1954: Week 5

54 games. Seven ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. Four 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 16, 19542Wisconsin 20, 5Purdue 6Box score
Oct 16, 19544Ohio State 20, 13Iowa 14Box score
Oct 16, 195414West Virginia 19, 9Penn State 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 195418Army 28, 6Duke 14upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 16, 195418Army 28, 6Duke 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Pittsburgh 21, 9Navy 19upsetBox score
Oct 16, 195414West Virginia 19, 9Penn State 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954SMU 20, 15Rice 6upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954LSU 20, 20Texas Tech 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 15, 1954Detroit Mercy 20, Villanova 0Box score
Oct 15, 1954Miami 27, Mississippi State 13Box score
Oct 16, 1954Alabama 27, Tennessee 0Box score
Oct 16, 1954Arizona 35, Idaho 13Box score
Oct 16, 195412Arkansas 20, Texas 7Box score
Oct 16, 195418Army 28, 6Duke 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Baylor 34, Washington 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Boston College 21, Fordham 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Boston University 41, Syracuse 19Box score
Oct 16, 1954Brown 21, Princeton 20Box score
Oct 16, 1954California 17, Washington State 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Cincinnati 27, Hardin Simmons 13Box score
Oct 16, 1954Colgate 13, Dartmouth 7Box score
Oct 16, 195417Colorado 20, Iowa State 0Box score
Oct 16, 1954Columbia 7, Harvard 6upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Denver 28, Utah 20upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Florida 21, Kentucky 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Florida State 13, NC State 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Furman 31, The Citadel 20Box score
Oct 16, 1954George Washington 32, Pennsylvania 27Box score
Oct 16, 1954Georgia 16, Vanderbilt 14Box score
Oct 16, 195419Georgia Tech 14, Auburn 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Houston 14, Oklahoma State 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Kansas State 20, Tulsa 13Box score
Oct 16, 1954LSU 20, 20Texas Tech 13upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Marquette 19, Holy Cross 14Box score
Oct 16, 1954Maryland 33, North Carolina 0Box score
Oct 16, 1954Michigan 7, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 16, 195411Minnesota 19, Illinois 6Box score
Oct 16, 19547Ole Miss 34, Tulane 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Missouri 20, Indiana 14Box score
Oct 16, 1954Montana 20, Utah State 13Box score
Oct 16, 1954Nebraska 27, Oregon State 7Box score
Oct 16, 19548Notre Dame 20, Michigan State 19Box score
Oct 16, 19544Ohio State 20, 13Iowa 14Box score
Oct 16, 19541Oklahoma 65, Kansas 0Box score
Oct 16, 1954Pacific 15, Colorado State 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Pittsburgh 21, 9Navy 19upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954USC 24, Oregon 14Box score
Oct 16, 1954SMU 20, 15Rice 6upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954TCU 21, Texas A&M 20Box score
Oct 16, 19543UCLA 72, Stanford 0Box score
Oct 16, 1954Virginia 21, VMI 0Box score
Oct 16, 195416Virginia Tech 19, Richmond 12Box score
Oct 16, 1954West Texas 41, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 16, 195414West Virginia 19, 9Penn State 14upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954William & Mary 14, Rutgers 7Box score
Oct 16, 19542Wisconsin 20, 5Purdue 6Box score
Oct 16, 1954Wyoming 9, New Mexico 7Box score
Oct 16, 1954Yale 47, Cornell 21Box score

Everyone else

Oct 15, 1954Chattanooga 20, North Texas 19Box score
Oct 16, 1954Midwestern Texas State 14, Arizona State 7upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954South Dakota 33, Drake 26upsetBox score
Oct 16, 1954Trinity (Texas) 20, UTEP 14upsetBox score