October 24 in college football
Every October 24 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.
- 1,088games on file
- 28unranked wins over ranked teams
- 28ranked vs ranked meetings
- 1900–2025seasons covered
Unranked over ranked on October 24
The 28 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Purdue 6 | #2 Michigan State 0 | At home · West Lafayette, IN |
| 1942 | LSU 34 | #2 Georgia Pre-Flight 0 | At home |
| 1936 | Tennessee 15 | #2 Duke 13 | At home |
| 2015 | Southern California 42 | #3 Utah 24 | At home |
| 1981 | South Carolina 31 | #3 North Carolina 13 | On the road |
| 1953 | Minnesota 22 | #5 Michigan 0 | At home |
| 1981 | Minnesota 12 | #6 Iowa 10 | On the road |
| 1987 | NC State 30 | #7 Clemson 28 | On the road |
| 2020 | Indiana 36 | #8 Penn St. 35 | At home · Memorial Stadium · Bloomington, IN |
| 1964 | Oregon State 31 | #8 Syracuse 13 | At home |
| 2015 | Georgia Tech 22 | #9 Florida State 16 | At home |
| 2009 | Clemson Tigers 40 | #10 Miami Hurricanes 37 | On the road · Land Shark Stadium |
| 1970 | Oregon 10 | #10 USC 7 | At home |
| 1964 | Virginia Tech 20 | #10 Florida State 11 | At home |
Ranked vs ranked on October 24
28 meetings in all; the ten with the highest-ranked team are listed.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | #1 Notre Dame 27 | #4 Georgia Tech 14 | At home |
| 1936 | #1 Minnesota 33 | #5 Purdue 0 | At home |
| 1964 | #3 Alabama 17 | #9 Florida 14 | At home |
| 1959 | #4 Ole Miss 28 | #10 Arkansas 0 | At home |
| 1942 | #13 Minnesota 16 | #4 Michigan 14 | At home |
| 1942 | #8 Notre Dame 21 | #5 Illinois 14 | On the road |
| 2020 | #6 Oklahoma St. 24 | #17 Iowa St. 21 | At home · Boone PickensStadium · Stillwater, Oklahoma |
| 1998 | #6 Florida State 34 | #20 Georgia Tech 7 | On the road |
| 1970 | #14 LSU 17 | #6 Auburn 9 | On the road |
| 1953 | #6 Baylor 14 | #15 Texas A&M 13 | On the road |
One-score finishes between ranked teams
Decided by three points or fewer.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | #6 Baylor 14 | #15 Texas A&M 13 | 1 pt |
| 1942 | #13 Minnesota 16 | #4 Michigan 14 | 2 pts |
| 1970 | #8 Stanford 9 | #16 UCLA 7 | 2 pts |
| 1981 | #10 Texas 9 | #8 SMU 7 | 2 pts |
| 1964 | #3 Alabama 17 | #9 Florida 14 | 3 pts |
Top-10 teams routed
The widest losses by a team ranked in the top ten.
| Season | Winner | Ranked loser | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | LSU 34 | #2 Georgia Pre-Flight 0 | 34 pts |
| 1936 | #1 Minnesota 33 | #5 Purdue 0 | 33 pts |
| 1959 | #4 Ole Miss 28 | #10 Arkansas 0 | 28 pts |
| 1936 | #9 Pittsburgh 26 | #7 Notre Dame 0 | 26 pts |
| 1953 | Minnesota 22 | #5 Michigan 0 | 22 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.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Trailed by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Northwestern Wildcats 29 | Indiana Hoosiers 28 | 25 ptsin game |
| 2015 | #19 Toledo Rockets 51 | Massachusetts Minutemen 35 | 18 ptsin game |
| 2015 | Nevada 30 | Hawaii 20 | 17 ptsin game |
| 2015 | Air Force 42 | Fresno State 14 | 14 ptsin game |
| 2015 | Tennessee-Martin Skyhawks 52 | Murray State Racers 45 | 14 ptsin game |
Highest-scoring games
Combined points, both teams.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nevada Wolf Pack 70 | Idaho Vandals 45 | 115 pts |
| 2015 | Richmond 59 | James Madison 49 | 108 pts |
| 2015 | Bethune-Cookman 59 | Norfolk State 49 | 108 pts |
| 2015 | Fordham 59 | Lehigh 42 | 101 pts |
| 2013 | Middle Tenn. 51 | Marshall 49 | 100 pts |
Biggest crowds
Announced attendance.
| Season | Winner | Loser | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #13 Penn State Nittany Lions 35 | Michigan Wolverines 10 | 110,377 |
| 1998 | #3 Tennessee 35 | Alabama 18 | 107,289 |
| 2009 | #9 LSU Tigers 31 | Auburn Tigers 10 | 92,654 |
| 2009 | #2 Alabama Crimson Tide 12 | Tennessee Volunteers 10 | 92,012 |
| 2009 | #6 Iowa Hawkeyes 15 | Michigan State Spartans 13 | 74,411 |