Frequency of CFB scores, 2005-2025 (FBS vs. FBS only)

Sample size: 15451 games.

Highest score by one team: 83 (November 13, 2010: Wisconsin 83 vs. Indiana 20)

Largest margin of victory: 78 (October 8, 2016: Michigan 78 at Rutgers 0)

Lowest-scoring game total: 3 (October 22, 2005: Arkansas St. 3 vs. Fla. Atlantic 0 ... December 31, 2008: Oregon St. 3 vs. Pittsburgh 0 ... October 10, 2015: Wake Forest 3 at Boston College 0)

Highest-scoring game total: 146 (November 24, 2018: Texas A&M 74 vs. LSU 72)

Average home score: 29.6|Average away score: 25.1

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
1 or less 525 3.4%
2 or less 939 6.08%
3 or less 2378 15.39%
4 or less 2914 18.86%
5 or less 3299 21.35%
6 or less 3761 24.34%
7 or less 4962 32.11%
8 or less 5338 34.55%
9 or less 5516 35.7%
10 or less 6183 40.02%
11 or less 6525 42.23%
12 or less 6733 43.58%
13 or less 7005 45.34%
14 or less 7659 49.57%
15 or less 7873 50.95%
16 or less 8083 52.31%
17 or less 8616 55.76%
18 or less 8991 58.19%
19 or less 9203 59.56%
20 or less 9496 61.46%
21 or less 10054 65.07%
22 or less 10253 66.36%
23 or less 10440 67.57%
24 or less 10866 70.33%
25 or less 11146 72.14%
26 or less 11288 73.06%
27 or less 11525 74.59%
28 or less 11919 77.14%
29 or less 12046 77.96%
30 or less 12176 78.8%
31 or less 12470 80.71%
32 or less 12647 81.85%
33 or less 12739 82.45%
34 or less 12932 83.7%
35 or less 13188 85.35%
36 or less 13261 85.83%
37 or less 13354 86.43%
38 or less 13548 87.68%
39 or less 13658 88.4%
40 or less 13691 88.61%
41 or less 13790 89.25%
42 or less 13949 90.28%
43 or less 13977 90.46%
44 or less 14024 90.76%
45 or less 14139 91.51%
46 or less 14188 91.83%
47 or less 14214 91.99%
48 or less 14266 92.33%
49 or less 14353 92.89%
50 or less 14377 93.05%
51 or less 14398 93.18%
52 or less 14452 93.53%
53 or less 14482 93.73%
54 or less 14487 93.76%
55 or less 14516 93.95%
56 or less 14558 94.22%
57 or less 14565 94.27%
58 or less 14577 94.34%
59 or less 14600 94.49%
60 or less 14608 94.54%
61 or less 14611 94.56%
62 or less 14618 94.61%
63 or less 14633 94.71%
64 or less 14634 94.71%
65 or less 14636 94.73%
66 or less 14643 94.77%
67 or less 14644 94.78%
68 or less 14646 94.79%
69 or less 14649 94.81%
70 or less 14650 94.82%
71 or less 14653 94.84%
72 or less 14655 94.85%
73 or less 14658 94.87%
74 or less 14659 94.87%
78 or less 14660 94.88%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1439 9.31%
7 1201 7.77%
10 667 4.32%
14 654 4.23%
21 558 3.61%
4 536 3.47%
17 533 3.45%
1 525 3.4%
6 462 2.99%
24 426 2.76%
2 414 2.68%
28 394 2.55%
5 385 2.49%
8 376 2.43%
18 375 2.43%
11 342 2.21%
31 294 1.9%
20 293 1.9%
25 280 1.81%
13 272 1.76%
35 256 1.66%
27 237 1.53%
15 214 1.39%
19 212 1.37%
16 210 1.36%
12 208 1.35%
22 199 1.29%
38 194 1.26%
34 193 1.25%
23 187 1.21%
9 178 1.15%
32 177 1.15%
42 159 1.03%
26 142 0.92%
30 130 0.84%
29 127 0.82%
45 115 0.74%
39 110 0.71%
41 99 0.64%
37 93 0.6%
33 92 0.6%
49 87 0.56%
36 73 0.47%
52 54 0.35%
48 52 0.34%
46 49 0.32%
44 47 0.3%
56 42 0.27%
40 33 0.21%
53 30 0.19%
55 29 0.19%
43 28 0.18%
47 26 0.17%
50 24 0.16%
59 23 0.15%
51 21 0.14%
63 15 0.1%
58 12 0.08%
60 8 0.05%
57 7 0.05%
62 7 0.05%
66 7 0.05%
54 5 0.03%
61 3 0.02%
69 3 0.02%
71 3 0.02%
73 3 0.02%
65 2 0.01%
68 2 0.01%
72 2 0.01%
64 1 0.01%
67 1 0.01%
70 1 0.01%
74 1 0.01%
78 1 0.01%

