1959: Week 4

61 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 3, 1959	2Northwestern 14, 5Iowa 10	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	7Georgia Tech 16, 6Clemson 6upset	Box score
Oct 2, 1959	11USC 17, 14Ohio State 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	16South Carolina 30, 13Georgia 14upset	Box score

Upsets

Oct 3, 1959	Illinois 20, 4Army 14upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	7Georgia Tech 16, 6Clemson 6upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Purdue 28, 8Notre Dame 7upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	16South Carolina 30, 13Georgia 14upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	SMU 20, 15Navy 7upset	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 2, 1959	Kentucky 32, Detroit Mercy 7	Box score
Oct 2, 1959	11USC 17, 14Ohio State 0	Box score
Oct 2, 1959	West Virginia 10, George Washington 8	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Vanderbilt 7, Alabama 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Arizona 16, Idaho 14	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Arkansas 3, TCU 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	17Auburn 35, Hardin Simmons 12	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Bowling Green 14, Dayton 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Colorado State 15, Denver 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Duke 24, Rice 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	19Florida 55, Virginia 10	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	7Georgia Tech 16, 6Clemson 6upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Holy Cross 20, Villanova 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Houston 13, Cincinnati 12	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Illinois 20, 4Army 14upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Kansas 28, Boston University 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	1LSU 22, Baylor 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Miami 7, Florida State 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Miami (OH) 33, Xavier 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Michigan State 34, Michigan 8	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Minnesota 24, Indiana 14	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	3Ole Miss 43, Memphis 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Missouri 14, Iowa State 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Montana 12, BYU 0upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Nebraska 7, Oregon State 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	New Mexico 17, UTEP 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	North Carolina 20, NC State 12	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	North Texas 28, West Texas 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	2Northwestern 14, 5Iowa 10	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Oklahoma 42, Colorado 12	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Oklahoma State 27, Kansas State 21	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Oregon 14, Washington State 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Penn State 58, Colgate 20	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Pennsylvania 13, Dartmouth 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Pittsburgh 25, UCLA 21	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Princeton 22, Columbia 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Purdue 28, 8Notre Dame 7upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	16South Carolina 30, 13Georgia 14upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	SMU 20, 15Navy 7upset	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Stanford 21, Pacific 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	20Syracuse 29, Maryland 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	9Tennessee 22, Mississippi State 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	10Texas 33, California 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Texas A&M 7, Southern Miss 3	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Texas Tech 8, Tulsa 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Tulane 6, Wake Forest 0	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	VMI 14, Richmond 14	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Virginia Tech 20, William & Mary 14	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Washington 51, Utah 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	12Wisconsin 44, Marquette 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Wyoming 27, Utah State 2	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Yale 17, Brown 0	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 2, 1959	Chattanooga 20, Furman 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	18Air Force 27, Trinity (Texas) 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Arizona State 31, Montana State 14	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	The Citadel 13, Davidson 7	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Cornell 13, Lehigh 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Harvard 20, Bucknell 6	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	New Mexico State 43, McMurry 11	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	Rutgers 20, UConn 8	Box score
Oct 3, 1959	San José State 44, Hawai’i 14	Box score