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

Sample size: 15462 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 6.07%
3 or less 2379 15.39%
4 or less 2915 18.85%
5 or less 3300 21.34%
6 or less 3762 24.33%
7 or less 4965 32.11%
8 or less 5341 34.54%
9 or less 5519 35.69%
10 or less 6187 40.01%
11 or less 6529 42.23%
12 or less 6737 43.57%
13 or less 7009 45.33%
14 or less 7663 49.56%
15 or less 7877 50.94%
16 or less 8087 52.3%
17 or less 8620 55.75%
18 or less 8995 58.17%
19 or less 9208 59.55%
20 or less 9502 61.45%
21 or less 10060 65.06%
22 or less 10259 66.35%
23 or less 10447 67.57%
24 or less 10873 70.32%
25 or less 11154 72.14%
26 or less 11296 73.06%
27 or less 11535 74.6%
28 or less 11929 77.15%
29 or less 12057 77.98%
30 or less 12187 78.82%
31 or less 12481 80.72%
32 or less 12658 81.87%
33 or less 12750 82.46%
34 or less 12943 83.71%
35 or less 13199 85.36%
36 or less 13272 85.84%
37 or less 13365 86.44%
38 or less 13559 87.69%
39 or less 13669 88.4%
40 or less 13702 88.62%
41 or less 13801 89.26%
42 or less 13960 90.29%
43 or less 13988 90.47%
44 or less 14035 90.77%
45 or less 14150 91.51%
46 or less 14199 91.83%
47 or less 14225 92%
48 or less 14277 92.34%
49 or less 14364 92.9%
50 or less 14388 93.05%
51 or less 14409 93.19%
52 or less 14463 93.54%
53 or less 14493 93.73%
54 or less 14498 93.77%
55 or less 14527 93.95%
56 or less 14569 94.22%
57 or less 14576 94.27%
58 or less 14588 94.35%
59 or less 14611 94.5%
60 or less 14619 94.55%
61 or less 14622 94.57%
62 or less 14629 94.61%
63 or less 14644 94.71%
64 or less 14645 94.72%
65 or less 14647 94.73%
66 or less 14654 94.77%
67 or less 14655 94.78%
68 or less 14657 94.79%
69 or less 14660 94.81%
70 or less 14661 94.82%
71 or less 14664 94.84%
72 or less 14666 94.85%
73 or less 14669 94.87%
74 or less 14670 94.88%
78 or less 14671 94.88%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1440 9.31%
7 1203 7.78%
10 668 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%
20 294 1.9%
31 294 1.9%
25 281 1.82%
13 272 1.76%
35 256 1.66%
27 239 1.55%
15 214 1.38%
19 213 1.38%
16 210 1.36%
12 208 1.35%
22 199 1.29%
38 194 1.25%
34 193 1.25%
23 188 1.22%
9 178 1.15%
32 177 1.14%
42 159 1.03%
26 142 0.92%
30 130 0.84%
29 128 0.83%
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 1.58%
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 834 5.39%
28 or less 899 5.81%
29 or less 1002 6.48%
30 or less 1203 7.78%
31 or less 1395 9.02%
32 or less 1460 9.44%
33 or less 1667 10.78%
34 or less 1918 12.4%
35 or less 2084 13.48%
36 or less 2205 14.26%
37 or less 2537 16.41%
38 or less 2830 18.3%
39 or less 2942 19.03%
40 or less 3165 20.47%
41 or less 3580 23.15%
42 or less 3766 24.36%
43 or less 3988 25.79%
44 or less 4373 28.28%
45 or less 4795 31.01%
46 or less 4946 31.99%
47 or less 5270 34.08%
48 or less 5679 36.73%
49 or less 5993 38.76%
50 or less 6208 40.15%
51 or less 6663 43.09%
52 or less 7045 45.56%
53 or less 7246 46.86%
54 or less 7526 48.67%
55 or less 8056 52.1%
56 or less 8293 53.63%
57 or less 8556 55.34%
58 or less 8946 57.86%
59 or less 9340 60.41%
60 or less 9482 61.32%
61 or less 9782 63.26%
62 or less 10094 65.28%
63 or less 10367 67.05%
64 or less 10565 68.33%
65 or less 10907 70.54%
66 or less 11199 72.43%
67 or less 11345 73.37%
68 or less 11519 74.5%
69 or less 11829 76.5%
70 or less 11993 77.56%
71 or less 12180 78.77%
72 or less 12379 80.06%
73 or less 12591 81.43%
74 or less 12678 81.99%
75 or less 12823 82.93%
76 or less 12995 84.04%
77 or less 13149 85.04%
78 or less 13219 85.49%
79 or less 13376 86.51%
80 or less 13492 87.26%
81 or less 13547 87.61%
82 or less 13625 88.12%
83 or less 13751 88.93%
84 or less 13812 89.33%
85 or less 13886 89.81%
86 or less 13949 90.21%
87 or less 14029 90.73%
88 or less 14056 90.91%
89 or less 14122 91.33%
90 or less 14185 91.74%
91 or less 14235 92.06%
92 or less 14270 92.29%
93 or less 14318 92.6%
94 or less 14344 92.77%
95 or less 14368 92.92%
96 or less 14386 93.04%
97 or less 14422 93.27%
98 or less 14443 93.41%
99 or less 14466 93.56%
