History CurbStompBattle / Sports

* Perhaps the most infamous case of this in the UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity came about during a first-to-10 showmatch in ''VideoGame/MortalKombatX'' between Carl "Perfect Legend" White and Dominique "[=SonicFox=]" [=McLean=] during 2015's Summer Jam 9. [=SonicFox=] easily trounced Perfect Legend with a perfect 10-0 rounds, especially glaring since the entire match was based on a rivalry instigated by Perfect Legend -- a veteran champion of the FGC -- intending to put this hyped-up newcomer in his place. [[FromBadToWorse Then he made things even worse for himself]] by continuing to challenge [=SonicFox=] to an additional 3 rounds on his own terms, then proceeded to lose them too, earning him [[NeverLiveItDown the long-lasting distinction]] of [[MedalOfDishonor being the first person to lose 0-13 in a first-to-10]]. Considering [=SonicFox=] would later establish themselves as [[UsefulNotes/FGCAces one of the FGC's all-time greats]], many look back at this stomp as a PassingTheTorch moment... where the new guard pried the torch from their predecessor's hands, then used it to beat them to death and set them on fire.

** However, three days later, they proceeded to go and beat the Milwaukee Bucks, another top tier Eastern Conference team, 125-90. The Bucks, with head coach Doc Rivers being hired after they fired Adrian Griffin after a little over half a season, only scored nine points in the entire fourth quarter. It was the first instance in NBA history where a team followed a 50+ point loss with a 30+ point win.

* March 3, 2024: Two seasons after the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors faced off in the NBA Finals, the former were far and away the best team in the NBA, while the latter weren't exactly the perennial contenders of old. Even with that, a regular season rematch between the two teams in TD Garden didn't exactly live up to the hype. Boston was up 82-38 at halftime, which was their largest halftime lead in franchise history, en route to winning by a final score of 140-88. The 52-point loss was the Warriors' largest with Steph Curry, and the Celtics' third largest win in their franchise's history. If nothing else, it was a happy birthday for Jayson Tatum, who turned 26 that day, and was even able to relax in the second half while the Celtics' second stringers were sent out (and still offered little mercy to the Warriors).

* March 3, 2024: Two seasons after the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors faced off in the NBA Finals, the former were far and away the best team in the NBA, while the latter weren't exactly the perennial contenders of old. Even with that, a regular season rematch between the two teams in TD Garden didn't exactly live up to the hype. Boston was up 82-38 at halftime, which was their largest halftime lead in franchise history, en route to winning by a final score of 140-88. The 52-point loss was the Warriors' largest with Steph Curry, and the Celtics' third largest win in their franchise's history.

* May 14, 2023: On the note of the Celtics, 76ers and blowouts, Philly had taken a 3-2 lead over the defending Eastern conference champs and seemed well poised to finally get over the second round hump, and were even the favorites to win the NBA title after Game 5. But they fell well short in Game 6, as Boston forced a Game 7 at home. While the Sixers were within arms' length at halftime, only down 55-52, the second half was all Celtics, as a 33-10 third quarter allowed them to pull away for a final score of 112-88 that wasn't as close as it'd appear. Jayson Tatum had 51 points, the most points ever scored in a Game 7 in NBA history, surpassing a record just set by Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors in the first round. To put things in perspective, the final score of the game was never posted on the Sixers' social media accounts, and if you look at any given post from them to this day you are sure to see at least one comment demanding them post the score of the game or commenting on how "the previous season is still going" because they never did.

* February 4, 1987: The game between the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magic Johnson-led Los Angeles Lakers and the visiting Sacramento Kings figured to be a mismatch, with the Lakers (who would end up winning the league championship) sporting the league's best record at that point, while the Kings, in their second season in Sacramento after moving from Kansas City, were in last place in their division. But no one expected the Kings would go scoreless in the first nine minutes of the game. However, that's what happened: the Lakers jumped out to a 29–0 lead, still an NBA record. The Kings finally scored their first points on two free throws with 2:54 left in the first quarter. The Lakers home crowd gave guard Derek Smith a standing ovation after he sank those foul shots for the Kings. Score at the end of the first quarter: Lakers 40, Kings '''4'''. The Lakers cruised the rest of the way, taking a 71–35 halftime lead and winning by a 128–92 tally (both teams scored 88 points in the final three quarters).

