1959 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

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1959 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
GSC champion
Conference Gulf States Conference
Record9–1 (5–0 GSC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Bundrick, J. W. Slack
Home stadiumTech Stadium
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Gulf States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Louisiana Tech $ 5 –0 –09 –1 –0
McNeese State 2 –3 –06 –3 –0
Northwestern State 2 –3 –04 –5 –1
Southwestern Louisiana 2 –3 –04 –5 –0
Southeastern Louisiana 1 –4 –03 –2 –0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 –4 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their nineteenth year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 9–1 record and finished as Gulf States Conference champion.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at Lamar Tech *
L 6–136,500 [1]
September 26 Arkansas State *
W 35–07,000 [2]
October 3at McNeese State
W 28–05,000 [3]
October 10 Southwestern Louisiana No. T–18
W 21–137,000 [4]
October 24vs. Northwestern State No. 20
W 27–1423,500 [5]
October 31at Naval Air Station Pensacola *No. 13
W 7–02,500 [6]
November 7at Southeastern Louisiana No. 20
W 14–06,000 [7]
November 14No. 7 Memphis State *No. T–14
  • Tech Stadium
  • Ruston, LA
W 10–85,500 [8]
November 21 Northeast Louisiana State No. 10
W 27–07,500 [9]
November 28No. 2 Mississippi Southern *No. 8
W 16–07,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "Lamar Tech nudges Louisiana Tech, 13–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 20, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Techmen blast Arkansas State". Monroe Morning World. September 27, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Louisiana Tech pins 28–0 Gulf loss on McNeese foe". Monroe Morning World. October 4, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "La. Tech defeats SLI Bulldogs 21–13". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Hudson leads Tech to 27 to 14 victory as 23,500 watch". The Shreveport Times. October 25, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Louisiana Tech topples Navy Goshawks, 7 to 0". Pensacola News Journal. November 1, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Tech blanks SLC by 14–0". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Louisiana team upsets Memphis". Kingsport Times-News. November 15, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Techsters drub Northeast, 27–0". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1959. p. 2D. Retrieved March 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Tech spanks Southerners". The Shreveport Times. November 29, 1959. Retrieved March 29, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved February 27, 2023.


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