April 17 in college football

Every April 17 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.

18games 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	Presbyterian 28	Drake 24	11 ptsat a quarter
2020	South Carolina St. 31	Delaware St. 28	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	Ark.-Pine Bluff 36	Prairie View 31	7 ptsat a quarter
2020	Valparaiso 20	San Diego 19	6 ptsat a quarter
2020	Northern Ariz. 19	Idaho 9	3 ptsat a quarter

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Season	Winner	Loser	Points
2020	Southern Ill. 55	Southeastern La. 48	103 pts
2020	Ark.-Pine Bluff 36	Prairie View 31	67 pts
2020	Samford 44	Mercer 20	64 pts
2020	South Carolina St. 31	Delaware St. 28	59 pts
2020	Sam Houston 42	UIW 14	56 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

Season	Winner	Loser	Attendance
2020	Southern 49	Grambling 7	11,312
2020	South Dakota St. 27	North Dakota St. 17	8,762
2020	James Madison 23	Richmond 6	5,713
2020	Montana 48	Portland St. 7	4,569
2020	VMI 31	The Citadel 17	3,000