List of major college football winless seasons explained

Year	Team	Record	Head coach	Notes	Ref.
1870	Columbia	0–1
1872	Stevens	0–1
1873	McGill	0–1–1
1873	Eton	0–1
1873	CCNY	0–1
1873	New Jersey AC	0–1
1873	NYU	0–1
1873	Princeton Seminary	0–1
1873	VMI	0–1
1879	Columbia (2)	0–3–2		Outscored 0–5
1881	Penn	0–5		Scored 1 point
1882	Columbia (3)	0–5		Outscored 0–26
1886	Tufts	0–9
1886	Stevens	0–7–1		Outscored 6–294, including 58–0 and 61–6 losses to undefeated Princeton
1887	Stevens (2)	0–6–1
1888	Swarthmore	0–5
1891	Haverford	0–6		Outscored 8–245
1893	Trinity (CT)	0–9–2
1894	Wesleyan University	0–5
1895	Union (NY)	0–5	E.M. Church
1899	MIT	0–6
1902	Boston College	0–9	Arthur White
1902	Union (NY) (2)	0–6	George Whitney	Outscored 0–215
1903	Texas Christian	0–7
1904	Franklin & Marshall	0–10	W.P. Bates	Outscored 11–303
1904	Colorado State	0–4–1	John McIntosh
1906	Purdue	0–5	Myron E. Witham
1906	Tulane	0–4–1	John Russ	Outscored 0–92
1907	Ole Miss	0–6	Frank Mason	Outscored 6–195
1907	Maryville (TN)	0–5	Reed Dickson	Outscored 2–120
1907	Purdue (2)	0–5	L.C. Turner
1910	Tulane (2)	0–7	A.A. Mason	Outscored 6–126
1910	Colorado State (2)	0–5	George Cassidy
1911	Colorado State (3)	0–6	Harry Hughes	Outscored 0–216
1911	Villanova	0–5–1	Frederick Crolius
1913	Wake Forest	0–8	Frank Thompson
1913	Wyoming	0–5	Ralph Thacker	Outscored 0–183
1916	SMU	0–8–2	Ray Morrison	Outscored 27–455, including a 146–3 loss at Rice.
1916	Florida	0–5	C. J. McCoy	Outscored 3–95
1917	Tulsa	0–8–1	Hal Medford
1917	Colorado State (4)	0–7–1	Harry Hughes
1917	Newberry	0–6	Robert Pfohl	Outscored 14–212
1918	Baylor	0–6	Bubs Mosley
1918	Drexel	0–1	No coach	First of three consecutive losing seasons; Lost only game 0–33
1919	Colorado Mines	0–4–2	Ralph Glaze
1919	Drexel (2)	0–4	W. L. Ridpath	Back-to-back winless seasons; Ridpath's first and only season as head coach at Drexel; Outscored 3–171
1920	Colorado Mines (2)	0–6	Ralph Glaze	Back-to-back winless seasons
1920	Drexel (3)	0–6	William McAvoy	Third consecutive winless season; McAvoy's first season as head coach at Drexel; Only scored in one game, being outscored 13–250
1921	Southwestern (TX)	0–6–1		Scoreless tie at SMU in season finale.
1922	Erskine	0–8		Outscored 15–243
1923	Wyoming (2)	0–8	John Corbett	Outscored 16–265, closest game a 14–0 loss to the university's faculty.
1924	Erskine (2)	0–7		Outscored 6–97
1926	Western State (CO)	0–8	Eugene Maynor	Outscored 19–249, shutout six times.
1927	Auburn	0–7–2	David Morey (0–3)Boozer Pitts (0–4–2)
1927	Grinnell	0–7–1	Lester Watt	Outscored 21–192, managed a season opening 6–6 tie against William Penn.
1928	Western State (CO) (2)	0–7	Stewart Clark	Outscored 45–279
1930	Iowa State	0–9	C. Noel Workman	Never lost by more than 14 points.
1930	Western State (CO) (3)	0–6	Tefler Meade	Outscored 14–142
1933	Western State (CO) (4)	0–5	Tefler Meade
1933	Grinnell (2)	0–8–1	Lester Watt	Never allowed greater than 19 points, yet shut out 6 times, included a scoreless tie at Haskell.
