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

Sample size: 15243 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 518 3.4%
2 or less 926 6.07%
3 or less 2343 15.37%
4 or less 2868 18.82%
5 or less 3248 21.31%
6 or less 3703 24.29%
7 or less 4890 32.08%
8 or less 5265 34.54%
9 or less 5442 35.7%
10 or less 6098 40.01%
11 or less 6435 42.22%
12 or less 6636 43.53%
13 or less 6907 45.31%
14 or less 7555 49.56%
15 or less 7765 50.94%
16 or less 7971 52.29%
17 or less 8495 55.73%
18 or less 8866 58.16%
19 or less 9074 59.53%
20 or less 9363 61.42%
21 or less 9913 65.03%
22 or less 10107 66.31%
23 or less 10293 67.53%
24 or less 10712 70.27%
25 or less 10988 72.09%
26 or less 11128 73%
27 or less 11361 74.53%
28 or less 11750 77.08%
29 or less 11874 77.9%
30 or less 12002 78.74%
31 or less 12292 80.64%
32 or less 12464 81.77%
33 or less 12553 82.35%
34 or less 12743 83.6%
35 or less 12998 85.27%
36 or less 13070 85.74%
37 or less 13162 86.35%
38 or less 13354 87.61%
39 or less 13461 88.31%
40 or less 13493 88.52%
41 or less 13591 89.16%
42 or less 13749 90.2%
43 or less 13777 90.38%
44 or less 13823 90.68%
45 or less 13937 91.43%
46 or less 13986 91.75%
47 or less 14012 91.92%
48 or less 14063 92.26%
49 or less 14147 92.81%
50 or less 14171 92.97%
51 or less 14192 93.11%
52 or less 14246 93.46%
53 or less 14275 93.65%
54 or less 14280 93.68%
55 or less 14309 93.87%
56 or less 14351 94.15%
57 or less 14358 94.19%
58 or less 14370 94.27%
59 or less 14393 94.42%
60 or less 14401 94.48%
61 or less 14404 94.5%
62 or less 14411 94.54%
63 or less 14425 94.63%
64 or less 14426 94.64%
65 or less 14428 94.65%
66 or less 14435 94.7%
67 or less 14436 94.71%
68 or less 14438 94.72%
69 or less 14441 94.74%
70 or less 14442 94.75%
71 or less 14445 94.76%
72 or less 14447 94.78%
73 or less 14450 94.8%
74 or less 14451 94.8%
78 or less 14452 94.81%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1417 9.3%
7 1187 7.79%
10 656 4.3%
14 648 4.25%
21 550 3.61%
4 525 3.44%
17 524 3.44%
1 518 3.4%
6 455 2.98%
24 419 2.75%
2 408 2.68%
28 389 2.55%
5 380 2.49%
8 375 2.46%
18 371 2.43%
11 337 2.21%
31 290 1.9%
20 289 1.9%
25 276 1.81%
13 271 1.78%
35 255 1.67%
27 233 1.53%
15 210 1.38%
19 208 1.36%
16 206 1.35%
12 201 1.32%
22 194 1.27%
38 192 1.26%
34 190 1.25%
23 186 1.22%
9 177 1.16%
32 172 1.13%
42 158 1.04%
26 140 0.92%
30 128 0.84%
29 124 0.81%
45 114 0.75%
39 107 0.7%
41 98 0.64%
37 92 0.6%
33 89 0.58%
49 84 0.55%
36 72 0.47%
52 54 0.35%
48 51 0.33%
46 49 0.32%
44 46 0.3%
56 42 0.28%
40 32 0.21%
53 29 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 14 0.09%
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 0.09%
10 or less 24 0.16%
12 or less 34 0.22%
13 or less 52 0.34%
14 or less 59 0.39%
15 or less 75 0.49%
16 or less 103 0.68%
17 or less 147 0.96%
18 or less 149 0.98%
19 or less 187 1.23%
20 or less 243 1.59%
21 or less 279 1.83%
22 or less 319 2.09%
23 or less 424 2.78%
24 or less 538 3.53%
25 or less 565 3.71%
26 or less 652 4.28%
27 or less 820 5.38%
28 or less 884 5.8%
29 or less 986 6.47%
30 or less 1183 7.76%
31 or less 1372 9%
32 or less 1436 9.42%
33 or less 1639 10.75%
34 or less 1886 12.37%
35 or less 2049 13.44%
