# List of major college football winless seasons

| Year | Team | Record | Head coach | Notes |
| 1870 | Columbia | 0–1 | | |
| 1872 | Stevens | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | McGill | 0–1–1 | | |
| 1873 | Eton | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | CCNY | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | New Jersey AC | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | NYU | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | Princeton Seminary | 0–1 | | |
| 1873 | VMI | 0–1 | | |
| 1879 | Columbia (2) | 0–3–2 | | Outscored 0–5 |
| 1881 | Penn | 0–5 | | Scored 1 point |
| 1882 | Columbia (3) | 0–5 | | Outscored 0–26 |
| 1886 | Tufts | 0–9 | | |
| 1886 | Stevens | 0–7–1 | | Outscored 6–294, including 58–0 and 61–6 losses to undefeated Princeton |
| 1887 | Stevens (2) | 0–6–1 | | |
| 1888 | Swarthmore | 0–5 | | |
| 1891 | Haverford | 0–6 | | Outscored 8–245 |
| 1893 | Trinity (CT) | 0–9–2 | | |
| 1894 | Wesleyan University | 0–5 | | |
| 1895 | Union (NY) | 0–5 | E.M. Church | |
| 1899 | MIT | 0–6 | | |
| 1902 | Boston College | 0–9 | Arthur White | |
| 1902 | Union (NY) (2) | 0–6 | George Whitney | Outscored 0–215 |
| 1903 | Texas Christian | 0–7 | | |
| 1904 | Franklin & Marshall | 0–10 | W.P. Bates | Outscored 11–303 |
| 1904 | Colorado State | 0–4–1 | John McIntosh | |
| 1906 | Purdue | 0–5 | Myron E. Witham | |
| 1906 | Tulane | 0–4–1 | John Russ | Outscored 0–92 |
| 1907 | Ole Miss | 0–6 | Frank Mason | Outscored 6–195 |
| 1907 | Maryville (TN) | 0–5 | Reed Dickson | Outscored 2–120 |
| 1907 | Purdue (2) | 0–5 | L.C. Turner | |
| 1910 | Tulane (2) | 0–7 | A.A. Mason | Outscored 6–126 |
| 1910 | Colorado State (2) | 0–5 | George Cassidy | |
| 1911 | Colorado State (3) | 0–6 | Harry Hughes | Outscored 0–216 |
| 1911 | Villanova | 0–5–1 | Frederick Crolius | |
| 1913 | Wake Forest | 0–8 | Frank Thompson | |
| 1913 | Wyoming | 0–5 | Ralph Thacker | Outscored 0–183 |
| 1916 | SMU | 0–8–2 | Ray Morrison | Outscored 27–455, including a 146–3 loss at Rice. |
| 1916 | Florida | 0–5 | C. J. McCoy | Outscored 3–95 |
| 1917 | Tulsa | 0–8–1 | Hal Medford | |
| 1917 | Colorado State (4) | 0–7–1 | Harry Hughes | |
| 1917 | Newberry | 0–6 | Robert Pfohl | Outscored 14–212 |
| 1918 | Baylor | 0–6 | Bubs Mosley | |
| 1918 | Drexel | 0–1 | No coach | First of three consecutive losing seasons; Lost only game 0–33 |
| 1919 | Colorado Mines | 0–4–2 | Ralph Glaze | |
| 1919 | Drexel (2) | 0–4 | W. L. Ridpath | Back-to-back winless seasons; Ridpath's first and only season as head coach at Drexel; Outscored 3–171 |
| 1920 | Colorado Mines (2) | 0–6 | Ralph Glaze | Back-to-back winless seasons |
| 1920 | Drexel (3) | 0–6 | William McAvoy | Third consecutive winless season; McAvoy's first season as head coach at Drexel; Only scored in one game, being outscored 13–250 |
| 1921 | Southwestern (TX) | 0–6–1 | | Scoreless tie at SMU in season finale. |
| 1922 | Erskine | 0–8 | | Outscored 15–243 |
| 1923 | Wyoming (2) | 0–8 | John Corbett | Outscored 16–265, closest game a 14–0 loss to the university's faculty. |
| 1924 | Erskine (2) | 0–7 | | Outscored 6–97 |
| 1926 | Western State (CO) | 0–8 | Eugene Maynor | Outscored 19–249, shutout six times. |
| 1927 | Auburn | 0–7–2 | David Morey (0–3) Boozer Pitts (0–4–2) | |
| 1927 | Grinnell | 0–7–1 | Lester Watt | Outscored 21–192, managed a season opening 6–6 tie against William Penn. |
| 1928 | Western State (CO) (2) | 0–7 | Stewart Clark | Outscored 45–279 |
| 1930 | Iowa State | 0–9 | C. Noel Workman | Never lost by more than 14 points. |
| 1930 | Western State (CO) (3) | 0–6 | Tefler Meade | Outscored 14–142 |
