Frequency of CFB scores, 2005-2026 (FBS vs. FBS only)

Sample size: 16086 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: 29.5|Average away score: 25

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
1 or less 549 3.41%
2 or less 982 6.1%
3 or less 2488 15.47%
4 or less 3051 18.97%
5 or less 3454 21.47%
6 or less 3938 24.48%
7 or less 5192 32.28%
8 or less 5592 34.76%
9 or less 5777 35.91%
10 or less 6470 40.22%
11 or less 6831 42.47%
12 or less 7043 43.78%
13 or less 7330 45.57%
14 or less 8015 49.83%
15 or less 8237 51.21%
16 or less 8459 52.59%
17 or less 9015 56.04%
18 or less 9401 58.44%
19 or less 9624 59.83%
20 or less 9922 61.68%
21 or less 10502 65.29%
22 or less 10708 66.57%
23 or less 10903 67.78%
24 or less 11348 70.55%
25 or less 11636 72.34%
26 or less 11784 73.26%
27 or less 12035 74.82%
28 or less 12459 77.45%
29 or less 12592 78.28%
30 or less 12725 79.11%
31 or less 13030 81%
32 or less 13213 82.14%
33 or less 13311 82.75%
34 or less 13508 83.97%
35 or less 13773 85.62%
36 or less 13851 86.11%
37 or less 13945 86.69%
38 or less 14144 87.93%
39 or less 14261 88.65%
40 or less 14296 88.87%
41 or less 14397 89.5%
42 or less 14557 90.49%
43 or less 14585 90.67%
44 or less 14634 90.97%
45 or less 14753 91.71%
46 or less 14803 92.02%
47 or less 14829 92.19%
48 or less 14882 92.52%
49 or less 14972 93.07%
50 or less 14999 93.24%
51 or less 15024 93.4%
52 or less 15081 93.75%
53 or less 15112 93.95%
54 or less 15119 93.99%
55 or less 15149 94.18%
56 or less 15192 94.44%
57 or less 15200 94.49%
58 or less 15212 94.57%
59 or less 15235 94.71%
60 or less 15243 94.76%
61 or less 15246 94.78%
62 or less 15253 94.82%
63 or less 15268 94.91%
64 or less 15269 94.92%
65 or less 15271 94.93%
66 or less 15278 94.98%
67 or less 15279 94.98%
68 or less 15281 95%
69 or less 15284 95.01%
70 or less 15285 95.02%
71 or less 15288 95.04%
72 or less 15290 95.05%
73 or less 15293 95.07%
74 or less 15294 95.08%
78 or less 15295 95.08%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1506 9.36%
7 1254 7.8%
10 693 4.31%
14 685 4.26%
21 580 3.61%
4 563 3.5%
17 556 3.46%
1 549 3.41%
6 484 3.01%
24 445 2.77%
2 433 2.69%
28 424 2.64%
5 403 2.51%
8 400 2.49%
18 386 2.4%
11 361 2.24%
31 305 1.9%
20 298 1.85%
25 288 1.79%
13 287 1.78%
35 265 1.65%
27 251 1.56%
19 223 1.39%
15 222 1.38%
16 222 1.38%
12 212 1.32%
22 206 1.28%
38 199 1.24%
34 197 1.22%
23 195 1.21%
9 185 1.15%
32 183 1.14%
42 160 0.99%
26 148 0.92%
29 133 0.83%
30 133 0.83%
45 119 0.74%
39 117 0.73%
41 101 0.63%
33 98 0.61%
37 94 0.58%
49 90 0.56%
36 78 0.48%
52 57 0.35%
48 53 0.33%
46 50 0.31%
44 49 0.3%
56 43 0.27%
40 35 0.22%
53 31 0.19%
55 30 0.19%
43 28 0.17%
50 27 0.17%
47 26 0.16%
51 25 0.16%
59 23 0.14%
63 15 0.09%
58 12 0.07%
57 8 0.05%
60 8 0.05%
54 7 0.04%
62 7 0.04%
66 7 0.04%
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 0.15%
12 or less 34 0.21%
13 or less 54 0.34%
14 or less 61 0.38%
15 or less 77 0.48%
16 or less 105 0.65%
17 or less 149 0.93%
18 or less 151 0.94%
19 or less 192 1.19%
20 or less 255 1.59%
21 or less 293 1.82%
22 or less 334 2.08%
23 or less 449 2.79%
24 or less 570 3.54%
25 or less 602 3.74%
26 or less 693 4.31%
27 or less 873 5.43%
28 or less 940 5.84%
29 or less 1047 6.51%
30 or less 1255 7.8%
31 or less 1458 9.06%
32 or less 1526 9.49%
33 or less 1742 10.83%
34 or less 2010 12.5%
35 or less 2188 13.6%