36 or less 2169 14.23%
37 or less 2496 16.37%
38 or less 2783 18.26%
39 or less 2893 18.98%
40 or less 3110 20.4%
41 or less 3522 23.11%
42 or less 3704 24.3%
43 or less 3925 25.75%
44 or less 4302 28.22%
45 or less 4714 30.93%
46 or less 4862 31.9%
47 or less 5182 34%
48 or less 5580 36.61%
49 or less 5889 38.63%
50 or less 6101 40.02%
51 or less 6550 42.97%
52 or less 6927 45.44%
53 or less 7128 46.76%
54 or less 7406 48.59%
55 or less 7924 51.98%
56 or less 8159 53.53%
57 or less 8413 55.19%
58 or less 8798 57.72%
59 or less 9185 60.26%
60 or less 9327 61.19%
61 or less 9621 63.12%
62 or less 9927 65.12%
63 or less 10199 66.91%
64 or less 10396 68.2%
65 or less 10734 70.42%
66 or less 11022 72.31%
67 or less 11167 73.26%
68 or less 11338 74.38%
69 or less 11643 76.38%
70 or less 11803 77.43%
71 or less 11988 78.65%
72 or less 12185 79.94%
73 or less 12395 81.32%
74 or less 12482 81.89%
75 or less 12625 82.82%
76 or less 12795 83.94%
77 or less 12944 84.92%
78 or less 13014 85.38%
79 or less 13170 86.4%
80 or less 13285 87.15%
81 or less 13338 87.5%
82 or less 13415 88.01%
83 or less 13539 88.82%
84 or less 13600 89.22%
85 or less 13673 89.7%
86 or less 13735 90.11%
87 or less 13815 90.63%
88 or less 13842 90.81%
89 or less 13907 91.24%
90 or less 13969 91.64%
91 or less 14019 91.97%
92 or less 14053 92.19%
93 or less 14100 92.5%
94 or less 14126 92.67%
95 or less 14150 92.83%
96 or less 14168 92.95%
97 or less 14204 93.18%
98 or less 14224 93.31%
99 or less 14247 93.47%
100 or less 14277 93.66%
101 or less 14297 93.79%
102 or less 14306 93.85%
103 or less 14324 93.97%
104 or less 14336 94.05%
105 or less 14347 94.12%
106 or less 14353 94.16%
107 or less 14367 94.25%
108 or less 14381 94.34%
109 or less 14386 94.38%
110 or less 14391 94.41%
111 or less 14398 94.46%
112 or less 14402 94.48%
113 or less 14406 94.51%
114 or less 14410 94.54%
115 or less 14417 94.58%
116 or less 14419 94.59%
117 or less 14425 94.63%
118 or less 14426 94.64%
119 or less 14429 94.66%
120 or less 14430 94.67%
121 or less 14432 94.68%
123 or less 14435 94.7%
124 or less 14437 94.71%
125 or less 14438 94.72%
126 or less 14439 94.73%
129 or less 14440 94.73%
130 or less 14441 94.74%
132 or less 14442 94.75%
133 or less 14445 94.76%
135 or less 14446 94.77%
136 or less 14448 94.78%
137 or less 14449 94.79%
139 or less 14450 94.8%
140 or less 14451 94.8%
146 or less 14452 94.81%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 518 3.4%
51 449 2.95%
41 412 2.7%
45 412 2.7%
48 398 2.61%
59 387 2.54%
58 385 2.53%
44 377 2.47%
52 377 2.47%
65 338 2.22%
37 327 2.15%
47 320 2.1%
49 309 2.03%
62 306 2.01%
69 305 2%
61 294 1.93%
66 288 1.89%
38 287 1.88%
54 278 1.82%
63 272 1.78%
57 254 1.67%
34 247 1.62%
56 235 1.54%
43 221 1.45%
40 217 1.42%
50 212 1.39%
73 210 1.38%
33 203 1.33%
53 201 1.32%
30 197 1.29%
64 197 1.29%
72 197 1.29%
31 189 1.24%
71 185 1.21%
42 182 1.19%
68 171 1.12%
76 170 1.12%
27 168 1.1%
35 163 1.07%
70 160 1.05%
79 156 1.02%
77 149 0.98%
46 148 0.97%
67 145 0.95%
75 143 0.94%
60 142 0.93%
83 124 0.81%
36 120 0.79%
80 115 0.75%
24 114 0.75%
39 110 0.72%
23 105 0.69%
29 102 0.67%
26 87 0.57%
74 87 0.57%
87 80 0.52%
82 77 0.51%
85 73 0.48%
78 70 0.46%
