1959: Week 6

58 games. Eight ranked teams lost, five to unranked teams. Three 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, 1959	11Auburn 7, 4Georgia Tech 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	3Texas 13, 12Arkansas 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	7USC 22, 18Washington 15	Box score

Upsets

Oct 17, 1959	11Auburn 7, 4Georgia Tech 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Ohio State 15, 6Purdue 0upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Wisconsin 25, 9Iowa 16upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Oregon 20, 17Air Force 3upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Vanderbilt 13, 19Florida 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	West Virginia 23, 20Pittsburgh 15upset	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, 1959	Miami 23, Navy 8	Box score
Oct 16, 1959	Utah 26, Denver 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Arizona State 24, Colorado State 9	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Army 21, Duke 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	11Auburn 7, 4Georgia Tech 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Baylor 14, Texas Tech 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Boston College 35, Dartmouth 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Wichita State 28, Cincinnati 28	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	The Citadel 8, Richmond 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Detroit Mercy 38, Xavier 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Georgia 15, Mississippi State 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Harvard 38, Columbia 22	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	13Illinois 14, Minnesota 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Indiana 23, Nebraska 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Iowa State 27, Colorado 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Kansas 33, Kansas State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	1LSU 9, Kentucky 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Louisville 32, Dayton 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Maryland 14, North Carolina 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Memphis 16, Florida State 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Miami (OH) 26, Villanova 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Michigan State 19, Notre Dame 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	5Ole Miss 53, Tulane 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	New Mexico 28, Arizona 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	2Northwestern 20, Michigan 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Ohio State 15, 6Purdue 0upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Oklahoma 23, Missouri 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Oklahoma State 19, Houston 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Oregon 20, 17Air Force 3upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Oregon State 66, Idaho 18	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Pacific 22, Marquette 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	10Penn State 21, Boston University 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Pennsylvania 36, Brown 9	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Princeton 42, Colgate 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	7USC 22, 18Washington 15	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Rice 13, 15SMU 13	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Southern Miss 37, West Texas 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	8Syracuse 42, Holy Cross 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	14Tennessee 7, Alabama 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	3Texas 13, 12Arkansas 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	TCU 39, Texas A&M 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Tulsa 16, Hardin Simmons 8	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	UCLA 19, California 12	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Utah State 28, Montana 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Vanderbilt 13, 19Florida 6upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	VMI 26, William & Mary 7	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Virginia Tech 40, Virginia 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Wake Forest 17, NC State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Washington State 36, Stanford 19	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	West Virginia 23, 20Pittsburgh 15upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Wisconsin 25, 9Iowa 16upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Wyoming 21, BYU 6	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Yale 23, Cornell 0upset	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 17, 1959	Bucknell 15, Rutgers 8upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Furman 24, George Washington 0upset	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	North Texas 43, Pensacola NAS 0	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	San José State 40, Fresno State 14	Box score
Oct 17, 1959	Trinity (Texas) 21, UTEP 20	Box score