1973: Week 9

69 games. Four ranked teams lost, three to unranked teams. One game matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Oct 27, 19738Notre Dame 23, 6USC 14upsetBox score

Upsets

Oct 27, 19738Notre Dame 23, 6USC 14upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Colorado 17, 7Missouri 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Auburn 7, 12Houston 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973UL Monroe 14, 20Richmond 8upsetBox 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 27, 1973Air Force 41, Davidson 19Box score
Oct 27, 19732Alabama 77, Virginia Tech 6Box score
Oct 27, 1973App State 31, The Citadel 6Box score
Oct 27, 1973Arizona 42, Utah 21Box score
Oct 27, 197311Arizona State 44, Oregon State 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Arkansas 20, Tulsa 6Box score
Oct 27, 1973Auburn 7, 12Houston 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Boston College 11, Villanova 7Box score
Oct 27, 1973Bowling Green 24, Marshall 21Box score
Oct 27, 1973Colorado 17, 7Missouri 13upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Colorado State 76, UTEP 24Box score
Oct 27, 1973Dartmouth 24, Harvard 18Box score
Oct 27, 1973Dayton 16, Drake 9Box score
Oct 27, 1973Holy Cross 17, Army 10Box score
Oct 27, 1973Illinois 50, Iowa 0Box score
Oct 27, 197317Kansas 22, Iowa State 20Box score
Oct 27, 1973Kent State 27, Utah State 16Box score
Oct 27, 1973Kentucky 12, Georgia 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Lamar 10, Arkansas State 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 19739LSU 33, South Carolina 29Box score
Oct 27, 1973UL Monroe 14, 20Richmond 8upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Louisville 10, Cincinnati 8Box score
Oct 27, 1973Maryland 30, Duke 10Box score
Oct 27, 1973Miami 34, Syracuse 23Box score
Oct 27, 197316Miami (OH) 16, Toledo 0Box score
Oct 27, 19734Michigan 34, Minnesota 7Box score
Oct 27, 1973Michigan State 10, Purdue 7upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Ole Miss 24, Vanderbilt 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Oklahoma State 17, 10Nebraska 17Box score
Oct 27, 1973North Carolina 28, East Carolina 27Box score
Oct 27, 1973NC State 29, Clemson 6Box score
Oct 27, 1973North Texas 27, New Mexico State 7Box score
Oct 27, 19738Notre Dame 23, 6USC 14upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Ohio 16, Western Michigan 0upsetBox score
Oct 27, 19731Ohio State 60, Northwestern 0Box score
Oct 27, 19733Oklahoma 56, Kansas State 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Oregon 58, Washington 0Box score
Oct 27, 19735Penn State 62, West Virginia 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Pennsylvania 24, Princeton 0Box score
Oct 27, 1973Pittsburgh 22, Navy 17Box score
Oct 27, 1973Rutgers 28, Columbia 2Box score
Oct 27, 1973San Diego State 38, Florida State 17Box score
Oct 27, 1973San José State 15, New Mexico 0Box score
Oct 27, 1973Mississippi State 10, Southern Miss 10Box score
Oct 27, 1973Stanford 45, Washington State 14Box score
Oct 27, 197314Tennessee 39, TCU 7Box score
Oct 27, 197319Texas 55, Rice 13Box score
Oct 27, 1973Texas A&M 28, Baylor 22Box score
Oct 27, 197318Texas Tech 31, SMU 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Texas–Arlington 31, Louisiana 22Box score
Oct 27, 197315Tulane 23, Georgia Tech 14Box score
Oct 27, 197313UCLA 61, California 21Box score
Oct 27, 1973Virginia 21, Wake Forest 10Box score
Oct 27, 1973Wichita State 30, West Texas 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973William & Mary 45, VMI 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Wisconsin 31, Indiana 7Box score
Oct 27, 1973Wyoming 41, BYU 21Box score
Oct 27, 1973Yale 20, Cornell 3Box score

Everyone else

Oct 27, 1973Cal Poly 28, Fresno State 14upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973California–Riverside 33, Long Beach State 16upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Chattanooga 7, Tennessee Tech 3Box score
Oct 27, 1973Colgate 41, Bucknell 23Box score
Oct 27, 1973Furman 40, East Tennessee State 21Box score
Oct 27, 1973Montana State 35, Idaho 14upsetBox score
Oct 27, 1973Northern Illinois 28, Illinois State 14Box score
Oct 27, 1973Pacific 44, Santa Clara 6Box score
Oct 27, 1973Southern Illinois 14, Akron 13Box score
Oct 27, 1973Tampa 20, Northern Michigan 0Box score
Oct 27, 1973Temple 31, Delaware 8Box score