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October 19 in college football

Every October 19 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 October 19

The 34 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1957 Purdue 20 #1 Michigan State 13 On the road · East Lansing, MI
1985 Miami 27 #3 Oklahoma 14 On the road
1985 Texas 15 #4 Arkansas 13 On the road
1963 USC 32 #4 Ohio State 3 At home
1957 Illinois 34 #4 Minnesota 13 At home
2019 Illinois 24 #6 Wisconsin 23 At home · Memorial Stadium · Champaign, Ill., IL
2013 Ole Miss 27 #6 LSU 24 At home
2002 Arizona State 45 #6 Oregon 42 On the road · Autzen Stadium
1968 North Carolina 22 #7 Florida 7 At home
1957 UCLA 26 #7 Oregon State 7 At home
2001 Boise State 35 #8 Fresno State 30 On the road
1996 Air Force 20 #8 Notre Dame 17 On the road
1963 Auburn 29 #8 Georgia Tech 21 On the road
1996 Iowa 21 #10 Penn State 20 On the road

Ranked vs ranked on October 19

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

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
2024 #5 Georgia Bulldogs 30 #1 Texas Longhorns 15 On the road · DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium · Austin, TX
1996 #1 Florida 51 #16 Auburn 10 At home · Ben Hill Griffin
1985 #1 Iowa 12 #2 Michigan 10 At home
1946 #1 Army 48 #11 Columbia 14 At home
2002 #2 Oklahoma 49 #9 Iowa State 3 At home · Memorial Stadium
2013 #5 Florida St. 51 #3 Clemson 14 On the road
1991 #3 Washington 24 #7 California 17 On the road
1946 #3 Texas 20 #14 Arkansas 0 At home
1957 #6 Iowa 21 #13 Wisconsin 7 At home
2024 #11 Tennessee Volunteers 24 #7 Alabama Crimson Tide 17 At home · Neyland Stadium · Knoxville, Tennessee

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.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserMargin
2002 #2 Oklahoma 49 #9 Iowa State 3 46 pts
2013 #5 Florida St. 51 #3 Clemson 14 37 pts
1963 USC 32 #4 Ohio State 3 29 pts
1957 Illinois 34 #4 Minnesota 13 21 pts
1957 UCLA 26 #7 Oregon State 7 19 pts

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
2013 Duke 35 Virginia 22 22 ptsin game
2019 Jackson State 31 Mississippi Valley State 28 21 ptsin game
2013 South Dakota 38 UNI 31 21 ptsin game
2006 New Mexico Lobos 34 Utah Utes 31 21 ptsin game
2002 Arizona State 45 #6 Oregon 42 21 ptsin game

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

SeasonWinnerLoserPoints
1918 Georgia Tech 123 11th Cavalry 0 123 pts
2024 Davidson Wildcats 70 Stetson Hatters 48 118 pts
2024 Illinois College 77 Knox 34 111 pts
1991 San José State 64 Pacific 47 111 pts
2013 Michigan 63 Indiana 47 110 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.