1933	Wake Forest (2)	0–5–1	Jim Weaver	Outscored 13–93, scoring all 13 points in season finale loss against Davidson.
1934	Missouri	0–8–1	Frank Carideo	Opening scoreless tie at Colorado, would only manage 25 points on the season.
1935	Cornell	0–6–1	Gilmour Dobie
1936	Sewanee	0–6–1	Heck Clark	Outscored 20–230, earned a scoreless tie against Tennessee Tech.
1937	Washburn	0–10	Elmer Holm	Outscored 38–209
1937	Arizona State	0–8–1	Rudy Lavik	Scored 5 touchdowns, managed a 6–6 tie against Whittier.
1939	Wyoming (3)	0–7–1	Joel Hunt
1941	Utah State	0–8	E. Lowell Romney
1941	Centenary	0–8–2	Jake Hanna
1942	Montana	0–8	Clyde Carpenter	Outscored 35–239, did not score over the last five games.
1943	Columbia (4)	0–8	Lou Little	Outscored 33–313, closest game a 20–7 loss to Yale.
1943	Utah	0–7	Ike Armstrong	Outscored 38–297, shutout in all but two games.
1945	Coast Guard	0–7–1	Johnny Merriman	Outscored 31–209, never scoring greater than 7 points in a game. Managed a scoreless tie at Scranton. Last year of sanctioned football.
1946	Florida (2)	0–9	Raymond Wolf
1946	Kansas State	0–9	Hobbs Adams	Outscored 41–233, never scoring greater than 7 points.
1946	Fordham	0–7	Ed Danowski
1947	Drexel (4)	0–8	Ralph Chase
1947	Kansas State (2)	0–10	Sam Francis	Back-to-back winless seasons.
1947	Stanford	0–9	Marchy Schwartz
1948	Drexel (5)	0–8	Ralph Chase (0–5)Maury McMains (0–3)	Back-to-back winless seasons
1948	Texas A&M	0–9–1	Harry Stiteler	Season finale 14–14 tie at 7–3 Texas.
1948	Tulsa (2)	0–9–1	John Brothers
1948	Navy	0–8–1	George Sauer	Played 5 top 12 teams. Tied 3rd ranked Army 21–21 in season finale.
1948	VPI	0–8–1	Robert McNeish	Shutout first 5 games. Earned a 7–7 tie at Richmond in the season's penultimate game.
1949	BYU	0–11	Charles Atkinson
1949	Mississippi State	0–8–1	Slick Morton	High offensive output of 7 points, done twice, including a 7–7 tie at Clemson.
1950	Auburn (2)	0–10	Earl Brown	Outscored 31–255.
1950	VPI (2)	0–10	Robert McNeish	Outscored 72–430. Lost every game by at least 18 points.
1950	Boston College (2)	0–9–1	Denny Meyers	Season opening 7–7 tie against Wake Forest.
1953	Davidson	0–9	Bill Dole
1954	Tulsa (3)	0–11	Bernie Witucki
1954	Kansas	0–10	Chuck Mather	Lost to eventual national champion Oklahoma 65–0.
1954	New Mexico	0–9	James Patton
1954	Penn (2)	0–9	Steve Sebo
1955	Alabama	0–10	Jennings Whitworth	Bart Starr passed for 587 yards and 1 touchdown. Lost every game by 15-plus points.
1955	Penn (3)	0–9	Steve Sebo
1955	Northwestern	0–8–1	Lou Saban	Saban's only year in Evanston. Season finale 7–7 tie against Illinois.
1956	Marquette	0–9	Johnny Druze
1956	William & Mary	0–9–1	Jackie Freeman	Tied Boston University 18–18.
1957	Marquette (2)	0–10	Johnny Druze	Back-to-back winless seasons
1957	Wake Forest (3)	0–10	Paul Amen
1957	Northwestern (2)	0–9	Ara Parseghian	Parseghian's second season in Evanston. Opened the season with 6 consecutive ranked opponents, capped off with a 47–6 loss to eventual champion Ohio State.
