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

Sample size: 15735 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

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
1 or less 533 3.39%
2 or less 954 6.06%
3 or less 2413 15.34%
4 or less 2963 18.83%
5 or less 3358 21.34%
6 or less 3833 24.36%
7 or less 5055 32.13%
8 or less 5439 34.57%
9 or less 5620 35.72%
10 or less 6303 40.06%
11 or less 6652 42.28%
12 or less 6861 43.6%
13 or less 7140 45.38%
14 or less 7813 49.65%
15 or less 8030 51.03%
16 or less 8243 52.39%
17 or less 8786 55.84%
18 or less 9167 58.26%
19 or less 9384 59.64%
20 or less 9678 61.51%
21 or less 10242 65.09%
22 or less 10445 66.38%
23 or less 10636 67.59%
24 or less 11069 70.35%
25 or less 11355 72.16%
26 or less 11501 73.09%
27 or less 11744 74.64%
28 or less 12151 77.22%
29 or less 12281 78.05%
30 or less 12411 78.88%
31 or less 12710 80.78%
32 or less 12888 81.91%
33 or less 12983 82.51%
34 or less 13179 83.76%
35 or less 13441 85.42%
36 or less 13516 85.9%
37 or less 13610 86.5%
38 or less 13807 87.75%
39 or less 13921 88.47%
40 or less 13955 88.69%
41 or less 14055 89.32%
42 or less 14215 90.34%
43 or less 14243 90.52%
44 or less 14291 90.82%
45 or less 14409 91.57%
46 or less 14459 91.89%
47 or less 14485 92.06%
48 or less 14538 92.39%
49 or less 14628 92.96%
50 or less 14654 93.13%
51 or less 14677 93.28%
52 or less 14733 93.63%
53 or less 14764 93.83%
54 or less 14769 93.86%
55 or less 14798 94.05%
56 or less 14841 94.32%
57 or less 14849 94.37%
58 or less 14861 94.45%
59 or less 14884 94.59%
60 or less 14892 94.64%
61 or less 14895 94.66%
62 or less 14902 94.71%
63 or less 14917 94.8%
64 or less 14918 94.81%
65 or less 14920 94.82%
66 or less 14927 94.86%
67 or less 14928 94.87%
68 or less 14930 94.88%
69 or less 14933 94.9%
70 or less 14934 94.91%
71 or less 14937 94.93%
72 or less 14939 94.94%
73 or less 14942 94.96%
74 or less 14943 94.97%
78 or less 14944 94.97%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1459 9.27%
7 1222 7.77%
10 683 4.34%
14 673 4.28%
21 564 3.58%
4 550 3.5%
17 543 3.45%
1 533 3.39%
6 475 3.02%
24 433 2.75%
2 421 2.68%
28 407 2.59%
5 395 2.51%
8 384 2.44%
18 381 2.42%
11 349 2.22%
31 299 1.9%
20 294 1.87%
25 286 1.82%
13 279 1.77%
35 262 1.67%
27 243 1.54%
15 217 1.38%
19 217 1.38%
16 213 1.35%
12 209 1.33%
22 203 1.29%
38 197 1.25%
34 196 1.25%
23 191 1.21%
9 181 1.15%
32 178 1.13%
42 160 1.02%
26 146 0.93%
29 130 0.83%
30 130 0.83%
45 118 0.75%
39 114 0.72%
41 100 0.64%
33 95 0.6%
37 94 0.6%
49 90 0.57%
36 75 0.48%
52 56 0.36%
48 53 0.34%
46 50 0.32%
44 48 0.31%
56 43 0.27%
40 34 0.22%
53 31 0.2%
55 29 0.18%
43 28 0.18%
47 26 0.17%
50 26 0.17%
51 23 0.15%
59 23 0.15%
63 15 0.1%
58 12 0.08%
57 8 0.05%
60 8 0.05%
62 7 0.04%
66 7 0.04%
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 0.15%
12 or less 34 0.22%
13 or less 53 0.34%
14 or less 60 0.38%
15 or less 76 0.48%
16 or less 104 0.66%
17 or less 148 0.94%
18 or less 150 0.95%
19 or less 189 1.2%
20 or less 251 1.6%
21 or less 288 1.83%
22 or less 328 2.08%
23 or less 439 2.79%
24 or less 556 3.53%
25 or less 587 3.73%
26 or less 675 4.29%
27 or less 850 5.4%
28 or less 916 5.82%
29 or less 1021 6.49%
30 or less 1224 7.78%
31 or less 1418 9.01%
32 or less 1484 9.43%
33 or less 1696 10.78%
34 or less 1954 12.42%
35 or less 2123 13.49%
