Seen 'em all – 136 FBS teams in action! In 2025, we added both the CFP Championship game, Indiana 27 Miami 21 and the FCS Championship, Montana State 35 Illinois State 34. We've now attended 740 games since 1979. Please order and review our book on Amazon.com: Fifty Years of Tailgate Tales: The Good, the Fun and the Ugly to enjoy this great, unique lifetime adventure. We look forward to the 2026 season!
On this page, we record our history to pursue our “primary” Goal begun to attend games played by every major Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football program. First appearances of every FBS team and all-time records on Collegefootballfan.com’s schedule to date appear in the archives depicting our history below. As teams join the FBS, we make the effort to see them. Now in retirement from “the real world,” we seek a new “Goal” to make it to as many stadiums, both FBS and in other divisions not yet attended.
Keys to History tables below
Names of teams in italics with their primary school color indicate that we’ve attended a game at their home stadium over the course of our Game history.
The numeral under the column marked “order” indicates the sequential order in which we watched that team play in the FBS for the first time.
You can read about our history of the games we saw each team play for our first time up until Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Team No. 131, James Madison, in my book, Fifty Years of Tailgate Tales: The Good, the Fun and the Ugly. Click on the cover on the upper right of this page to order your copy today! My book “Fifty Years” entails not only the first time we’ve seen every FBS team play, but also our most memorable in our history of seeing each since. Read about the college football adventure of a lifetime. And more to come!
Among historic regional rivalries we’ve attended, we watched The Big Game between Stanford and Cal of the PAC-12 in Berkely, CA in 2016. Now, it’s an Atlantic Coast Conference Game! They don’t teach Geography like they used to.
Another PAC-12 rivalry left the “Pacific Rim” of football to alter FBS team history. USC will still battle UCLA in Las Angeles, but both as members of the Big Ten.
In a colorful tribute by the Iowa State Cyclone Marching Band at the 2023 Liberty Bowl, they brandished the flags of their fellow Big XII members. It’s changed a lot since.
CONFERENCE USA
No.
Order
Team
Vs.
Score
Record
66
136
Delaware
Jax State
L 38-25
67
111
Florida Int’l
Maryland
L 14-10
0-1
68
132
Jax‘ville State
UTEP
W 17-14
5-1
69
133
Kennesaw State
Jax’ville St.
L 63-24
1-2
70
130
Liberty
UMass
L 62-59
1-2
71
59
Louisiana Tech
Penn State
L 67-7
0-3
72
64
Middle Tenn.
UConn
W 66-10
5-8
73
135
Missouri State
MTSU
W 22-20
1-0
74
58
New Mexico St.
Army
L 35-18
75
134
Sam Houston St.
WKU
L 41-24
0-1
0-1
76
106
UTEP
San Diego St.
W 34-27
1-2
1-2
77
120
Western Kentucky
Tennessee
L 63-7
5-5
5-5
Conference USA is where we reap growth in our FBS Game History. In 2023, we added Jacksonville State. In 2024, we saw Kennesaw State at home as our Team # 133. Added Sam Houston State, Delaware and Missouri State since.
INDEPENDENTS √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
78
3
Notre Dame
Navy
W 15-6
11/2/1974
Philly (The Vet)
18-7
79
65
UConn
MTSU
L 66-10
11/4/2000
Storrs, CT
6-7
One thing looks to be certain regarding our FBS Team history. Notre Dame will probably be the last standing Independent remaining in FBS football.
MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
80
88
Akron
UConn
L 38-37
10/25/2003
East Hartford, CT
1-2
81
84
Ball State
Boston College
L 53-29
9/27/2003
Chestnut Hill, MA
1-2
82
101
Buffalo
Ohio U.
L 34-20
10/29/2005
Amherst, NY
1-3
83
TBD
Sacramento State
TBD
TBD
84
56
Central Michigan
Syracuse
L 41-17
85
75
Eastern Michigan
Maryland
L 45-3
9/21/2002
College Park, MD
0-2
86
79
Kent State
UConn
L 63-21
11/9/2002
Storrs, CT
0-1
87
123
UMASS
Indiana
L 45-6
9/8/2012
Foxboro, MA
1-5
88
53
Miami (O.)
Army
W 14-13
9/12/1998
West Point, NY
3-1
89
100
Ohio U.
Buffalo
W 34-20
10/29/05
Amherst, NY
4-0
90
TBD
Sacramento State
TBD
TBD
91
63
Toledo
Navy
W 35-14
10/28/00
Annapolis, MD
3-2
92
90
Western Michigan
Virginia Tech
L 63-0
9/11/2004
Blacks-burg, VA
0-1
The Mid-American Conference remains second with the most stadiums left to visit. In 2023, we visited the tribute to “The Cradle of Coaches” at Miami in Oxford, Ohio.
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
93
38
Air Force
Navy
L 17-0
10/4/1976
RFK Stadium, D.C.
7-7
94
80
Hawaii
Rice
W 33-28
11/16/2002
Houston, TX
2-2
95
119
Nevada
Idaho
W 37-21
10/27/2007
Reno, NV
1-0
96
95
New Mexico
Missouri
W 45-35
9/10/2005
Columbia, MO
1-2
97
TBD
North Dakota State
TBD
TBD
98
89
Northern Illinois
Maryland
L 23-20
99
102
San Jose St.
