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November 24 in college football

Every November 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.

Unranked over ranked on November 24

The 26 such results, best rank beaten first; the top 14 are listed.

SeasonWinnerRanked loserWhere
2017 Pittsburgh 24 #2 Miami (Fla.) 14 At home · Heinz Field · Pittsburgh, Pa.
2001 Oklahoma State 16 #4 Oklahoma 13 On the road
1966 Oklahoma 10 #4 Nebraska 9 At home
1984 Baylor 24 #6 Texas 10 At home
1955 Texas 21 #8 Texas A&M 6 On the road
2007 UCLA Bruins 16 #9 Oregon Ducks 0 At home · The Rose Bowl · Pasadena, CA
2006 Texas A&M Aggies 12 #11 Texas Longhorns 7 On the road
2001 Ohio State 26 #11 Michigan 20 On the road · Michigan Stadium · Ann Arbor, MI
1951 UCLA 21 #11 USC 7 On the road
1945 California 6 #12 UCLA 0 At home
1990 Minnesota 31 #13 Iowa 24 At home
1945 Maryland 19 #13 Virginia 13 At home
1984 Notre Dame 19 #14 USC 7 On the road
1990 Virginia Tech 38 #17 Virginia 13 At home

Ranked vs ranked on November 24

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

SeasonWinnerLoserWhere
2001 #1 Miami 65 #12 Washington 7 At home
1978 #1 Penn State 17 #15 Pittsburgh 10 At home
1951 #1 Tennessee 28 #9 Kentucky 0 On the road
2007 #4 Missouri Tigers 36 #2 Kansas Jayhawks 28 On the road · Arrowhead Stadium · Kansas City, MO
1984 #2 Oklahoma 24 #3 Oklahoma State 14 At home
2007 #3 West Virginia Mountaineers 66 #20 Connecticut Huskies 21 At home
1979 #8 Oklahoma 17 #3 Nebraska 14 At home
1962 #3 Wisconsin 14 #5 Minnesota 9 At home
1951 #19 California 20 #3 Stanford 7 On the road
2018 #10 Ohio State 62 #4 Michigan 39 At home · Ohio Stadium · Columbus, Ohio

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
1951 #1 Tennessee 28 #9 Kentucky 0 28 pts
2018 #10 Ohio State 62 #4 Michigan 39 23 pts
2007 UCLA Bruins 16 #9 Oregon Ducks 0 16 pts
1955 Texas 21 #8 Texas A&M 6 15 pts
1984 Baylor 24 #6 Texas 10 14 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
2018 UNLV 34 Nevada 29 23 ptsin game
2018 #17 Utah 35 BYU 27 20 ptsin game
2018 Arizona State 41 Arizona 40 19 ptsin game
2018 #25 Iowa State 42 Kansas State 38 17 ptsin game
2017 Central Michigan 31 Northern Illinois 24 17 ptsin game

Highest-scoring games

Combined points, both teams.

SeasonWinnerLoserPoints
2018 #22 Texas A&M 74 #7 LSU 72 146 pts
2001 Akron 65 Eastern Michigan 62 127 pts
1910 Nebraska 119 Haskell 0 119 pts
2023 #13 Oklahoma Sooners 69 TCU Horned Frogs 45 114 pts
2007 Memphis Tigers 55 SMU Mustangs 52 107 pts

Biggest crowds

Announced attendance.

SeasonWinnerLoserAttendance
2001 Ohio State 26 #11 Michigan 20 111,571
2018 #10 Ohio State 62 #4 Michigan 39 106,588
2016 LSU 54 Texas A&M 39 102,961
2023 #7 Texas Longhorns 57 Texas Tech Red Raiders 7 102,452
2018 #1 Alabama 52 Auburn 21 101,821