| 1933 | Western State (CO) (4) | 0–5 | Tefler Meade | |
| 1933 | Grinnell (2) | 0–8–1 | Lester Watt | Never allowed greater than 19 points, yet shut out 6 times, included a scoreless tie at Haskell. |
| 1933 | Wake Forest (2) | 0–5–1 | Jim Weaver | Outscored 13–93, scoring all 13 points in season finale loss against Davidson. |
| 1934 | Missouri | 0–8–1 | Frank Carideo | Opening scoreless tie at Colorado, would only manage 25 points on the season. |
| 1935 | Cornell | 0–6–1 | Gilmour Dobie | |
| 1936 | Sewanee | 0–6–1 | Heck Clark | Outscored 20–230, earned a scoreless tie against Tennessee Tech. |
| 1937 | Washburn | 0–10 | Elmer Holm | Outscored 38–209 |
| 1937 | Arizona State | 0–8–1 | Rudy Lavik | Scored 5 touchdowns, managed a 6–6 tie against Whittier. |
| 1939 | Wyoming (3) | 0–7–1 | Joel Hunt | |
| 1941 | Utah State | 0–8 | E. Lowell Romney | |
| 1941 | Centenary | 0–8–2 | Jake Hanna | |
| 1942 | Montana | 0–8 | Clyde Carpenter | Outscored 35–239, did not score over the last five games. |
| 1943 | Columbia (4) | 0–8 | Lou Little | Outscored 33–313, closest game a 20–7 loss to Yale. |
| 1943 | Utah | 0–7 | Ike Armstrong | Outscored 38–297, shutout in all but two games. |
| 1945 | Coast Guard | 0–7–1 | Johnny Merriman | Outscored 31–209, never scoring greater than 7 points in a game. Managed a scoreless tie at Scranton. Last year of sanctioned football. |
| 1946 | Florida (2) | 0–9 | Raymond Wolf | |
| 1946 | Kansas State | 0–9 | Hobbs Adams | Outscored 41–233, never scoring greater than 7 points. |
| 1946 | Fordham | 0–7 | Ed Danowski | |
| 1947 | Drexel (4) | 0–8 | Ralph Chase | |
| 1947 | Kansas State (2) | 0–10 | Sam Francis | Back-to-back winless seasons. |
| 1947 | Stanford | 0–9 | Marchy Schwartz | |
| 1948 | Drexel (5) | 0–8 | Ralph Chase (0–5) Maury McMains (0–3) | Back-to-back winless seasons |
| 1948 | Texas A&M | 0–9–1 | Harry Stiteler | Season finale 14–14 tie at 7–3 Texas. |
| 1948 | Tulsa (2) | 0–9–1 | John Brothers | |
| 1948 | Navy | 0–8–1 | George Sauer | Played 5 top 12 teams. Tied 3rd ranked Army 21–21 in season finale. |
| 1948 | VPI | 0–8–1 | Robert McNeish | Shutout first 5 games. Earned a 7–7 tie at Richmond in the season's penultimate game. |
| 1949 | BYU | 0–11 | Charles Atkinson | |
| 1949 | Mississippi State | 0–8–1 | Slick Morton | High offensive output of 7 points, done twice, including a 7–7 tie at Clemson. |
| 1950 | Auburn (2) | 0–10 | Earl Brown | Outscored 31–255. |
| 1950 | VPI (2) | 0–10 | Robert McNeish | Outscored 72–430. Lost every game by at least 18 points. |
| 1950 | Boston College (2) | 0–9–1 | Denny Meyers | Season opening 7–7 tie against Wake Forest. |
| 1953 | Davidson | 0–9 | Bill Dole | |
| 1954 | Tulsa (3) | 0–11 | Bernie Witucki | |
| 1954 | Kansas | 0–10 | Chuck Mather | Lost to eventual national champion Oklahoma 65–0. |
| 1954 | New Mexico | 0–9 | James Patton | |
| 1954 | Penn (2) | 0–9 | Steve Sebo | |
| 1955 | Alabama | 0–10 | Jennings Whitworth | Bart Starr passed for 587 yards and 1 touchdown. Lost every game by 15-plus points. |
| 1955 | Penn (3) | 0–9 | Steve Sebo | |
| 1955 | Northwestern | 0–8–1 | Lou Saban | Saban's only year in Evanston. Season finale 7–7 tie against Illinois. |
| 1956 | Marquette | 0–9 | Johnny Druze | |
| 1956 | William & Mary | 0–9–1 | Jackie Freeman | Tied Boston University 18–18. |
| 1957 | Marquette (2) | 0–10 | Johnny Druze | Back-to-back winless seasons |
| 1957 | Wake Forest (3) | 0–10 | Paul Amen | |
| 1957 | Northwestern (2) | 0–9 | Ara Parseghian | Parseghian's second season in Evanston. Opened the season with 6 consecutive ranked opponents, capped off with a 47–6 loss to eventual champion Ohio State. |