36 or less 2324 14.45%
37 or less 2673 16.62%
38 or less 2980 18.53%
39 or less 3103 19.29%
40 or less 3337 20.74%
41 or less 3771 23.44%
42 or less 3964 24.64%
43 or less 4192 26.06%
44 or less 4591 28.54%
45 or less 5034 31.29%
46 or less 5189 32.26%
47 or less 5523 34.33%
48 or less 5960 37.05%
49 or less 6287 39.08%
50 or less 6507 40.45%
51 or less 6991 43.46%
52 or less 7386 45.92%
53 or less 7595 47.21%
54 or less 7889 49.04%
55 or less 8440 52.47%
56 or less 8683 53.98%
57 or less 8957 55.68%
58 or less 9361 58.19%
59 or less 9769 60.73%
60 or less 9923 61.69%
61 or less 10240 63.66%
62 or less 10564 65.67%
63 or less 10847 67.43%
64 or less 11051 68.7%
65 or less 11403 70.89%
66 or less 11705 72.77%
67 or less 11857 73.71%
68 or less 12041 74.85%
69 or less 12362 76.85%
70 or less 12535 77.92%
71 or less 12725 79.11%
72 or less 12930 80.38%
73 or less 13148 81.74%
74 or less 13239 82.3%
75 or less 13390 83.24%
76 or less 13565 84.33%
77 or less 13725 85.32%
78 or less 13799 85.78%
79 or less 13961 86.79%
80 or less 14080 87.53%
81 or less 14137 87.88%
82 or less 14217 88.38%
83 or less 14347 89.19%
84 or less 14409 89.57%
85 or less 14484 90.04%
86 or less 14548 90.44%
87 or less 14632 90.96%
88 or less 14660 91.14%
89 or less 14730 91.57%
90 or less 14795 91.97%
91 or less 14846 92.29%
92 or less 14881 92.51%
93 or less 14931 92.82%
94 or less 14958 92.99%
95 or less 14982 93.14%
96 or less 15001 93.26%
97 or less 15038 93.49%
98 or less 15059 93.62%
99 or less 15083 93.76%
100 or less 15115 93.96%
101 or less 15136 94.09%
102 or less 15146 94.16%
103 or less 15164 94.27%
104 or less 15177 94.35%
105 or less 15190 94.43%
106 or less 15196 94.47%
107 or less 15210 94.55%
108 or less 15224 94.64%
109 or less 15229 94.67%
110 or less 15234 94.7%
111 or less 15241 94.75%
112 or less 15245 94.77%
113 or less 15249 94.8%
114 or less 15253 94.82%
115 or less 15260 94.87%
116 or less 15262 94.88%
117 or less 15268 94.91%
118 or less 15269 94.92%
119 or less 15272 94.94%
120 or less 15273 94.95%
121 or less 15275 94.96%
123 or less 15278 94.98%
124 or less 15280 94.99%
125 or less 15281 95%
126 or less 15282 95%
129 or less 15283 95.01%
130 or less 15284 95.01%
132 or less 15285 95.02%
133 or less 15288 95.04%
135 or less 15289 95.05%
136 or less 15291 95.06%
137 or less 15292 95.06%
139 or less 15293 95.07%
140 or less 15294 95.08%
146 or less 15295 95.08%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 551 3.43%
51 484 3.01%
45 443 2.75%
48 437 2.72%
41 434 2.7%
59 408 2.54%
58 404 2.51%
44 399 2.48%
52 395 2.46%
65 352 2.19%
37 349 2.17%
47 334 2.08%
49 327 2.03%
62 324 2.01%
69 321 2%
61 317 1.97%
38 307 1.91%
66 302 1.88%
54 294 1.83%
63 283 1.76%
57 274 1.7%
34 268 1.67%
56 243 1.51%
40 234 1.45%
43 228 1.42%
50 220 1.37%
73 218 1.36%
33 216 1.34%
53 209 1.3%
30 208 1.29%
72 205 1.27%
64 204 1.27%
31 203 1.26%
42 193 1.2%
71 190 1.18%
68 184 1.14%
27 180 1.12%
35 178 1.11%
76 175 1.09%
70 173 1.08%
79 162 1.01%
77 160 0.99%
46 155 0.96%
60 154 0.96%
67 152 0.94%
75 151 0.94%
36 136 0.85%
83 130 0.81%
39 123 0.76%
24 121 0.75%
80 119 0.74%
23 115 0.71%
29 107 0.67%
26 91 0.57%
74 91 0.57%
87 84 0.52%
82 80 0.5%
85 75 0.47%
78 74 0.46%
89 70 0.44%
32 68 0.42%
28 67 0.42%
90 65 0.4%
86 64 0.4%
20 63 0.39%
84 62 0.39%
81 57 0.35%
91 51 0.32%
93 50 0.31%
17 44 0.27%
19 41 0.25%
22 41 0.25%
21 38 0.24%
