October
October 4 Notre Dame opened its season with a 20-14 win over visiting Southern Methodist. Northwestern beat visiting Tulane, 14-0. Washington State won at California 16-0 and USC beat visiting Oregon State 27-7, while Stanford defeated Santa Clara 20-0. Dartmouth beat Bates 20-0 and Army beat Furman, 54-0. Alabama rolled over visiting Ole Miss, 64-0 and in Danville, Kentucky, Tennessee dfeated Centre College 18-0. Michigan and Michigan State played to a scoreless tie.
October 11 Washington State edged visiting USC 7-6. Notre Dame beat Navy 26-2. Northwestern beat Ohio State 19-2, and Michigan narrowly won over Purdue 14-13. Dartmouth crushed visiting Boston University 74-0, and Army beat Swarthmore 39-0. Tennessee beat Ole Miss 27-0. In Birmingham, Alabama shut out Sewanee 25-0, and in Dallas, Tulane beat Texas A&M 19-9. In Minneapolis, Stanford and Minnesota played to a 0-0 tie.
October 18 Alabama and Tennessee, both 3-0-0, and both unscored upon, met at Tuscaloosa in a game that would ultimately determine the fictional championship of the South. Alabama won 18-6. Notre Dame beat Carnegie Tech 21-6. Northwestern won at Illinois 32-0 and Michigan won at Ohio State, 13-0 USC won at Utah State 65-0, Washington State won in Spokane at Gonzaga University, 24-0, and Stanford beat Oregon State 13-7. Dartmouth beat Columbia 52-0 and Army defeated Harvard, 6-0. Tulane defeated Birmingham Southern College 21-0
October 25 Alabama and Vanderbilt, both 4-0-0, met at Birmingham. In another close game, Alabama won 12-7. USC (3-1-0) and Stanford (3-0-1) met in Palo Alto, with the Trojans handing the Indians their first loss of the season, 41-12. Notre Dame won at Pittsburgh 35-19. Washington State beat visiting Montana, 61-0. Northwestern beat Centre College 45-7 and Michigan beat Illinois 15-7.(Dartmouth was scored upon, winning at Harvard 7-2, and Army's streak of shutouts ended with its 7-7 tie at Yale. Tennessee beat visiting North Carolina 9-7, and in Atlanta, Tulane shut out Georgia Tech 28-0.
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