Biggest Comeback Victories
Monday, November 17th, 2008LSU’s rally from a 28-point deficit to beat Troy on Saturday was the 3rd-biggest comeback victory since the 2005 season. Troy led 24-3 at the half and extended the lead to 31-3 with 11:13 left in the 3rd quarter. From then on, LSU scored 37 unanswered points to pull out the improbable win.
The largest comeback victories since the 2005 season:
Comeback Team | Opponent | Date | Deficit | Deficit Score | Final Score |
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Michigan St. | Northwestern | 10/21/2006 | 35 | 38-3 9:54 3rd | 41-38 |
Texas Tech | Minnesota | 12/29/2006 | 31 | 38-7 7:47 3rd | 44-41 (OT) |
LSU | Troy | 11/15/2008 | 28 | 31-3 11:13 3rd | 40-31 |
Arkansas St. | Memphis | 09/27/2007 | 25 | 31-6 1:01 3rd | 35-31 |
Northwestern St. | La.-Monroe | 09/01/2005 | 23 | 23-0 1:48 2nd | 27-23 |
UCLA | Northwestern | 12/30/2005 | 22 | 22-0 4:21 1st | 50-38 |
Ball State | Eastern Mich. | 11/12/2005 | 22 | 22-0 12:55 3rd | 26-25 |
There have been eighteen comeback victories of 21 points since 2005, most recently by Florida Atlantic against Louisiana-Monroe on 10/25/2008.
Michigan State’s 35-point comeback against Northwestern is the biggest comeback victory in FBS (Division I-A) history. Texas Tech’s 31-point comeback against Minnesota in the 2006 Insight Bowl is the biggest comeback victory in FBS (Division I-A) bowl history.