** On November 10, 1990, the Phoenix Suns set the tone in their game against the Denver Nuggets early by scoring an NBA record '''107 points by halftime''' for a 107-67 lead. No Suns players made a three-pointer that game, with their leading scorer that game being a young Cedric Ceballos with 35 points while coming off the bench, yet they tied a record with the Boston Celtics above for most points scored without a made three-point attempt (this one being unintentional), finishing the game with a 173-143 final score. One would think if three-point shots were more prevalent like in the modern-era of the NBA, the Suns could have broken the all-time scoring record that game, to the point of maybe even reaching 200 points. This came just a few weeks after the Suns had defeated the Nuggets in a preseason game by a score of 186-123, which would have absolutely topped their scoring record had that game occured in the regular season instead (other Nuggets preseason games included losses to other teams by scores of 173-155 and 194-166). The Nuggets had hired one-time Lakers coach Paul Westhead, who'd won a championship in Magic Johnson's rookie season, then brought Loyola Marymount to college basketball prominence with a high-scoring run-and-gun style, which he tried to import to the Nuggets.[[note]]Westhead's first regular season game as Nuggets coach, a 162-158 loss to Golden State, still holds the record for the highest-scoring regulation game in league history and is the 5th highest overall. The Nuggets also lost the highest-scoring game overall, a 186-184 triple OT affair against Detroit in 1984.[[/note]] Instead, that collegiate style of play led to truly disastrous results on the NBA level; he was fired after losing 120 games in two seasons.

** On November 10, 1990, the Phoenix Suns set the tone in their game against the Denver Nuggets early by scoring an NBA record '''107 points by halftime''' for a 107-67 lead. No Suns players made a three-pointer that game, with their leading scorer that game being a young Cedric Ceballos with 35 points while coming off the bench, yet they tied a record with the Boston Celtics above for most points scored without a made three-point attempt (this one being unintentional), finishing the game with a 173-143 final score. One would think if three-point shots were more prevalent like in the modern-era of the NBA, the Suns could have broken the all-time scoring record that game, to the point of maybe even reaching 200 points. This came just a few weeks after the Suns had defeated the Nuggets in a preseason game by a score of 186-123, which would have absolutely topped their scoring record had that game occured in the regular season instead (other Nuggets preseason games included losses to other teams by scores of 173-155 and 194-166). The Nuggets had hired one-time Lakers coach Paul Westhead, who'd won a championship in Magic Johnson's rookie season, then brought Loyola Marymount to college basketball prominence with a high-scoring run-and-gun style, which he tried to import to the Nuggets. Instead, that collegiate style of play led to truly disastrous results on the NBA level; he was fired after losing 120 games in two seasons.

* Remember Tulsa from 1968? Well, almost 40 years later, the Golden Hurricane would be on the winning side of a historic blowout. In the 2008 GMAC Bowl (part of the 2007 season), they annihilated Bowling Green 63–7, setting a new record for victory margin in a bowl game. (This record would be tied in 2018 by Army in the aforementioned Armed Forces Bowl, and then tied again and later broken in the 2022–23 bowl season.)

*** Texas-Permian Basin Falcons 96, Texas College Steers 0. UTPB took a 54–0 halftime lead and outgained the Steers on total offense by the count of 572 yards to '''2''' (on 58 offensive plays, Texas College had 38 yards passing, and ''negative 36 yards'' rushing).

