Season record book
2021 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
2,454 observations · combined points
Source: games.points
Closest finishes
2,454 observations · point margin
regular · Week 1
Louisiana Tech 34 at Mississippi State 35
1 point
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 1
Miles College 13 at Alabama State 14
1 point
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 1
South Carolina State 41 at Alabama A&M 42
1 point
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 1
Northern Illinois 22 at Georgia Tech 21
1 point
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →
Source: games.points
Largest winning margins
2,454 observations · point margin
regular · Week 9
Lincoln (CA) 0 at Central Washington 92
92 points
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 3
Colorado School Of Mines 76 at Fort Lewis 0
76 points
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →regular · Week 6
Lincoln (CA) 0 at UT Permian Basin 75
75 points
Absolute final-score margin
Game details →
Source: game_teams.line_scores_json
Longest overtime games
91 observations · overtime periods
regular · Week 8
Illinois 20 at Penn State 18
9 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →regular · Week 8
Harvard 16 at Princeton 18
5 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →regular · Week 6
South Alabama 31 at Texas State 33
4 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →regular · Week 3
Utah 31 at San Diego State 33
3 OT
Periods after regulation from line scores
Game details →
Source: game_stats.totalyards
Highest combined total yards
887 observations · combined yards
Source: game_stats.turnovers
Most combined turnovers
887 observations · combined turnovers
Source: games.attendance
Largest attendance
878 observations · attendees
Source: games.excitement
Highest excitement score
886 observations · excitement score
regular · Week 2
South Alabama 22 at Bowling Green 19
11.935
Stored game excitement score
Game details →
Individual performance records
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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.