Frequency of CFB scores, 2005-2024 (FBS vs. FBS only)

Sample size: 14666 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: 25.2

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Margin of victory, ordered

Margin Occurrence Cumulative pct.
1 or less 493 3.36%
2 or less 884 6.03%
3 or less 2233 15.23%
4 or less 2745 18.72%
5 or less 3113 21.23%
6 or less 3547 24.19%
7 or less 4687 31.96%
8 or less 5046 34.41%
9 or less 5215 35.56%
10 or less 5851 39.89%
11 or less 6174 42.1%
12 or less 6365 43.4%
13 or less 6621 45.15%
14 or less 7244 49.39%
15 or less 7447 50.78%
16 or less 7644 52.12%
17 or less 8139 55.5%
18 or less 8496 57.93%
19 or less 8686 59.23%
20 or less 8969 61.16%
21 or less 9506 64.82%
22 or less 9688 66.06%
23 or less 9867 67.28%
24 or less 10271 70.03%
25 or less 10528 71.79%
26 or less 10664 72.71%
27 or less 10892 74.27%
28 or less 11267 76.82%
29 or less 11387 77.64%
30 or less 11515 78.51%
31 or less 11797 80.44%
32 or less 11958 81.54%
33 or less 12045 82.13%
34 or less 12225 83.36%
35 or less 12468 85.01%
36 or less 12537 85.48%
37 or less 12627 86.1%
38 or less 12813 87.37%
39 or less 12915 88.06%
40 or less 12945 88.27%
41 or less 13039 88.91%
42 or less 13192 89.95%
43 or less 13219 90.13%
44 or less 13264 90.44%
45 or less 13377 91.21%
46 or less 13424 91.53%
47 or less 13449 91.7%
48 or less 13498 92.04%
49 or less 13580 92.6%
50 or less 13603 92.75%
51 or less 13624 92.9%
52 or less 13678 93.26%
53 or less 13706 93.45%
54 or less 13711 93.49%
55 or less 13739 93.68%
56 or less 13779 93.95%
57 or less 13786 94%
58 or less 13798 94.08%
59 or less 13821 94.24%
60 or less 13827 94.28%
61 or less 13830 94.3%
62 or less 13837 94.35%
63 or less 13851 94.44%
64 or less 13852 94.45%
65 or less 13854 94.46%
66 or less 13860 94.5%
67 or less 13861 94.51%
68 or less 13862 94.52%
69 or less 13865 94.54%
70 or less 13866 94.55%
71 or less 13869 94.57%
72 or less 13871 94.58%
73 or less 13873 94.59%
74 or less 13874 94.6%
78 or less 13875 94.61%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1349 9.2%
7 1140 7.77%
10 636 4.34%
14 623 4.25%
21 537 3.66%
4 512 3.49%
17 495 3.38%
1 493 3.36%
6 434 2.96%
24 404 2.75%
2 391 2.67%
28 375 2.56%
5 368 2.51%
8 359 2.45%
18 357 2.43%
11 323 2.2%
20 283 1.93%
31 282 1.92%
25 257 1.75%
13 256 1.75%
35 243 1.66%
27 228 1.55%
15 203 1.38%
16 197 1.34%
12 191 1.3%
19 190 1.3%
38 186 1.27%
22 182 1.24%
34 180 1.23%
23 179 1.22%
9 169 1.15%
32 161 1.1%
42 153 1.04%
26 136 0.93%
30 128 0.87%
29 120 0.82%
45 113 0.77%
39 102 0.7%
41 94 0.64%
37 90 0.61%
33 87 0.59%
49 82 0.56%
36 69 0.47%
52 54 0.37%
48 49 0.33%
46 47 0.32%
44 45 0.31%
56 40 0.27%
40 30 0.2%
53 28 0.19%
55 28 0.19%
43 27 0.18%
47 25 0.17%
50 23 0.16%
59 23 0.16%
51 21 0.14%
63 14 0.1%
58 12 0.08%
57 7 0.05%
62 7 0.05%
60 6 0.04%
66 6 0.04%
54 5 0.03%
61 3 0.02%
69 3 0.02%
71 3 0.02%
65 2 0.01%
72 2 0.01%
73 2 0.01%
64 1 0.01%
67 1 0.01%
68 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 12 0.08%
10 or less 22 0.15%
12 or less 32 0.22%
13 or less 49 0.33%
14 or less 56 0.38%
15 or less 72 0.49%
16 or less 100 0.68%
17 or less 142 0.97%
18 or less 144 0.98%
19 or less 180 1.23%
20 or less 236 1.61%
21 or less 270 1.84%
22 or less 310 2.11%
23 or less 412 2.81%
24 or less 525 3.58%
25 or less 551 3.76%
26 or less 634 4.32%
27 or less 792 5.4%
28 or less 852 5.81%
29 or less 948 6.46%