| 1958 | Montana (2) | 0–10 | Ray Jenkins | |
| 1959 | Virginia | 0–10 | Richard Voris | Outscored 80–393. |
| 1960 | Drexel (6) | 0–7–1 | Jack Hinkle | Season finale 0–0 tie against Delaware Valley |
| 1960 | Hardin-Simmons | 0–10 | Howard McChesney | |
| 1960 | Stanford (2) | 0–10 | Jack Curtice | |
| 1960 | Virginia (2) | 0–10 | Richard Voris | Back-to-back winless seasons. Starting quarterback Gary Cuozzo threw 4 touchdowns. |
| 1960 | SMU (2) | 0–9–1 | Bill Meek | Outscored 31–221, never scoring more than 7 points in a game. Scoreless tie against Texas A&M. |
| 1960 | West Virginia | 0–8–2 | Gene Corum | Outscored 40–259, including 5 shutouts. Tied Richmond 6–6, and Boston University 7–7. |
| 1961 | Colorado State (5) | 0–10 | Tuffy Mullison | |
| 1961 | Hardin-Simmons (2) | 0–10 | Howard McChesney | Outscored 43–377 on the season. |
| 1961 | Brown | 0–9 | John McLaughry | Scored 24 points on the season |
| 1961 | Illinois | 0–9 | Pete Elliott | Outscored 53–289 on the season. |
| 1962 | Colorado State (6) | 0–10 | Milo Lude | Back-to-back winless seasons |
| 1962 | Kansas State (3) | 0–10 | Doug Weaver | Scored 6 points in the first 7 games (6 shutouts). Scored 2 offensive touchdowns. |
| 1962 | Tulane (2) | 0–10 | Tommy O'Boyle | Played four teams ranked in the top 8 nationally. |
| 1962 | Wake Forest (4) | 0–10 | Billy Hildebrand | |
| 1965 | Kansas State (4) | 0–10 | Doug Weaver | Scored 5 offensive touchdowns, scored double-digits once, a 14–21 loss to Cincinnati. Shut out 4 times. |
| 1965 | Ohio | 0–10 | Bill Hess | |
| 1965 | Richmond | 0–10 | Edwin Merrick | Scored 6 offensive touchdowns, threw 26 interceptions. |
| 1966 | Kansas State (5) | 0–9–1 | Doug Weaver | Cornelius Davis ran for 1028 yard, offense only scored 3 touchdowns. Tied Kansas 3–3 on October 15. |
| 1967 | Marshall | 0–10 | Charlie Snyder | Threw 1 touchdown pass, 19 interceptions. High offensive output of 14 points in a 14–48 loss to Ohio. |
| 1967 | Maryland | 0–9 | Robert Ward | Scored 6 offensive touchdowns. Scored double-digits once, a 17–35 loss at Wake Forest. |
| 1968 | New Mexico (2) | 0–10 | Rudy Feldman | |
| 1968 | Wichita State | 0–10 | Eddie Kriwiel | The Wichita State University football team plane crash claimed 31 lives. |
| 1968 | Wisconsin | 0–10 | John Coatta | Threw 3 touchdown passes, 19 interceptions, being outscored 86–310. Lost to eventual national champion Ohio State 43–8. |
| 1969 | Baylor (2) | 0–10 | Bill Beall | Outscored 87–344, throwing for 3 touchdowns and 29 interceptions. Lost to eventual national champion Texas 56–14. |
| 1969 | Illinois (2) | 0–10 | James Valek | |
| 1969 | VMI | 0–10 | Vita Ragazzo | |
| 1969 | CS-Los Angeles | 0–9 | | |
| 1970 | Wichita State (2) | 0–9 | Ben Wilson | Lost every game by nine-plus points, including a 53–14 loss to Division II Arkansas State. |
| 1971 | Brown (2) | 0–9 | Leonard Jardine | |
| 1973 | Florida State | 0–11 | Larry Jones | Three one-score losses, lost to Florida 49–0 in season finale. |
| 1973 | Iowa | 0–11 | Frank Lauterbur | Outscored by an average of 36.5-12.7; was shut out just once (50-0 to Illinois). |
| 1973 | UTEP | 0–11 | Tommy Hudspeth | Allowed 544 points (49.5/game), allowing 54 plus point five times, including an 82–6 loss at Utah. |
| 1973 | Army | 0–10 | Thomas Cahill | Scored 7 offensive touchdowns. Lost to Nay 51–0 in season finale. |
| 1973 | Southwestern Louisiana | 0–10 | Russ Faulkinberry | |
| 1976 | Texas Christian (2) | 0–11 | Jim Shofner | Outscored 128–430. Lost to 5th ranked Texas Tech 10–14. |