* Heading into Week 12 of the 2022 season, the Tennesee Volunteers seemed to be all but assured to secure a playoff spot, with their upcoming opponent, the South Carolina Gamecocks, being seen by many as an easy win due to being soundly beaten the week prior against Florida 38-6 in their own Curb-Stomp Battle. But when the players took the field, Tennessee was completely ''dominated'' by South Carolina 63-38, with the Gamecocks once-floundering offense managing to easily tear through the Volunteers' defense. To make matters even worse for Tennessee, their starting quarterback, Hendon Hooker, tore his ACL during the blowout, ending his Heisman chances at the same time that South Carolina killed Tennessee's chances of appearing in the College Football Playoff.

** The January 2021 Sugar Bowl, taking place in the middle of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, saw Ohio State finally get their first win over Clemson in a game that was unexpectedly a rout in the Buckeyes' favor, winning 49-28. This is especially notable because many were expecting yet another Alabama vs. Clemson championship rematch and the Buckeyes had only played six games as opposed to the other playoff teams having played at least eleven games. And just to rub salt on the wound for Clemson, Tigers head coach Dabo Swinney put the Buckeyes at No. 11 in the Coaches Poll prior to the game, which might've been motivation for the Buckeyes.
** The December 2021 Orange Bowl between the Michigan Wolverines and the Georgia Bulldogs ended with in a clear cut victory for the Dawgs, overwhelming their opponent 34-11. Michigan did not score a touchdown until less than five minutes left in the game. Georgia would go on to win the National Championship over a week later.

* China wound up facing the wrong end of this trope when they hosted the 2022 Winter Olympics. Over four games they were outscored 23-4 and finished dead last in the tournament standings, 9 goals worse than the second worse team, Latvia. A more brutal defeat was only averted as due to the [[UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic ongoing pandemic]], the NHL kept the very best players out of the tournament.

* March 2, 1962: The Philadelphia Warriors (playing at the Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania that day) beat the New York Knicks with a high-scoring 169-147 affair. While that might not be seen as much of a blowout by comparison to some of the blowouts seen here for the NBA, what makes this one particularly special is the fact that it marked the only time in NBA history that a player ever scored 100 points in a single game there. UsefulNotes/WiltChamberlain felt like he was going to be unstoppable that night in all 48 minutes of action that he played, and judging by the statistics he had against the Knicks that game (making 36/63 field goals and an unusually high 28/32 free-throws when Chamberlain was primarily known to be a poor free-throw shooter in the NBA alongside grabbing 25 rebounds for good measure), it's fair to say his assumption was correct in this case. The possibility of Chamberlain reaching the century mark only materialized in the 4th quarter, after the Warriors had things well in hand. He had 41 at halftime, and was focused on surpassing his career high of 78, which he did with 7:51 remaining. At that point, the fans started chanting "100" and his teammates decided to go for broke to get him there, passing him the ball constantly, to the point of passing up shots so they could give him the ball. The Knicks started fouling any non-Wilt player with the ball just to prevent him from having scoring opportunities. Fans stormed the court when he made points 99 and 100 on an easy basket with :46 left. To make further note on how impressive this is in the NBA, only Kobe Bryant has managed to come close with 81 points scored in one game (a 122-104 Lakers win over Toronto on January 2006), with only four other players outside of Wilt and Kobe managing to get to even 70 points in a single game altogether.

* March 2, 1962: The Philadelphia Warriors (playing at the Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania that day) beat the New York Knicks with a high-scoring 169-147 affair. While that might not be seen as much of a blowout by comparison to some of the blowouts seen here for the NBA, what makes this one particularly special is the fact that it marked the only time in NBA history that a player ever scored 100 points in a single game there. UsefulNotes/WiltChamberlain felt like he was going to be unstoppable that night in all 48 minutes of action that he played, and judging by the statistics he had against the Knicks that game (making 36/63 field goals and an unusually high 28/32 free-throws when Chamberlain was primarily known to be a poor free-throw shooter in the NBA alongside grabbing 25 rebounds for good measure), it's fair to say his assumption was correct in this case. To make further note on how impressive it is in the NBA, only Kobe Bryant has managed to come close with 81 points scored in one game (a 122-104 Lakers win over Toronto on January 2006), with only four other players outside of Wilt and Kobe managing to get to even 70 points in a single game altogether.

