Frequency of CFB scores, 2005-2023 (FBS vs. FBS only)

Sample size: 13912 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 465 3.34%
2 or less 831 5.97%
3 or less 2115 15.2%
4 or less 2597 18.67%
5 or less 2939 21.13%
6 or less 3351 24.09%
7 or less 4427 31.82%
8 or less 4756 34.19%
9 or less 4920 35.37%
10 or less 5510 39.61%
11 or less 5815 41.8%
12 or less 5992 43.07%
13 or less 6242 44.87%
14 or less 6835 49.13%
15 or less 7025 50.5%
16 or less 7211 51.83%
17 or less 7679 55.2%
18 or less 8024 57.68%
19 or less 8206 58.99%
20 or less 8472 60.9%
21 or less 8972 64.49%
22 or less 9142 65.71%
23 or less 9313 66.94%
24 or less 9697 69.7%
25 or less 9945 71.49%
26 or less 10069 72.38%
27 or less 10282 73.91%
28 or less 10641 76.49%
29 or less 10755 77.31%
30 or less 10882 78.22%
31 or less 11150 80.15%
32 or less 11297 81.2%
33 or less 11380 81.8%
34 or less 11551 83.03%
35 or less 11777 84.65%
36 or less 11843 85.13%
37 or less 11927 85.73%
38 or less 12109 87.04%
39 or less 12206 87.74%
40 or less 12235 87.95%
41 or less 12325 88.59%
42 or less 12474 89.66%
43 or less 12499 89.84%
44 or less 12541 90.15%
45 or less 12649 90.92%
46 or less 12692 91.23%
47 or less 12716 91.4%
48 or less 12761 91.73%
49 or less 12839 92.29%
50 or less 12862 92.45%
51 or less 12882 92.6%
52 or less 12934 92.97%
53 or less 12962 93.17%
54 or less 12967 93.21%
55 or less 12994 93.4%
56 or less 13030 93.66%
57 or less 13037 93.71%
58 or less 13049 93.8%
59 or less 13071 93.95%
60 or less 13077 94%
61 or less 13080 94.02%
62 or less 13086 94.06%
63 or less 13099 94.16%
64 or less 13100 94.16%
65 or less 13102 94.18%
66 or less 13107 94.21%
67 or less 13108 94.22%
68 or less 13109 94.23%
69 or less 13112 94.25%
70 or less 13113 94.26%
71 or less 13115 94.27%
72 or less 13117 94.29%
73 or less 13119 94.3%
74 or less 13120 94.31%
78 or less 13121 94.31%

