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

Sample size: 15395 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 523 3.4%
2 or less 937 6.09%
3 or less 2373 15.41%
4 or less 2906 18.88%
5 or less 3289 21.36%
6 or less 3749 24.35%
7 or less 4945 32.12%
8 or less 5321 34.56%
9 or less 5499 35.72%
10 or less 6160 40.01%
11 or less 6501 42.23%
12 or less 6707 43.57%
13 or less 6979 45.33%
14 or less 7631 49.57%
15 or less 7845 50.96%
16 or less 8054 52.32%
17 or less 8585 55.76%
18 or less 8958 58.19%
19 or less 9168 59.55%
20 or less 9459 61.44%
21 or less 10014 65.05%
22 or less 10211 66.33%
23 or less 10397 67.53%
24 or less 10821 70.29%
25 or less 11101 72.11%
26 or less 11243 73.03%
27 or less 11479 74.56%
28 or less 11873 77.12%
29 or less 12000 77.95%
30 or less 12129 78.79%
31 or less 12421 80.68%
32 or less 12598 81.83%
33 or less 12690 82.43%
34 or less 12883 83.68%
35 or less 13139 85.35%
36 or less 13212 85.82%
37 or less 13305 86.42%
38 or less 13499 87.68%
39 or less 13608 88.39%
40 or less 13640 88.6%
41 or less 13738 89.24%
42 or less 13897 90.27%
43 or less 13925 90.45%
44 or less 13972 90.76%
45 or less 14087 91.5%
46 or less 14136 91.82%
47 or less 14162 91.99%
48 or less 14214 92.33%
49 or less 14298 92.87%
50 or less 14322 93.03%
51 or less 14343 93.17%
52 or less 14397 93.52%
53 or less 14426 93.71%
54 or less 14431 93.74%
55 or less 14460 93.93%
56 or less 14502 94.2%
57 or less 14509 94.24%
58 or less 14521 94.32%
59 or less 14544 94.47%
60 or less 14552 94.52%
61 or less 14555 94.54%
62 or less 14562 94.59%
63 or less 14577 94.69%
64 or less 14578 94.69%
65 or less 14580 94.71%
66 or less 14587 94.75%
67 or less 14588 94.76%
68 or less 14590 94.77%
69 or less 14593 94.79%
70 or less 14594 94.8%
71 or less 14597 94.82%
72 or less 14599 94.83%
73 or less 14602 94.85%
74 or less 14603 94.86%
78 or less 14604 94.86%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1436 9.33%
7 1196 7.77%
10 661 4.29%
14 652 4.24%
21 555 3.61%
4 533 3.46%
17 531 3.45%
1 523 3.4%
6 460 2.99%
24 424 2.75%
2 414 2.69%
28 394 2.56%
5 383 2.49%
8 376 2.44%
18 373 2.42%
11 341 2.22%
31 292 1.9%
20 291 1.89%
25 280 1.82%
13 272 1.77%
35 256 1.66%
27 236 1.53%
15 214 1.39%
19 210 1.36%
16 209 1.36%
12 206 1.34%
22 197 1.28%
38 194 1.26%
34 193 1.25%
23 186 1.21%
9 178 1.16%
32 177 1.15%
42 159 1.03%
26 142 0.92%
30 129 0.84%
29 127 0.82%
45 115 0.75%
39 109 0.71%
41 98 0.64%
37 93 0.6%
33 92 0.6%
49 84 0.55%
36 73 0.47%
52 54 0.35%
48 52 0.34%
46 49 0.32%
44 47 0.31%
56 42 0.27%
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 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 0.97%
19 or less 187 1.21%
20 or less 245 1.59%
21 or less 281 1.83%
22 or less 321 2.09%
23 or less 430 2.79%
24 or less 545 3.54%
25 or less 573 3.72%
26 or less 660 4.29%
27 or less 830 5.39%
28 or less 895 5.81%
29 or less 998 6.48%
30 or less 1197 7.78%
31 or less 1389 9.02%
32 or less 1454 9.44%
33 or less 1659 10.78%
34 or less 1908 12.39%
35 or less 2074 13.47%
36 or less 2194 14.25%
37 or less 2525 16.4%
38 or less 2817 18.3%
