Most points scored in a football game by one team college is Georgia Tech with a 222-0 win over Cumberland. The match took place on 7 October 1916.
Coach John Heisman was leading Georgia Tech back then. The Heisman Trophy was named after him.
Such a feat has never been repeated to date. Cumberland discontinued their football program before the start of the 1916 season but did not tell the Engineers.
Heisman insisted that the game must go on or else he would hold the team to forfeit $3000 as compensation, which was considered a large sum of money at that time. So, the team decided to play.
The first quarter of the game gave the Tech 63-0 lead and on reaching the first half, the scoreboard noted a massive increase up to 126 while the opponents were on null.
One of its famous halftime talks of Heisman quotes “We’re ahead, but you just can’t tell what those Cumberland players have up their sleeves. They may spring a surprise. Be alert, men.” The time was shortened to 12 minutes from 15, but the points did not stop.
Highest Scoring College Football Game Since 2000
Rockford 105-0 victory over Trinity Bible on 6 September 2003 is the highest-scoring college football game since 2000. It was played at Sam Greeley Field.
In that game, Marcus Howard ran for 334 yards and scored five touchdowns from 28 carries. Isaac Holloway, the backup running back for the team, rushed for 78 yards and four touchdowns.
These two players added the most to the team scoreboard. Rockford only went for two passing attempts in the first quarter and both of them made TDs of 40 and 44 yards.
On the team’s record-breaking win, the head coach of Rockford Mike Hoskins quoted, “You hate to see a score get like that, but when you play all of your people and don’t even throw the football there’s not much else you can do.”
The recent high score in a single game before that was the 101-0 point score of Central State against Lane on October 28, 1989, which took place in Wilberforce.
List of 100-Point Games
Going for 100 points in a single game is almost impossible in the present day. Not many such records have been noted in the last 20 years. The most recent 100-point games are:
- 1989: Central State vs. Lane, 101-0
- 1980: Portland State vs. Delaware State, 105-0
- 1969: Fort Valley State vs. Knoxville, 106-0
- 1968, Nov: North Park vs. North Central, 104-32
- 1968, Oct: Houston vs. Tulsa, 100-6
- 1967: Alcorn State vs. Paul Quinn, 101-0
- 1956: Mississippi Valley State vs. Rust, 101-0
- 1952: Southern vs. Bishop, 105-0
- 1949, Sep: San Jose State vs. University of Mexico, 103-0
- 1949, Oct: Connecticut vs. Newport NTS, 125-0
- 1949, Nov: Wyoming vs. Northern Colorado, 103-0
- 1941: Motherland State vs. Rio Grande, 104-0
- 1936: Appalachian State vs. Piedmont, 105-0
- 1932: New Mexico State vs. New Mexico Mines, 108-0
- 1932: Murray State vs. Louisville, 105-0
- 1932: West Libert State vs. Cedarville, 137-0
Biggest Playoff Points Made in College Football
Most points scored in a college football playoff game is 65-7 when Georgia Bulldogs thrashed Texas Christian University in January 2023.
It was the CFP National Championship game of the 2022 season. The previous record was 62 points set by Nebraska while playing against Florida in 1995 in a BA Championship match.
Below is the list of the highest scores made in championship playoffs of college football in the past years:
- BCS-2004: USC vs. Oklahoma – 55
- CFP-2020: Alabama vs. Ohio State – 52
- BA-1996: Florida vs. Florida State – 52
- BCS-1999: Florida State vs. Virginia Tech – 46
- CFP-2015: Alabama vs. Clemson – 45
- CFP-2018: Clemson vs. Alabama – 44
- CFP-2019: LSU vs. Clemson – 42
- CFP-2014: Ohio State vs. Oregon – 42
- BCS-2012: Alabama vs. Notre Dame – 42
- BA-1997: Nebraska vs. Tennessee – 42
- BCS-2006: Florida vs. Ohio State – 41
- BCS-2005: Texas vs. USC – 41
- CFP-2015: Clemson vs. Alabama – 40
- BCS-2007: LSU vs. Ohio State – 38
- BCS-2005: USC vs. Texas – 38
If we look at the most points scored combined in a bowl game then it is Marshall’s 64-61 victory over East Carolina University which totalled 125 points.