1958	Montana (2)	0–10	Ray Jenkins
1959	Virginia	0–10	Richard Voris	Outscored 80–393.
1960	Drexel (6)	0–7–1	Jack Hinkle
1960	Hardin-Simmons	0–10	Howard McChesney
1960	Stanford (2)	0–10	Jack Curtice
1960	Virginia (2)	0–10	Richard Voris	Back-to-back winless seasons. Starting quarterback Gary Cuozzo threw 4 touchdowns.
1960	SMU (2)	0–9–1	Bill Meek	Outscored 31–221, never scoring more than 7 points in a game. Scoreless tie against Texas A&M.
1960	West Virginia	0–8–2	Gene Corum	Outscored 40–259, including 5 shutouts. Tied Richmond 6–6, and Boston University 7–7.
1961	Colorado State (5)	0–10	Tuffy Mullison
1961	Hardin-Simmons (2)	0–10	Howard McChesney	Outscored 43–377 on the season.
1961	Brown	0–9	John McLaughry	Scored 24 points on the season
1961	Illinois	0–9	Pete Elliott	Outscored 53–289 on the season.
1962	Colorado State (6)	0–10	Milo Lude	Back-to-back winless seasons
1962	Kansas State (3)	0–10	Doug Weaver	Scored 6 points in the first 7 games (6 shutouts). Scored 2 offensive touchdowns.
1962	Tulane (2)	0–10	Tommy O'Boyle	Played four teams ranked in the top 8 nationally.
1962	Wake Forest (4)	0–10	Billy Hildebrand
1965	Kansas State (4)	0–10	Doug Weaver	Scored 5 offensive touchdowns, scored double-digits once, a 14–21 loss to Cincinnati. Shut out 4 times.
1965	Ohio	0–10	Bill Hess
1965	Richmond	0–10	Edwin Merrick	Scored 6 offensive touchdowns, threw 26 interceptions.
1966	Kansas State (5)	0–9–1	Doug Weaver	Cornelius Davis ran for 1028 yard, offense only scored 3 touchdowns. Tied Kansas 3–3 on October 15.
1967	Marshall	0–10	Charlie Snyder	Threw 1 touchdown pass, 19 interceptions. High offensive output of 14 points in a 14–48 loss to Ohio.
1967	Maryland	0–9	Robert Ward	Scored 6 offensive touchdowns. Scored double-digits once, a 17–35 loss at Wake Forest.
1968	New Mexico (2)	0–10	Rudy Feldman
1968	Wichita State	0–10	Eddie Kriwiel	The Wichita State University football team plane crash claimed 31 lives.
1968	Wisconsin	0–10	John Coatta	Threw 3 touchdown passes, 19 interceptions, being outscored 86–310. Lost to eventual national champion Ohio State 43–8.
1969	Baylor (2)	0–10	Bill Beall	Outscored 87–344, throwing for 3 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. Lost to eventual national champion Texas 56–14.
1969	Illinois (2)	0–10	James Valek
1969	VMI	0–10	Vita Ragazzo
1969	CS-Los Angeles	0–9
1970	Wichita State (2)	0–9	Ben Wilson	Lost every game by nine-plus points, including a 53–14 loss to Division II Arkansas State.