97 37 0.23%
92 35 0.22%
25 32 0.2%
100 32 0.2%
16 28 0.17%
88 28 0.17%
94 27 0.17%
95 24 0.15%
99 24 0.15%
98 21 0.13%
101 21 0.13%
13 20 0.12%
96 19 0.12%
103 18 0.11%
15 16 0.1%
107 14 0.09%
108 14 0.09%
104 13 0.08%
105 13 0.08%
10 11 0.07%
12 10 0.06%
102 10 0.06%
14 7 0.04%
111 7 0.04%
115 7 0.04%
106 6 0.04%
117 6 0.04%
9 5 0.03%
109 5 0.03%
110 5 0.03%
112 4 0.02%
113 4 0.02%
114 4 0.02%
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 536 1.67%
2 or less 552 1.72%
3 or less 1156 3.59%
5 or less 1166 3.62%
6 or less 1562 4.86%
7 or less 2624 8.16%
8 or less 2663 8.28%
9 or less 2862 8.9%
10 or less 4051 12.59%
11 or less 4097 12.73%
12 or less 4279 13.3%
13 or less 5240 16.29%
14 or less 6681 20.77%
15 or less 6861 21.33%
16 or less 7421 23.07%
17 or less 9039 28.1%
18 or less 9177 28.52%
19 or less 9557 29.71%
20 or less 10845 33.71%
21 or less 12211 37.96%
22 or less 12484 38.8%
23 or less 13288 41.3%
24 or less 15154 47.1%
25 or less 15378 47.8%
26 or less 15835 49.22%
27 or less 17110 53.18%
28 or less 18351 57.04%
29 or less 18663 58.01%
30 or less 19437 60.42%
31 or less 21035 65.38%
32 or less 21230 65.99%
33 or less 21617 67.19%
34 or less 22713 70.6%
35 or less 23701 73.67%
36 or less 23935 74.4%
37 or less 24495 76.14%
38 or less 25658 79.75%
39 or less 25821 80.26%
40 or less 26100 81.13%
41 or less 26899 83.61%
42 or less 27674 86.02%
43 or less 27837 86.53%
44 or less 28216 87.7%
45 or less 29013 90.18%
46 or less 29083 90.4%
47 or less 29237 90.88%
48 or less 29660 92.19%
49 or less 30109 93.59%
50 or less 30210 93.9%
51 or less 30399 94.49%
52 or less 30799 95.73%
53 or less 30846 95.88%
54 or less 30930 96.14%
55 or less 31131 96.76%
56 or less 31403 97.61%
57 or less 31425 97.68%
58 or less 31511 97.95%
59 or less 31686 98.49%
60 or less 31702 98.54%
61 or less 31734 98.64%
62 or less 31817 98.9%
63 or less 31937 99.27%
64 or less 31945 99.29%
65 or less 31969 99.37%
66 or less 32038 99.58%
67 or less 32044 99.6%
68 or less 32057 99.64%
69 or less 32084 99.73%
70 or less 32123 99.85%
71 or less 32128 99.86%
72 or less 32133 99.88%
73 or less 32148 99.93%
74 or less 32150 99.93%
75 or less 32151 99.93%
76 or less 32156 99.95%
77 or less 32167 99.98%
78 or less 32168 99.99%
79 or less 32169 99.99%
80 or less 32170 99.99%
82 or less 32171 100%
83 or less 32172 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1866 5.8%
17 1618 5.03%
31 1598 4.97%
14 1441 4.48%
21 1366 4.25%
20 1288 4%
27 1275 3.96%
28 1241 3.86%
10 1189 3.7%
38 1163 3.61%
34 1096 3.41%
7 1062 3.3%
35 988 3.07%
13 961 2.99%
23 804 2.5%
41 799 2.48%
45 797 2.48%
42 775 2.41%
30 774 2.41%
3 604 1.88%
16 560 1.74%
37 560 1.74%
0 536 1.67%
26 457 1.42%
49 449 1.4%
48 423 1.31%
52 400 1.24%
6 396 1.23%
33 387 1.2%
19 380 1.18%
44 379 1.18%
29 312 0.97%
40 279 0.87%
22 273 0.85%
56 272 0.85%
36 234 0.73%
25 224 0.7%
55 201 0.62%
9 199 0.62%
32 195 0.61%
51 189 0.59%
12 182 0.57%
15 180 0.56%
59 175 0.54%
39 163 0.51%
43 163 0.51%
47 154 0.48%
18 138 0.43%
63 120 0.37%
50 101 0.31%
58 86 0.27%
54 84 0.26%
62 83 0.26%
46 70 0.22%
66 69 0.21%
53 47 0.15%
11 46 0.14%
8 39 0.12%
70 39 0.12%
61 32 0.1%
69 27 0.08%
65 24 0.07%
57 22 0.07%
2 16 0.05%
60 16 0.05%
73 15 0.05%
68 13 0.04%
77 11 0.03%
5 10 0.03%
64 8 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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