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

Sample size: 15008 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 508 3.38%
2 or less 911 6.07%
3 or less 2296 15.3%
4 or less 2816 18.76%
5 or less 3191 21.26%
6 or less 3637 24.23%
7 or less 4803 32%
8 or less 5172 34.46%
9 or less 5344 35.61%
10 or less 5991 39.92%
11 or less 6326 42.15%
12 or less 6521 43.45%
13 or less 6787 45.22%
14 or less 7427 49.49%
15 or less 7632 50.85%
16 or less 7836 52.21%
17 or less 8348 55.62%
18 or less 8714 58.06%
19 or less 8913 59.39%
20 or less 9200 61.3%
21 or less 9744 64.93%
22 or less 9933 66.18%
23 or less 10115 67.4%
24 or less 10529 70.16%
25 or less 10795 71.93%
26 or less 10935 72.86%
27 or less 11165 74.39%
28 or less 11550 76.96%
29 or less 11672 77.77%
30 or less 11800 78.62%
31 or less 12087 80.54%
32 or less 12253 81.64%
33 or less 12342 82.24%
34 or less 12528 83.48%
35 or less 12777 85.13%
36 or less 12847 85.6%
37 or less 12938 86.21%
38 or less 13128 87.47%
39 or less 13234 88.18%
40 or less 13266 88.39%
41 or less 13363 89.04%
42 or less 13519 90.08%
43 or less 13547 90.27%
44 or less 13593 90.57%
45 or less 13706 91.32%
46 or less 13753 91.64%
47 or less 13779 91.81%
48 or less 13829 92.14%
49 or less 13913 92.7%
50 or less 13936 92.86%
51 or less 13957 93%
52 or less 14011 93.36%
53 or less 14040 93.55%
54 or less 14045 93.58%
55 or less 14074 93.78%
56 or less 14116 94.06%
57 or less 14123 94.1%
58 or less 14135 94.18%
59 or less 14158 94.34%
60 or less 14166 94.39%
61 or less 14169 94.41%
62 or less 14176 94.46%
63 or less 14190 94.55%
64 or less 14191 94.56%
65 or less 14193 94.57%
66 or less 14200 94.62%
67 or less 14201 94.62%
68 or less 14203 94.64%
69 or less 14206 94.66%
70 or less 14207 94.66%
71 or less 14210 94.68%
72 or less 14212 94.7%
73 or less 14215 94.72%
74 or less 14216 94.72%
78 or less 14217 94.73%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1385 9.23%
7 1166 7.77%
10 647 4.31%
14 640 4.26%
21 544 3.62%
4 520 3.46%
17 512 3.41%
1 508 3.38%
6 446 2.97%
24 414 2.76%
2 403 2.69%
28 385 2.57%
5 375 2.5%
8 369 2.46%
18 366 2.44%
11 335 2.23%
20 287 1.91%
31 287 1.91%
13 266 1.77%
25 266 1.77%
35 249 1.66%
27 230 1.53%
15 205 1.37%
16 204 1.36%
19 199 1.33%
12 195 1.3%
38 190 1.27%
22 189 1.26%
34 186 1.24%
23 182 1.21%
9 172 1.15%
32 166 1.11%
42 156 1.04%
26 140 0.93%
30 128 0.85%
29 122 0.81%
45 113 0.75%
39 106 0.71%
41 97 0.65%
37 91 0.61%
33 89 0.59%
49 84 0.56%
36 70 0.47%
52 54 0.36%
48 50 0.33%
46 47 0.31%
44 46 0.31%
56 42 0.28%
40 32 0.21%
53 29 0.19%
55 29 0.19%
43 28 0.19%
47 26 0.17%
50 23 0.15%
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 0.23%
13 or less 51 0.34%
14 or less 58 0.39%
15 or less 74 0.49%
16 or less 102 0.68%
17 or less 145 0.97%
18 or less 147 0.98%
19 or less 184 1.23%
20 or less 240 1.6%
21 or less 276 1.84%
22 or less 316 2.11%
23 or less 420 2.8%
24 or less 534 3.56%
25 or less 560 3.73%
26 or less 646 4.3%
27 or less 810 5.4%
28 or less 871 5.8%
29 or less 970 6.46%
30 or less 1163 7.75%
31 or less 1345 8.96%
32 or less 1408 9.38%
33 or less 1605 10.69%
34 or less 1851 12.33%
35 or less 2012 13.41%
36 or less 2131 14.2%
37 or less 2451 16.33%
