1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference Gulf States Conference
Record4–5 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadium McNaspy Stadium
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
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 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their second year under head coach Red Hoggatt, the team compiled a 4–5 record. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18at Southeastern Louisiana L 13–18
September 25 Sam Houston State *W 19–75,000 [3] [4]
October 3 Stephen F. Austin *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 22–14
October 10at No. T–18 Louisiana Tech
L 13–217,000 [5] [6]
October 24at Louisiana College *
L 6–21
October 31at Northeast Louisiana State L 20–342,500 [7] [8]
November 7 Abilene Christian *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 12–14
November 14 Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 34–14
November 21 McNeese State
W 19–144,000–5,000 [9] [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. Steib, Claire; McCall, Eleanor, eds. (1960). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 158–167. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. "SLI surprises Houston eleven". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. September 26, 1959. Retrieved January 8, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Sam Houston State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  5. "La. Tech defeats SLI Bulldogs 21–13". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Louisiana Tech)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  7. "Northeast defeats Bulldogs by 34–20". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved January 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Northeast Louisiana State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 2, 2024.
  9. "SLI defeats McNeese by 19–14 in smashing 1959 grid finale". The Daily Advertiser. November 22, 1959. Retrieved March 6, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (McNeese State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved March 6, 2023.
  11. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved August 3, 2024.