* For the group stage, it's usually big[=/=]traditional team vs. NaiveNewcomer[=/=]hopeless small country. The biggest one is Hungary's 10-1 win over El Salvador in 1982.[[note]](A draw against Belgium and a loss to Argentina meant Hungary failed to qualify for the next round despite their massive win.)[[/note]] Hungary had also set the previous record during the "Magical Magyars" era in 1954, with a 9-0 win against South Korea (they also beat West Germany 8-3... but only because the coach [[XanatosGambit deliberately spared some of their best players]], to ensure they could only see the Magical Magyars again in the final; [[HeroicRematch they did]], but this time Germany won 3-2), a score equaled by Yugoslavia against Zaire in 1974. However, the 2014 World Cup warranted a case of "two powerhouses, yet the perceived favorite is the slaughtered one" (Netherlands 5-1 Spain, where the Spaniards scored first and the first half ended 1-1) and big/traditional team vs. traditional-yet-mediocre (Germany 4-0 Portugal, who had TheAce Cristiano Ronaldo but basically no one else).

* While one sided score lines might be rare in the actual tournament itself, during qualification, it’s a whole different matter, as teams are drawn into groups depending on their geographical location, meaning that you end up with power houses of the sport playing some countries that can barely put a team together. Curbstomp battles are common - see below for some further details…

* The European qualifying round for the 2023 Women’s World Cup was full of these, the most notable being France beating Greece 10-0, Northern Ireland beating North Macedonia 11-0, The Republic of Ireland beating beating Georgia 11-0, Spain beating the Faroe Islands 12-0 (they had already beaten them 10-0 in a previous qualifying match), Belgium beating Armenia 19-0 and England beating Latvia 20-0 (having already putting 10 past them in another qualifying match), which was the second biggest score in women’s international football (the biggest was Canada beating Puerto Rico 21-0 in 1998), and the biggest ever score by any full England international team, men or women.

** Not to be outdone, an already qualified France hammered a record ''14'' goals past a hapless Gibraltar, with Kylian Mbappé bagging a hat trick, with Kingsley Coman and Olivier Giroud both scoring braces and six other players getting on the scoresheet (the opening goal in the rout was an own goal).

* In 2017, just nine years after the Detroit Lions' infamous 0-16 season, the Cleveland Browns became the second and last team to [[EpicFail replicate this dishonor and lose every game in the regular season]]. Miraclously, only one of those games had the Browns on the receiving end of a blowout: the October 1, 2017 game, where they were trounced by the division rival Cincinnati Bengals 31-7.

* [[ThrowTheDogABone The Detroit Lions' only postseason win in the Super Bowl era]] happened during the 1991-92 NFC divisional playoffs, where they beat the Dallas Cowboys 38-6. Sadly, shortly afterwards, they found themselves on the receiving end of one, losing 41-10 to the Washington Redskins during the NFC Championship Game.

* A little over two years after that humiliating 73-point loss to the Memphis Grizzlies, the Oklahoma City Thunder had bounced back to become one of the top Western Conference teams, and they finally shook off the legacy of that record loss on January 11, 2024, against the struggling Portland Trail Blazers, a team they'd already beaten by 41 early in the season. This time, the Blazers grabbed an early 5-2 lead, only to see the Thunder go on a 22-4 run, take a 12-point lead at the end of the first quarter, then a '''36'''-point halftime lead, then outscore Portland 43-17 in the 3rd quarter, extending the lead to '''62''' (118-56). Thankfully, both teams scored 21 points in the fourth, keeping the final margin at 62, 139-77, the third-biggest margin in league history. The Thunder had six players score in double figures, to the Blazers' two. OKC now holds the odd distinction of being the only NBA team to both and win lose games by more than 60 points in their history.

