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 Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) 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 Georgia Tech team is the only Division I team to record over 200 points in one game, which occurred in 1916 when Tech beat Cumberland 222–0. King College (TN) scored 206 points against Lenoir in 1922.
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.
The November 23, 1968, meeting between the Houston Cougars and Tulsa Golden Hurricane holds the distinction of being the only football game between major football programs in the past 50 years in which a team scored 100 points. The 1968 Houston Cougars, led by coach Bill Yeoman, had introduced the veer offense two seasons prior and were known for scoring at will. Earlier in the 1968 season Houston played the University of Texas to a 20–20 tie, two weeks before the Longhorns began a nearly 3-year winning streak that included the 1969 National Championship.
| Team | Opponent | Score | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Marion Military Institute | 110–0 | 1922 |
| Albion | River Rouge NTS | 178–0 | 1919 |
| Appalachian State | Piedmont | 115–0 | 1921 |
| Arkansas State | Central Arkansas | 101–0 | 1917 |
| Arizona | New Mexico Military Institute | 110–0 | 1921 |
| Arizona | Camp Harry Jones | 167–0 | 1920 |
| Arkansas | Southwest Missouri State | 100–0 | 1911 |
| Baldwin-Wallace | Kent State | 118–0 | 1923 |
| Beloit | Northern Illinois | 115–0 | 1913 |
| Baylor | Hardin-Simmons | 103–0 | 1917 |
| Bowling Green | Findlay | 151–0 | 1921 |
| Butler | Hanover | 122–6 | 1921 |
| Butler | Indiana State | 101–0 | 1905 |
| California | Saint Mary's !St. Mary's (CA) | 127–0 | 1920 |
| Carlisle Indians | Albright | 100–0 | 1904 |
| Centre College | Kentucky Military Institute | 104–0 | 1917 |
| Centre College | Samford | 120–0 | 1920 |
| Centre College | Georgetown College | 103–0 | 1920 |
| Chemawa Indians | Pacific U. | 104–0 | 1923 |
| Chicago | Great Lakes Naval Station | 123–0 | 1919 |
| Chicago | Monmouth | 108–0 | 1903 |
| Cincinnati | Transylvania | 124–0 | 1912 |
| Cincinnati | Kentucky Wesleyan | 115–0 | 1921 |
| Clemson | Guilford | 122–0 | 1901 |
| Coe College | Highland Park | 115–0 | 1914 |
| Colgate | RPI | 107–0 | 1915 |
| Colorado | Regis University | 109–0 | 1905 |
| Colorado Mines | Colorado | 103–0 | 1890 |
| Connecticut | Newport NTS | 125–0 | 1949 |
| Cornell | Rochester | 124–0 | 1889 |
| Cornell | Western Reserve | 110–0 | 1921 |
| Dayton | Cental Normal (IN) | 161–0 | 1923 |
| Defiance | Findlay | 118–0 | 1921 |
| Detroit | Toledo | 145–0 | 1917 |
| Eastern Washington | Spokane Univ. | 114–0 | 1914 |
| Emporia (College of) | Pittsburg Normal | 107–0 | 1910 |
| Emporia (College of) | Olathe | 105–0 | 1914 |
| Emporia State | Friends | 134–0 | 1912 |
| Florida | Florida Southern | 144–0 | 1913 |
| Fordham | Washington Col. (Md) | 101–0 | 1920 |
| Fort Valley State College | Knoxville College | 106–0 | 1969 |
| Georgia | Alabama Presbyterian | 108–0 | 1913 |
| Georgia | Dahlonega | 101–0 | 1914 |
| Georgia | Locust Grove | 101–0 | 1910 |
| Georgia Tech | Mercer | 105–0 | 1914 |
| Georgia Tech | Cumberland | 222–0 | 1916 |
| Georgia Tech | NC State | 128–0 | 1918 |
| Georgia Tech | 11th Cavalry | 123–0 | 1918 |