89 65 0.43%
28 64 0.42%
32 64 0.42%
86 62 0.41%
90 62 0.41%
84 61 0.4%
20 56 0.37%
81 53 0.35%
91 50 0.33%
93 47 0.31%
17 44 0.29%
22 40 0.26%
19 38 0.25%
21 36 0.24%
97 36 0.24%
92 34 0.22%
100 30 0.2%
16 28 0.18%
25 27 0.18%
88 27 0.18%
94 26 0.17%
95 24 0.16%
99 23 0.15%
98 20 0.13%
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 0.07%
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 513 1.68%
2 or less 527 1.73%
3 or less 1097 3.6%
5 or less 1107 3.63%
6 or less 1480 4.85%
7 or less 2488 8.16%
8 or less 2520 8.27%
9 or less 2702 8.86%
10 or less 3818 12.52%
11 or less 3860 12.66%
12 or less 4035 13.24%
13 or less 4938 16.2%
14 or less 6319 20.73%
15 or less 6485 21.27%
16 or less 7011 23%
17 or less 8536 28%
18 or less 8661 28.41%
19 or less 9017 29.58%
20 or less 10232 33.56%
21 or less 11528 37.81%
22 or less 11787 38.66%
23 or less 12548 41.16%
24 or less 14306 46.93%
25 or less 14509 47.59%
26 or less 14922 48.95%
27 or less 16130 52.91%
28 or less 17315 56.8%
29 or less 17611 57.77%
30 or less 18351 60.19%
31 or less 19861 65.15%
32 or less 20044 65.75%
33 or less 20418 66.98%
34 or less 21448 70.35%
35 or less 22386 73.43%
36 or less 22611 74.17%
37 or less 23157 75.96%
38 or less 24260 79.58%
39 or less 24411 80.07%
40 or less 24682 80.96%
41 or less 25438 83.44%
42 or less 26169 85.84%
43 or less 26328 86.36%
44 or less 26697 87.57%
45 or less 27463 90.08%
46 or less 27531 90.31%
47 or less 27680 90.8%
48 or less 28087 92.13%
49 or less 28507 93.51%
50 or less 28605 93.83%
51 or less 28782 94.41%
52 or less 29166 95.67%
53 or less 29210 95.81%
54 or less 29291 96.08%
55 or less 29485 96.72%
56 or less 29744 97.57%
57 or less 29762 97.63%
58 or less 29845 97.9%
59 or less 30013 98.45%
60 or less 30027 98.49%
61 or less 30056 98.59%
62 or less 30138 98.86%
63 or less 30258 99.25%
64 or less 30265 99.28%
65 or less 30289 99.35%
66 or less 30354 99.57%
67 or less 30360 99.59%
68 or less 30373 99.63%
69 or less 30400 99.72%
70 or less 30437 99.84%
71 or less 30442 99.86%
72 or less 30447 99.87%
73 or less 30462 99.92%
74 or less 30464 99.93%
75 or less 30465 99.93%
76 or less 30470 99.95%
77 or less 30481 99.98%
78 or less 30482 99.99%
79 or less 30483 99.99%
80 or less 30484 99.99%
82 or less 30485 100%
83 or less 30486 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1758 5.77%
17 1525 5%
31 1510 4.95%
14 1381 4.53%
21 1296 4.25%
20 1215 3.99%
27 1208 3.96%
28 1185 3.89%
10 1116 3.66%
38 1103 3.62%
34 1030 3.38%
7 1008 3.31%
35 938 3.08%
13 903 2.96%
45 766 2.51%
23 761 2.5%
41 756 2.48%
30 740 2.43%
42 731 2.4%
3 570 1.87%
37 546 1.79%
16 526 1.73%
0 513 1.68%
49 420 1.38%
26 413 1.35%
48 407 1.34%
52 384 1.26%
33 374 1.23%
6 373 1.22%
44 369 1.21%
19 356 1.17%
29 296 0.97%
40 271 0.89%
22 259 0.85%
56 259 0.85%
36 225 0.74%
25 203 0.67%
55 194 0.64%
32 183 0.6%
9 182 0.6%
51 177 0.58%
12 175 0.57%
59 168 0.55%
15 166 0.54%
43 159 0.52%
39 151 0.5%
47 149 0.49%
18 125 0.41%
63 120 0.39%
50 98 0.32%
58 83 0.27%
62 82 0.27%
54 81 0.27%
46 68 0.22%
66 65 0.21%
53 44 0.14%
11 42 0.14%
70 37 0.12%
8 32 0.1%
61 29 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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