1979: Week 6

72 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 6, 1979

11Michigan 21, 16Michigan State 7

Box score

Upsets

Oct 6, 1979	Minnesota 31, 12Purdue 14upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Auburn 44, 14NC State 31upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Mississippi State 28, 19Tennessee 9upset	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 5, 1979	20BYU 38, Hawai’i 15	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	2Alabama 38, Wichita State 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	13Arkansas 16, TCU 13	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Arkansas State 24, Richmond 3	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Auburn 44, 14NC State 31upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Brown 31, Princeton 12	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Central Michigan 26, Ohio 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Chattanooga 24, App State 21	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	The Citadel 21, Western Carolina 19	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Clemson 17, Virginia 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Columbia 12, Pennsylvania 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Army 17, Duke 17	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	9Florida State 27, Louisville 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Georgia 24, Ole Miss 21	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Holy Cross 13, Dartmouth 7upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	6Houston 13, Baylor 10	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Indiana 3, Wisconsin 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Indiana State 18, Ball State 13	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Iowa 13, Illinois 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Kent State 18, Western Michigan 13upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	17LSU 20, Florida 3	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Louisiana Tech 17, Louisiana 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	McNeese 14, Texas–Arlington 13	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Miami (OH) 28, Marshall 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	11Michigan 21, 16Michigan State 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Minnesota 31, 12Purdue 14upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Mississippi State 28, 19Tennessee 9upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Navy 13, Air Force 9	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	5Nebraska 57, New Mexico State 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	18North Carolina 35, Cincinnati 14	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Eastern Michigan 0, Northern Illinois 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	10Notre Dame 21, Georgia Tech 13	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	8Ohio State 16, Northwestern 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	3Oklahoma 49, Colorado 24	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Oregon 19, California 14	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Pacific 24, Iowa State 7upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Penn State 27, Maryland 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Pittsburgh 28, Boston College 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	San Diego State 35, New Mexico 7	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	San José State 23, Cal State Fullerton 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	South Carolina 23, Oklahoma State 16	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	1USC 50, Washington State 21	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Southern Illinois 7, Illinois State 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Southern Miss 30, North Texas 10	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Stanford 27, UCLA 24	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Syracuse 45, Kansas 27	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Temple 41, Rutgers 20	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	4Texas 26, Rice 9	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Texas Tech 21, Texas A&M 20	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Toledo 23, Bowling Green 17	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Tulane 42, Vanderbilt 14	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Tulsa 9, Kansas State 6	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Utah 21, Colorado State 16	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Utah State 51, Long Beach State 28	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Wake Forest 19, Virginia Tech 14upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	7Washington 41, Oregon State 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Lamar 12, West Texas 12	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	West Virginia 10, Kentucky 6upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Wyoming 23, UTEP 3	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Yale 27, Colgate 0	Box score

Everyone else

Oct 6, 1979	Boston University 14, Harvard 10upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Bucknell 10, Cornell 0upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Cal Poly 26, Fresno State 0upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Drake 41, Truman State 6	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Florida A&M 16, Miami 13upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	UNLV 35, Northern Colorado 31	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	UConn 3, New Hampshire 3	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Nicholls 23, UL Monroe 16upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	VMI 24, East Tennessee State 14	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	William & Mary 33, James Madison 0	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Wofford 27, Furman 17upset	Box score
Oct 6, 1979	Youngstown State 27, Villanova 22upset	Box score