* Heading into Week 12 of the 2022 season, the Tennesee Volunteers seemed to be all but assured to secure a playoff spot, with their upcoming opponent, the South Carolina Gamecocks, being seen by many as an easy win due to being soundly beaten the week prior against Florida 38-6 in their own Curb-Stomp Battle. But when the players took the field, Tennessee was completely ''dominated'' by South Carolina 63-38, with the Gamecocks once-floundering offense managing to easily tear through the Volunteers' defense. To make matters even worse for Tennessee, their starting quarterback, Hendon Hooker, tore his ACL during the blowout, ending his Heisman chances at the same time that South Carolina killed Tennesssee's chances of appearing in the College Football Playoff.
* Even after hiring legendary NFL cornerback Deion Sanders as head coach after a successful two-year stint at Jackson State, the Colorado Buffaloes weren't considered to be contenders in the 2023 season in spite of offseason coverage, especially after a paltry 1-11 season. Things were looking up for the Buffaloes after a 3-0 start that included a 36-14 blowout over rival Nebraska, and gained renewed interest in the program in the process. However, their game at Oregon was a different story, as the Ducks greatly overwhelmed the Buffs throughout the game, leading 35-0 at halftime. Colorado only managed 23 total yards in the first half and didn't make it past midfield until the fourth quarter. Oregon finished off Colorado 42-6, a stumble that Sanders and the Buffs never really recovered from, finishing the season with 4-8 record.

* Even after hiring legendary NFL cornerback Deion Sanders as head coach after a successful two-year stint at Jackson State, the Colorado Buffaloes weren't considered to be contenders in the 2023 season in spite of offseason coverage, especially after a paltry 1-11 season. Things were looking up for the Buffaloes after a 3-0 start that included a 36-14 blowout over rival Nebraska, and gained renewed interest in the program in the process. However, their game at Oregon was a different story, as the Ducks greatly overwhelmed the Buffs throughout the game, leading 35-0 at halftime. Colorado only managed 23 total yards in the first half and didn't make it past midfield until the fourth quarter. Oregon would win in a 42-6 blowout, heavily outgaining their opponent 522-199 yards, leading to some calling Colorado fraudulent and overhyped.

* Georgia's blowout of TCU was a bowl record for only one season. The next season saw Georgia miss out on an unbeaten season and CFP berth with a loss to Alabama in the SEC championship game. The Dawgs got the consolation prize of a New Year's Six game, specifically the Orange Bowl, where they faced an unbeaten Florida State team that had been snubbed by the CPF after failing to impress in two games after their starting QB was injured. Due to opt-outs, transfers, and injuries, the Seminoles were without 97% of their passing yards, 88% of their rushing yards, and 84% of their receptions on the season, as well as five starters in their defensive front seven and three starting defensive backs—and it showed. Georgia jumped out to a 42–3 halftime lead, the largest in Orange Bowl history, on its way to a 63–3 annihilation. The Dawgs outgained the Noles by even more than they did against the Frogs a year earlier (672 yards to 206). Not only did this set a new record for most lopsided bowl win, but it was also the biggest point margin ever against a top-5 team in the AP Poll era, and also the most lopsided loss in FSU history.

* September 28, 1951: on the first Sunday of the season, the Los Angeles Rams hosted the now-defunct New York Yanks and absolutely pulverized them, jumping out to a 34–0 lead midway through the second quarter, en route to a 54–14 triumph that was even more impressive since the Rams held the Yanks offense scoreless (their touchdowns were on a punt return and a fumble return), and outgained them in total yardage by an otherwordly (especially for 1951) 735-166. The game holds a special place in NFL history, not so much because of the Rams' domination, but one specific aspect of it: Rams QB Norm Van Brocklin passed for 554 yards, which is incredibly ''still'' the NFL single-game record, even after over seven decades, the evolution of football towards the passing game, and all the legendary [=QBs=] who you might have assumed would've have broken the record.

