August 29 in college football
Every August 29 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.
- 214games on file
- 1unranked win over a ranked team
- 4ranked vs ranked meetings
- 1970–2026seasons covered
Unranked over ranked on August 29
Best rank beaten first.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | NC State 24 | #16 Iowa 14 | At home |
Ranked vs ranked on August 29
| Season | Winner | Loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | #1 Florida State 44 | #19 BYU 28 | At home |
| 1999 | #12 Miami 23 | #9 Ohio State 12 | At home |
| 1998 | #15 Colorado State 23 | #23 Michigan State 16 | On the road · Spartan Stadium · East Lansing, MI |
| 1993 | #20 North Carolina 31 | #18 USC 9 | On the road |
Top-10 teams routed
The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | #12 Miami 23 | #9 Ohio State 12 | 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Monmouth Hawks 42 | Colgate Raiders 39 | 24 ptsin game |
| 2026 | Northern Arizona 34 | Eastern Washington 27 | 21 ptsin game |
| 2026 | UC Davis 31 | Portland State 24 | 21 ptsin game |
| 2026 | Butler 27 | Georgetown (KY) Tigers 23 | 14 ptsin game |
| 2026 | Texas Southern 42 | North Carolina Central 30 | 14 ptsin game |
Highest-scoring games
Combined points, both teams.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Indiana 73 | Indiana St. 35 | 108 pts |
| 2013 | Fresno St. 52 | Rutgers 51 | 103 pts |
| 2026 | Incarnate Word 76 | Oklahoma Panhandle State 14 | 90 pts |
| 2024 | Tulsa Golden Hurricane 62 | Northwestern State Demons 28 | 90 pts |
| 2014 | Western Ky. 59 | Bowling Green 31 | 90 pts |
Biggest crowds
Announced attendance.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | #12 Texas A&M 41 | Texas State 7 | 98,016 |
| 2013 | #6 South Carolina 27 | North Carolina 10 | 81,572 |
| 2019 | #1 Clemson 52 | Georgia Tech 14 | 79,118 |
| 2014 | #8 Michigan St. 45 | Jacksonville St. 7 | 75,127 |
| 2025 | Michigan State Spartans 23 | Western Michigan Broncos 6 | 71,657 |