36 or less 2252 14.31%
37 or less 2590 16.46%
38 or less 2889 18.36%
39 or less 3008 19.12%
40 or less 3238 20.58%
41 or less 3662 23.27%
42 or less 3851 24.47%
43 or less 4075 25.9%
44 or less 4464 28.37%
45 or less 4895 31.11%
46 or less 5048 32.08%
47 or less 5378 34.18%
48 or less 5800 36.86%
49 or less 6119 38.89%
50 or less 6338 40.28%
51 or less 6806 43.25%
52 or less 7195 45.73%
53 or less 7400 47.03%
54 or less 7686 48.85%
55 or less 8222 52.25%
56 or less 8461 53.77%
57 or less 8732 55.49%
58 or less 9132 58.04%
59 or less 9533 60.58%
60 or less 9676 61.49%
61 or less 9983 63.44%
62 or less 10302 65.47%
63 or less 10578 67.23%
64 or less 10779 68.5%
65 or less 11125 70.7%
66 or less 11426 72.62%
67 or less 11573 73.55%
68 or less 11755 74.71%
69 or less 12069 76.7%
70 or less 12237 77.77%
71 or less 12424 78.96%
72 or less 12626 80.24%
73 or less 12841 81.61%
74 or less 12930 82.17%
75 or less 13077 83.11%
76 or less 13249 84.2%
77 or less 13406 85.2%
78 or less 13477 85.65%
79 or less 13636 86.66%
80 or less 13753 87.4%
81 or less 13809 87.76%
82 or less 13887 88.26%
83 or less 14014 89.06%
84 or less 14076 89.46%
85 or less 14151 89.93%
86 or less 14215 90.34%
87 or less 14296 90.85%
88 or less 14323 91.03%
89 or less 14390 91.45%
90 or less 14455 91.87%
91 or less 14505 92.18%
92 or less 14540 92.41%
93 or less 14588 92.71%
94 or less 14614 92.88%
95 or less 14638 93.03%
96 or less 14657 93.15%
97 or less 14694 93.38%
98 or less 14715 93.52%
99 or less 14738 93.66%
100 or less 14768 93.85%
101 or less 14788 93.98%
102 or less 14797 94.04%
103 or less 14815 94.15%
104 or less 14828 94.24%
105 or less 14839 94.31%
106 or less 14845 94.34%
107 or less 14859 94.43%
108 or less 14873 94.52%
109 or less 14878 94.55%
110 or less 14883 94.59%
111 or less 14890 94.63%
112 or less 14894 94.66%
113 or less 14898 94.68%
114 or less 14902 94.71%
115 or less 14909 94.75%
116 or less 14911 94.76%
117 or less 14917 94.8%
118 or less 14918 94.81%
119 or less 14921 94.83%
120 or less 14922 94.83%
121 or less 14924 94.85%
123 or less 14927 94.86%
124 or less 14929 94.88%
125 or less 14930 94.88%
126 or less 14931 94.89%
129 or less 14932 94.9%
130 or less 14933 94.9%
132 or less 14934 94.91%
133 or less 14937 94.93%
135 or less 14938 94.93%
136 or less 14940 94.95%
137 or less 14941 94.95%
139 or less 14942 94.96%
140 or less 14943 94.97%
146 or less 14944 94.97%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 536 3.41%
51 468 2.97%
45 431 2.74%
41 424 2.69%
48 422 2.68%
59 401 2.55%
58 400 2.54%
44 389 2.47%
52 389 2.47%
65 346 2.2%
37 338 2.15%
47 330 2.1%
49 319 2.03%
62 319 2.03%
69 314 2%
61 307 1.95%
66 301 1.91%
38 299 1.9%
54 286 1.82%
63 276 1.75%
57 271 1.72%
34 258 1.64%
56 239 1.52%
40 230 1.46%
43 224 1.42%
50 219 1.39%
73 215 1.37%
33 212 1.35%
53 205 1.3%
30 203 1.29%
72 202 1.28%
64 201 1.28%
31 194 1.23%
42 189 1.2%
71 187 1.19%
68 182 1.16%
27 175 1.11%
76 172 1.09%
35 169 1.07%
70 168 1.07%
79 159 1.01%
77 157 1%
46 153 0.97%
67 147 0.93%
75 147 0.93%
60 143 0.91%
36 129 0.82%
83 127 0.81%
39 119 0.76%
24 117 0.74%
80 117 0.74%
23 111 0.71%
29 105 0.67%
74 89 0.57%
26 88 0.56%
87 81 0.51%
82 78 0.5%
85 75 0.48%
78 71 0.45%
89 67 0.43%
28 66 0.42%
32 66 0.42%
90 65 0.41%
86 64 0.41%
20 62 0.39%
84 62 0.39%
81 56 0.36%
91 50 0.32%
