college football teams with the fewest points total in the first 12 games of a single season from 1980 to 2025

Since 1980, 4 teams are tied for the fewest points in a season in their first 12 games, with 0 points. The first three are the UAB Blazers in 1997 and the Clemson Tigers and the Pittsburgh Panthers in 1996.

TEAMPTSSEASONGPPASS TDRUSH TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTYPPG
1UAB
UAB
0
1997
1
0
0
0.0
2Clemson
Clemson
0
1996
1
0.0
3Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
0
1996
1
0.0
4San José State
San José State
0
1996
1
0
0
0.0
5UNLV
UNLV
3
1996
1
0
0
3.0
6Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic
6
2006
1
0
0
0
6.0
7FIU
FIU
6
2006
1
1
0
0
6.0
8Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee
6
2000
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
6.0
9Toledo
Toledo
6
1996
1
0
0
6.0
10Kent State
Kent State
6
1996
1
0
0
6.0
11Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois
6
1996
1
6.0
12Buffalo
Buffalo
7
2000
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
7.0
13Duke
Duke
7
1996
1
0
0
7.0
14Oklahoma
Oklahoma
7
1996
1
1
0
7.0
15Rice
Rice
7
1996
1
0
0
7.0
16Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
7
1996
1
1
0
7.0
17Bowling Green
Bowling Green
7
1996
1
0
0
7.0
18Georgia
Georgia
7
1996
1
7.0
19Memphis
Memphis
7
1996
1
7.0
20New Mexico State
New Mexico State
7
1996
1
1
0
7.0
21USC
USC
7
1996
1
0
0
7.0
22Illinois
Illinois
8
1996
1
0
0
8.0
23Arkansas State
Arkansas State
9
1996
1
1
0
9.0
24UConn
UConn
10
2001
1
0
1
10.0
25Troy State
Troy State
10
2000
1
10.0
StatMuse has team, game-level data for points going back to the 1995 season.

More UAB Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

26.4

84th

OPP PPG

38.3

164th

RUSH YDS/G

138.7

102nd

PASS YDS/G

265.6

36th

2025 AAC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
10
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
3-5
4-8
11
Rice Rice
2-6
5-7
12
UAB UAB
2-6
4-8
13
Tulsa Tulsa
1-7
4-8
14
Charlotte Charlotte
0-8
1-11
Last Game
UAB UAB

4 - 8

31

Final

24

TLSA Tulsa

4 - 8

Sat 29 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Mountain WestWLPCT
1
Boise State Boise State
9
4
.692
2
New Mexico New Mexico
9
3
.750
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Duke Duke
8
5
.615
2
Miami Miami
10
2
.833
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Georgia Georgia
12
1
.923
2
Ole Miss Ole Miss
11
1
.917
Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
12
1
.923
2
Indiana Indiana
13
0
1.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
10
2
.833
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
12
1
.923
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
11
2
.846
2
Tulane Tulane
11
2
.846
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Washington State Washington State
6
6
.500
2
Oregon State Oregon State
2
10
.167
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
9
4
.692
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
7
6
.538
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
12
1
.923
2
Troy Troy
8
5
.615
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
10
3
.769
2
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
8
5
.615

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/7
CIT CIT
@
MISS MISS
0-49
Mon
11/10
KENT KENT
@
AKR AKR
42-35
Mon
11/10
OHIO OHIO
@
WMU WMU
13-17
Tue
11/11
NIU NIU
@
MASS MASS
45-3
Tue
11/11
TOL TOL
@
M-OH M-OH
24-3

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/13
ARMY ARMY
@
NAVY NAVY
3:00 PM
Wed
12/17
ODU ODU
@
USF USF
5:00 PM
Wed
12/17
UL UL
@
DEL DEL
8:30 PM
Thu
12/18
MOST MOST
@
ARST ARST
9:00 PM
Wed
12/24
CAL CAL
@
HAW HAW
8:00 PM