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2018 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

1,556 observations · combined points

  1. regular · Week 3

    Guilford College 61 at Davidson 91

    152 points

    91 + 61 points

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  2. regular · Week 13

    LSU 72 at Texas A&M 74

    146 points

    74 + 72 points

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  3. regular · Week 10

    Liberty 59 at Massachusetts 62

    121 points

    62 + 59 points

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  4. regular · Week 3

    Austin Peay 78 at Morehead State 40

    118 points

    40 + 78 points

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Southern Illinois 41 at Ole Miss 76

    117 points

    76 + 41 points

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Source: games.points

Closest finishes

1,556 observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 2

    Eastern Michigan 20 at Purdue 19

    1 point

    Absolute final-score margin

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  2. regular · Week 2

    Memphis 21 at Navy 22

    1 point

    Absolute final-score margin

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  3. regular · Week 2

    Chattanooga 29 at The Citadel 28

    1 point

    Absolute final-score margin

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  4. regular · Week 2

    UL Monroe 21 at Southern Miss 20

    1 point

    Absolute final-score margin

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  5. regular · Week 3

    LSU 22 at Auburn 21

    1 point

    Absolute final-score margin

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Source: games.points

Largest winning margins

1,556 observations · point margin

  1. regular · Week 3

    Arkansas-Pine Bluff 6 at South Dakota State 90

    84 points

    Absolute final-score margin

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  2. regular · Week 2

    Louisiana College 0 at Alcorn State 78

    78 points

    Absolute final-score margin

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  3. regular · Week 2

    Lamar 0 at Texas Tech 77

    77 points

    Absolute final-score margin

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  4. regular · Week 2

    Savannah St 0 at Miami 77

    77 points

    Absolute final-score margin

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Mississippi Valley State 0 at Jacksonville State 71

    71 points

    Absolute final-score margin

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Source: game_teams.line_scores_json

Longest overtime games

53 observations · overtime periods

  1. regular · Week 13

    LSU 72 at Texas A&M 74

    7 OT

    Periods after regulation from line scores

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  2. regular · Week 5

    Hawai'i 44 at San José State 41

    5 OT

    Periods after regulation from line scores

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  3. regular · Week 5

    Northern Illinois 26 at Eastern Michigan 23

    3 OT

    Periods after regulation from line scores

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  4. regular · Week 10

    South Dakota 48 at Indiana State 51

    3 OT

    Periods after regulation from line scores

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  5. regular · Week 10

    Liberty 59 at Massachusetts 62

    3 OT

    Periods after regulation from line scores

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Source: game_stats.totalyards

Highest combined total yards

884 observations · combined yards

  1. regular · Week 13

    Oklahoma 59 at West Virginia 56

    1,372 yards

    704 + 668 yards

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  2. regular · Week 13

    South Carolina 35 at Clemson 56

    1,344 yards

    744 + 600 yards

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  3. regular · Week 11

    Oklahoma State 47 at Oklahoma 48

    1,342 yards

    702 + 640 yards

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  4. regular · Week 3

    Houston 49 at Texas Tech 63

    1,339 yards

    704 + 635 yards

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  5. regular · Week 10

    Temple 40 at UCF 52

    1,300 yards

    630 + 670 yards

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Source: game_stats.turnovers

Most combined turnovers

884 observations · combined turnovers

  1. regular · Week 10

    Ball State 13 at Toledo 45

    10 turnovers

    5 + 5 turnovers

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  2. regular · Week 2

    Eastern Kentucky 16 at Marshall 32

    9 turnovers

    4 + 5 turnovers

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  3. postseason · Week 1

    California 7 at TCU 10

    9 turnovers

    4 + 5 turnovers

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  4. regular · Week 2

    Howard 14 at Kent State 54

    8 turnovers

    4 + 4 turnovers

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Alabama State 9 at Auburn 63

    8 turnovers

    4 + 4 turnovers

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Source: games.attendance

Largest attendance

884 observations · attendees

  1. regular · Week 10

    Penn State 7 at Michigan 42

    111,747

    Reported attendance

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  2. regular · Week 7

    Wisconsin 13 at Michigan 38

    111,360

    Reported attendance

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  3. regular · Week 4

    Nebraska 10 at Michigan 56

    111,037

    Reported attendance

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  4. regular · Week 5

    Ohio State 27 at Penn State 26

    110,889

    Reported attendance

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Western Michigan 3 at Michigan 49

    110,814

    Reported attendance

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Source: games.excitement

Highest excitement score

881 observations · excitement score

  1. regular · Week 13

    LSU 72 at Texas A&M 74

    14.196

    Stored game excitement score

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  2. regular · Week 5

    Northern Illinois 26 at Eastern Michigan 23

    11.249

    Stored game excitement score

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  3. regular · Week 6

    Missouri 35 at South Carolina 37

    10.657

    Stored game excitement score

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  4. postseason · Week 1

    Memphis 34 at Wake Forest 37

    10.366

    Stored game excitement score

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  5. regular · Week 2

    Colorado 33 at Nebraska 28

    10.364

    Stored game excitement score

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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.