Other ties were between Princeton and Dartmouth (6-6), Pittsburgh and West Virginia (0-0), and Navy and Washington & Jefferson (0-0). The "Jeffs" had a 7-0-0 record before meeting Navy, against smaller schools. To the west, previously unbeaten (5-0-0) Michigan was upset at home by unheralded Notre Dame, 11–3. Michigan's Coach Fielding H. Yost told a reporter after the game, "I take my hat off to the Irishmen", and a story in the "Detroit Free Press" the next day made the "Fighting Irishmen" a nickname that would ever after stick with Notre Dame. Kansas won at Nebraska 6–0, to stay unbeaten, and once-tied Missouri beat Washington University of St. Louis, 5–0. Minnesota and Wisconsin were both idle and preparing to meet at Madison on November 13. In the South, Vanderbilt defeated visiting Tennessee, 23–0, and North Carolina A&M (N.C. State) won at Washington & Lee 3–0. Virginia beat visiting VMI 32–0. LSU had won earlier in a Thursday game at Louisiana Tech, 23–0. Further west, the University of California played a football game, beating the University of Nevada 19–8, and the University of Colorado beat the University of New Mexico, 53–0. In a Monday game at Houston, Texas A&M defeated Texas 23–0 to stay unbeaten. November 13 saw a number of intersectional games. Previously unbeaten and untied Vanderbilt (5-0-0) traveled to Columbus, O. and lost 5–0 to Ohio State. On the same afternoon, unbeaten (5-0-2) Pennsylvania went to Ann Arbor to meet once-beaten (4-1-0) Michigan, and sustained their first loss, 12–6. Penn State stayed unbeaten, reaching 5-0-2 after defeating visiting West Virginia 40–0. Lafayette went to 5-0-1 after beating Stroudsburg, 43–0. At a Western Conference game between two unbeatens at Madison, Wisconsin, Minnesota (5-0-0) faced Wisconsin (3-0-0). The visitors won 34–6. In the MVIAA, Missouri (5-0-1) hosted Drake (4-0-0 against smaller opponents), and Missouri won 22–6. Arkansas (5-0-0) and LSU (4-1-0) met at Memphis, and the "Cardinals" of Arkansas won 16–0.