93 48 0.31%
17 44 0.28%
22 40 0.25%
19 39 0.25%
21 37 0.24%
97 37 0.24%
92 35 0.22%
25 31 0.2%
100 30 0.19%
16 28 0.18%
88 27 0.17%
94 26 0.17%
95 24 0.15%
99 23 0.15%
98 21 0.13%
101 20 0.13%
13 19 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%
10 11 0.07%
105 11 0.07%
12 10 0.06%
102 9 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 0.03%
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 527 1.67%
2 or less 541 1.72%
3 or less 1132 3.6%
5 or less 1142 3.63%
6 or less 1530 4.86%
7 or less 2572 8.17%
8 or less 2607 8.28%
9 or less 2802 8.9%
10 or less 3966 12.6%
11 or less 4010 12.74%
12 or less 4189 13.31%
13 or less 5127 16.29%
14 or less 6544 20.79%
15 or less 6717 21.34%
16 or less 7262 23.08%
17 or less 8839 28.09%
18 or less 8972 28.51%
19 or less 9343 29.69%
20 or less 10597 33.67%
21 or less 11938 37.93%
22 or less 12206 38.79%
23 or less 12985 41.26%
24 or less 14803 47.04%
25 or less 15014 47.71%
26 or less 15454 49.11%
27 or less 16708 53.09%
28 or less 17922 56.95%
29 or less 18227 57.92%
30 or less 18985 60.33%
31 or less 20536 65.26%
32 or less 20725 65.86%
33 or less 21107 67.07%
34 or less 22173 70.46%
35 or less 23138 73.52%
36 or less 23370 74.26%
37 or less 23925 76.02%
38 or less 25064 79.64%
39 or less 25221 80.14%
40 or less 25499 81.03%
41 or less 26282 83.51%
42 or less 27042 85.93%
43 or less 27204 86.44%
44 or less 27580 87.64%
45 or less 28368 90.14%
46 or less 28437 90.36%
47 or less 28588 90.84%
48 or less 29006 92.17%
49 or less 29444 93.56%
50 or less 29544 93.88%
51 or less 29728 94.46%
52 or less 30122 95.72%
53 or less 30167 95.86%
54 or less 30250 96.12%
55 or less 30448 96.75%
56 or less 30714 97.6%
57 or less 30734 97.66%
58 or less 30819 97.93%
59 or less 30992 98.48%
60 or less 31006 98.53%
61 or less 31036 98.62%
62 or less 31119 98.88%
63 or less 31239 99.27%
64 or less 31246 99.29%
65 or less 31270 99.36%
66 or less 31336 99.57%
67 or less 31342 99.59%
68 or less 31355 99.63%
69 or less 31382 99.72%
70 or less 31421 99.84%
71 or less 31426 99.86%
72 or less 31431 99.88%
73 or less 31446 99.92%
74 or less 31448 99.93%
75 or less 31449 99.93%
76 or less 31454 99.95%
77 or less 31465 99.98%
78 or less 31466 99.99%
79 or less 31467 99.99%
80 or less 31468 99.99%
82 or less 31469 100%
83 or less 31470 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1818 5.78%
17 1577 5.01%
31 1551 4.93%
14 1417 4.5%
21 1341 4.26%
20 1254 3.98%
27 1254 3.98%
28 1214 3.86%
10 1164 3.7%
38 1139 3.62%
34 1066 3.39%
7 1042 3.31%
35 965 3.07%
13 938 2.98%
45 788 2.5%
41 783 2.49%
23 779 2.48%
42 760 2.41%
30 758 2.41%
3 591 1.88%
37 555 1.76%
16 545 1.73%
0 527 1.67%
26 440 1.4%
49 438 1.39%
48 418 1.33%
52 394 1.25%
6 388 1.23%
33 382 1.21%
44 376 1.19%
19 371 1.18%
29 305 0.97%
40 278 0.88%
22 268 0.85%
56 266 0.85%
36 232 0.74%
25 211 0.67%
55 198 0.63%
9 195 0.62%
32 189 0.6%
51 184 0.58%
12 179 0.57%
15 173 0.55%
59 173 0.55%
43 162 0.51%
39 157 0.5%
47 151 0.48%
18 133 0.42%
63 120 0.38%
50 100 0.32%
58 85 0.27%
54 83 0.26%
62 83 0.26%
46 69 0.22%
66 66 0.21%
53 45 0.14%
11 44 0.14%
70 39 0.12%
8 35 0.11%
61 30 0.1%
69 27 0.09%
65 24 0.08%
57 20 0.06%
73 15 0.05%
2 14 0.04%
60 14 0.04%
68 13 0.04%
77 11 0.03%
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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