100 or less 14496 93.75%
101 or less 14516 93.88%
102 or less 14525 93.94%
103 or less 14543 94.06%
104 or less 14555 94.13%
105 or less 14566 94.21%
106 or less 14572 94.24%
107 or less 14586 94.33%
108 or less 14600 94.43%
109 or less 14605 94.46%
110 or less 14610 94.49%
111 or less 14617 94.53%
112 or less 14621 94.56%
113 or less 14625 94.59%
114 or less 14629 94.61%
115 or less 14636 94.66%
116 or less 14638 94.67%
117 or less 14644 94.71%
118 or less 14645 94.72%
119 or less 14648 94.74%
120 or less 14649 94.74%
121 or less 14651 94.75%
123 or less 14654 94.77%
124 or less 14656 94.79%
125 or less 14657 94.79%
126 or less 14658 94.8%
129 or less 14659 94.81%
130 or less 14660 94.81%
132 or less 14661 94.82%
133 or less 14664 94.84%
135 or less 14665 94.85%
136 or less 14667 94.86%
137 or less 14668 94.86%
139 or less 14669 94.87%
140 or less 14670 94.88%
146 or less 14671 94.88%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 530 3.43%
51 455 2.94%
45 422 2.73%
41 415 2.68%
48 409 2.65%
59 394 2.55%
58 390 2.52%
44 385 2.49%
52 382 2.47%
65 342 2.21%
37 332 2.15%
47 324 2.1%
49 314 2.03%
62 312 2.02%
69 310 2%
61 300 1.94%
38 293 1.89%
66 292 1.89%
54 280 1.81%
63 273 1.77%
57 263 1.7%
34 251 1.62%
56 237 1.53%
40 223 1.44%
43 222 1.44%
50 215 1.39%
73 212 1.37%
33 207 1.34%
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%
27 171 1.11%
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 0.81%
36 121 0.78%
24 117 0.76%
80 116 0.75%
39 112 0.72%
23 109 0.7%
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 517 1.67%
2 or less 531 1.72%
3 or less 1112 3.6%
5 or less 1122 3.63%
6 or less 1500 4.85%
7 or less 2521 8.15%
8 or less 2554 8.26%
9 or less 2745 8.88%
10 or less 3881 12.55%
11 or less 3925 12.69%
12 or less 4102 13.26%
13 or less 5016 16.22%
14 or less 6416 20.75%
15 or less 6584 21.29%
16 or less 7119 23.02%
17 or less 8670 28.04%
18 or less 8799 28.45%
19 or less 9163 29.63%
20 or less 10394 33.61%
21 or less 11707 37.86%
22 or less 11969 38.7%
23 or less 12737 41.19%
24 or less 14523 46.96%
25 or less 14733 47.64%
26 or less 15161 49.03%
27 or less 16387 52.99%
28 or less 17586 56.87%
29 or less 17886 57.84%
30 or less 18635 60.26%
31 or less 20164 65.21%
32 or less 20350 65.81%
33 or less 20725 67.02%
34 or less 21769 70.4%
35 or less 22718 73.46%
36 or less 22945 74.2%
37 or less 23498 75.99%
38 or less 24618 79.61%
39 or less 24770 80.1%
40 or less 25047 81%
41 or less 25811 83.47%
42 or less 26560 85.89%
43 or less 26719 86.4%
44 or less 27089 87.6%
45 or less 27866 90.11%
46 or less 27934 90.33%
47 or less 28084 90.82%
48 or less 28498 92.15%
49 or less 28926 93.54%
50 or less 29024 93.86%
51 or less 29204 94.44%
52 or less 29592 95.69%
53 or less 29637 95.84%
54 or less 29718 96.1%
55 or less 29914 96.73%
56 or less 30177 97.58%
57 or less 30195 97.64%
58 or less 30280 97.92%
59 or less 30449 98.46%
60 or less 30463 98.51%
61 or less 30493 98.61%
62 or less 30575 98.87%
63 or less 30695 99.26%
64 or less 30702 99.28%
65 or less 30726 99.36%
66 or less 30791 99.57%
67 or less 30797 99.59%
68 or less 30810 99.63%
69 or less 30837 99.72%
70 or less 30875 99.84%
71 or less 30880 99.86%
72 or less 30885 99.87%
73 or less 30900 99.92%
74 or less 30902 99.93%
75 or less 30903 99.93%
76 or less 30908 99.95%
77 or less 30919 99.98%
78 or less 30920 99.99%
79 or less 30921 99.99%
80 or less 30922 99.99%
82 or less 30923 100%
83 or less 30924 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1786 5.78%
17 1551 5.02%
31 1529 4.94%
14 1400 4.53%
21 1313 4.25%
20 1231 3.98%
27 1226 3.96%
28 1199 3.88%
10 1136 3.67%
38 1120 3.62%
34 1044 3.38%
7 1021 3.3%
35 949 3.07%
13 914 2.96%
45 777 2.51%
23 768 2.48%
41 764 2.47%
30 749 2.42%
42 749 2.42%
3 581 1.88%
37 553 1.79%
16 535 1.73%
0 517 1.67%
26 428 1.38%
49 428 1.38%
48 414 1.34%
52 388 1.25%
6 378 1.22%
33 375 1.21%
44 370 1.2%
19 364 1.18%
29 300 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 0.27%
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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