| Georgia Tech | Furman | 118–0 | 1918 |
| Harvard | Exeter | 158–0 | 1886 |
| Harvard | Wesleyan | 124–0 | 1891 |
| Harvard | Wesleyan | 110–0 | 1887 |
| Harvard | Amherst | 102–0 | 1888 |
| Hawaii | National Guard | 101–0 | 1926 |
| Hawaii | Field Artillery | 101–0 | 1926 |
| Houston | Tulsa | 100–6 | 1968 |
| Idaho State | Western Montana | 111–0 | 1931 |
| Idaho State | Western Montana | 103–0 | 1930 |
| Idaho State | Gooding (Idaho) | 106–0 | 1922 |
| Illinois College | Carthage College | 100–0 | 1915 |
| King College (TN) | Lenoir | 206–0 | 1922 |
| Lehigh | Penn State | 106–0 | 1889 |
| Louisiana-Lafayette | Patterson High School | 107–6 | 1918 |
| Louisiana Tech | Clarke College (MS) | 100–0 | 1922 |
| Louisville | Washington (TN) | 100–0 | 1913 |
| Marion Military Institute | Samford | 101–0 | 1918 |
| Marquette | Wisconsin - Oshkosh | 103–0 | 1917 |
| Marshall | Kentucky Wesleyan | 101–0 | 1916 |
| Memphis | Somerville High School | 115–0 | 1916 |
| Michigan | West Virginia | 130–0 | 1904 |
| Michigan | Buffalo | 128–0 | 1901 |
| Michigan | Michigan State | 119–0 | 1902 |
| Michigan | Iowa | 107–0 | 1902 |
| Michigan State | Olivet | 109–0 | 1920 |
| Michigan State | Hillsdale | 104–0 | 1904 |
| Michigan State | Kalamazoo | 103–0 | 1928 |
| Michigan State | Ripon | 100–0 | 1931 |
| Minnesota | Grinnell | 146–0 | 1904 |
| Millikin | Indiana State | 158–6 | 1920 |
| Millikin | Illinois State | 107–0 | 1920 |
| Minnesota | Macalester | 112–0 | 1903 |
| Minnesota | Twin Cities High School | 107–0 | 1904 |
| Minnesota | Grinnell | 102–0 | 1902 |
| Mississippi | SW Baptist | 114–0 | 1904 |
| Missouri School of Mines | Kirksville Osteopaths | 150–0 | 1914 |
| Missouri School of Mines | Pittsburg Normal | 104–0 | 1914 |
| Montana | Mt. St.Charles | 133–0 | 1920 |
| Montana | Montana Tech | 106–6 | 1924 |
| Murray State | Louisville | 105–0 | 1933 |
| Murray State | Will Mayfield College | 119–6 | 1928 |
| Navy | Ursinus | 127–0 | 1918 |
| Navy | Colby | 121–0 | 1919 |
| Nebraska | Haskell | 119–0 | 1910 |
| Nebraska | Kearney State | 117–0 | 1911 |
| Nebraska | Creighton | 102–0 | 1905 |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Wesleyan | 100–0 | 1917 |
| Nevada | College of Pacific | 134–0 | 1919 |
| Nevada | Mare Island Marines | 102–0 | 1919 |
| New Mexico | Northern Arizona | 108–0 | 1916 |
| New Mexico State | 2nd Cavalry-Fort Bliss | 116–0 | 1912 |
| New Mexico State | New Mexico Mines | 108–0 | 1932 |
| New Mexico State | New Mexico | 110–3 | 1917 |
| NC State | Hampton Roads | 100–0 | 1919 |
| North Central | Lewis Institute | 116–0 | 1915 |
| North Dakota State | Wahpeton Indians | 123–0 | 1912 |
| North Dakota State | Flandreau Indians | 105–0 | 1903 |
| North Park | North Central | 104–32 | 1968 |
| Northern Illinois | Wheaton (IL) | 114–7 | 1912 |
| Northwestern State (LA) | Monroe High School (LA) | 134–0 | 1915 |
| Notre Dame | American Medical | 142–0 | 1905 |
| Notre Dame | Rose Poly | 103–0 | 1914 |
| Ohio State | Oberlin | 128–0 | 1916 |
| Ohio Wesleyan | Miami (OH) | 104–0 | 1891 |
| Oklahoma | Kingfisher College | 179–0 | 1917 |
| Oklahoma | Kingfisher College | 157–0 | 1919 |
| Oklahoma | SW Oklahoma | 140–0 | 1916 |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Baptist | 107–0 | 1916 |
