Season record book
2012 College Football Game Records
One season, eight record lenses. Every section names its source and disappears when that dataset is unavailable.
Source: games.points
Highest-scoring games
1,379 observations · combined points
Source: games.points
Closest finishes
1,379 observations · point margin
regular · Week 1
Concordia (AL) 20 at Mississippi Valley State 19
1 point
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →
Source: games.points
Largest winning margins
1,379 observations · point margin
regular · Week 1
Savannah St 0 at Oklahoma State 84
84 points
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 2
West Virginia State 0 at North Carolina A&T 77
77 points
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →
Source: game_teams.line_scores_json
Longest overtime games
66 observations · overtime periods
regular · Week 11
Missouri 51 at Tennessee 48
4 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →regular · Week 10
Pittsburgh 26 at Notre Dame 29
3 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →regular · Week 13
UConn 23 at Louisville 20
3 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →
Source: game_stats.totalyards
Highest combined total yards
840 observations · combined yards
Source: game_stats.turnovers
Most combined turnovers
840 observations · combined turnovers
Source: games.attendance
Largest attendance
837 observations · attendees
Individual performance records
Continue into the dedicated top-25 player leaderboards sourced from game player stats.
Coverage and methodology
Score sections use completed game rows. Overtime periods come from line-score periods after regulation. Yardage and turnovers require both team rows in game stats. Attendance and excitement use their stored game fields. Missing sources remove the section rather than creating zero-value records.