Margin of victory, by frequency

Margin Occurrence Pct.
3 1284 9.23%
7 1076 7.73%
14 593 4.26%
10 590 4.24%
21 500 3.59%
4 482 3.46%
17 468 3.36%
1 465 3.34%
6 412 2.96%
24 384 2.76%
2 366 2.63%
28 359 2.58%
18 345 2.48%
5 342 2.46%
8 329 2.36%
11 305 2.19%
31 268 1.93%
20 266 1.91%
13 250 1.8%
25 248 1.78%
35 226 1.62%
27 213 1.53%
15 190 1.37%
16 186 1.34%
19 182 1.31%
38 182 1.31%
12 177 1.27%
23 171 1.23%
34 171 1.23%
22 170 1.22%
9 164 1.18%
42 149 1.07%
32 147 1.06%
30 127 0.91%
26 124 0.89%
29 114 0.82%
45 108 0.78%
39 97 0.7%
41 90 0.65%
37 84 0.6%
33 83 0.6%
49 78 0.56%
36 66 0.47%
52 52 0.37%
48 45 0.32%
46 43 0.31%
44 42 0.3%
56 36 0.26%
40 29 0.21%
53 28 0.2%
55 27 0.19%
43 25 0.18%
47 24 0.17%
50 23 0.17%
59 22 0.16%
51 20 0.14%
63 13 0.09%
58 12 0.09%
57 7 0.05%
60 6 0.04%
62 6 0.04%
54 5 0.04%
66 5 0.04%
61 3 0.02%
69 3 0.02%
65 2 0.01%
71 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 0.06%
9 or less 12 0.09%
10 or less 22 0.16%
12 or less 31 0.22%
13 or less 48 0.35%
14 or less 55 0.4%
15 or less 71 0.51%
16 or less 99 0.71%
17 or less 139 1%
18 or less 141 1.01%
19 or less 173 1.24%
20 or less 227 1.63%
21 or less 259 1.86%
22 or less 298 2.14%
23 or less 395 2.84%
24 or less 502 3.61%
25 or less 527 3.79%
26 or less 608 4.37%
27 or less 761 5.47%
28 or less 816 5.87%
29 or less 907 6.52%
30 or less 1086 7.81%
31 or less 1257 9.04%
32 or less 1313 9.44%
33 or less 1493 10.73%
34 or less 1718 12.35%
35 or less 1863 13.39%
36 or less 1976 14.2%
37 or less 2273 16.34%
38 or less 2525 18.15%
39 or less 2628 18.89%
40 or less 2818 20.26%
41 or less 3188 22.92%
42 or less 3349 24.07%
43 or less 3545 25.48%
44 or less 3884 27.92%
45 or less 4253 30.57%
46 or less 4381 31.49%
47 or less 4668 33.55%
48 or less 5028 36.14%
49 or less 5308 38.15%
50 or less 5492 39.48%
51 or less 5894 42.37%
52 or less 6242 44.87%
53 or less 6423 46.17%
54 or less 6671 47.95%
55 or less 7146 51.37%
56 or less 7358 52.89%
57 or less 7583 54.51%
58 or less 7937 57.05%
59 or less 8280 59.52%
60 or less 8411 60.46%
61 or less 8677 62.37%
62 or less 8954 64.36%
63 or less 9196 66.1%
64 or less 9380 67.42%
65 or less 9690 69.65%
66 or less 9953 71.54%
67 or less 10090 72.53%
68 or less 10246 73.65%
69 or less 10526 75.66%
70 or less 10669 76.69%
71 or less 10839 77.91%
72 or less 11021 79.22%
73 or less 11214 80.61%
74 or less 11292 81.17%
75 or less 11425 82.12%
76 or less 11590 83.31%
77 or less 11733 84.34%
78 or less 11796 84.79%
79 or less 11935 85.79%
80 or less 12041 86.55%
81 or less 12089 86.9%
82 or less 12159 87.4%
83 or less 12275 88.23%
84 or less 12329 88.62%
85 or less 12396 89.1%
86 or less 12452 89.51%
87 or less 12524 90.02%
88 or less 12551 90.22%
89 or less 12610 90.64%
90 or less 12666 91.04%
91 or less 12712 91.37%
92 or less 12745 91.61%
93 or less 12790 91.94%
94 or less 12811 92.09%
95 or less 12834 92.25%
96 or less 12850 92.37%
97 or less 12885 92.62%
98 or less 12905 92.76%
99 or less 12924 92.9%
100 or less 12952 93.1%
101 or less 12971 93.24%
102 or less 12980 93.3%
103 or less 12998 93.43%
104 or less 13009 93.51%
105 or less 13019 93.58%
106 or less 13024 93.62%
107 or less 13038 93.72%
108 or less 13051 93.81%
109 or less 13056 93.85%
110 or less 13061 93.88%
111 or less 13068 93.93%
112 or less 13072 93.96%
113 or less 13076 93.99%
114 or less 13080 94.02%
115 or less 13087 94.07%
116 or less 13089 94.08%
117 or less 13095 94.13%
118 or less 13096 94.13%
119 or less 13099 94.16%
121 or less 13101 94.17%
123 or less 13104 94.19%
124 or less 13106 94.21%
125 or less 13107 94.21%
126 or less 13108 94.22%
129 or less 13109 94.23%
130 or less 13110 94.24%
132 or less 13111 94.24%
133 or less 13114 94.26%
135 or less 13115 94.27%
136 or less 13117 94.29%
137 or less 13118 94.29%
139 or less 13119 94.3%
140 or less 13120 94.31%
146 or less 13121 94.31%