30 or less 1136 7.75%
31 or less 1315 8.97%
32 or less 1377 9.39%
33 or less 1568 10.69%
34 or less 1806 12.31%
35 or less 1961 13.37%
36 or less 2079 14.18%
37 or less 2389 16.29%
38 or less 2666 18.18%
39 or less 2774 18.91%
40 or less 2982 20.33%
41 or less 3380 23.05%
42 or less 3555 24.24%
43 or less 3766 25.68%
44 or less 4121 28.1%
45 or less 4507 30.73%
46 or less 4648 31.69%
47 or less 4959 33.81%
48 or less 5338 36.4%
49 or less 5631 38.39%
50 or less 5832 39.77%
51 or less 6257 42.66%
52 or less 6623 45.16%
53 or less 6816 46.47%
54 or less 7084 48.3%
55 or less 7586 51.73%
56 or less 7814 53.28%
57 or less 8052 54.9%
58 or less 8425 57.45%
59 or less 8793 59.95%
60 or less 8929 60.88%
61 or less 9212 62.81%
62 or less 9504 64.8%
63 or less 9766 66.59%
64 or less 9960 67.91%
65 or less 10283 70.11%
66 or less 10558 71.99%
67 or less 10701 72.96%
68 or less 10867 74.1%
69 or less 11160 76.09%
70 or less 11310 77.12%
71 or less 11488 78.33%
72 or less 11679 79.63%
73 or less 11884 81.03%
74 or less 11965 81.58%
75 or less 12103 82.52%
76 or less 12268 83.65%
77 or less 12416 84.66%
78 or less 12482 85.11%
79 or less 12631 86.12%
80 or less 12742 86.88%
81 or less 12793 87.23%
82 or less 12868 87.74%
83 or less 12987 88.55%
84 or less 13046 88.95%
85 or less 13116 89.43%
86 or less 13174 89.83%
87 or less 13250 90.35%
88 or less 13277 90.53%
89 or less 13340 90.96%
90 or less 13399 91.36%
91 or less 13447 91.69%
92 or less 13481 91.92%
93 or less 13527 92.23%
94 or less 13552 92.4%
95 or less 13576 92.57%
96 or less 13594 92.69%
97 or less 13630 92.94%
98 or less 13650 93.07%
99 or less 13671 93.22%
100 or less 13701 93.42%
101 or less 13721 93.56%
102 or less 13730 93.62%
103 or less 13748 93.74%
104 or less 13760 93.82%
105 or less 13770 93.89%
106 or less 13776 93.93%
107 or less 13790 94.03%
108 or less 13804 94.12%
109 or less 13809 94.16%
110 or less 13814 94.19%
111 or less 13821 94.24%
112 or less 13825 94.27%
113 or less 13829 94.29%
114 or less 13833 94.32%
115 or less 13840 94.37%
116 or less 13842 94.38%
117 or less 13848 94.42%
118 or less 13849 94.43%
119 or less 13852 94.45%
120 or less 13853 94.46%
121 or less 13855 94.47%
123 or less 13858 94.49%
124 or less 13860 94.5%
125 or less 13861 94.51%
126 or less 13862 94.52%
129 or less 13863 94.52%
130 or less 13864 94.53%
132 or less 13865 94.54%
133 or less 13868 94.56%
135 or less 13869 94.57%
136 or less 13871 94.58%
137 or less 13872 94.59%
139 or less 13873 94.59%
140 or less 13874 94.6%
146 or less 13875 94.61%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 502 3.42%
51 425 2.9%
41 398 2.71%
45 386 2.63%
48 379 2.58%
58 373 2.54%
59 368 2.51%
52 366 2.5%
44 355 2.42%
65 323 2.2%
47 311 2.12%
37 310 2.11%
49 293 2%
69 293 2%
62 292 1.99%
61 283 1.93%
38 277 1.89%
66 275 1.88%
54 268 1.83%
63 262 1.79%
34 238 1.62%
57 238 1.62%
56 228 1.55%
43 211 1.44%
40 208 1.42%
73 205 1.4%
50 201 1.37%
64 194 1.32%
53 193 1.32%
33 191 1.3%
72 191 1.3%
30 188 1.28%
31 179 1.22%
71 178 1.21%
42 175 1.19%
68 166 1.13%
76 165 1.13%
27 158 1.08%
35 155 1.06%
70 150 1.02%
79 149 1.02%
77 148 1.01%
67 143 0.98%
46 141 0.96%
75 138 0.94%
60 136 0.93%
83 119 0.81%
36 118 0.8%
24 113 0.77%
80 111 0.76%
39 108 0.74%
23 102 0.7%
29 96 0.65%
26 83 0.57%
74 81 0.55%
87 76 0.52%
82 75 0.51%
85 70 0.48%
78 66 0.45%
89 63 0.43%
32 62 0.42%
28 60 0.41%
84 59 0.4%
90 59 0.4%