39 or less 2928 19.02%
40 or less 3148 20.45%
41 or less 3562 23.14%
42 or less 3747 24.34%
43 or less 3968 25.77%
44 or less 4352 28.27%
45 or less 4771 30.99%
46 or less 4920 31.96%
47 or less 5243 34.06%
48 or less 5651 36.71%
49 or less 5963 38.73%
50 or less 6178 40.13%
51 or less 6632 43.08%
52 or less 7012 45.55%
53 or less 7213 46.85%
54 or less 7493 48.67%
55 or less 8018 52.08%
56 or less 8254 53.61%
57 or less 8514 55.3%
58 or less 8904 57.84%
59 or less 9294 60.37%
60 or less 9436 61.29%
61 or less 9734 63.23%
62 or less 10045 65.25%
63 or less 10317 67.02%
64 or less 10515 68.3%
65 or less 10857 70.52%
66 or less 11147 72.41%
67 or less 11293 73.35%
68 or less 11466 74.48%
69 or less 11772 76.47%
70 or less 11936 77.53%
71 or less 12122 78.74%
72 or less 12319 80.02%
73 or less 12530 81.39%
74 or less 12617 81.96%
75 or less 12761 82.89%
76 or less 12932 84%
77 or less 13085 85%
78 or less 13155 85.45%
79 or less 13312 86.47%
80 or less 13428 87.22%
81 or less 13482 87.57%
82 or less 13560 88.08%
83 or less 13686 88.9%
84 or less 13747 89.3%
85 or less 13821 89.78%
86 or less 13884 90.19%
87 or less 13964 90.7%
88 or less 13991 90.88%
89 or less 14057 91.31%
90 or less 14119 91.71%
91 or less 14169 92.04%
92 or less 14203 92.26%
93 or less 14251 92.57%
94 or less 14277 92.74%
95 or less 14301 92.89%
96 or less 14319 93.01%
97 or less 14355 93.24%
98 or less 14376 93.38%
99 or less 14399 93.53%
100 or less 14429 93.73%
101 or less 14449 93.86%
102 or less 14458 93.91%
103 or less 14476 94.03%
104 or less 14488 94.11%
105 or less 14499 94.18%
106 or less 14505 94.22%
107 or less 14519 94.31%
108 or less 14533 94.4%
109 or less 14538 94.43%
110 or less 14543 94.47%
111 or less 14550 94.51%
112 or less 14554 94.54%
113 or less 14558 94.56%
114 or less 14562 94.59%
115 or less 14569 94.63%
116 or less 14571 94.65%
117 or less 14577 94.69%
118 or less 14578 94.69%
119 or less 14581 94.71%
120 or less 14582 94.72%
121 or less 14584 94.73%
123 or less 14587 94.75%
124 or less 14589 94.76%
125 or less 14590 94.77%
126 or less 14591 94.78%
129 or less 14592 94.78%
130 or less 14593 94.79%
132 or less 14594 94.8%
133 or less 14597 94.82%
135 or less 14598 94.82%
136 or less 14600 94.84%
137 or less 14601 94.84%
139 or less 14602 94.85%
140 or less 14603 94.86%
146 or less 14604 94.86%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 525 3.41%
51 454 2.95%
45 419 2.72%
41 414 2.69%
48 408 2.65%
58 390 2.53%
59 390 2.53%
44 384 2.49%
52 380 2.47%
65 342 2.22%
37 331 2.15%
47 323 2.1%
49 312 2.03%
62 311 2.02%
69 306 1.99%
61 298 1.94%
38 292 1.9%
66 290 1.88%
54 280 1.82%
63 272 1.77%
57 260 1.69%
34 249 1.62%
56 236 1.53%
43 221 1.44%
40 220 1.43%
50 215 1.4%
73 211 1.37%
33 205 1.33%
53 201 1.31%
30 199 1.29%
64 198 1.29%
72 197 1.28%
31 192 1.25%
71 186 1.21%
42 185 1.2%
68 173 1.12%
76 171 1.11%
27 170 1.1%
35 166 1.08%
70 164 1.07%
79 157 1.02%
77 153 0.99%
46 149 0.97%
67 146 0.95%
75 144 0.94%
60 142 0.92%
83 126 0.82%
36 120 0.78%
80 116 0.75%
24 115 0.75%
39 111 0.72%
23 109 0.71%
29 103 0.67%
