1942: Week 6

62 games. Six ranked teams lost, four to unranked teams. Two 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 17, 19424Alabama 8, 15Tennessee 0Box score
Oct 17, 19425Illinois 12, 19Iowa 7Box score

Upsets

Oct 17, 1942Duke 34, 9Colgate 0upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942USC 26, 10Washington State 12upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942Mississippi State 33, 12Vanderbilt 0upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942North Carolina 13, 13Duquesne 6upsetBox 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 16, 1942Detroit Mercy 21, Manhattan 7Box score
Oct 16, 1942Miami 31, Saint Louis 6upsetBox score
Oct 17, 19424Alabama 8, 15Tennessee 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Arizona 20, Oklahoma State 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Arizona State 20, New Mexico State 0Box score
Oct 17, 194218Army 34, Columbia 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Baylor 14, Texas Tech 7Box score
Oct 17, 194211Boston College 7, North Carolina Pre-Flight 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Colorado 12, New Mexico 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Dartmouth 14, Harvard 2Box score
Oct 17, 1942Denver 17, Wyoming 14Box score
Oct 17, 1942Duke 34, 9Colgate 0upsetBox score
Oct 17, 19422Georgia 40, Tulane 0Box score
Oct 17, 19426Georgia Tech 33, Davidson 0Box score
Oct 17, 19425Illinois 12, 19Iowa 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942Indiana 19, Pittsburgh 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942Iowa State 29, Drake 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Kentucky 21, Virginia Tech 21Box score
Oct 17, 1942LSU 21, Ole Miss 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942Marquette 28, Michigan State 7Box score
Oct 17, 19423Michigan 34, Northwestern 16Box score
Oct 17, 194214Minnesota 15, Nebraska 2Box score
Oct 17, 1942Mississippi State 33, 12Vanderbilt 0upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942Missouri 46, Kansas State 2Box score
Oct 17, 1942North Carolina 13, 13Duquesne 6upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942Notre Dame 28, Iowa Pre-Flight 0Box score
Oct 17, 19421Ohio State 26, Purdue 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Oklahoma 25, Kansas 0Box score
Oct 17, 19428Pennsylvania 6, Princeton 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Saint Mary’s (CA) 27, San Francisco 0Box score
Oct 17, 194215Santa Clara 7, Oregon State 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942USC 26, 10Washington State 12upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942Syracuse 19, Holy Cross 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942SMU 6, Temple 6Box score
Oct 17, 194220Texas 47, Arkansas 6Box score
Oct 17, 194217TCU 7, Texas A&M 2Box score
Oct 17, 1942Tulsa 40, Washington St. Louis 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942UCLA 21, California 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Utah 34, Utah State 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Villanova 13, Florida 3Box score
Oct 17, 1942NC State 0, Wake Forest 0Box score
Oct 17, 19427Wisconsin 13, Great Lakes Navy 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 16, 1942Fort Douglas 24, BYU 13upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1942Furman 6, George Washington 0upsetBox score
Oct 17, 1942Georgetown 6, Auburn 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Brown 7, Lafayette 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942The Citadel 21, Newberry 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942Fordham 23, West Virginia 14Box score
Oct 17, 1942Georgia Pre-Flight 26, Pensacola NAS 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Hardin Simmons 47, Louisiana Tech 13Box score
Oct 17, 1942Navy 13, Yale 6Box score
Oct 17, 1942Cornell 0, Penn State 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Stanford 54, Idaho 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942UTEP 20, Abilene Christian 14Box score
Oct 17, 1942Richmond 7, Virginia 7Box score
Oct 17, 1942VMI 29, Maryland 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Washington 35, Montana 0Box score
Oct 17, 1942Washington and Lee 20, Hampden Sydney 13Box score
Oct 17, 1942West Texas 27, Northern Arizona 7Box score
Oct 18, 1942Creighton 14, Xavier 13Box score
Oct 18, 1942Jacksonville Naval Air Station 55, Daniel Field 0Box score
Oct 18, 1942Loyola Marymount 38, Alameda Coast Guard 6Box score