86 58 0.4%
20 56 0.38%
81 51 0.35%
91 48 0.33%
93 46 0.31%
17 42 0.29%
22 40 0.27%
19 36 0.25%
97 36 0.25%
21 34 0.23%
92 34 0.23%
100 30 0.2%
16 28 0.19%
88 27 0.18%
25 26 0.18%
94 25 0.17%
95 24 0.16%
99 21 0.14%
98 20 0.14%
101 20 0.14%
96 18 0.12%
103 18 0.12%
13 17 0.12%
15 16 0.11%
107 14 0.1%
108 14 0.1%
104 12 0.08%
10 10 0.07%
12 10 0.07%
105 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%
109 5 0.03%
110 5 0.03%
9 4 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 495 1.69%
2 or less 509 1.74%
3 or less 1059 3.61%
5 or less 1069 3.64%
6 or less 1427 4.86%
7 or less 2396 8.17%
8 or less 2425 8.27%
9 or less 2600 8.86%
10 or less 3667 12.5%
11 or less 3703 12.62%
12 or less 3874 13.21%
13 or less 4745 16.18%
14 or less 6082 20.74%
15 or less 6241 21.28%
16 or less 6743 22.99%
17 or less 8219 28.02%
18 or less 8340 28.43%
19 or less 8685 29.61%
20 or less 9841 33.55%
21 or less 11083 37.78%
22 or less 11327 38.62%
23 or less 12057 41.11%
24 or less 13735 46.83%
25 or less 13925 47.47%
26 or less 14320 48.82%
27 or less 15475 52.76%
28 or less 16623 56.67%
29 or less 16911 57.65%
30 or less 17621 60.07%
31 or less 19075 65.03%
32 or less 19253 65.64%
33 or less 19616 66.88%
34 or less 20600 70.23%
35 or less 21504 73.31%
36 or less 21719 74.05%
37 or less 22251 75.86%
38 or less 23308 79.46%
39 or less 23452 79.95%
40 or less 23717 80.86%
41 or less 24446 83.34%
42 or less 25145 85.73%
43 or less 25298 86.25%
44 or less 25653 87.46%
45 or less 26388 89.96%
46 or less 26452 90.18%
47 or less 26598 90.68%
48 or less 26990 92.02%
49 or less 27401 93.42%
50 or less 27499 93.75%
51 or less 27673 94.34%
52 or less 28051 95.63%
53 or less 28092 95.77%
54 or less 28170 96.04%
55 or less 28357 96.68%
56 or less 28607 97.53%
57 or less 28625 97.59%
58 or less 28708 97.87%
59 or less 28872 98.43%
60 or less 28886 98.48%
61 or less 28914 98.57%
62 or less 28995 98.85%
63 or less 29110 99.24%
64 or less 29117 99.27%
65 or less 29141 99.35%
66 or less 29205 99.57%
67 or less 29211 99.59%
68 or less 29223 99.63%
69 or less 29249 99.72%
70 or less 29285 99.84%
71 or less 29290 99.86%
72 or less 29295 99.87%
73 or less 29308 99.92%
74 or less 29310 99.92%
75 or less 29311 99.93%
76 or less 29316 99.95%
77 or less 29327 99.98%
78 or less 29328 99.99%
79 or less 29329 99.99%
80 or less 29330 99.99%
82 or less 29331 100%
83 or less 29332 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1678 5.72%
17 1476 5.03%
31 1454 4.96%
14 1337 4.56%
21 1242 4.23%
20 1156 3.94%
27 1155 3.94%
28 1148 3.91%
10 1067 3.64%
38 1057 3.6%
34 984 3.35%
7 969 3.3%
35 904 3.08%
13 871 2.97%
45 735 2.51%
23 730 2.49%
41 729 2.49%
30 710 2.42%
42 699 2.38%
3 550 1.88%
37 532 1.81%
16 502 1.71%
0 495 1.69%
49 411 1.4%
26 395 1.35%
48 392 1.34%
52 378 1.29%
33 363 1.24%
6 358 1.22%
44 355 1.21%
19 345 1.18%
29 288 0.98%
40 265 0.9%
56 250 0.85%
22 244 0.83%
36 215 0.73%
25 190 0.65%
55 187 0.64%
32 178 0.61%
9 175 0.6%
51 174 0.59%
12 171 0.58%
59 164 0.56%
15 159 0.54%
43 153 0.52%
47 146 0.5%
39 144 0.49%
18 121 0.41%
63 115 0.39%
50 98 0.33%
58 83 0.28%
62 81 0.28%
54 78 0.27%
46 64 0.22%
66 64 0.22%
53 41 0.14%
11 36 0.12%
70 36 0.12%
8 29 0.1%
61 28 0.1%
69 26 0.09%
65 24 0.08%
57 18 0.06%
2 14 0.05%
60 14 0.05%
73 13 0.04%
68 12 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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