38 or less 2736 18.23%
39 or less 2845 18.96%
40 or less 3058 20.38%
41 or less 3467 23.1%
42 or less 3645 24.29%
43 or less 3860 25.72%
44 or less 4229 28.18%
45 or less 4630 30.85%
46 or less 4776 31.82%
47 or less 5094 33.94%
48 or less 5486 36.55%
49 or less 5788 38.57%
50 or less 5997 39.96%
51 or less 6432 42.86%
52 or less 6804 45.34%
53 or less 7002 46.66%
54 or less 7278 48.49%
55 or less 7788 51.89%
56 or less 8021 53.44%
57 or less 8268 55.09%
58 or less 8647 57.62%
59 or less 9026 60.14%
60 or less 9164 61.06%
61 or less 9454 62.99%
62 or less 9757 65.01%
63 or less 10024 66.79%
64 or less 10221 68.1%
65 or less 10552 70.31%
66 or less 10837 72.21%
67 or less 10981 73.17%
68 or less 11150 74.29%
69 or less 11450 76.29%
70 or less 11605 77.33%
71 or less 11787 78.54%
72 or less 11981 79.83%
73 or less 12189 81.22%
74 or less 12270 81.76%
75 or less 12411 82.7%
76 or less 12580 83.82%
77 or less 12728 84.81%
78 or less 12795 85.25%
79 or less 12951 86.29%
80 or less 13065 87.05%
81 or less 13118 87.41%
82 or less 13194 87.91%
83 or less 13316 88.73%
84 or less 13376 89.13%
85 or less 13449 89.61%
86 or less 13510 90.02%
87 or less 13587 90.53%
88 or less 13614 90.71%
89 or less 13677 91.13%
90 or less 13737 91.53%
91 or less 13786 91.86%
92 or less 13820 92.08%
93 or less 13867 92.4%
94 or less 13893 92.57%
95 or less 13917 92.73%
96 or less 13935 92.85%
97 or less 13971 93.09%
98 or less 13991 93.22%
99 or less 14012 93.36%
100 or less 14042 93.56%
101 or less 14062 93.7%
102 or less 14071 93.76%
103 or less 14089 93.88%
104 or less 14101 93.96%
105 or less 14112 94.03%
106 or less 14118 94.07%
107 or less 14132 94.16%
108 or less 14146 94.26%
109 or less 14151 94.29%
110 or less 14156 94.32%
111 or less 14163 94.37%
112 or less 14167 94.4%
113 or less 14171 94.42%
114 or less 14175 94.45%
115 or less 14182 94.5%
116 or less 14184 94.51%
117 or less 14190 94.55%
118 or less 14191 94.56%
119 or less 14194 94.58%
120 or less 14195 94.58%
121 or less 14197 94.6%
123 or less 14200 94.62%
124 or less 14202 94.63%
125 or less 14203 94.64%
126 or less 14204 94.64%
129 or less 14205 94.65%
130 or less 14206 94.66%
132 or less 14207 94.66%
133 or less 14210 94.68%
135 or less 14211 94.69%
136 or less 14213 94.7%
137 or less 14214 94.71%
139 or less 14215 94.72%
140 or less 14216 94.72%
146 or less 14217 94.73%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 510 3.4%
51 435 2.9%
41 409 2.73%
45 401 2.67%
48 392 2.61%
58 379 2.53%
59 379 2.53%
52 372 2.48%
44 369 2.46%
65 331 2.21%
37 320 2.13%
47 318 2.12%
62 303 2.02%
49 302 2.01%
69 300 2%
61 290 1.93%
38 285 1.9%
66 285 1.9%
54 276 1.84%
63 267 1.78%
57 247 1.65%
34 246 1.64%
56 233 1.55%
43 215 1.43%
40 213 1.42%
50 209 1.39%
73 208 1.39%
53 198 1.32%
33 197 1.31%
64 197 1.31%
72 194 1.29%
30 193 1.29%
31 182 1.21%
71 182 1.21%
42 178 1.19%
68 169 1.13%
76 169 1.13%
27 164 1.09%
35 161 1.07%
79 156 1.04%
70 155 1.03%
77 148 0.99%
46 146 0.97%
67 144 0.96%
75 141 0.94%
60 138 0.92%
83 122 0.81%
36 119 0.79%
24 114 0.76%
80 114 0.76%
39 109 0.73%
23 104 0.69%
29 99 0.66%
26 86 0.57%
74 81 0.54%
87 77 0.51%
82 76 0.51%
85 73 0.49%
78 67 0.45%
32 63 0.42%
89 63 0.42%
