cfb teams lowest points allowed per game since 1970 in a season

Since 1970, 5 teams are tied for allowing the fewest points per game in a season, with 0.0 points allowed. The first three are the Western Illinois Leathernecks and the Tennessee State Tigers in 1974 and the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns in 1971.

TEAMOPP PPGSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTS1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Western Illinois
Western Illinois
0.0
1974
1
1
0
0
31
31.0
0
2Tennessee State
Tennessee State
0.0
1974
1
1
0
0
17
17.0
0
3Louisiana
Louisiana
0.0
1971
1
1
0
0
16
16.0
0
4East Tennessee State
East Tennessee State
0.0
1970
1
1
0
0
10
10.0
0
5
Cal State Fullerton
0.0
1970
1
1
0
0
17
17.0
0
6Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
1.0
1973
3
3
0
0
84
28.0
3
7Idaho State
Idaho State
3.0
1975
1
1
0
0
16
16.0
3
8Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa
3.0
1973
1
1
0
0
31
31.0
3
9
Quantico Marines
3.5
1972
2
2
0
0
47
23.5
7
10Ohio State
Ohio State
4.3
1973
10
9
0
1
371
37.1
43
11Montana State
Montana State
4.5
1972
2
2
0
0
27
13.5
9
12Dartmouth
Dartmouth
4.7
1970
9
9
0
0
311
34.6
42
13Appalachian State
Appalachian State
5.0
1971
2
1
0
1
35
17.5
10
14Michigan
Michigan
5.2
1972
11
10
1
0
264
24.0
57
15Alabama
Alabama
5.3
1979
11
11
0
0
359
32.6
58
16Alabama
Alabama
6.0
1975
11
10
1
0
361
32.8
66
17Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State
6.0
1975
1
1
0
0
24
24.0
6
18Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Kentucky
6.0
1973
1
1
0
0
10
10.0
6
19Akron
Akron
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
20
20.0
6
20Morehead State
Morehead State
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
29
29.0
6
21
Quantico Marines
6.0
1971
1
1
0
0
24
24.0
6
22Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
6.0
1970
1
1
0
0
27
27.0
6
23Michigan
Michigan
6.2
1973
11
10
0
1
330
30.0
68
24Michigan
Michigan
6.4
1971
11
11
0
0
409
37.2
70
25Indiana State
Indiana State
6.5
1972
2
1
1
0
38
19.0
13
StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent points per game going back to the 1956 season.

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
JMU JMU
@
MRSH MRSH
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Fri
11/7
SMU SMU
@
BC BC
45-13
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
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Fri
11/7
SYR SYR
@
MIA MIA
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11/7
WAKE WAKE
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
BYU BYU
@
TTU TTU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
M-OH M-OH
@
WMU WMU
12:00 PM
Sat
12/6
UGA UGA
@
ALA ALA
4:00 PM
Sat
12/6
IND IND
@
OSU OSU
8:00 PM
Sat
12/6
DUKE DUKE
@
UVA UVA
8:00 PM