1953: Week 6

56 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 24, 19531Notre Dame 27, 4Georgia Tech 14Box score
Oct 24, 19536Baylor 14, 15Texas A&M 13Box score

Upsets

Oct 24, 1953Purdue 6, 2Michigan State 0upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Minnesota 22, 5Michigan 0upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Pennsylvania 9, 10Navy 6upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Northwestern 27, 18Pittsburgh 21upsetBox 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 22, 1953South Carolina 14, Clemson 7Box score
Oct 23, 1953Denver 27, BYU 19Box score
Oct 23, 19533Maryland 30, Miami 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Army 40, Columbia 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953Auburn 34, Tulane 7Box score
Oct 24, 19536Baylor 14, 15Texas A&M 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Brown 6, Holy Cross 0upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Yale 7, Colgate 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953Cornell 26, Princeton 19upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Detroit Mercy 18, Oklahoma State 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953Drake 12, Iowa State 7Box score
Oct 24, 195316Duke 31, NC State 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Fordham 40, Rutgers 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Furman 34, Davidson 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Georgia 27, North Carolina 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953Hardin Simmons 26, West Texas 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953Harvard 20, Dartmouth 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953Houston 24, Arizona State 20Box score
Oct 24, 19537Illinois 20, Syracuse 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Iowa 19, Indiana 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Kansas State 21, Wichita State 0Box score
Oct 24, 195316Kentucky 19, Villanova 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Florida 21, 14LSU 21Box score
Oct 24, 1953Minnesota 22, 5Michigan 0upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Ole Miss 28, Arkansas 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Alabama 7, Mississippi State 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953Missouri 23, Nebraska 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953New Mexico 41, Montana 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Northwestern 27, 18Pittsburgh 21upsetBox score
Oct 24, 19531Notre Dame 27, 4Georgia Tech 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953Ohio State 20, Wisconsin 19Box score
Oct 24, 19539Oklahoma 27, Colorado 20Box score
Oct 24, 1953Oregon 26, San José State 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Oregon State 19, Idaho 0Box score
Oct 24, 1953Marquette 20, Pacific 20Box score
Oct 24, 1953Penn State 27, TCU 21Box score
Oct 24, 1953Pennsylvania 9, 10Navy 6upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Purdue 6, 2Michigan State 0upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Rice 18, Texas 13upsetBox score
Oct 24, 195311USC 32, California 20Box score
Oct 24, 195313SMU 14, Kansas 6Box score
Oct 24, 195320Stanford 13, Washington 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953Tennessee 59, Louisville 6Box score
Oct 24, 1953Texas Tech 71, New Mexico State 0Box score
Oct 24, 195312UCLA 44, Washington State 7Box score
Oct 24, 1953Utah 13, Wyoming 12Box score
Oct 24, 1953Utah State 14, Colorado State 13upsetBox score
Oct 24, 1953Vanderbilt 28, Virginia 13Box score
Oct 24, 1953Virginia Tech 32, Washington and Lee 12Box score
Oct 24, 1953Richmond 13, Wake Forest 13Box score
Oct 24, 19538West Virginia 52, VMI 20Box score
Oct 24, 1953William & Mary 12, George Washington 7Box score

Everyone else

Oct 24, 1953Boston University 52, Lehigh 12Box score
Oct 24, 1953The Citadel 20, Presbyterian 14Box score
Oct 24, 1953UTEP 26, North Texas 21Box score
Oct 25, 1953Boston College 31, Xavier 14Box score