It was during the GMAC Bowl game in 2001 played in Mobile, Alabama. The shoot-out between QB Byron Leftwich for Marshall Thundering Herd and David Garred for ECU Pirates was the most exciting part of the game. They both went to the Jaguars to begin their NFL career.
Below is the list of the most combined points scored in a bowl game:
- Baylor vs. Washington (67-56) – 2011 Alamo Bowl
- West Virginia vs. Clemson (70-33) – 2012 Orange Bowl
- Army vs. West Virginia (70-33) – 2018 Armed Forces Bowl
- Georgia vs. Oklahoma (54-48) – 2018 Rose Bowl
- TCU vs. Michigan (51-45) – 2023 Fiesta Bowl
- LSU vs. Oklahoma (63-28) – 2019 Peach Bowl
- Alabama vs. Clemson (45-40) – 2016 National Championship
- Georgia vs. Ohio State (42-41) – 2023 Peach Bowl
Oklahoma Sooners Record
Highest scoring OU football game is 179-0 against Kingfisher College on 29 September of the 1917 season. The Sooners made a 6-4-1 win-loss-tie record.
The Sooners lost in four games that year including a 0-44 loss to Illinois, a 6-13 loss to Kansas, a 0-9 loss to Oklahoma State, and a 7-21 loss to Camp Doniphan. Kingfisher’s football program was only active up to 1926 and was discontinued in 1927.
The total PF recorded for the team that season was 451 and PA was 103. By 2020, Oklahoma was the most point scorer in the 125 seasons of varsity football history. They already had 36,383 points, the highest in the NCAA timeline.
The Sooners have also gone over the 100-point mark in a single game in college football eight times. The list of 20 Oklahoma Sooners’ highest record score games is given below:
- 157-0: against Kingfisher College – 1919
- 140-0: against Southwestern Oklahoma State – 1916
- 107-0: against Oklahoma Baptist – 1916
- 104-0: against Kingfisher College – 1911
- 103-0: against Arkansas – 1918
- 102-0: against Northwestern Oklahoma State – 1915
- 101-0: against Northwestern Oklahoma State – 1913
- 99-0: against Central Oklahoma – 1917
- 96-0: against Kingfisher College – 1916
- 96-6: against East Central – 1914
- 87-0: against Central Oklahoma – 1912
- 83-0: against Central Oklahoma – 1913
- 82-42: against Colorado – 1980
- 80-0: against Tulsa – 1917
- 79-10: against North Texas – 2007
- 79-0: against Central Oklahoma – 1910
- 79-0: against Fort Reno – 1900
- 77-0: against Texas A&M – 2003
- 77-0: against Missouri – 1986
- 76-0: against Western Carolina – 2021
Most points scored by Oregon Ducks football
Oregon Ducks football highest point game was 114-0 in 1910 while playing against Puget Sound. A single player went for 56 points in that game.
Back then, the team was known as Oregon Webfoots until the mid-1960s. That was the name of the football team representing Oregon University. It was their 17th season of college football and they used to compete independently in the competition.
It was a proud moment for head coach Bill Warner who was leading the team at that time. The date marked 22 October when the Webfoots were facing Puget Sounds at Kincaid Field Eugene, OR.
That season, the team did not meet their present-day biggest rival Washington or Washington State, and got 4 wins and a single loss out of five games played.
Their only loss was against Multnomah Athletic Club where the Webfoot’s got 0 points and the Multnomah scored 5. The match took place in Multnomah Field in Portland.
Oregon Ducks Football’s highest score is an 81-7 win over the Portland State Vikings in the recent match played on 2 September 2023. It is also the CFB record since 2015.
In that game, Bo Nix went for 287 Passing Yards and 3 touchdowns, Irvings got 119 Rushing Yards and two touchdowns and Franklin went for 106 Receiving Yards and 2 TDs.
The Ducks in total had 729 yards and 38 first downs. Oregon was leading during all four quarters and got an impressive victory at the end.
To date, the Ducks hold a record of 19 consecutive wins in home openers and 31 consecutive victories in non-conference home games.