| 1978 | Boston College (3) | 0–11 | Ed Chlebek | Lost 4 one-score games, including a season finale 24–28 loss to Temple in Tokyo. |
| 1978 | Northwestern (3) | 0–10–1 | Rick Venturi | Season opening scoreless tie at Illinois. Would lose by at least 17 in the following 10 games. |
| 1979 | Florida (3) | 0–10-1 | Charley Pell | First year for Charley Pell. Three one-score losses, two of which were to ranked teams. Tied with Georgia Tech in the home opener. |
| 1979 | Richmond (2) | 0–11 | Jim Tait | Scored 7 offensive touchdowns. |
| 1979 | Penn (4) | 0–9 | Harry Gamble | |
| 1980 | Northwestern (4) | 0–11 | Rick Venturi | |
| 1980 | Oregon State | 0–11 | Joe Avezzano | Lost every game by double digits, including a 34–3 season finale loss to UCLA in Tokyo. |
| 1981 | Colorado State (7) | 0–12 | Sarkis Arslanian (0–6) Chester Caddas (0–6) | |
| 1981 | Eastern Michigan | 0–11 | Mike Stock | High offensive output of 14 points. |
| 1981 | Northwestern (5) | 0–11 | Dennis Green | Second consecutive winless season. Averaged 1.5 yards/rush, shutout five times. |
| 1982 | Kent State | 0–11 | Ed Chlebek | Lost back-to-back games despite allowing under 10 points (9–7 at Eastern Michigan, 3–0 to Toledo). |
| 1982 | Rice | 0–11 | Ray Alborn | |
| 1982 | Richmond (3) | 0–10 | Dal Shealy | |
| 1982 | UCF | 0–10 | Sam Weir | |
| 1983 | West Texas A&M | 0–10–1 | | |
| 1984 | Indiana | 0–11 | Bill Mallory | Lost 7 one-score games. |
| 1987 | New Mexico (3) | 0–11 | Mike Sheppard | Barry Garrison threw for 3,163 yards, with Terance Mathis having 1132 yards receiving. |
| 1987 | Kansas State (6) | 0–10–1 | Stan Parrish | Lost 26–22 to Division I-AA Austin Peay in season opener. Tied Kansas 17–17 following a stretch of three 49+ point losses to Oklahoma, Nebraska, and Oklahoma State. |
| 1988 | Kansas State (7) | 0–11 | Stan Parrish | Last season pre-Bill Snyder. Played four ranked teams. |
| 1988 | Rice (2) | 0–11 | Jerry Berndt | Lost to 11th ranked Arkansas 21–14 in Little Rock. Lost to eventual national champion Notre Dame 54–11 the following week. |
| 1988 | Miami (Ohio) | 0–10–1 | Tim Rose | 21–21 tie at Bowling Green |
| 1989 | Kent State (2) | 0–11 | Dick Crum | Lost to Western Michigan 4–26. Lost 15–13 in season finale loss to Miami (Ohio). |
| 1989 | New Mexico State | 0–11 | Mike Knoll | |
| 1989 | Northwestern (6) | 0–11 | Francis Peay | Allowed 45.2 points per game, including a 76–14 loss at Michigan State. |
| 1991 | Oklahoma State | 0–10–1 | Pat Jones | Limited to 3 rushing touchdowns. Tied Iowa State 6–6. |
| 1993 | Kent State (3) | 0–11 | Pete Cordelli | |
| 1994 | Iowa State (2) | 0–10-1 | Jim Walden | Tied 31-31 with Oklahoma State. Scored at least 12 points in all but two games, including no shutouts, but the Cyclones' season-lowest defensive effort was 23 points (against Western Michigan). |
| 1994 | Ohio (2) | 0–11 | Tom Lichtenberg | Scored 9 offensive touchdowns, shutout 3 times, including a 5–0 loss to Utah State. |
| 1996 | Duke | 0–11 | Fred Goldsmith | Lost 3 one-score games, including a 16–17 loss at Wake Forest. |
| 1997 | Illinois (3) | 0–11 | Ron Turner | Turner's first season. Robert Holcombe rushed for 1253 yards, adding 277 yards receiving. Lost every game by multiple scores, scoring 76 points in 8 Big Ten games. |
| 1997 | Northern Illinois | 0–11 | Joe Novak | |
| 1997 | Rutgers | 0–11 | Terry Shea | Allowed 48 or more points 7 times. Closest loss was 37–35 to Army. |
| 1998 | Hawaii | 0–12 | Fred Vonappen | Vonappen's 3rd and final year. Closest game was a 30–21 loss at Utah. They and Kent State (below) are the last Division I-A/FBS teams to lose every game by multiple scores in a full-length season. |
