February 27 in college football

Every February 27 in Iron's archive: the ranked teams that lost to unranked ones, the ranked matchups, and the games worth retelling. Every result links to its game card.

20games on file
0unranked wins over ranked teams
0ranked vs ranked meetings
2020–2020seasons covered

Biggest comebacks

Deficit the winner erased. Measured from in-game margins where play data exists, cross-checked against quarter scores; a row prints only when the quarter lines corroborate it, so this list starts in 2000.

Season	Winner	Loser	Trailed by
2020	Gardner-Webb 42	Elon 20	17 ptsat a quarter
2020	VMI 14	Furman 13	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	North Dakota 28	South Dakota St. 17	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	South Dakota 27	Illinois St. 20	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	Idaho 28	Eastern Wash. 21	7 ptsat a quarter

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Season	Winner	Loser	Points
2020	Samford 55	Western Caro. 27	82 pts
2020	Sam Houston 43	Southeastern La. 38	81 pts
2020	Mercer 42	The Citadel 28	70 pts
2020	Weber St. 49	Idaho St. 21	70 pts
2020	UIW 48	McNeese 20	68 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

Season	Winner	Loser	Attendance
2020	North Dakota 28	South Dakota St. 17	3,638
2020	Mercer 42	The Citadel 28	3,372
2020	Nicholls 55	Lamar 0	3,000
2020	Gardner-Webb 42	Elon 20	2,700
2020	Idaho 28	Eastern Wash. 21	2,694