26 87 0.57%
74 87 0.57%
87 80 0.52%
82 78 0.51%
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 62 0.4%
84 61 0.4%
20 58 0.38%
81 54 0.35%
91 50 0.32%
93 48 0.31%
17 44 0.29%
22 40 0.26%
19 38 0.25%
21 36 0.23%
97 36 0.23%
92 34 0.22%
100 30 0.19%
16 28 0.18%
25 28 0.18%
88 27 0.18%
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 514 1.67%
2 or less 528 1.71%
3 or less 1105 3.59%
5 or less 1115 3.62%
6 or less 1493 4.85%
7 or less 2509 8.15%
8 or less 2541 8.25%
9 or less 2730 8.87%
10 or less 3863 12.55%
11 or less 3907 12.69%
12 or less 4083 13.26%
13 or less 4994 16.22%
14 or less 6389 20.75%
15 or less 6557 21.3%
16 or less 7089 23.02%
17 or less 8633 28.04%
18 or less 8761 28.45%
19 or less 9122 29.63%
20 or less 10349 33.61%
21 or less 11656 37.86%
22 or less 11918 38.71%
23 or less 12683 41.19%
24 or less 14460 46.96%
25 or less 14668 47.64%
26 or less 15093 49.02%
27 or less 16310 52.97%
28 or less 17505 56.85%
29 or less 17803 57.82%
30 or less 18549 60.24%
31 or less 20069 65.18%
32 or less 20253 65.78%
33 or less 20628 67%
34 or less 21670 70.38%
35 or less 22617 73.46%
36 or less 22843 74.19%
37 or less 23395 75.98%
38 or less 24511 79.61%
39 or less 24663 80.1%
40 or less 24937 80.99%
41 or less 25698 83.46%
42 or less 26441 85.88%
43 or less 26600 86.39%
44 or less 26970 87.59%
45 or less 27743 90.1%
46 or less 27811 90.32%
47 or less 27961 90.81%
48 or less 28374 92.15%
49 or less 28798 93.53%
50 or less 28896 93.85%
51 or less 29076 94.43%
52 or less 29462 95.69%
53 or less 29507 95.83%
54 or less 29588 96.1%
55 or less 29784 96.73%
56 or less 30045 97.58%
57 or less 30063 97.64%
58 or less 30148 97.91%
59 or less 30316 98.46%
60 or less 30330 98.51%
61 or less 30359 98.6%
62 or less 30441 98.87%
63 or less 30561 99.26%
64 or less 30568 99.28%
65 or less 30592 99.36%
66 or less 30657 99.57%
67 or less 30663 99.59%
68 or less 30676 99.63%
69 or less 30703 99.72%
70 or less 30741 99.84%
71 or less 30746 99.86%
72 or less 30751 99.87%
73 or less 30766 99.92%
74 or less 30768 99.93%
75 or less 30769 99.93%
76 or less 30774 99.95%
77 or less 30785 99.98%
78 or less 30786 99.99%
79 or less 30787 99.99%
80 or less 30788 99.99%
82 or less 30789 100%
83 or less 30790 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1777 5.77%
17 1544 5.01%
31 1520 4.94%
14 1395 4.53%
21 1307 4.24%
20 1227 3.99%
27 1217 3.95%
28 1195 3.88%
10 1133 3.68%
38 1116 3.62%
34 1042 3.38%
7 1016 3.3%
35 947 3.08%
13 911 2.96%
45 773 2.51%
23 765 2.48%
41 761 2.47%
30 746 2.42%
42 743 2.41%
3 577 1.87%
37 552 1.79%
16 532 1.73%
0 514 1.67%
26 425 1.38%
49 424 1.38%
48 413 1.34%
52 386 1.25%
6 378 1.23%
33 375 1.22%
44 370 1.2%
19 361 1.17%
29 298 0.97%
40 274 0.89%
22 262 0.85%
56 261 0.85%
36 226 0.73%
25 208 0.68%
55 196 0.64%
9 189 0.61%
32 184 0.6%
51 180 0.58%
12 176 0.57%
15 168 0.55%
59 168 0.55%
43 159 0.52%
39 152 0.49%
47 150 0.49%
18 128 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 32 0.1%
61 29 0.09%
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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