| 1998 | Kent State (4) | 0–11 | Dean Pees | Pees' first season at Kent State. Lost every game by multiple scores, including a 24–10 loss to Division I-AA/FCS Youngstown State. They and Hawaii (above) are the last Division I-A/FBS teams to lose every game by multiple scores in a full-length season. |
| 1998 | UNLV | 0–11 | Jeff Horton | |
| 1999 | Ball State | 0–11 | Bill Lynch | Did not play a one-score game until season finale, a 21–27 loss to Central Michigan. |
| 1999 | Buffalo | 0–11 | Craig Cirbus | Cirbus' first year at Buffalo. Drew Haddad would have 1158 yards receiving, no other receiver had more than 148 yards. Lost to two Division I-AA/FCS opponents (Connecticut and Hofstra). Closest losses were by 7 to Akron and Hofstra. |
| 1999 | South Carolina | 0–11 | Lou Holtz | Holtz's 1st year at South Carolina. Limited to 8 offensive touchdowns. Only one-score game a 10–11 loss to Vanderbilt, played five ranked opponents. |
| 2000 | Duke (2) | 0–11 | Carl Franks | First of two consecutive winless seasons. Was shut out by East Carolina in season opener, did not play a one-score game until November 4, a 26–28 loss at Wake Forest. |
| 2001 | Duke (3) | 0–11 | Carl Franks | Second consecutive winless season. D. Bryant threw for 2454 yards. Allowed 31 plus points every loss, sans a 15–13 loss at Rice. |
| 2001 | Houston | 0–11 | Dana Dimel | Lost 2 one-score games, including a 28–29 loss to Cincinnati. Played 3 ranked teams. |
| 2001 | Navy (2) | 0–10 | Charlie Weatherbie (0–7) Rick Lantz (0–3) | Lost 3 one-score games, and lost to Army 26–17 in the season finale. Weatherbie was replaced following a 21–20 loss at Toledo. |
| 2003 | Army (2) | 0–13 | John Mumford (0–7) Todd Berry (0–6) | Army ran a pass heavy offense, throwing for 2391 yards on the season. John Mumford fired following a loss to 0–6 East Carolina, which turned out to be East Carolina's only win of the season. Season capped off with a 34–6 loss to rival Navy. Closest losses were by 6 to East Carolina, and by 4 to Wake Forest. As of 2024, lost the most games of any winless team. |
| 2003 | SMU (3) | 0–12 | Phil Bennett | Lost 3 one-score games, including a 20–13 season finale loss to 19th ranked TCU. |
| 2004 | UCF (2) | 0–11 | George O'Leary | O'Leary's first year at UCF. Junior wide receiver Brandon Marshall would have 8 catches for 84 yards. Four one-score losses, including a 30–28 loss to Northern Illinois on a last-second field goal, and a 17–16 overtime loss to Ohio on a missed extra point. |
| 2005 | New Mexico State (2) | 0–12 | Hal Mumme | Air Raid guru Hal Mumme's first year at New Mexico State ended the season with 3,192 yards passing. Lost two games by one-score, including an overtime loss to Idaho. |
| 2005 | Temple | 0–11 | Bobby Wallace | Wallace's 8th and final season, finishing with a 19–71 record at Temple. Outscored 498–107, allowing at least 34 points in 10 of 11 games, while never scoring more than 17 points. Did lose to Western Michigan 19–16 on a game winning field goal by Western Michigan. Finished dead last in Division I-A/FBS in both points scored and points allowed. |
| 2006 | Duke (4) | 0–12 | Ted Roof | Ted Roof's 3rd year at Duke. Thad Lewis started all 12 games, throwing for 2134 yards and 11 touchdowns. Would lose two one-point games, 13–14 to eventual ACC champion Wake Forest on a blocked 31 yard field goal as time expired, and a 44–45 season finale loss to North Carolina, missing a game-tying extra point attempt with 2 minutes remaining. Was shut out in 3 of first 4 games, including vs FCS Richmond, despite having future NFL head coach Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator. |
