Week 6 of season-specific reminiscing -- 1980

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Wow, that would have been epic. On a scale with, or probably even bigger than Nebraska. What's the highest rated team we ever beat in a true road game? Va Tech when they were #4?

Road wins vs. ranked teams from the Media Guide, (the #s are ranking in the wrrter's poll/ ranking in the coach's poll):

10/26/40 We beat #20 Columbia 3-0 (The Coach's poll began in 1950).
10/15/55 We beat #18/#13 Army 13-0
10/28/55 We beat #13/#16 Holy Cross 49-9
11/19/55 We beat #13/#15 West Virginia 20-13 (You did not want to play SU if you were ranked #13 in 1955!)
9/22/56 We beat #6/UR Maryland 26-12 (The coach's poll didn't come out until after this game)
11/7/59 We beat #7/#7 Penn State 20-18
10/1/60 We beat #5/#5 Kansas 14-7
11/25/67 We beat #4/#4 UCLA 32-14
10/16/91 We beat #20/#20 Pittsburgh 31-27
10/17/92 We beat #24/#24 West Virginia 20-17
11/14/92 We beat #17/#15 Boston College 27-10
9/2/95 We beat #20/#20 North Carolina 20-9
11/7/96 We beat #18/#17 West Virginia 30-7
9/12/98 We beat #13/#14 Michigan 38-28
10/27/01 We beat #5/#4 Virginia Tech 22-14
11/27/04 We beat #17/#19 Boston College 43-17
9/22/07 We beat #18/#19 Louisville 38-35
10/23/10 We beat #20/#19 West Virginia 19-14

Good times...

 

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Road wins vs. ranked teams from the Media Guide, (the #s are ranking in the wrrter's poll/ ranking in the coach's poll):

10/26/40 We beat #20 Columbia 3-0 (The Coach's poll began in 1950).
10/15/55 We beat #18/#13 Army 13-0
10/28/55 We beat #13/#16 Holy Cross 49-9
11/19/55 We beat #13/#15 West Virginia 20-13 (You did not want to play SU if you were ranked #13 in 1955!)
9/22/56 We beat #6/UR Maryland 26-12 (The coach's poll didn't come out until after this game)
11/7/59 We beat #7/#7 Penn State 20-18
10/1/60 We beat #5/#5 Kansas 14-7
11/25/67 We beat #4/#4 UCLA 32-14
10/16/91 We beat #20/#20 Pittsburgh 31-27
10/17/92 We beat #24/#24 West Virginia 20-17
11/14/92 We beat #17/#15 Boston College 27-10
9/2/95 We beat #20/#20 North Carolina 20-9
11/7/96 We beat #18/#17 West Virginia 30-7
9/12/98 We beat #13/#14 Michigan 38-28
10/27/01 We beat #5/#4 Virginia Tech 22-14
11/27/04 We beat #17/#19 Boston College 43-17
9/22/07 We beat #18/#19 Louisville 38-35
10/23/10 We beat #20/#19 West Virginia 19-14

Good times...

Love it, thanks for writing that up. If you consider both polls the win at UCLA in '67 is the highest ranked road win (they were #4 in both, Tech was #4 in one and #5 in the other)