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Game total scoring, ordered

Total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
3 or less 2 0.01%
5 or less 3 0.02%
6 or less 6 0.04%
7 or less 8 0.05%
9 or less 13 0.08%
10 or less 24 0.16%
12 or less 34 0.22%
13 or less 52 0.34%
14 or less 59 0.38%
15 or less 75 0.49%
16 or less 103 0.67%
17 or less 147 0.95%
18 or less 149 0.96%
19 or less 187 1.21%
20 or less 245 1.59%
21 or less 281 1.82%
22 or less 321 2.08%
23 or less 430 2.78%
24 or less 547 3.54%
25 or less 576 3.73%
26 or less 663 4.29%
27 or less 833 5.39%
28 or less 898 5.81%
29 or less 1001 6.48%
30 or less 1202 7.78%
31 or less 1394 9.02%
32 or less 1459 9.44%
33 or less 1665 10.78%
34 or less 1915 12.39%
35 or less 2081 13.47%
36 or less 2202 14.25%
37 or less 2534 16.4%
38 or less 2827 18.3%
39 or less 2938 19.01%
40 or less 3161 20.46%
41 or less 3576 23.14%
42 or less 3762 24.35%
43 or less 3984 25.78%
44 or less 4369 28.28%
45 or less 4791 31.01%
46 or less 4942 31.98%
47 or less 5265 34.08%
48 or less 5674 36.72%
49 or less 5988 38.75%
50 or less 6203 40.15%
51 or less 6658 43.09%
52 or less 7040 45.56%
53 or less 7241 46.86%
54 or less 7521 48.68%
55 or less 8050 52.1%
56 or less 8287 53.63%
57 or less 8550 55.34%
58 or less 8940 57.86%
59 or less 9333 60.4%
60 or less 9475 61.32%
61 or less 9774 63.26%
62 or less 10086 65.28%
63 or less 10359 67.04%
64 or less 10557 68.33%
65 or less 10899 70.54%
66 or less 11190 72.42%
67 or less 11336 73.37%
68 or less 11510 74.49%
69 or less 11819 76.49%
70 or less 11983 77.55%
71 or less 12170 78.77%
72 or less 12369 80.05%
73 or less 12580 81.42%
74 or less 12667 81.98%
75 or less 12812 82.92%
76 or less 12984 84.03%
77 or less 13138 85.03%
78 or less 13208 85.48%
79 or less 13365 86.5%
80 or less 13481 87.25%
81 or less 13536 87.61%
82 or less 13614 88.11%
83 or less 13740 88.93%
84 or less 13801 89.32%
85 or less 13875 89.8%
86 or less 13938 90.21%
87 or less 14018 90.73%
88 or less 14045 90.9%
89 or less 14111 91.33%
90 or less 14174 91.74%
91 or less 14224 92.06%
92 or less 14259 92.29%
93 or less 14307 92.6%
94 or less 14333 92.76%
95 or less 14357 92.92%
96 or less 14375 93.04%
97 or less 14411 93.27%
98 or less 14432 93.4%
99 or less 14455 93.55%
100 or less 14485 93.75%
101 or less 14505 93.88%
102 or less 14514 93.94%
103 or less 14532 94.05%
104 or less 14544 94.13%
105 or less 14555 94.2%
