1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1959 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 3 LSU 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 – 1 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 – 1 – 2 7 – 2 – 2
Auburn 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Vanderbilt 3 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Georgia Tech 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Tennessee 3 – 4 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
No. 19 Florida 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Kentucky 1 – 6 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Tulane 0 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Mississippi State 0 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1959 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Wade Walker, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished 12th in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at No. 19 Florida
L 13–1433,330[2]
October 3at No. 9 Tennessee
L 6–2226,895[3]
October 10Arkansas State*
W 49–1413,000[4]
October 17at Georgia
L 0–1525,000[5]
October 24Memphis State*
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 28–2316,000[6][7]
October 31at Alabama
L 0–1019,000[8][9]
November 7at No. 8 Auburn
L 0–3138,000[10]
November 14at No. 3 LSU
L 0–2763,272[11]
November 28No. 2 Ole Miss
L 0–4234,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1959 Mississippi State Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  2. ^ "Florida Gators nip Maroons, 14–13". The Bradenton Herald. September 27, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Etter-paced Vols clout Maroons, 22–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 4, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Maroons hit win column at last". The Tampa Tribune. October 11, 1959. Retrieved October 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia wins, 15–0". The Atlanta Journal. October 18, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Memphis State nosed out by Mississippi State, 28–23". The Commercial Appeal. October 25, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Land, Charles (November 1, 1959). "Bama gains homecoming victory". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  9. ^ "Alabama throttles Maroons, 10 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bobby Hunt leads Plainsmen to 31–0 rout over Miss. State". The Decatur Daily. November 8, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "LSU routs Maroons". Monroe Morning World. November 15, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Ole Miss romps; Sugar Bowl next". Portland Press Herald. November 29, 1959. Retrieved October 8, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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