1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

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1959 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadium Scott Field
Seasons
←  1958
1960  →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 –0 –010 –1 –0
No. 3 LSU 5 –1 –09 –2 –0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 –1 –010 –1 –0
No. 10 Alabama 4 –1 –27 –2 –2
Auburn 4 –3 –07 –3 –0
Vanderbilt 3 –2 –25 –3 –2
Georgia Tech 3 –3 –06 –5 –0
Tennessee 3 –4 –15 –4 –1
No. 19 Florida 2 –4 –05 –4 –1
Kentucky 1 –6 –04 –6 –0
Tulane 0 –5 –13 –6 –1
Mississippi State 0 –7 –02 –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 10 Arkansas State *
W 49–1413,000 [4]
October 17at Georgia
L 0–1525,000 [5]
October 24 Memphis 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

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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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