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November 6 in college football

Every November 6 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 November 6

The 41 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
1982 Notre Dame 31 #1 Pittsburgh 16 On the road
1976 Purdue 16 #1 Michigan 14 At home
1999 Minnesota 24 #2 Penn State 23 On the road
2021 Purdue 40 #3 Michigan St. 29 At home · Ross-Ade · West Lafayette,
1943 San Diego Navy 10 #4 USC 7 At home
1937 Texas 9 #4 Baylor 6 On the road
1993 LSU 17 #5 Alabama 13 On the road
1982 Baylor 24 #5 Arkansas 17 At home
1954 Auburn 14 #6 Miami 13 At home
1948 Tennessee 13 #6 Georgia Tech 6 On the road
1999 Virginia 45 #7 Georgia Tech 38 At home
1965 Tennessee 21 #7 Georgia Tech 7 At home
2010 Texas A&M Aggies 33 #8 Oklahoma Sooners 19 At home
1937 Indiana 10 #8 Ohio State 0 On the road

Ranked vs ranked on November 6

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

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
2010 #3 TCU Horned Frogs 47 #5 Utah Utes 7 40 pts
1948 #15 Oklahoma 41 #9 Missouri 7 34 pts
1943 #1 Notre Dame 26 #3 Army 0 26 pts
1943 #7 Navy 24 #5 Pennsylvania 7 17 pts
1982 Notre Dame 31 #1 Pittsburgh 16 15 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.

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.