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The Upset Report
2016 · Week 1 · Sunday, September 4, 2016

Texas stuns No. 10 Notre Dame, 50–47

It was unranked Texas taking down the No. 10 team in the AP poll.

Final50–47
Upset size10.5
Rank in 201681st of 198
Unranked beat No. 10

It was the 10th-biggest of 14 upsets in 2016 Week 1, and the 81st-biggest of the 2016 season. Texas pulled off 1 other upset in 2016.

Other upsets in 2016 Week 1

  1. 34-point underdogRecap
    Upset size34
  2. 45, 42
    27.5-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size27.5
  3. 22, 16
    23-point underdogFCS beat FBSRecap
    Upset size23
  4. 28, 13
    21.5-point underdogRecap
    Upset size21.5
  5. 9.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 5Recap
    Upset size20

Texas’s other 2016 upsets

  1. Week 93.5-point underdogUnranked beat No. 8Recap
    Upset size12.5

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