List of 100-point games in college football


In college football, games in which 100 points are scored by a single team are a rarity, especially since 1940; in lopsided games, several deterrents exist to prevent running up the score. Of current NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision teams, only Arizona, Bowling Green, Georgia Tech, Oklahoma and Tulsa have eclipsed 150 points in a game. Neglecting games in the early 1900s, the Houston Cougars are the only Division I FBS football team to score 100 points against another FBS team, against Tulsa in 1968. The most lopsided game in college football history occurred in a 1916 contest when Georgia Tech beat Cumberland 222–0. King College, now King University, scored 206 points against Lenoir in 1922 and the former St. Viator College put up 205 points against Lane in 1916.
On September 25, 1884, Yale defeated Dartmouth 113–0, becoming not only the first game where one team scored over 100 points but also first time one team scored over 100 points and the opposing team scored zero points. The next week, Princeton outscored Lafayette by 140 to 0.
It is rare for a team to have scored in a game when the opponent scored over 100 points, but several cases exist. One is the Rice–Southern Methodist game of 1916 when SMU scored an early field goal but Rice "came back" to win 146–3.
Early records are often incomplete and sometimes contradictory. Scores listed in the table below have been confirmed in at least two sources except when there is a footnote to the score. A footnote by the date indicates a third reference source. The table includes not only scores from NCAA programs but also from those that compete in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and from games played before the advent of the NCAA or NAIA.