| 2006 | FIU | 0–12 | Don Strock | Scored 10 offensive touchdowns in Don Strock's 3rd and final season. Season marred by a brawl against Miami (FL) in a 35–0 loss. Lost five games by one-score, against Middle Tennessee, South Florida, Bowling Green, Maryland and North Texas. Lost two games by one-point, against Middle Tennessee State and South Florida. Drove to Maryland nine yard line before throwing interception on game's final play to lose 14–10. |
| 2008 | Washington | 0–12 | Ty Willingham | Ty Willingham's last season with Washington. Quarterback Jake Locker would miss the final 8 games of the season. In a week 2 loss to 15th-ranked BYU, Locker scored a touchdown to bring Washington to within 28–27, but incurred an excessive celebration penalty, which led to the ensuing extra point being blocked. Would lose the Apple Cup 16–13 in double overtime to 1–10 Washington State. |
| 2009 | Eastern Michigan (2) | 0–12 | Ron English | Former Michigan Defensive coordinator Ron English's first year. Would blow a 27–13 second half lead against Ball State, losing 27–29. Lost to Northwestern 27–24 on a 49 yard field goal with 5 seconds left. |
| 2009 | Western Kentucky | 0–12 | David Elson | David Elson's third and final season as head coach. Running back Bobby Rainey rushed for 939 yards and 6 touchdowns. Lost to FCS Central Arkansas 28–7 on September 19. Lost 4 one-score games, including the final 3 games of the season. Would blow a 20–3 second half lead to Arkansas State in the season finale, losing 24–20. |
| 2012 | Southern Mississippi | 0–12 | Ellis Johnson | Coming off of a 12–2, C-USA championship season under coach Larry Fedora. Started four quarterbacks throughout the season. Lost four one-score games, including a 21–17 loss to 19th-ranked Louisville. Would fail to convert a fourth quarter 2-point conversion trailing UTEP 33–34 on November 17. Jamie Collins led the defense with 20 TFL's, 10 sacks. |
| 2013 | Georgia State | 0–12 | Trent Miles | First season in FBS, and Trent Miles first season following Bill Curry's tenure. Lost to 3 FCS teams, closest game a 35–33 loss to Arkansas State Wide receiver Albert Wilson had 1177 yards and 8 touchdowns. |
| 2013 | Miami (Ohio) (2) | 0–12 | Don Treadwell (0–5) Mike Bath (0–7) | Don Treadwell would be dismissed in his third season following a 21–9 loss to Central Michigan. High point total was 17 in a 24–17 loss to Akron. |
| 2015 | Kansas (2) | 0–12 | David Beaty | David Beaty's first year as head coach, replacing Charlie Weis. Lost to FCS South Dakota State 41–38 to open the season. Next closest win was a 23–17 loss to 13th ranked TCU on November 14. Played four teams ranked in the top 15, and South Dakota State was ranked 16th in the FCS rankings. |
| 2015 | UCF (3) | 0–12 | George O'Leary (0–8) Danny Barrett (0–4) | Two-years following a Fiesta Bowl victory, one year after AAC title. George O'Leary would retire following a 59–10 loss to Houston. Had two one-point losses, 15–14 to FIU in the season opener, and 15–16 to FCS Furman on September 19. UCF would quickly recover to go 14-0 and win Peach Bowl two years later. |
| 2017 | UTEP (2) | 0–12 | Sean Kugler (0–5) Mike Price (0–7) | Outscored 141–441, coach Sean Kugler was fired following a 35–21 loss to Army. Would lose 15–14 the following week to Western Kentucky, would lose by at least 17 points in every following game. Guard Will Hernandez would be drafted 34th overall by the Giants. |