Game total scoring, by frequency

Total Occurrence Pct.
55 475 3.41%
51 402 2.89%
41 370 2.66%
45 369 2.65%
48 360 2.59%
58 354 2.54%
52 348 2.5%
59 343 2.47%
44 339 2.44%
65 310 2.23%
37 297 2.13%
47 287 2.06%
49 280 2.01%
69 280 2.01%
62 277 1.99%
61 266 1.91%
66 263 1.89%
38 252 1.81%
54 248 1.78%
63 242 1.74%
34 225 1.62%
57 225 1.62%
56 212 1.52%
43 196 1.41%
73 193 1.39%
40 190 1.37%
50 184 1.32%
64 184 1.32%
72 182 1.31%
53 181 1.3%
33 180 1.29%
30 179 1.29%
31 171 1.23%
71 170 1.22%
76 165 1.19%
42 161 1.16%
68 156 1.12%
27 153 1.1%
35 145 1.04%
70 143 1.03%
77 143 1.03%
79 139 1%
67 137 0.98%
75 133 0.96%
60 131 0.94%
46 128 0.92%
83 116 0.83%
36 113 0.81%
24 107 0.77%
80 106 0.76%
39 103 0.74%
23 97 0.7%
29 91 0.65%
26 81 0.58%
74 78 0.56%
87 72 0.52%
82 70 0.5%
85 67 0.48%
78 63 0.45%
89 59 0.42%
32 56 0.4%
86 56 0.4%
90 56 0.4%
28 55 0.4%
20 54 0.39%
84 54 0.39%
81 48 0.35%
91 46 0.33%
93 45 0.32%
17 40 0.29%
22 39 0.28%
97 35 0.25%
92 33 0.24%
19 32 0.23%
21 32 0.23%
16 28 0.2%
100 28 0.2%
88 27 0.19%
25 25 0.18%
95 23 0.17%
94 21 0.15%
98 20 0.14%
99 19 0.14%
101 19 0.14%
103 18 0.13%
13 17 0.12%
15 16 0.12%
96 16 0.12%
107 14 0.1%
108 13 0.09%
104 11 0.08%
10 10 0.07%
105 10 0.07%
12 9 0.06%
102 9 0.06%
14 7 0.05%
111 7 0.05%
115 7 0.05%
117 6 0.04%
106 5 0.04%
109 5 0.04%
110 5 0.04%
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%
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 471 1.69%
2 or less 485 1.74%
3 or less 1010 3.63%
5 or less 1018 3.66%
6 or less 1360 4.89%
7 or less 2278 8.19%
8 or less 2307 8.29%
9 or less 2469 8.87%
10 or less 3492 12.55%
11 or less 3522 12.66%
12 or less 3682 13.23%
13 or less 4508 16.2%
14 or less 5775 20.76%
15 or less 5921 21.28%
16 or less 6399 23%
17 or less 7812 28.08%
18 or less 7919 28.46%
19 or less 8234 29.59%
20 or less 9316 33.48%
21 or less 10488 37.69%
22 or less 10721 38.53%
23 or less 11413 41.02%
24 or less 13006 46.74%
25 or less 13180 47.37%
26 or less 13554 48.71%
27 or less 14651 52.66%
28 or less 15736 56.56%
29 or less 16004 57.52%
30 or less 16680 59.95%
31 or less 18065 64.93%
32 or less 18234 65.53%
33 or less 18580 66.78%
34 or less 19503 70.09%
35 or less 20366 73.2%
36 or less 20572 73.94%
37 or less 21073 75.74%
38 or less 22070 79.32%
39 or less 22205 79.81%
40 or less 22458 80.71%
41 or less 23154 83.22%
42 or less 23822 85.62%
43 or less 23970 86.15%
44 or less 24307 87.36%
45 or less 25016 89.91%
46 or less 25076 90.12%
47 or less 25217 90.63%
48 or less 25592 91.98%
49 or less 25980 93.37%
50 or less 26069 93.69%
51 or less 26235 94.29%
52 or less 26589 95.56%
53 or less 26628 95.7%
54 or less 26704 95.97%
55 or less 26886 96.63%
56 or less 27125 97.49%
57 or less 27143 97.55%
58 or less 27224 97.84%
59 or less 27381 98.41%
60 or less 27395 98.46%
61 or less 27422 98.56%
62 or less 27501 98.84%
63 or less 27610 99.23%
64 or less 27617 99.26%
65 or less 27641 99.34%
66 or less 27700 99.55%
67 or less 27706 99.58%
68 or less 27718 99.62%
69 or less 27744 99.71%
70 or less 27779 99.84%
71 or less 27782 99.85%
72 or less 27787 99.87%
73 or less 27800 99.91%
74 or less 27802 99.92%
75 or less 27803 99.92%
76 or less 27808 99.94%
77 or less 27819 99.98%
78 or less 27820 99.99%
79 or less 27821 99.99%
80 or less 27822 99.99%
82 or less 27823 100%
83 or less 27824 100%

Game team scoring, by frequency

Team total Occurrence Pct.
24 1593 5.73%
17 1413 5.08%
31 1385 4.98%
14 1267 4.55%
21 1172 4.21%
27 1097 3.94%
28 1085 3.9%
20 1082 3.89%
10 1023 3.68%
38 997 3.58%
34 923 3.32%
7 918 3.3%
35 863 3.1%
13 826 2.97%
45 709 2.55%
41 696 2.5%
23 692 2.49%
30 676 2.43%
42 668 2.4%
3 525 1.89%
37 501 1.8%
16 478 1.72%
0 471 1.69%
49 388 1.39%
48 375 1.35%
26 374 1.34%
52 354 1.27%
33 346 1.24%
6 342 1.23%
44 337 1.21%
19 315 1.13%
29 268 0.96%
40 253 0.91%
56 239 0.86%
22 233 0.84%
36 206 0.74%
55 182 0.65%
25 174 0.63%
32 169 0.61%
51 166 0.6%
9 162 0.58%
12 160 0.58%
59 157 0.56%
43 148 0.53%
15 146 0.52%
47 141 0.51%
39 135 0.49%
63 109 0.39%
18 107 0.38%
50 89 0.32%
58 81 0.29%
62 79 0.28%
54 76 0.27%
46 60 0.22%
66 59 0.21%
53 39 0.14%
70 35 0.13%
11 30 0.11%
8 29 0.1%
61 27 0.1%
69 26 0.09%
65 24 0.09%
57 18 0.06%
2 14 0.05%
60 14 0.05%
73 13 0.05%
68 12 0.04%
77 11 0.04%
5 8 0.03%
64 7 0.03%
67 6 0.02%
72 5 0.02%
76 5 0.02%
71 3 0.01%
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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