1971	Brown (2)	0–9	Leonard Jardine
1973	Florida State	0–11	Larry Jones	Three one-score losses, lost to Florida 49–0 in season finale.
1973	Iowa	0–11	Frank Lauterbur	Outscored by an average of 36.5-12.7; was shut out just once (50-0 to Illinois).
1973	UTEP	0–11	Tommy Hudspeth	Allowed 544 points (49.5/game), allowing 54 plus point five times, including an 82–6 loss at Utah.
1973	Army	0–10	Thomas Cahill	Scored 7 offensive touchdowns. Lost to Nay 51–0 in season finale.
1973	Southwestern Louisiana	0–10	Russ Faulkinberry
1976	Texas Christian (2)	0–11	Jim Shofner	Outscored 128–430. Lost to 5th ranked Texas Tech 10–14.
1978	Boston College (3)	0–11	Ed Chlebek	Lost 4 one-score games, including a season finale 24–28 loss to Temple in Tokyo.
1978	Northwestern (3)	0–10–1	Rick Venturi	Season opening scoreless tie at Illinois. Would lose by at least 17 in the following 10 games.
1979	Florida (3)	0–10-1	Charley Pell	First year for Charley Pell. Three one-score losses, two of which were to ranked teams. Tied with Georgia Tech in the home opener.
1979	Richmond (2)	0–11	Jim Tait	Scored 7 offensive touchdowns.
1979	Penn (4)	0–9	Harry Gamble
1980	Northwestern (4)	0–11	Rick Venturi
1980	Oregon State	0–11	Joe Avezzano	Lost every game by double digits, including a 34–3 season finale loss to UCLA in Tokyo.
1981	Colorado State (7)	0–12	Sarkis Arslanian (0–6)Chester Caddas (0–6)
1981	Eastern Michigan	0–11	Mike Stock	High offensive output of 14 points.
1981	Northwestern (5)	0–11	Dennis Green	Second consecutive winless season. Averaged 1.5 yards/rush, shutout five times.
1982	Kent State	0–11	Ed Chlebek	Lost back-to-back games despite allowing under 10 points (9–7 at Eastern Michigan, 3–0 to Toledo).
1982	Rice	0–11	Ray Alborn
1982	Richmond (3)	0–10	Dal Shealy
1982	UCF	0–10	Sam Weir
1983	West Texas A&M	0–10–1
1984	Indiana	0–11	Bill Mallory	Lost 7 one-score games.
1987	New Mexico (3)	0–11	Mike Sheppard	Barry Garrison threw for 3,163 yards, with Terance Mathis having 1132 yards receiving.
1987	Kansas State (6)	0–10–1	Stan Parrish	Lost 26–22 to FCS Austin Peay in season opener. Tied Kansas 17–17 following a stretch of three 49+ point losses to Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State.
1988	Kansas State (7)	0–11	Stan Parrish	Last season pre-Bill Snyder. Played four ranked teams.
1988	Rice (2)	0–11	Jerry Berndt	Lost to 11th ranked Arkansas 21–14 in Little Rock. Lost to eventual national champion Notre Dame 54–11 the following week.
1988	Miami (OH)	0–10–1	Tim Rose	21–21 tie at Bowling Green
1989	Kent State (2)	0–11	Dick Crum	Lost to Western Michigan 4–26. Lost 15–13 in season finale loss to Miami (OH).
1989	New Mexico State	0–11	Mike Knoll
1989	Northwestern (6)	0–11	Francis Peay	Allowed 45.2 points per game, including a 76–14 loss at Michigan State.
1991	Oklahoma State	0–10–1	Pat Jones	Limited to 3 rushing touchdowns. Tied Iowa State 6–6.
1993	Kent State (3)	0–11	Pete Cordelli
1994	Iowa State (2)	0–10-1	Jim Walden	Tied 31-31 with Oklahoma State. Scored at least 12 points in all but two games, including no shutouts, but the Cyclones' season-lowest defensive effort was 23 points (against Western Michigan).