| 2019 | Akron | 0–12 | Tom Arth | Arth's first season at Akron. Started the year 0–10 against spread, the first team since at least 2005 with such a dubious distinction. Akron's closest loss in first 10 games was by 8 points to otherwise winless UMass, which lost their other 11 games by at least 21 points. In season's 11th game, Akron lost by just 3 points as 30-point underdogs to eventual MAC champion Miami (Ohio), which was Akron's closest loss on the year, as well as the first and only time they covered the spread. |
| 2020 | Louisiana–Monroe | 0–10 | Matt Viator | Viator's fifth and final season at ULM. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Warhawks allowed at least 31 points in every game of the season. The team's closest loss was a 35–30 loss to Georgia Southern on October 3. In addition, ULM lost its rivalry game against Louisiana 70–20. Over the course of the season, ULM was outscored 420–163 by its opponents, and never once held a lead. |
| 2020 | Kansas (3) | 0–9 | Les Miles | Miles' second and final season at Kansas. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic resulted in the season being shorter than normal. One game was cancelled due to a COVID-19 outbreak from their opponent. Kansas finished winless for the second time since 2015. The Jayhawks' closest loss was a 16–13 loss to Texas Tech in their final game of the season. The Texas Tech game was also the Jayhawks' only game where they allowed fewer than 38 points. Kansas never scored more than 23 points in a game. Throughout the course of the season, the Jayhawks were outscored by their opponents 414–145. |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 0–9 | Derek Mason (0–8) Todd Fitch (0–1) | Mason's seventh and final season at Vanderbilt. The start of the season was delayed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the Commodores played a conference-only schedule. The Commodores opened the season with a 17–12 loss at No. 10 Texas A&M; they would go on to lose six of their final eight games by 21 points or more. Their closest game of the season was a 38–35 loss to Kentucky on November 14. Vanderbilt ended the season with a 42–17 loss to rival Tennessee. |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois (2) | 0–6 | Thomas Hammock | |
| 2020 | UNLV (2) | 0–6 | Marcus Arroyo | |
| 2020 | Arizona | 0–5 | Kevin Sumlin | Sumlin's third and final season at Arizona. The season was delayed and had its game count cut in half due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The university's first winless season. The Wildcats' closest loss was a 30–34 score against No. 20 USC in their first game of the season. At the final game of the season, the university suffered their worst loss in history against rival Arizona State at a 7–70 loss, resulting in Sumlin getting fired the day after. The team concluded at a total score of 87–199. |
| 2020 | Bowling Green | 0–5 | Scot Loeffler | |
| 2020 | FIU (2) | 0–5 | Butch Davis | |
| 2020 | UMass | 0–4 | Walt Bell | |
| 2024 | Kent State (5) | 0–12 | Kenni Burns | Burns' Golden Flashes failed to improve on their previous season's record of 1–11, and were the first team to go winless in a full 12-game season since 2019, moving his two-year head coaching record to 1–23. This was the first winless season for Kent State since 1998. Kent State was shut out three separate times, including a 71–0 loss to seventh-ranked Tennessee. They lost to FCS Saint Francis (PA) 23–17 in their second game of the season. Their closest loss came to Ball State, with Kent State scoring 21 points in the fourth quarter, but falling short at a score of 37–35. This was the second consecutive season that Kent State failed to win a game against an FBS opponent. |