1953: Week 4

58 games. Four ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 10, 195316Oklahoma 19, 15Texas 14upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 10, 1953Illinois 41, 3Ohio State 20upsetBox score
Oct 10, 195316Oklahoma 19, 15Texas 14upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Minnesota 30, 18Northwestern 13upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953California 40, 20Pennsylvania 0upsetBox 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 9, 1953Houston 25, Detroit Mercy 19Box score
Oct 9, 1953Miami 39, Clemson 7Box score
Oct 9, 1953SMU 20, Missouri 7Box score
Oct 9, 19536UCLA 13, Wisconsin 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953Alabama 41, Tulsa 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Arizona 20, New Mexico 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953Arizona State 35, San José State 20Box score
Oct 10, 1953Army 27, Dartmouth 0Box score
Oct 10, 195313Mississippi State 21, Auburn 21Box score
Oct 10, 19539Baylor 14, Arkansas 7Box score
Oct 10, 1953BYU 20, Idaho 14Box score
Oct 10, 1953California 40, 20Pennsylvania 0upsetBox score
Oct 10, 19538Duke 20, Purdue 14Box score
Oct 10, 195310Georgia Tech 27, Tulane 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Harvard 28, Colgate 26Box score
Oct 10, 1953Illinois 41, 3Ohio State 20upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Indiana 21, Marquette 20Box score
Oct 10, 1953Kansas 27, Colorado 21Box score
Oct 10, 1953Kansas State 20, Iowa State 12Box score
Oct 10, 195314LSU 6, Kentucky 6Box score
Oct 10, 19534Maryland 40, Georgia 13Box score
Oct 10, 19535Michigan 14, Iowa 13Box score
Oct 10, 19532Michigan State 26, TCU 19Box score
Oct 10, 1953Minnesota 30, 18Northwestern 13upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Ole Miss 28, Vanderbilt 6Box score
Oct 10, 1953Montana 22, Denver 13upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Navy 26, Cornell 6Box score
Oct 10, 1953North Carolina 18, Wake Forest 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953NC State 27, Davidson 7Box score
Oct 10, 195316Oklahoma 19, 15Texas 14upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Oklahoma State 14, Wichita State 7Box score
Oct 10, 1953Penn State 35, Boston University 13Box score
Oct 10, 195317Pittsburgh 14, Nebraska 6Box score
Oct 10, 1953Princeton 9, Rutgers 7Box score
Oct 10, 195311Rice 40, Hardin Simmons 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953South Carolina 27, Furman 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Washington 13, 7USC 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Stanford 21, Oregon State 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953Syracuse 20, Fordham 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Texas A&M 27, Texas Tech 14Box score
Oct 10, 1953Utah 33, Utah State 13Box score
Oct 10, 1953Virginia 24, George Washington 20Box score
Oct 10, 1953VMI 14, The Citadel 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953Virginia Tech 21, Richmond 7Box score
Oct 10, 1953Washington State 7, Oregon 0Box score
Oct 10, 195312West Virginia 40, Washington and Lee 14Box score
Oct 10, 1953Wyoming 21, Colorado State 14Box score
Oct 10, 1953Yale 13, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 11, 1953Villanova 15, Boston College 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 9, 1953North Texas 27, San Diego Navy 12Box score
Oct 10, 1953Florida 45, Stetson 0Box score
Oct 10, 195319Holy Cross 40, Bucknell 0Box score
Oct 10, 1953McMurry 26, New Mexico State 12Box score
Oct 10, 1953Pacific 26, Hawai’i 8Box score
Oct 10, 1953Rhode Island 19, Brown 13upsetBox score
Oct 10, 1953Tennessee 40, Chattanooga 7Box score
Oct 10, 1953Trinity (Texas) 14, West Texas 6upsetBox score
Oct 10, 195320Southern Miss 41, Louisiana 14Box score