1994	Ohio (2)	0–11	Tom Lichtenberg	Scored 9 offensive touchdowns, shutout 3 times, including a 5–0 loss to Utah State.
1996	Duke	0–11	Fred Goldsmith	Lost 3 one-score games, including a 16–17 loss at Wake Forest.
1997	Illinois (3)	0–11	Ron Turner	Turner's first season. Robert Holcombe rushed for 1253 yards, adding 277 yards receiving. Lost every game by multiple scores, scoring 76 points in 8 Big Ten games.
1997	Northern Illinois	0–11	Joe Novak
1997	Rutgers	0–11	Terry Shea	Allowed 48 or more points 7 times. Closest loss was 37–35 to Army.
1998	Hawaii	0–12	Fred Vonappen	Vonappen's 3rd and final year. Closest game was a 30–21 loss at Utah. They and Kent State (below) are the last Division I-A/FBS teams to lose every game by multiple scores in a full-length season.
1998	Kent State (4)	0–11	Dean Pees	Pees' first season. Lost every game by multiple scores, including a 24–10 loss to FCS Youngstown State. They and Hawaii (above) are the last Division I-A/FBS teams to lose every game by multiple scores in a full-length season.
1998	UNLV	0–11	Jeff Horton
1999	Ball State	0–11	Bill Lynch	Did not play a one-score game until season finale, a 21–27 loss to Central Michigan.
1999	Buffalo	0–11	Craig Cirbus	Cirbus' first year at Buffalo. Drew Haddad would have 1158 yards receiving, no other receiver had more than 148 yards. Lost to two FCS opponents (Connecticut and Hofstra). Closest losses were by 7 to Akron and Hofstra.
1999	South Carolina	0–11	Lou Holtz	Holtz's 1st year at South Carolina. Limited to 8 offensive touchdowns. Only one-score game a 10–11 loss to Vanderbilt, played five ranked opponents.
2000	Duke (2)	0–11	Carl Franks	First of two consecutive winless seasons. Was shut out by East Carolina in season opener, did not play a one-score game until November 4, a 26–28 loss at Wake Forest.
2001	Duke (3)	0–11	Carl Franks	Second consecutive winless season. D. Bryant threw for 2454 yards. Allowed 31 plus points every loss, sans a 15–13 loss at Rice.
2001	Houston	0–11	Dana Dimel	Lost 2 one-score games, including a 28–29 loss to Cincinnati. Played 3 ranked teams.
2001	Navy (2)	0–10	Charlie Weatherbie (0–7)Rick Lantz (0–3)	Lost 3 one-score games, and lost to Army 26–17 in the season finale. Weatherbie was replaced following a 21–20 loss at Toledo.
2003	Army (2)	0–13	John Mumford (0–7)Todd Berry (0–6)	Army ran a pass heavy offense, throwing for 2391 yards on the season. John Mumford fired following a loss to 0–6 East Carolina, which turned out to be East Carolina's only win of the season. Season capped off with a 34–6 loss to Navy. Closest losses were by 6 to East Carolina, and by 4 to Wake Forest., lost the most games of any winless team.
2003	SMU (3)	0–12	Phil Bennett	Lost 3 one-score games, including a 20–13 season finale loss to 19th ranked TCU.
2004	UCF (2)	0–11	George O'Leary	O'Leary's first year at UCF. Junior wide receiver Brandon Marshall would have 8 catches for 84 yards. Four one-score losses, including a 30–28 loss to Northern Illinois on a last-second field goal, and a 17–16 overtime loss to Ohio on a missed extra point.
2005	New Mexico State (2)	0–12	Hal Mumme	Air Raid guru Hal Mumme's first year at New Mexico State ended the season with 3,192 yards passing. Lost two games by one-score, including an overtime loss to Idaho.
2005	Temple	0–11	Bobby Wallace	Wallace's 8th and final season, finishing with a 19–71 record at Temple. Outscored 498–107, allowing at least 34 points in 10 of 11 games, while never scoring more than 17 points. Did lose to Western Michigan 19–16 on a game winning field goal by Western Michigan. Finished dead last in Division I-A in both points scored and points allowed.