* The vast majority of fights involving world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitsckho, who currently has by far the longest title reign of any heavyweight in history, and the most victories in world title fights of any heavyweight in history. Unlike previous champs such as Ali and Tyson, who earned their victories in slug fests that could see them in trouble at several points, Wladimir hardly lost a single round during his reign. It didn't matter how good his opponent was or how impressive their records were; it didn't matter if they were bigger than him or smaller than him; it didn't matter what style they used; Wlad used a SimpleYetAwesome style emphasizing his jab, cross, and minimalist footwork that was so ridiculously effective (in combination with his size and strength; 6'6 and 245 pounds of pure muscle) that he made them all look like helpless children. Casual fans often deride the Klitsckho era as boring, because Wlad really was just that much better than everyone else. Highlights:

** Slick 6'2, 213 pound southpaw and two-time, two-title world heavyweight champion Chris Byrd (at the time 39-2 with 20 knockouts) challenged Klitsckho for his title in 2006, after losing a decision to him in 2000 (a one-sided match itself, but one that went the distance). Klitsckho had improved since then; Byrd, while a great fighter, was still more or less the same. Result: Byrd loses every round, is knocked down early, and is out-landed 2.4 to 1 in punches.[[note]]117 vs 51[[/note]] Klitsckho's left hook finishes off Byrd in the seventh round for a technical knockout victory. The announcer said it best:

** Single-title world heavyweight champion Lamon Brewster, at 6'3 and 229 pounds, with a record of 33-3 and 29 knockouts, faced Klitsckho in a rematch title defense in 2007 after scoring an upset knockout win over him several years prior. Klitsckho proved that his first loss was a fluke by utterly thrashing Brewster for five rounds, in which Klitsckho won every round, landed nearly three times as many punches as his opponent,[[note]]199 vs 70[[/note]] and hurt him so badly that Brewster's trainer flatly refused to send him out for the sixth, handing Klitsckho the victory by technical knockout.
** One of Klitsckho's most one-sided bouts was his fight with Hasim Rahman in 2008. Rahman was a 6'2, 255 pound, two-time, five-title world heavyweight champion, with a record of 45-7 and 41 knockouts. A terrifying force in any era. But when he went up against Klitsckho, he, like many before him, [[RunningGag lost every single round]] and was utterly toyed with. [=CompuBox=] had Klitsckho landing ''six times as many punches'' as Rahman[[note]]178 vs 30.[[/note]] with on average ''three and a half times the accuracy''.[[note]]14% vs 48%[[/note]] Rahman got knocked down and nearly KO'd in the sixth round, but managed to drag himself into the seventh round, where he continued to take unprotected crosses and hooks to the face until the referee called off the fight and ruled it a technical knockout to save Rahman from further damage.

** Klitschko's 2014 fight with Kubrat Pulev was the cherry on top of his utterly dominant career. Coming into the fight, the 6'5', 248-pound Pulev was ranked #1 heavyweight in the world by both the December 2013 issue of ''The Ring'' magazine and the October 2014 press release of the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board. Even as of this writing (2020), when he's 39 years old, Pulev is still ranked among the world's top ten heavyweights by both sources. You would ''never'' know this just from watching his fight with Wladimir Klitschko. Pulev was brutally battered, [[OverlyLongGag losing every single round]] and getting knocked down four times en route to a fifth round stoppage, leaving Klitschko the winner by technical knockout. It was his 53rd and final knockout.
* All but one of the fights involving Wladimir Klitschko's brother, Vitali Klitschko. While he didn't reign as long as his brother, he is the only heavyweight champion to never lose more than two rounds in any fight, has the highest heavyweight KO to fight ratio in history,[[note]]87%, or 41 of his 47 fights. Rocky Marciano, at 88%, technically has a higher one, BUT most of Rocky Marciano's opponents were under 200 pounds, the modern heavyweight limit. If you count his KO ratio solely against 200+ pound opponents, like all the guys Vitali faced, it's lower.[[/note]] and is one of only two heavyweight champions (along with Oliver [=McCall=]) to have never been knocked down. The one exception to his otherwise hilariously one-sided career was his fight with Lennox Lewis, which was a [[CoolVsAwesome slugfest]].[[note]]Even then, Vitali had won 4 of the 6 rounds on all three judges' cards before a cut Lewis inflicted (more a factor of luck than anything else) forced him to stop. At that point Klitschko had landed 156 punches to Lewis's 102- so not crushingly one-sided, but solidly in Vitali's favor without the cut. Note that Lewis got cut in that fight too, he was just fortunate enough that the cut was inflicted on his nose rather than above his eye, as Vitali's was.[[/note]]