List of 100-point games

TeamOpponentScoreYear
AlbionRiver Rouge NTS178–01919
Alma CollegeCentral Michigan106–01912
Appalachian StatePiedmont115–01936
AlabamaMarion Military Institute110–01922
Arkansas StateCentral Arkansas101–01917
ArizonaNew Mexico Military Institute110–01921
ArizonaCamp Harry Jones167–01920
ArkansasFourth District Normal100–01911
Austin CollegeDaniel Baker College109–01920
Baldwin–WallaceKent State118–01923
BaylorHardin–Simmons103–01917
BeloitNorthern Illinois115–01913
Bowling GreenFindlay151–01921
ButlerHanover122–61921
ButlerIndiana State101–01905
California127–01920
Carlisle IndiansAlbright100–01904
Central OklahomaOklahoma City183–01916
Central OklahomaOklahoma Baptist157–01919
Central OklahomaEast Central 104–01921
Central State Lane101–01989
CentreKentucky Military Institute104–01917
CentreHoward 120–01920
CentreGeorgetown 103–01920
Chemawa IndiansPacific U. 104–01923
ChicagoGreat Lakes Naval Station123–01919
ChicagoMonmouth108–01903
CincinnatiTransylvania124–01912
CincinnatiKentucky Wesleyan115–01921
ClemsonGuilford122–01901
CoeHighland Park115–01914
ColgateRPI107–01915
ColoradoRegis109–01905
Colorado MinesColorado103–01890
ConnecticutNewport NTS125–01949
CornellRochester124–01889
CornellWestern Reserve110–01921
DaytonCentral Normal 161–01923
DefianceFindlay118–01921
DetroitToledo145–01917
Eastern WashingtonSpokane Univ.114–01914
Emporia Pittsburg Normal107–01910
Emporia Olathe105–01914
Emporia StateFriends134–01912
FloridaFlorida Southern144–01913
FordhamWashington 101–01920
Fort Hays StateSalina All Stars125–71913
Fort Valley StateKnoxville106–01969
GeorgiaAlabama Presbyterian108–01913
GeorgiaDahlonega101–01914
GeorgiaLocust Grove101–01910
Georgia TechMercer105–01914
Georgia TechCumberland222–01916
Georgia TechNC State128–01918
Georgia Tech11th Cavalry123–01918
Georgia TechFurman118–01918
HarvardExeter158–01886
HarvardWesleyan110–01887
HarvardAmherst102–01888
HarvardWesleyan124–01891
HawaiiNational Guard101–01926
HawaiiField Artillery101–01926
HendrixDraughon Practical Business Col.112–01912
HendrixHenderson128–01919
HoustonTulsa100–61968
Idaho StateWestern Montana111–01931
Idaho StateWestern Montana103–01930
Idaho StateGooding 106–01922
Illinois CollegeCarthage111–01915
King Lenoir206–01922
LehighPenn State106–01889
Louisiana TechClarke 100–01922
LouisvilleWashington 100–01913
Marion MilitaryHoward 101–01918
MarquetteUW-Oshkosh103–01917
MarshallKentucky Wesleyan101–01916
MemphisSomerville High School115–01916
MichiganWest Virginia130–01904
MichiganBuffalo128–01901
MichiganMichigan State119–01902
MichiganIowa107–01902
Michigan StateOlivet109–01920
Michigan StateHillsdale104–01904
Michigan StateKalamazoo103–01928
Michigan StateRipon100–01931
MillikinIndiana State158–61920
MillikinIllinois State107–01920
MinnesotaGrinnell102–01902
MinnesotaMacalester112–01903
MinnesotaGrinnell146–01904
MinnesotaTwin Cities High School107–01904
MississippiSW Baptist114–01904
Mississippi Valley StateRust101–01956
Missouri School of MinesKirksville Osteopaths150–01914
Missouri School of MinesPittsburg Normal104–01914
MontanaMt. St. Charles133–01920
MontanaMontana Tech106–61924
Morehead StateRio Grande 104–01941
Murray StateLouisville105–01933
Murray StateWill Mayfield119–61928
NavyUrsinus127–01918
NavyColby121–01919
NebraskaHaskell119–01910
NebraskaKearney State117–01911
NebraskaCreighton102–01905
NebraskaNebraska Wesleyan100–01917
NevadaCollege of Pacific 134–01919
NevadaMare Island Marines102–01919
New MexicoNorthern Arizona108–01916
New Mexico State2nd Cavalry-Fort Bliss116–01912
New Mexico StateNew Mexico Mines108–01932
New Mexico StateNew Mexico110–31917
NC StateHampton Roads100–01919
North CentralLewis Institute116–01915
North Dakota StateWahpeton Indians123–01912
North Dakota StateFlandreau Indians105–01903
North ParkNorth Central104–321968
Northern IllinoisWheaton 114–71912
Northwestern State Monroe High School 134–01915
Notre DameAmerican Medical142–01905
Notre DameRose Poly103–01914
Ohio StateOberlin128–01916
Ohio WesleyanMiami 104–01891
OklahomaKingfisher179–01917
OklahomaKingfisher157–01919
OklahomaSW Oklahoma140–01916
OklahomaOklahoma Baptist107–01916
OklahomaKingfisher104–01911
OklahomaArkansas103–01918
OklahomaNW Oklahoma102–01915
OklahomaNW Oklahoma101–01913
Oklahoma StatePhillips134–01914
Oklahoma StatePhillips112–31913
Oklahoma StateSW Oklahoma117–01916
OregonPuget Sound114–01910
Pacific U. Pacific College118–01923
Penn StateLebanon Valley109–71920
Pittsburg State Fourth District Normal150–01912
Portland StateDelaware State105–01980
PrincetonLafayette140–01884
PrincetonJohns Hopkins108–01885
PrincetonJohns Hopkins104–01888
PrincetonVirginia115–01890
RiceSMU146–31916
RockfordTrinity Bible105–02003
Blackburn104–01914
St. ViatorLane College 205–01916
San Jose StateUniversity of Mexico103–01949
SewaneeFlorence State101–01912
SouthernBishop 105–01952
Southern IllinoisInternational Univ. Arts & Sci.118–01914
Southern MissSmith County High School113–01921
Southwestern LouisianaPatterson High School107–61918
S. F. AustinCenter High School120–01923
S. F. AustinCollege of Marshall 108–01926
SusquehannaLyken AC104–01902
SyracuseManhattan144–01904
TempleBlue Ridge110–01927
TennesseeAmerican104–01905
TennesseeCumberland101–01915
TennesseeKing101–01912
TennesseeCarson-Newman101–01915
Texas A&MDaniel Baker College110–01920
Texas TechWayland Baptist120–01925
Third District NormalWill Mayfield110–01916
Third District NormalDeSoto Athletic Club107–01916
TulsaMissouri School of Mines117–01916
TulsaOklahoma Baptist152–01919
Tulsa121–01920
TulsaNE Oklahoma151–01920
UtahFort Douglas107–01904
UtahFort Douglas129–01905
UtahCollege of Idaho105–31923
Utah StateCrimsons100–01907
Utah StateIdaho State136–01919
ValparaisoLewis110–01923
VanderbiltBethel105–01912
VanderbiltHenderson-Brown101–01915
VanderbiltMaryville100–31912
VirginiaRandolph-Macon136–01890
VirginiaFort Monroe102–01894
Virginia MilitaryHampden-Sydney136–01920
XavierLees132–01927
XavierFort Thomas121–01919
WashingtonWhitworth100–01913
WashingtonWhitman120–01919
WashingtonWillamette108–01925
Washington & JeffersonGrove City100–01913
Washington & JeffersonDickinson105–01914
Washington & LeeRose Poly103–01914
West Liberty StateCedarville137–01932
Western MichiganHillsdale103–01918
WhittierUCLA103–01920
WisconsinWisconsin-Whitewater106–01890
Wisconsin–Stevens PointSt. Norbert108–01921
WyomingNorthern Colorado103–01949
YaleDartmouth113–01884
YaleWesleyan136–01886
YaleWesleyan106–01887
YaleWesleyan105–01888

Breakdown of list

As a supplement to the list, the following summarizations are provided.

Team appearances on list

Oklahoma leads the pack of most 100+ point victories with 8, followed by Georgia Tech with 5. Wesleyan holds the distinction of losing the most 100+ point games with 5, where Kingfisher College and Oklahoma Baptist are second with three each.
A total of 15 teams appear on both the winning and losing side of 100+ point games: Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho State, Louisville, Marion Military Inst, Michigan State, Missouri School of Mines, NC State, New Mexico, North Central, Northern Illinois, Pacific, Penn State, Tulsa, and Virginia.

Games by decade

The 1920 season produced the most 100 point games in a single year with 16, but the 1910s proved to be the decade with the most 100 point games with 92. From 1910 to 1929, a total of 139 games were played with 100 points scored by one side. This is 35% of all such games being in this 20-year period.
Decade# gamesPercent of total
1880s126.0
1890s73.5
1900s2411.9
1910s9346.3
1920s4622.9
1930s73.5
1940s42.0
1950s21.0
1960s31.5
1970s00.0
1980s21.0
1990s00.0
2000s10.5
2010s00.0

Least margin of victory

In only one game did the losing team score more than 7 points, with North Central scoring 32 points in 1968 and North Park winning by "only" 72 points.