2006	Duke (4)	0–12	Ted Roof	Ted Roof's 3rd year at Duke. Thad Lewis started all 12 games, throwing for 2134 yards and 11 touchdowns. Would lose two one-point games, 13–14 to eventual ACC champion Wake Forest on a blocked 31 yard field goal as time expired,^[1] and a 44–45 season finale loss to North Carolina, missing a game-tying extra point attempt with 2 minutes remaining. Was shut out in 3 of first 4 games, including vs FCS Richmond, despite having future NFL head coach Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator.
2006	FIU	0–12	Don Strock	Scored 10 offensive touchdowns in Don Strock's 3rd and final season. Season marred by a brawl against Miami (FL) in a 35–0 loss. Lost five games by one-score, against Middle Tennessee, South Florida, Bowling Green, Maryland and North Texas. Lost two games by one-point, against Middle Tennessee State and South Florida. Drove to Maryland nine yard line before throwing interception on game's final play to lose 14–10.^[2] ^[3]
2008	Washington	0–12	Ty Willingham	Ty Willingham's last season with Washington. Quarterback Jake Locker would miss the final 8 games of the season. In a week 2 loss to 15th-ranked BYU, Locker scored a touchdown to bring Washington to within 28–27, but incurred an excessive celebration penalty, which led to the ensuing extra point being blocked. Would lose the Apple Cup 16–13 in double overtime to 1–10 Washington State.
2009	Eastern Michigan (2)	0–12	Ron English	Former Michigan Defensive coordinator Ron English's first year. Would blow a 27–13 second half lead against Ball State, losing 27–29. Lost to Northwestern 27–24 on a 49 yard field goal with 5 seconds left.
2009	Western Kentucky	0–12	David Elson	David Elson's third and final season as head coach. Running back Bobby Rainey rushed for 939 yards and 6 touchdowns. Lost 4 one-score games, including the final 3 games of the season. Would blow a 20–3 second half lead to Arkansas State in the season finale, losing 24–20.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/western-kentucky/2009.html
2012	Southern Mississippi	0–12	Ellis Johnson	Coming off of a 12–2, C-USA championship season under coach Larry Fedora. Started four quarterbacks throughout the season. Lost four one-score games, including a 21–17 loss to 19th-ranked Louisville. Would fail to convert a fourth quarter 2-point conversion trailing UTEP 33–34 on November 17. Jamie Collins led the defense with 20 TFL's, 10 sacks.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/southern-mississippi/2012.html
2013	Georgia State	0–12	Trent Miles	First season in FBS, and Trent Miles first season following Bill Curry's tenure. Lost to 3 FCS teams, closest game a 35–33 loss to Arkansas State Wide receiver Albert Wilson had 1177 yards and 8 touchdowns.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/georgia-state/2013.html
2013	Miami (OH) (2)	0–12	Don Treadwell (0–5)Mike Bath (0–7)	Don Treadwell would be dismissed in his third season following a 21–9 loss to Central Michigan. High point total was 17 in a 17–24 loss to Akron.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/miami-oh/2013.html
2015	Kansas (2)	0–12	David Beaty	David Beaty's first year as head coach, replacing Charlie Weis. Lost to FCS foe South Dakota State. 41–38 to open the season. Next closest win was a 23–17 loss to 13th ranked TCU on November 14. Played four teams ranked in the top 15, and South Dakota State was ranked 16th in the FCS rankings.
