01890
Wisconsin–Stevens PointSt. Norbert108–0[62]1921
WyomingNorthern Colorado103–01949
YaleDartmouth113–0[63]1884
YaleWesleyan136–0[64]1886
YaleWesleyan106–0[65]1887
YaleWesleyan105–0[65]1888

Breakdown of list

As a supplement to the list, the following summarizations are provided.

Team appearances on list

Oklahoma leads the pack of most 100+ point victories with 8, followed by Georgia Tech with 5. Wesleyan holds the distinction of losing the most 100+ point games with 5, where Kingfisher College and Oklahoma Baptist are second with three each.

A total of 15 teams appear on both the winning and losing side of 100+ point games: Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho State, Louisville, Marion Military Inst, Michigan State, Missouri School of Mines (now Missouri S&T), NC State, New Mexico, North Central, Northern Illinois, Pacific, Penn State, Tulsa, and Virginia.

Games by decade

The 1920 season produced the most 100 point games in a single year with 16, but the 1910s proved to be the decade with the most 100 point games with 92. From 1910 to 1929, a total of 139 games were played with 100 points scored by one side. This is 35% of all such games being in this 20-year period.

Decade # games Percent of total
1880s126.0
1890s73.5
1900s2411.9
1910s9346.3
1920s4622.9
1930s73.5
1940s42.0
1950s21.0
1960s31.5
1970s00.0
1980s21.0
1990s00.0
2000s10.5
2010s00.0

Least margin of victory

In only one game did the losing team score more than 7 points, with North Central scoring 32 points in 1968 and North Park winning by "only" 72 points.

Notes
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  2. DeLassus, David. "Yale Yearly Results (1880–1884)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 13, 2010. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  3. DeLassus, David. "Princeton Yearly Results (1880–1884)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
  4. The sources were usually The Football Thesaurus and the football media guide of one of the corresponding schools.
  5. "Albion Game by Game Results". 2015-09-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  6. Alma College Football Media Guide 2012 and Kalamazoo Gazette, 1912 Oct. 31.
  7. Appalachian State Football Media Guide.
  8. "1922 Season" (PDF). University of Alabama Athletics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-04. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  9. "Arizona Game by Game Results". 2015-09-05. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  10. Now Missouri State.
  11. Butler University Football Media Guide.
  12. http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/miaa/central_oklahoma/most_points.php
  13. "Trailing 101-0, Team Calls It a Game". Los Angeles Times.
  14. Now Samford.
  15. Not to be confused with the University of the Pacific in California.
  16. The Football Thesaurus, 1954 edition.
  17. "Phenomenal Score". The Times (Richmond, IN). October 6, 1901. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. Statistical Review of 1914, Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide, 1914, p. 289.
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  20. Findlay records have the score as 119–0.
  21. Eastern Washington 2010 Football Media Guide.
  22. Fort Hays State 2012 Football Media Guide.
  23. Now North Georgia.
  24. "Harvard Game by Game Results". 2015-09-06. Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  25. The Football Thesaurus has the score as 118–0.
  26. Hendrix football results, http://www.hendrixwarriors.com/custompages/Football/History/FootballResults.pdf (retrieved 2014 Nov. 6) .
  27. Idaho State University Football Media Guide.
  28. Carthage College Football Media Guide.
  29. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-11-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (retrieved 2010 Nov. 4) and the Lenoir-Rhyne Football Media Guide.
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  32. Samford 2009 Football Media Guide.
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  34. The Football Thesaurus lists score as 115–0.
  35. Mississippi State 2010 Football Media Guide.
  36. Morehead State 2008 Football Media Guide.
  37. 2011 Murray State Football Media Guide.
  38. Not to be confused with the Oregon school now known as Pacific University, or another Oregon school formerly known as Pacific College, now George Fox.
  39. New Mexico State Football Media Guide.
  40. North Central College Football Record Book (http://northcentralcollege.edu/Documents/athletics/fb_record_book.pdf Archived 2012-03-07 at the Wayback Machine).
  41. 2008 NDSU Football Media Guide.
  42. 2011 Northwestern State Football Media Guide.
  43. "Game Points Scored Records". SoonerStats.com. Retrieved 2006-12-27.
  44. Oklahoma State Football Media Guide, but score not in The Football Thesaurus.
  45. "Oregon U. gives Puget Sound drubbing". Eugene Daily Guard. (Oregon). October 22, 1910. p. 1.
  46. Portland State A 105–0 Winner, Ocala Star-Banner, November 10, 1980.
  47. Princeton records have score at 10–0.
  48. Chicago Tribune, Oct. 15, 1916.
  49. Goens, Mike (February 24, 1989). "What it wasn't was football for early Lions". TimesDaily. Florence, Alabama. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
  50. Southern University 2007 Football Media Guide.
  51. Southern Illinois Football Media Guide.
  52. Now Louisiana–Lafayette.
  53. Stephen F. Austin State University Football Media Guide.
  54. Susquehanna University Football Media Guide.
  55. "Texas A&M:50+ Delta Points Scored In A Game". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-11-29.
  56. Now Southeast Missouri State.
  57. Southeast Missouri State Football Media Guide.
  58. Valparaiso 2009 Football Media Guide.
  59. "Presidents Football 2009" (PDF). Washington & Jefferson College. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  60. Football at Cedarville?, December 12, 2010.
  61. Hillsdale records have the score as 102–0.
  62. "UW Stevens Point Football records" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-05.
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