| Oklahoma | Kingfisher College | 104–0 | 1911 |
| Oklahoma | Arkansas | 103–0 | 1918 |
| Oklahoma | NW Oklahoma | 102–0 | 1915 |
| Oklahoma | NW Oklahoma | 101–0 | 1913 |
| Oklahoma State | Phillips | 134–0 | 1914 |
| Oklahoma State | Phillips | 112–3 | 1913 |
| Oklahoma State | SW Oklahoma | 117–0 | 1916 |
| Oregon | Puget Sound | 115–0 | 1910 |
| Pacific U. | Pacific College | 118–0 | 1923 |
| Penn State | Lebanon Valley | 109–7 | 1920 |
| Pittsburg State (KS) | Southwest Missouri State | 150–0 | 1912 |
| Portland State | Delaware State | 105–0 | 1980 |
| Princeton | Lafayette | 140–0 | 1884 |
| Princeton | Virginia | 115–0 | 1890 |
| Princeton | Johns Hopkins | 108–0 | 1885 |
| Princeton | Johns Hopkins | 104–0 | 1888 |
| Rice | SMU | 146–3 | 1916 |
| Rockford | Trinity Bible | 105–0 | 2003 |
| Saint Louis !St. Louis | Blackburn | 104–0 | 1914 |
| San Jose State | University of Mexico | 103–0 | 1949 |
| Southeast Missouri | Will Mayfield College | 110–0 | 1916 |
| Southeast Missouri | DeSoto Athletic Club | 107–0 | 1916 |
| Southern Illinois | International Univ. Arts & Sci. | 118–0 | 1914 |
| Southern Miss | Smith County High School | 113–0 | 1921 |
| S. F. Austin | Center High School | 120–0 | 1923 |
| S. F. Austin | College of Marshall (TX) | 108–0 | 1926 |
| Syracuse | Manhattan | 144–0 | 1904 |
| Temple | Blue Ridge | 110–0 | 1927 |
| Tennessee | American | 104–0 | 1905 |
| Tennessee | Cumberland | 101–0 | 1915 |
| Tennessee | King | 101–0 | 1912 |
| Tennessee | Carson-Newman | 101–0 | 1915 |
| Texas A&M | Daniel Baker | 110–0 | 1920 |
| Texas Tech | Wayland Baptist | 120–0 | 1925 |
| Tulsa | Missouri School of Mines | 117–0 | 1916 |
| Tulsa | Oklahoma Baptist | 152–0 | 1919 |
| Tulsa | Saint Gregory's !St. Gregory's | 121–0 | 1920 |
| Tulsa | NE Oklahoma | 151–0 | 1920 |
| Utah | Fort Douglas | 107–0 | 1904 |
| Utah | Fort Douglas | 129–0 | 1905 |
| Utah | College of Idaho | 105–3 | 1923 |
| Utah State | Crimsons | 100–0 | 1907 |
| Utah State | Idaho State | 136–0 | 1919 |
| Valparaiso | Lewis | 110–0 | 1923 |
| Vanderbilt | Bethel | 105–0 | 1912 |
| Vanderbilt | Henderson-Brown | 101–0 | 1915 |
| Vanderbilt | Maryville | 100–3 | 1912 |
| Virginia | Randolph-Macon | 136–0 | 1890 |
| Virginia | Fort Monroe | 102–0 | 1894 |
| Virginia Military | Hampden Sydney | 136–0 | 1920 |
| Xavier | Lees College | 132–0 | 1927 |
| Xavier | Fort Thomas | 121–0 | 1919 |
| Washington | Whitworth | 100–0 | 1913 |
| Washington | Whitman | 120–0 | 1919 |
| Washington | Willamette | 108–0 | 1925 |
| Washington & Jefferson | Grove City | 100–0 | 1913 |
| Washington & Jefferson | Dickinson | 105–0 | 1914 |
| Washington & Lee | Rose Poly | 103–0 | 1914 |
| West Liberty State College | Cedarville College | 137–0 | 1932 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan | George Washington | 101–7 | 1920 |
| Western Michigan | Hillsdale | 103–0 | 1918 |
| Whittier | UCLA | 103–0 | 1920 |
| Wisconsin | Wisconsin-Whitewater | 106–0 | 1890 |
| Wisconsin-Stevens Point | St. Norbert | 108–0 | 1921 |
| Wyoming | Northern Colorado | 103–0 | 1949 |
| Yale | Wesleyan | 136–0 | 1886 |
| Yale | Dartmouth | 113–0 | 1884 |
| Yale | Wesleyan | 106–0 | 1887 |
| Yale | Wesleyan | 105–0 | 1888 |
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