1979: Week 11

68 games. Six ranked teams lost, one to an unranked team. Five games matched two ranked teams. Winners are listed first; numbers before names are AP ranks going in.

The week in review

Ranked against ranked

Nov 10, 19798Texas 21, 5Houston 13upsetBox score
Nov 10, 19794USC 24, 15Washington 17Box score
Nov 10, 197914Purdue 24, 10Michigan 21upsetBox score
Nov 10, 19799Arkansas 29, 17Baylor 20Box score
Nov 10, 19797Florida State 27, 19South Carolina 7Box score

Upsets

Nov 10, 19798Texas 21, 5Houston 13upsetBox score
Nov 10, 197914Purdue 24, 10Michigan 21upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Tennessee 40, 13Notre Dame 18upsetBox 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

Nov 9, 197911BYU 31, Long Beach State 17Box score
Nov 10, 19791Alabama 3, LSU 0Box score
Nov 10, 19799Arkansas 29, 17Baylor 20Box score
Nov 10, 197916Auburn 14, Mississippi State 3Box score
Nov 10, 1979Bowling Green 31, Southern Miss 27upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979California 45, Washington State 13Box score
Nov 10, 1979Central Michigan 37, Eastern Michigan 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Chattanooga 28, The Citadel 7Box score
Nov 10, 197918Clemson 19, North Carolina 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979Cornell 24, Columbia 7Box score
Nov 10, 1979Dartmouth 24, Brown 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979East Carolina 52, Richmond 10Box score
Nov 10, 19797Florida State 27, 19South Carolina 7Box score
Nov 10, 1979Fresno State 28, Cal State Fullerton 24Box score
Nov 10, 1979Furman 23, Western Carolina 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Georgia 33, Florida 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979Georgia Tech 21, Air Force 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979Harvard 41, Pennsylvania 26Box score
Nov 10, 1979Indiana 45, Illinois 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Indiana State 38, UL Monroe 21Box score
Nov 10, 1979Kentucky 29, Vanderbilt 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979McNeese 41, Louisiana Tech 7Box score
Nov 10, 1979Memphis 10, Louisville 6Box score
Nov 10, 1979Miami (OH) 35, Kent State 8Box score
Nov 10, 1979Michigan State 31, Minnesota 17Box score
Nov 10, 1979Missouri 18, Iowa State 9Box score
Nov 10, 19792Nebraska 21, Kansas State 12Box score
Nov 10, 1979UNLV 36, Tennessee State 28Box score
Nov 10, 1979New Mexico 24, Colorado State 9upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Northern Illinois 28, Toledo 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979Ohio 27, Cincinnati 7upsetBox score
Nov 10, 19793Ohio State 34, Iowa 7Box score
Nov 10, 19796Oklahoma 38, Kansas 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979Oklahoma State 21, Colorado 20Box score
Nov 10, 1979Oregon 16, Stanford 7upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Penn State 9, NC State 7Box score
Nov 10, 197912Pittsburgh 24, West Virginia 17Box score
Nov 10, 197914Purdue 24, 10Michigan 21upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Rutgers 20, Army 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979San Diego State 42, Arizona 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979San José State 32, Pacific 31Box score
Nov 10, 19794USC 24, 15Washington 17Box score
Nov 10, 1979Southern Illinois 22, Drake 21Box score
Nov 10, 1979SMU 34, Wichita State 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979Syracuse 30, Navy 14upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Tennessee 40, 13Notre Dame 18upsetBox score
Nov 10, 19798Texas 21, 5Houston 13upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Texas Tech 3, TCU 3Box score
Nov 10, 1979Texas–Arlington 24, Louisiana 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979Tulane 49, Ole Miss 15Box score
Nov 10, 1979Tulsa 38, New Mexico State 16Box score
Nov 10, 1979UCLA 31, Arizona State 28Box score
Nov 10, 1979Utah 35, UTEP 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979Virginia 20, Virginia Tech 18Box score
Nov 10, 1979VMI 13, Marshall 3Box score
Nov 10, 197920Wake Forest 17, Duke 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Western Michigan 20, Ball State 10Box score
Nov 10, 1979William & Mary 9, App State 0upsetBox score
Nov 10, 1979Wisconsin 28, Northwestern 3Box score
Nov 10, 1979Wyoming 17, Arkansas State 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Yale 35, Princeton 10Box score

Everyone else

Nov 10, 1979Boston University 16, UConn 12Box score
Nov 10, 1979Colgate 20, Bucknell 2Box score
Nov 10, 1979East Tennessee State 52, Middle Tennessee 14Box score
Nov 10, 1979Eastern Illinois 24, Illinois State 0Box score
Nov 10, 1979Holy Cross 20, Massachusetts 18Box score
Nov 10, 1979Lamar 28, Northwestern State 13Box score
Nov 10, 1979Temple 42, Akron 6Box score