106 or less 14561 94.24%
107 or less 14575 94.33%
108 or less 14589 94.42%
109 or less 14594 94.45%
110 or less 14599 94.49%
111 or less 14606 94.53%
112 or less 14610 94.56%
113 or less 14614 94.58%
114 or less 14618 94.61%
115 or less 14625 94.65%
116 or less 14627 94.67%
117 or less 14633 94.71%
118 or less 14634 94.71%
119 or less 14637 94.73%
120 or less 14638 94.74%
121 or less 14640 94.75%
123 or less 14643 94.77%
124 or less 14645 94.78%
125 or less 14646 94.79%
126 or less 14647 94.8%
129 or less 14648 94.8%
130 or less 14649 94.81%
132 or less 14650 94.82%
133 or less 14653 94.84%
135 or less 14654 94.84%
136 or less 14656 94.85%
137 or less 14657 94.86%
139 or less 14658 94.87%
140 or less 14659 94.87%
146 or less 14660 94.88%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 529 3.42%
51 455 2.94%
45 422 2.73%
41 415 2.69%
48 409 2.65%
59 393 2.54%
58 390 2.52%
44 385 2.49%
52 382 2.47%
65 342 2.21%
37 332 2.15%
47 323 2.09%
49 314 2.03%
62 312 2.02%
69 309 2%
61 299 1.94%
38 293 1.9%
66 291 1.88%
54 280 1.81%
63 273 1.77%
57 263 1.7%
34 250 1.62%
56 237 1.53%
40 223 1.44%
43 222 1.44%
50 215 1.39%
73 211 1.37%
33 206 1.33%
30 201 1.3%
53 201 1.3%
72 199 1.29%
64 198 1.28%
31 192 1.24%
71 187 1.21%
42 186 1.2%
68 174 1.13%
76 172 1.11%
27 170 1.1%
35 166 1.07%
70 164 1.06%
79 157 1.02%
77 154 1%
46 151 0.98%
67 146 0.94%
75 145 0.94%
60 142 0.92%
83 126 0.82%
36 121 0.78%
24 117 0.76%
80 116 0.75%
39 111 0.72%
23 109 0.71%
29 103 0.67%
26 87 0.56%
74 87 0.56%
87 80 0.52%
82 78 0.5%
85 74 0.48%
78 70 0.45%
89 66 0.43%
28 65 0.42%
32 65 0.42%
86 63 0.41%
90 63 0.41%
84 61 0.39%
20 58 0.38%
81 55 0.36%
91 50 0.32%
93 48 0.31%
17 44 0.28%
22 40 0.26%
19 38 0.25%
21 36 0.23%
97 36 0.23%
92 35 0.23%
100 30 0.19%
25 29 0.19%
16 28 0.18%
88 27 0.17%
94 26 0.17%
95 24 0.16%
99 23 0.15%
98 21 0.14%
101 20 0.13%
13 18 0.12%
96 18 0.12%
103 18 0.12%
15 16 0.1%
107 14 0.09%
108 14 0.09%
104 12 0.08%
10 11 0.07%
105 11 0.07%
12 10 0.06%
102 9 0.06%
14 7 0.05%
111 7 0.05%
115 7 0.05%
106 6 0.04%
117 6 0.04%
9 5 0.03%
109 5 0.03%
110 5 0.03%
112 4 0.03%
113 4 0.03%
114 4 0.03%
6 3 0.02%
119 3 0.02%
123 3 0.02%
133 3 0.02%
3 2 0.01%
7 2 0.01%
18 2 0.01%
116 2 0.01%
121 2 0.01%
124 2 0.01%
136 2 0.01%
5 1 0.01%
118 1 0.01%
120 1 0.01%
125 1 0.01%
126 1 0.01%
129 1 0.01%
130 1 0.01%
132 1 0.01%
135 1 0.01%
137 1 0.01%
139 1 0.01%
140 1 0.01%
146 1 0.01%

