1939: Week 6

65 games. Five ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Three games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 21, 1939	5Tennessee 21, 8Alabama 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	4Tulane 14, 14North Carolina 14	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	16Nebraska 20, 19Baylor 0	Box score

Upsets

Oct 21, 1939	Duquesne 21, 1Pittsburgh 13upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Gonzaga 12, 11Oregon 7upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	New York University 6, 15Carnegie Mellon 0upset	Box score

A ranked team beaten as the betting favorite, or, where no line is on file, by an unranked or lower-ranked team.

FBS vs. FBS

Oct 17, 1939	William & Mary 6, Virginia Tech 6	Box score
Oct 19, 1939	Clemson 27, South Carolina 0	Box score
Oct 20, 1939	Arizona State 7, New Mexico State 0upset	Box score
Oct 20, 1939	Washington St. Louis 42, Creighton 12	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Arizona 25, Loyola Marymount 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Boston College 19, Temple 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	California 13, Washington State 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Colorado 13, Colorado State 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	12Cornell 47, Penn State 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Dartmouth 14, Lafayette 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Denver 7, Utah State 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Detroit Mercy 21, NC State 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Drake 7, Iowa State 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	13Duke 33, Syracuse 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Duquesne 21, 1Pittsburgh 13upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	George Washington 13, The Citadel 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Georgetown 13, Bucknell 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Georgia Tech 14, Vanderbilt 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Gonzaga 12, 11Oregon 7upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Holy Cross 20, Brown 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Indiana 7, Illinois 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Kentucky 13, Georgia 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Manhattan 7, Auburn 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	6Michigan 85, Chicago 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	17Ole Miss 42, Saint Louis 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Mississippi State 37, Rhodes 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Missouri 9, Kansas State 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	16Nebraska 20, 19Baylor 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	New York University 6, 15Carnegie Mellon 0upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	4Tulane 14, 14North Carolina 14	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Northwestern 13, Wisconsin 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	2Notre Dame 14, Navy 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	10Ohio State 23, Minnesota 20	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	3Oklahoma 27, Kansas 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Oklahoma State 27, Washburn 6upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Oregon State 13, Washington 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Pennsylvania 22, Harvard 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Princeton 14, Columbia 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Purdue 20, Michigan State 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Santa Clara 13, San Francisco 13	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	18SMU 16, Marquette 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	5Tennessee 21, 8Alabama 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Texas 14, Arkansas 13	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	9Texas A&M 20, TCU 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Texas Tech 19, New Mexico 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Tulsa 15, Centenary (LA) 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	UCLA 20, Montana 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Utah 35, Idaho 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	VMI 16, Virginia 13	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Washington and Lee 9, West Virginia 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	William & Mary 26, Hampden Sydney 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Yale 20, Army 15	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 20, 1939	Miami 14, Rollins 6	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	BYU 7, Nevada 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Colgate 31, St. Lawrence 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Florida 7, Tampa 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Hardin Simmons 33, St. Edward’s 3	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	LSU 20, Loyola (LA) 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Richmond 21, Gettysburg 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Rutgers 25, Maryland 12upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Sam Houston 9, Rice 8upset	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Sewanee 9, Tennessee Tech 7	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	UTEP 14, Wichita State 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Wake Forest 66, McDaniel 0	Box score
Oct 21, 1939	Whittier 27, Northern Arizona 13	Box score