* In the 1963-64 US Championship, Fischer won every game, finishing 11-0. Hans Kmoch jokingly congratulated Larry Evans, second with 7.5 points, on winning the tournament, while congratulating Fischer on winning the exhibition.
* Bobby Fischer's wins in the candidates' matches: 6-0 against Mark Taimanov (the Communist Party was ''not'' amused) followed by the same score against Bent Larsen, widely thought to be the best player outside the Soviet Union. Both of them were rated in the top ten in the world before the matches. After that, he somewhat relaxed and clobbered Tigran Petrosian (a former world champion and renowned defender) 6.5-2.5.
* In the 2nd Sinquefield Cup in September 2014, Fabiano Caruana, then the world #3, scored 8.5-1.5 (starting 7-0, then finishing with three draws) against a field consisting entirely of top-10 players: Magnus Carlsen (world #1 and current world champion), Levon Aronian (#2), Hikaru Nakamura (#5), Veselin Topalov (#8, twice a challenger for the world championship), and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (#9). Carlsen was a distant second with 5.5 points.

* Georgia's blowout of TCU was a bowl record for only one season. The next season saw Georgia miss out on an unbeaten season and CFP berth with a loss to Alabama in the SEC championship game. The Dawgs got the consolation prize of a New Year's Six game, specifically the Orange Bowl, where they faced an unbeaten Florida State team that had been snubbed by the CPF after failing to impress in two games after their starting QB was injured. Due to opt-outs, transfers, and injuries, the Seminoles were without 97% of their passing yards, 88% of their rushing yards, and 84% of their receptions on the season, as well as five starters in their defensive front seven—and it showed. Georgia jumped out to a 42–3 halftime lead, the largest in Orange Bowl history, on their way to a 63–3 annihilation. The Dawgs outgained the Noles by even more than they did against the Frogs a year earlier (672 yards to 206). Not only did this set a new record for most lopsided bowl win, but it was also the biggest point margin ever against a top-5 team in the AP Poll era, and also the most lopsided loss in FSU history.

* On December 4, 1976, the Los Angeles Rams blew out the Atlanta Falcons 59-0. This, alongside the New England Patriots beating the Tennessee Titans by the exact same score in 2009 (see below), are the largest margins of victory in the Super Bowl Era

** Exactly one week later in the College Football Playoff National Championship, Georgia jumped to a 10–0 lead over TCU midway through the first quarter. The Horned Frogs responded with a touchdown on their next possession... and that was it for the Frogs. Final score: Georgia 65, TCU 7, the biggest blowout in bowl history. Georgia outgained TCU by '''401 total yards''' (589 to 188), and even Georgia's backup offense tore the TCU defense to shreds.

* March 16, 1999: Nebraska hosted a doubleheader against Chicago State. Nebraska won the first game 15–3, but that's not why the match is listed here; in game 2, Nebraska led 23–0 after three innings, then 32–2 after four. Fortunately for Chicago State, an NCAA mercy rule kicked in, and the game ended in the sixth inning with the Nebraska winning '''50–3'''. This still holds the record for the most lopsided college baseball game between two Division I teams.