March 27 in college football

Every March 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.

24games 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	Missouri St. 30	Southern Ill. 27	12 ptsat a quarter
2020	VMI 36	Wofford 31	10 ptsat a quarter
2020	Idaho 33	Southern Utah 32	9 ptsat a quarter
2020	Valparaiso 28	Butler 25	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	Davidson 24	Morehead St. 21	7 ptsat a quarter

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Season	Winner	Loser	Points
2020	Nicholls 75	UIW 45	120 pts
2020	Eastern Wash. 62	Cal Poly 10	72 pts
2020	VMI 36	Wofford 31	67 pts
2020	Idaho 33	Southern Utah 32	65 pts
2020	Mercer 35	Chattanooga 28	63 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

Season	Winner	Loser	Attendance
2020	Tarleton St. 38	Northeastern St. 0	4,912
2020	Nicholls 75	UIW 45	4,236
2020	Weber St. 28	Northern Ariz. 23	4,218
2020	Lamar 31	Northwestern St. 23	3,833
2020	Missouri St. 30	Southern Ill. 27	3,581