1953: Week 5

57 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, 1953	1Notre Dame 23, 15Pittsburgh 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	6Georgia Tech 36, 19Auburn 6	Box score

Upsets

Oct 17, 1953	Stanford 21, 4UCLA 20upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Army 14, 7Duke 13upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	SMU 12, 11Rice 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Kentucky 32, 20Mississippi State 13upset	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 16, 1953	Boston College 20, Fordham 13upset	Box score
Oct 16, 1953	Utah State 14, BYU 7	Box score
Oct 16, 1953	10West Virginia 27, George Washington 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Arizona State 39, West Texas 20	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Army 14, 7Duke 13upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	8Baylor 47, Vanderbilt 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Brown 27, Rutgers 20upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	16California 34, San José State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Colgate 24, Dartmouth 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Columbia 6, Harvard 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Detroit Mercy 27, Villanova 0upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Florida 60, The Citadel 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	6Georgia Tech 36, 19Auburn 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	9Illinois 27, Minnesota 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Iowa 21, Wyoming 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Iowa State 13, Missouri 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Kansas State 28, Colorado 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Kentucky 32, 20Mississippi State 13upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	LSU 14, Georgia 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Marquette 14, Arizona 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	3Maryland 26, North Carolina 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	5Michigan 20, Northwestern 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	2Michigan State 47, Indiana 18	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Ole Miss 45, Tulane 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Montana 32, Colorado State 31upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	14Navy 65, Princeton 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Nebraska 20, Miami 16	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	1Notre Dame 23, 15Pittsburgh 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	17Ohio State 12, Pennsylvania 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	12Oklahoma 45, Kansas 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Oklahoma State 14, Houston 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Penn State 20, Syracuse 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Richmond 27, Washington and Lee 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	13USC 37, Oregon State 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	SMU 12, 11Rice 7upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Stanford 21, 4UCLA 20upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Tennessee 0, Alabama 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Texas 16, Arkansas 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Texas A&M 20, TCU 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Texas Tech 34, Pacific 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	UTEP 39, New Mexico State 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Tulsa 14, Hardin Simmons 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Utah 40, Denver 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	VMI 21, Virginia 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Wake Forest 20, NC State 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Washington 14, Oregon 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Washington State 30, Idaho 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Wichita State 27, Drake 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	William & Mary 13, Virginia Tech 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Wisconsin 28, Purdue 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Cornell 0, Yale 0	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 17, 1953	Boston University 40, Brandeis 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	New Mexico 41, San Diego State 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	North Texas 39, Midwestern Texas State 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	Presbyterian 19, Davidson 18upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1953	17Southern Miss 7, SE Louisiana 0	Box score
Oct 18, 1953	Quantico Marines 17, Holy Cross 0upset	Box score