August 25 in college football
Every August 25 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.
- 13games on file
- 0unranked wins over ranked teams
- 1ranked vs ranked meeting
- 1944–2018seasons covered
Ranked vs ranked on August 25
| Season | Winner | Loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | #11 Penn State 24 | #7 USC 7 | At home |
Top-10 teams routed
The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | #11 Penn State 24 | #7 USC 7 | 17 pts |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Rice Owls 31 | Prairie View Panthers 28 | 9 ptsin game |
| 2001 | #22 Wisconsin 26 | Virginia 17 | 3 ptsat a quarter |
Highest-scoring games
Combined points, both teams.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | BYU 70 | Tulane 35 | 105 pts |
| 2018 | UMass 63 | Duquesne 15 | 78 pts |
| 2018 | Hawaii 43 | Colorado St. 34 | 77 pts |
| 2002 | #16 Virginia Tech 63 | Arkansas State 7 | 70 pts |
| 2018 | Rice Owls 31 | Prairie View Panthers 28 | 59 pts |
Biggest crowds
Announced attendance.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | #4 Nebraska 21 | TCU 7 | 77,473 |
| 2001 | #22 Wisconsin 26 | Virginia 17 | 76,740 |
| 2018 | Hawaii 43 | Colorado St. 34 | 31,007 |
| 2018 | Wyoming 29 | New Mexico State 7 | 20,322 |