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Game team scoring, ordered

Team total Occurrence Cumulative pct.
No score 516 1.67%
2 or less 530 1.72%
3 or less 1111 3.6%
5 or less 1121 3.63%
6 or less 1499 4.85%
7 or less 2519 8.15%
8 or less 2552 8.26%
9 or less 2743 8.88%
10 or less 3878 12.55%
11 or less 3922 12.69%
12 or less 4099 13.26%
13 or less 5012 16.22%
14 or less 6411 20.75%
15 or less 6579 21.29%
16 or less 7114 23.02%
17 or less 8664 28.04%
18 or less 8793 28.45%
19 or less 9156 29.63%
20 or less 10384 33.6%
21 or less 11697 37.85%
22 or less 11959 38.7%
23 or less 12727 41.19%
24 or less 14513 46.96%
25 or less 14723 47.64%
26 or less 15151 49.03%
27 or less 16374 52.99%
28 or less 17572 56.86%
29 or less 17871 57.83%
30 or less 18620 60.25%
31 or less 20149 65.2%
32 or less 20335 65.8%
33 or less 20710 67.02%
34 or less 21754 70.4%
35 or less 22702 73.46%
36 or less 22929 74.2%
37 or less 23482 75.99%
38 or less 24600 79.61%
39 or less 24752 80.1%
40 or less 25029 80.99%
41 or less 25792 83.46%
42 or less 26539 85.88%
43 or less 26698 86.4%
44 or less 27068 87.59%
45 or less 27845 90.11%
46 or less 27913 90.33%
47 or less 28063 90.81%
48 or less 28477 92.15%
49 or less 28904 93.53%
50 or less 29002 93.85%
51 or less 29182 94.43%
52 or less 29570 95.69%
53 or less 29615 95.84%
54 or less 29696 96.1%
55 or less 29892 96.73%
56 or less 30155 97.58%
57 or less 30173 97.64%
58 or less 30258 97.92%
59 or less 30427 98.46%
60 or less 30441 98.51%
61 or less 30471 98.61%
62 or less 30553 98.87%
63 or less 30673 99.26%
64 or less 30680 99.28%
65 or less 30704 99.36%
66 or less 30769 99.57%
67 or less 30775 99.59%
68 or less 30788 99.63%
69 or less 30815 99.72%
70 or less 30853 99.84%
71 or less 30858 99.86%
72 or less 30863 99.87%
73 or less 30878 99.92%
74 or less 30880 99.93%
75 or less 30881 99.93%
76 or less 30886 99.95%
77 or less 30897 99.98%
78 or less 30898 99.99%
79 or less 30899 99.99%
80 or less 30900 99.99%
82 or less 30901 100%
83 or less 30902 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1786 5.78%
17 1550 5.02%
31 1529 4.95%
14 1399 4.53%
21 1313 4.25%
20 1228 3.97%
27 1223 3.96%
28 1198 3.88%
10 1135 3.67%
38 1118 3.62%
34 1044 3.38%
7 1020 3.3%
35 948 3.07%
13 913 2.95%
45 777 2.51%
23 768 2.49%
41 763 2.47%
30 749 2.42%
42 747 2.42%
3 581 1.88%
37 553 1.79%
16 535 1.73%
0 516 1.67%
26 428 1.39%
49 427 1.38%
48 414 1.34%
52 388 1.26%
6 378 1.22%
33 375 1.21%
44 370 1.2%
19 363 1.17%
29 299 0.97%
40 277 0.9%
56 263 0.85%
22 262 0.85%
36 227 0.73%
25 210 0.68%
55 196 0.63%
9 191 0.62%
32 186 0.6%
51 180 0.58%
12 177 0.57%
59 169 0.55%
15 168 0.54%
43 159 0.51%
39 152 0.49%
47 150 0.49%
18 129 0.42%
63 120 0.39%
50 98 0.32%
58 85 0.28%
62 82 0.27%
54 81 0.26%
46 68 0.22%
66 65 0.21%
53 45 0.15%
11 44 0.14%
70 38 0.12%
8 33 0.11%
61 30 0.1%
69 27 0.09%
65 24 0.08%
57 18 0.06%
73 15 0.05%
2 14 0.05%
60 14 0.05%
68 13 0.04%
77 11 0.04%
5 10 0.03%
64 7 0.02%
67 6 0.02%
71 5 0.02%
72 5 0.02%
76 5 0.02%
74 2 0.01%
75 1 0%
78 1 0%
79 1 0%
80 1 0%
82 1 0%
83 1 0%

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