1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1959
Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
Seasons
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 NCAA University Division 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.
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  6. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
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  8. ^ Land, Charles (November 1, 1959). "Bama gains homecoming victory". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
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