Fresno State
L 41-7
11/5/2005
Fresno, CA
0-1
100
78
UNLV
Wyoming
W 49-48 OT
11/5/2005
Las Vegas, NV
1-0
101
106
UTEP
San Diego State
W 34-27
102
77
Wyoming
UNLV
L 49-48 OT
11/5/2005
Las Vegas, NV
0-2
In 2021, we attended our last all Mountain West game when Hawaii visited Logan, Utah to face Utah State for our first game there.
PAC – 12 CONFERENCE √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
103
94
Boise State
UGA
L 48-13
9/3/2005
Athens, GA
1-1
104
108
Colorado State
Colorado
W 14-10
9/9/2006
Mile High Stadium
2-0
105
103
Fresno State
San Jose St.
W 41-7
11/5/2005
Fresno, CA
2-0
106
73
Oregon State
Temple
W 35-3
9/5/2002
Philly, Franklin Field
1-1
107
107
San Diego State
UTEP
L 34-27
8/31/2006
San Diego, CA
0-2
108
124
Texas State
Navy
L 21-10
11/17/2012
Annapolis, MD
2-4
109
71
Utah State
UConn
W 38-31
11/10/2001
Storrs, CT
1-2
110
82
Washington St.
Notre Dame
L 29-26 OT
9/6/2005
South Bend, IN
1-1
In 2025, we watched the Oregon State Beavers, one of only two remaining PAC-12 teams, host the Cal Bears, a former conference for open the season. We plan to see some new PaC-12 members play in 2026.
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
111
10
Alabama
Auburn
W 25-18
12/1/1979
Birmingham, AL
10-1
112
92
Arkansas
Auburn
L 38-20
10/16/2004
Auburn, AL
2-3
113
5
Auburn
Georgia
T 22-22
11/18/1978
Auburn, AL
6-9-1
114
29
Florida
Auburn
W 14-10
11/2/1985
Auburn, AL
4-1
115
4
Georgia
Auburn
T 22-22
11/18/1978
Auburn, AL
3-0-1
116
32
Kentucky
Rutgers
L 19-18
8/28/1993
East Rutherford
2-6
117
16
LSU
Notre Dame
L 27-9
9/12/1981
South Bend, IN
2-4
118
48
Mississippi
Auburn
L 27-21
9/8/2001
Auburn, AL
2-1
119
93
Mississippi St.
Arkansas
L 24-21
11/13/2004
Starkville, MS
1-3
120
96
Missouri
New Mexico
L 45-35
9/10/2005
Columbia. Mo
4-2
121
116
Oklahoma
Tulsa
W 62-21
9/21/2007
Tulsa, OK
2-3
122
48
South Carolina
Vanderbilt
W 52-14
10/21/1995
Columbia, SC
11-4
123
20
Tennessee
Wisconsin
W 28-21
12/14/1981
East Rutherford
7-3
124
25
Texas
Penn State
W 28-3
9/29/1984
East Rutherford
5-0
125
34
Texas A&M
Nebraska
L 23-14
8/27/1988
East Rutherford
1-4
126
47
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
L 52-14
10/21/1995
Columbia, SC
3-6
In 2024, Oklahoma and Texas joined the SEC. Let’s just say regarding our FBS Team History, it wasn’t pretty when the Sooners played the Tigers in the 2019 CFP semi-final. LSU won 66-28, and it wasn’t that close.
SUN BELT CONFERENCE √
No.
Order
Team
Opponent
Score
Date
Location
Record
127
126
Appalachian St.
Georgia State
W 44-0
11/1/2014
Boone, NC
2-2
128
104
Arkansas State
Army
L 38-20
11/19/2005
West Point, NY
2-1
129
129
Coastal Carolina
GA Southern
W 28-17
12/2/2017
Conway, SC
1-1
130
128
GA Southern
Navy
L 52-14
11/15/2014
Annapolis, MD
0-2
131
127
Georgia State
Appalachian St.
L 44-0
11/1/2014
Boone, NC
0-1
132
131
James Madison
Louisville
L 34-10
11/5/2022
Louisville, KY
0-2
133
86
Louisiana
UL Monroe
L 45-42
10/11/2003
Lafayette, LA
3-1
134
51
Marshall
Army
W 35-25
9/6/1997
West Point, NY
3-1
135
125
Old Dominion
Marshall
L 56-14
10/4/2014
Norfolk, VA
1-1
136
122
South Alabama
UTSA
L 33-31
9/1/2006
Mobile, AL
1-3
137
52
So. Mississippi
Penn State
L 34-6
9/5/1998
State College, PA
1-1
138
70
Troy State
Maryland
L 47-10
11/3/2001
College Park, MD
2-3
139
85
UL Monroe
Louisiana
W 45-42
10/11/2003
Lafayette, LA
1-0
The Sun Belt is fast becoming a favorite conference of ours to attend games. Most of the remaining venues fall within a day’s drive to add to our FBS Team History in upcoming seasons. Lucky us!
