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September 29 in college football

Every September 29 in Iron's archive: the ranked teams that lost to unranked ones, the ranked matchups, and the games worth retelling. Every result links to its game card.

Unranked over ranked on September 29

The 28 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1984 Syracuse 17 #1 Nebraska 9 At home
2007 Colorado Buffaloes 27 #3 Oklahoma Sooners 24 At home · Folsom Field
2007 Auburn Tigers 20 #4 Florida Gators 17 On the road · Ben Hill Griffin
1990 Oregon 32 #4 BYU 16 At home
1962 Stanford 16 #6 Michigan State 13 At home · Palo Alto, CA
1951 Ole Miss 21 #6 Kentucky 17 At home
2007 Kansas State Wildcats 41 #7 Texas Longhorns 21 On the road
1961 Miami 25 #8 Penn State 8 At home
2001 Clemson 47 #9 Georgia Tech 44 On the road · Bobby Dodd Stadium · Atlanta, GA
1951 LSU 13 #9 Alabama 7 On the road
2007 Maryland Terrapins 34 #10 Rutgers Scarlet Knights 24 On the road
1990 LSU 17 #11 Texas A&M 8 At home
1984 South Carolina 17 #12 Georgia 10 At home
1951 TCU 28 #12 Nebraska 7 On the road

Ranked vs ranked on September 29

31 meetings in all; the ten with the highest-ranked team are listed.

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
1979 #1 USC 17 #20 LSU 12 On the road
2001 #2 Florida 52 #21 Mississippi State 0 At home
1984 #2 Texas 28 #4 Penn State 3 At home
1956 #2 Georgia Tech 9 #5 SMU 7 On the road
1951 #2 Michigan State 25 #17 Michigan 0 On the road · Ann Arbor, MI
2001 #3 Oklahoma 38 #11 Kansas State 37 At home
1956 #3 Michigan State 21 #12 Stanford 7 On the road · Palo Alto, CA
2018 #4 Ohio State 27 #9 Penn State 26 On the road · Beaver Stadium · University Park, Pa.
1979 #4 Texas 21 #5 Missouri 0 On the road
2017 #16 Washington State 30 #5 Southern California 27 At home · Martin Stadium · Pullman, Wash.

One-score finishes between ranked teams

Decided by three points or fewer.

Top-10 teams routed

The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.

Biggest comebacks

Deficit the winner erased. Measured from in-game margins where play data exists, cross-checked against quarter scores; a row prints only when the quarter lines corroborate it, so this list starts in 2000.

SeasonWinnerLoserTrailed by
2018 Stony Brook 29 Villanova 27 21 ptsin game
2007 UTEP Miners 48 SMU Mustangs 45 21 ptsin game
2018 Monmouth 54 Wagner 47 19 ptsin game
2018 Middle Tennessee 25 Florida Atlantic 24 18 ptsin game
2018 #14 Michigan 20 Northwestern 17 17 ptsin game

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

SeasonWinnerLoserAttendance
2018 #4 Ohio State 27 #9 Penn State 26 110,889
2001 #7 Tennessee 26 #14 LSU 18 108,472
2001 #17 Michigan 45 #22 Illinois 20 107,085
2018 #1 Alabama 56 Louisiana 14 101,471
2018 #5 LSU 45 Ole Miss 16 100,224