28 61 0.41%
86 61 0.41%
84 60 0.4%
90 60 0.4%
20 56 0.37%
81 53 0.35%
91 49 0.33%
93 47 0.31%
17 43 0.29%
22 40 0.27%
19 37 0.25%
21 36 0.24%
97 36 0.24%
92 34 0.23%
100 30 0.2%
16 28 0.19%
88 27 0.18%
25 26 0.17%
94 26 0.17%
95 24 0.16%
99 21 0.14%
98 20 0.13%
101 20 0.13%
96 18 0.12%
103 18 0.12%
13 17 0.11%
15 16 0.11%
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 506 1.69%
2 or less 520 1.73%
3 or less 1084 3.61%
5 or less 1094 3.64%
6 or less 1460 4.86%
7 or less 2452 8.17%
8 or less 2483 8.27%
9 or less 2665 8.88%
10 or less 3763 12.54%
11 or less 3804 12.67%
12 or less 3978 13.25%
13 or less 4866 16.21%
14 or less 6234 20.77%
15 or less 6399 21.32%
16 or less 6915 23.04%
17 or less 8418 28.05%
18 or less 8541 28.45%
19 or less 8891 29.62%
20 or less 10082 33.59%
21 or less 11352 37.82%
22 or less 11603 38.66%
23 or less 12350 41.14%
24 or less 14072 46.88%
25 or less 14266 47.53%
26 or less 14670 48.87%
27 or less 15860 52.84%
28 or less 17030 56.74%
29 or less 17322 57.71%
30 or less 18052 60.14%
31 or less 19543 65.11%
32 or less 19723 65.71%
33 or less 20091 66.93%
34 or less 21105 70.31%
35 or less 22028 73.39%
36 or less 22249 74.12%
37 or less 22788 75.92%
38 or less 23872 79.53%
39 or less 24021 80.03%
40 or less 24290 80.92%
41 or less 25034 83.4%
42 or less 25750 85.79%
43 or less 25907 86.31%
44 or less 26271 87.52%
45 or less 27025 90.04%
46 or less 27092 90.26%
47 or less 27241 90.75%
48 or less 27641 92.09%
49 or less 28056 93.47%
50 or less 28154 93.8%
51 or less 28330 94.38%
52 or less 28712 95.66%
53 or less 28753 95.79%
54 or less 28833 96.06%
55 or less 29023 96.69%
56 or less 29278 97.54%
57 or less 29296 97.6%
58 or less 29379 97.88%
59 or less 29546 98.43%
60 or less 29560 98.48%
61 or less 29588 98.57%
62 or less 29670 98.85%
63 or less 29788 99.24%
64 or less 29795 99.26%
65 or less 29819 99.34%
66 or less 29884 99.56%
67 or less 29890 99.58%
68 or less 29903 99.62%
69 or less 29930 99.71%
70 or less 29967 99.84%
71 or less 29972 99.85%
72 or less 29977 99.87%
73 or less 29992 99.92%
74 or less 29994 99.93%
75 or less 29995 99.93%
76 or less 30000 99.95%
77 or less 30011 99.98%
78 or less 30012 99.99%
79 or less 30013 99.99%
80 or less 30014 99.99%
82 or less 30015 100%
83 or less 30016 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1722 5.74%
17 1503 5.01%
31 1491 4.97%
14 1368 4.56%
21 1270 4.23%
20 1191 3.97%
27 1190 3.96%
28 1170 3.9%
10 1098 3.66%
38 1084 3.61%
34 1014 3.38%
7 992 3.3%
35 923 3.08%
13 888 2.96%
45 754 2.51%
23 747 2.49%
41 744 2.48%
30 730 2.43%
42 716 2.39%
3 564 1.88%
37 539 1.8%
16 516 1.72%
0 506 1.69%
49 415 1.38%
26 404 1.35%
48 400 1.33%
52 382 1.27%
33 368 1.23%
6 366 1.22%
44 364 1.21%
19 350 1.17%
29 292 0.97%
40 269 0.9%
56 255 0.85%
22 251 0.84%
36 221 0.74%
25 194 0.65%
55 190 0.63%
9 182 0.61%
32 180 0.6%
51 176 0.59%
12 174 0.58%
59 167 0.56%
15 165 0.55%
43 157 0.52%
39 149 0.5%
47 149 0.5%
18 123 0.41%
63 118 0.39%
50 98 0.33%
58 83 0.28%
62 82 0.27%
54 80 0.27%
46 67 0.22%
66 65 0.22%
11 41 0.14%
53 41 0.14%
70 37 0.12%
8 31 0.1%
61 28 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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