2015	UCF (3)	0–12	George O'Leary (0–8)Danny Barrett (0–4)	Two-years following a Fiesta Bowl victory, one year after AAC title. George O'Leary would retire following a 59–10 loss to Houston. Had two one-point losses, 15–14 to FIU in the season opener, and 15–16 to FCS foe Furman on September 19.^[4]
	UTEP (2)	0–12	Sean Kugler (0–5)Mike Price (0–7)	Outscored 141–441, coach Sean Kugler was fired following a 35–21 loss to Army. Would lose 15–14 the following week to Western Kentucky, would lose by at least 17 points in every following game. Guard Will Hernandez would be drafted 34th overall by the Giants.^[5]
2019	Akron	0–12		Arth's first season at Akron. Started the year 0–10 against spread, the first team since at least 2005 with such a dubious distinction.^[6] Akron's closest loss in first 10 games was by 8 points to otherwise winless UMass, which lost their other 11 games by at least 21 points. In season's 11th game, Akron lost by just 3 points as 30-point underdogs to eventual MAC champion Miami (Ohio), which was Akron's closest loss on the year, as well as the first and only time they covered the spread.
2020	Louisiana–Monroe	0–10		Viator's fifth and final season at ULM. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Warhawks allowed at least 31 points in every game of the season. The team's closest loss was a 35–30 loss to Georgia Southern on October 3. In addition, ULM lost its rivalry game against Louisiana 70–20. Over the course of the season, ULM was outscored 420–163 by its opponents, and never once held a lead.
2020	Kansas (3)	0–9		Miles' second and final season at Kansas. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic resulted in the season being shorter than normal. One game was cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak from their opponent. Kansas finished winless for the second time since 2015. The Jayhawks' closest loss was a 16–13 loss to Texas Tech in their final game of the season. The Texas Tech game was also the Jayhawks' only game where they allowed fewer than 38 points. Kansas never scored more than 23 points in a game. Throughout the course of the season, the Jayhawks were outscored by their opponents 414–145.
2020	Vanderbilt	0–9	Derek Mason (0–8)Todd Fitch (0–1)	Mason's seventh and final season at Vanderbilt. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the Commodores played a conference-only schedule. The Commodores opened the season with a 17–12 loss at No. 10 Texas A&M; they would go on to lose six of their final eight games by 21 points or more. Their closest game of the season was a 38–35 loss to Kentucky on November 14. Vanderbilt ended the season with a 42–17 loss to rival Tennessee.
2020	Northern Illinois (2)	0–6	Thomas Hammock
2020	UNLV (2)	0–6	Marcus Arroyo
2020	Arizona	0–5		Sumlin's third and final season at Arizona. The season was delayed and had its game count cut in half due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The university's first winless season. The Wildcats' closest loss was a 30–34 score against No. 20 USC in their first game of the season. At the final game of the season, the university suffered their worst loss in history against rival Arizona State at a 7–70 loss, resulting in Sumlin getting fired the day after. The team concluded at a total score of 87–199.
2020	Bowling Green	0–5	Scot Loeffler
2020	FIU (2)	0–5	Butch Davis
2020	UMass	0–4	Walt Bell
2020	Wagner	0–2	Tom Masella
2020	Merrimack	0–3	Dan Curran
	Houston Baptist	0–11	Vic Shealy
2021	Wagner (2)	0–11	Tom Masella
	Robert Morris	0–11	Bernard Clark
2022	Western Illinois	0–11	Myers Hendrickson

See also

• List of undefeated NCAA Division I football teams

Notes and References

1. Web site: Blocked Field Goal Gives Wake Forest 14-13 Win Over Duke. Wake Forest University Athletics.
2. Web site: GOLDEN PANTHERS GIVE TERPS FIGHT. John Y. Wehmueller Special. Correspondent. Sun-Sentinel.com.
3. Web site: Florida Intl vs. Maryland - Game Summary - September 23, 2006 - ESPN. ESPN.com.
4. Web site: 2015 UCF Knights Stats .
5. Web site: 1997 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats. College Football at Sports-Reference.com.
6. Web site: Akron vs. Miami (Ohio) Picks, Predictions & Betting Odds: Will the Zips Continue to Fail to Cover the Spread? | The Action Network. November 20, 2019. Action Network.