1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team

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1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
Middle Three champion
ConferenceMiddle Atlantic Conference
DivisionUniversity Division
Record6–3 (2–2 MAC University)
Head coach
CaptainRobert Simms
Home stadiumRutgers Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
University
Delaware x 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Gettysburg
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Lafayette 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Bucknell 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rutgers 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Lehigh 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Temple 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
Muhlenberg * 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
College–Northern
Albright
x 		6 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Juniata
 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Wagner 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Lebanon Valley
 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Susquehanna
 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Moravian
 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Wilkes
 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Lycoming
 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Scranton
* 		3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
College–Southern
Johns Hopkins x 6 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Pennsylvania Military
 6 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Western Maryland
 3 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 2
Ursinus
 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Dickinson 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Haverford 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
Drexel 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Franklin & Marshall * 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Swarthmore * 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
West Chester
* 		0 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

The 1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team represented

1959 NCAA University Division football season
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In their fourth and final season under head coach John Stiegman, the Scarlet Knights compiled a 6–3 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 132 to 121.[1][2] Rutgers finished fifth in the Middle Atlantic Conference, University Division, with a 2–2 record in conference play.

The team's statistical leaders included Sam Mudie with 339 passing yards, Jim Rogers with 161 rushing yards, and Bob Simms with 345 receiving yards.[3]

The Scarlet Knights played their home games in Rutgers Stadium, in Piscataway, New Jersey, across the river from Rutgers' New Brunswick main campus.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Princeton*
W 8–6 36,000 [4]
October 3Connecticut*
W 20–8 7,500 [5]
October 10Colgate*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 15–12 14,000 [6]
October 17at Bucknell
L 8–15 10,000 [7]
October 24Lehigh
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 23–0 11,000 [8]
October 31Delaware
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
L 14–34 10,500 [9]
November 7at Lafayette
W 16–14 5,500 [10]
November 14Villanova*
  • Rutgers Stadium
  • Piscataway, NJ
W 12–6 14,500 [11]
November 21at Columbia*
L 16–26 12,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "Rutgers Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "1959 Rutgers Scarlet Knights Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 12, 2016.
  4. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (September 27, 1959). "Rutgers Defeats Princeton, 8 to 6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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  6. ^ Teague, Robert L. (October 11, 1959). "Unbeaten Rutgers Triumphs After Checking Colgate's Second-Half Threat". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S5.
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  12. ^ Werden, Lincoln A. (November 22, 1959). "Lions Turn Back Rutgers by 26-16". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.


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