1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Gator Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Arkansas
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–5 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainMaxie Baughan
Home stadiumGrant 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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the

AP Poll. Georgia Tech's season was derailed by several close losses, however, and they finished the regular season unranked with a 6–4 record. They were invited to the Gator Bowl, where they lost to Southwest Conference co-champion Arkansas
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The team's statistical leaders included Fred Braselton with 368 passing yards and Floyd Faucette with 330 rushing yards.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Kentucky
W 14–1235,000[2]
September 26No. 6 SMU*No. 16
W 16–1243,000[3]
October 3No. 6 Clemson*No. 7
W 16–644,174[4]
October 10at No. 8 TennesseeNo. 3
W 14–745,021[5]
October 17No. 11 AuburnNo. 4
L 6–744,174[6]
October 24at TulaneNo. 9
W 21–1330,000[7]
October 31Duke*daggerNo. 9
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 7–1044,174[8]
November 7at Notre Dame*No. 19
W 14–1058,575[9]
November 14at AlabamaNo. 15
L 7–943,500[10]
November 28No. 6 Georgia
L 14–2144,174[11]
January 2vs. No. 9 Arkansas*
CBSL 7–1445,104[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b "1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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  13. ^ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. p. 171.


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