most points scored by a college football team in a loss

The LSU Tigers have the most points by a team in a loss, with 72 points against Texas A&M on November 24, 2018.

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	TEAM	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	PASS TD	RUSH TD	RET TD	TD	FGM	XPM	XP2	SFTY
1	LSU	72	1	11/24/2018	LSU	@	TAMU	L 72-74	4	4	1	9	3	5	2	0
2	Buffalo	68	1	10/7/2017	BUFF	vs	WMU	L 68-71	7	2	0	9	2	6	1	0
3	Nevada	67	1	10/14/2007	NEV	@	BSU	L 67-69				9			0	0
4	Wyoming	66	1	11/12/2016	WYO	@	UNLV	L 66-69	4	3	2	9	1	9	0	0
5	Marshall	66	1	11/28/2014	MRSH	vs	WKU	L 66-67	7	2	0	9	1	9	0	0
6	Illinois	65	1	11/6/2010	ILL	@	MICH	L 65-67				8			1	0
7	Houston	63	1	11/5/2022	HOU	@	SMU	L 63-77	7	2	0	9	0	9	0	0
8	Washington State	63	1	9/21/2019	WSU	vs	UCLA	L 63-67	9	0	0	9	0	9	0	0
9	Baylor	63	1	9/29/2012	BAY	@	WVU	L 63-70				9			0	0
10	Western Michigan	63	1	11/8/2011	WMU	@	TOL	L 63-66				9			0	0
11	Rice	63	1	10/2/2004	RICE	@	SJSU	L 63-70	0	8	1	9	0	7	1	0
12	Kentucky	63	1	11/1/2003	UK	vs	ARK	L 63-71	2	5	1	8	2	5	2	0
13	North Texas	62	1	11/10/2007	UNT	vs	NAVY	L 62-74				9			0	0
14	Eastern Michigan	62	1	11/24/2001	EMU	@	AKR	L 62-65	6	2	0	8	2	8	0	0
15	Appalachian State	61	1	9/3/2022	APP	vs	UNC	L 61-63	6	3	0	9	0	7	0	0
16	Syracuse	61	1	11/26/2016	SYR	@	PITT	L 61-76	5	4	0	9	0	7	0	0
17	Toledo	60	1	11/1/2011	TOL	vs	NIU	L 60-63				8			0	0
18	Wake Forest	59	1	10/12/2019	WAKE	vs	LOU	L 59-62	5	3	0	8	1	8	0	0
19	Liberty	59	1	11/3/2018	LIB	@	MASS	L 59-62	2	5	1	8	1	8	0	0
20	Texas Tech	59	1	10/22/2016	TTU	vs	OKLA	L 59-66	5	3	0	8	1	8	0	0
21	Washington State	59	1	10/4/2014	WSU	vs	CAL	L 59-60	6	2	0	8	1	8	0	0
22	Marshall	59	1	11/23/2012	MRSH	@	ECU	L 59-65				8			0	0
23	TCU	58	1	10/11/2014	TCU	@	BAY	L 58-61	1	4	2	7	3	7	0	0
24	Central Michigan	58	1	11/6/2004	CMU	@	EMU	L 58-61	5	2	0	7	2	6	1	0
25	Idaho	58	1	10/6/2001	IDHO	@	MTSU	L 58-70	5	3	0	8	1	7	0	0

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More LSU Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,044

Leavitt

RUSH

348

Jones

REC

314

Watkins

Team Rankings

PPG

38.8

29th

OPP PPG

15.5

30th

RUSH YDS/G

205.5

32nd

PASS YDS/G

296.5

20th

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
7	Auburn	1-1	3-1
8	Kentucky	1-1	3-1
9	LSU	1-1	3-1
10	Missouri	0-1	3-1
11	Tennessee	0-1	3-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	MCNS	@	LSU	7:45 PM
Sat 10/10	LSU	@	UK	1:00 PM
Sat 10/17	MSST	@	LSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	LSU	@	AUB	12:00 PM
Sat 11/7	ALA	@	LSU	1:00 PM

Last Game

Texas A&M

2 - 2

Final

LSU

3 - 1

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

The LSU Tigers have the most points by a team in a loss, with 72 points against Texas A&M on November 24, 2018.

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