1949: Week 6

63 games. Eight ranked teams lost, five 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 15, 19491Notre Dame 46, 4Tulane 7Box score
Oct 15, 19495Minnesota 27, 11Ohio State 0Box score
Oct 15, 19499California 16, 12USC 10Box score

Upsets

Oct 15, 1949Northwestern 21, 7Michigan 20upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Rice 41, 10SMU 27upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Santa Clara 14, 13UCLA 0upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1949Tulsa 21, 17Villanova 19upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Wisconsin 48, 18Navy 13upsetBox 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 14, 1949Boston University 52, West Virginia 20Box score
Oct 14, 1949Georgetown 21, New York University 6Box score
Oct 14, 1949Georgia 7, LSU 0Box score
Oct 14, 1949Boston College 25, Ole Miss 25Box score
Oct 14, 1949Purdue 14, Miami 0Box score
Oct 14, 1949Tulsa 21, 17Villanova 19upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Arizona State 49, BYU 21Box score
Oct 15, 19492Army 54, Harvard 14Box score
Oct 15, 194920Baylor 28, Texas Tech 7Box score
Oct 15, 19499California 16, 12USC 10Box score
Oct 15, 1949Cincinnati 19, Mississippi State 0Box score
Oct 15, 194914Cornell 48, Yale 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Dartmouth 27, Colgate 13Box score
Oct 15, 1949Denver 20, Utah 18upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Duke 14, NC State 13Box score
Oct 15, 1949Duquesne 40, Holy Cross 14upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949George Washington 24, Virginia Tech 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Georgia Tech 35, Auburn 21Box score
Oct 15, 1949Hardin Simmons 34, New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949Iowa 35, Indiana 9Box score
Oct 15, 1949Iowa State 25, Kansas State 21Box score
Oct 15, 19498Kentucky 44, The Citadel 0Box score
Oct 15, 1949Marquette 24, Detroit Mercy 14Box score
Oct 15, 194919Michigan State 42, William & Mary 13Box score
Oct 15, 19495Minnesota 27, 11Ohio State 0Box score
Oct 15, 1949Missouri 27, Illinois 20Box score
Oct 15, 1949Nevada 20, Wichita State 7Box score
Oct 15, 19496North Carolina 28, Wake Forest 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Northwestern 21, 7Michigan 20upsetBox score
Oct 15, 19491Notre Dame 46, 4Tulane 7Box score
Oct 15, 19493Oklahoma 48, Kansas 26Box score
Oct 15, 1949Oklahoma State 28, Drake 0Box score
Oct 15, 1949Oregon 42, Colorado 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Oregon State 63, Montana 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Penn State 22, Nebraska 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949Pennsylvania 27, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 15, 194915Pittsburgh 35, Miami (OH) 26Box score
Oct 15, 1949Princeton 27, Brown 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Rice 41, 10SMU 27upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Saint Louis 41, Davidson 12Box score
Oct 15, 1949Saint Mary’s (CA) 27, Loyola Marymount 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949Santa Clara 14, 13UCLA 0upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Stanford 40, Washington 0Box score
Oct 15, 1949Syracuse 21, Rutgers 9upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Tennessee 7, Alabama 7Box score
Oct 15, 194916Texas 27, Arkansas 14Box score
Oct 15, 1949TCU 28, Texas A&M 6Box score
Oct 15, 1949UTEP 28, Arizona 0Box score
Oct 15, 1949Vanderbilt 22, Florida 17Box score
Oct 15, 1949Virginia 27, Washington and Lee 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949VMI 14, Richmond 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949Washington State 35, Idaho 13Box score
Oct 15, 1949Wisconsin 48, 18Navy 13upsetBox score
Oct 15, 1949Wyoming 27, Utah State 0Box score

Everyone else

Oct 14, 1949Presbyterian 20, Furman 13upsetBox score
Oct 14, 1949San Francisco 27, San José State 20Box score
Oct 14, 1949Temple 20, Bucknell 19Box score
Oct 15, 1949Bradley 19, Washington & Jefferson 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949Colorado State 27, Colorado School of Mines 7Box score
Oct 15, 1949Fordham 33, Scranton 13Box score
Oct 15, 1949Houston 14, West Texas 13Box score
Oct 15, 1949San Diego State 39, New Mexico State 18Box score
Oct 15, 1949Whittier 20, Northern Arizona 13Box score