1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
Conference Gulf States Conference
1959 record4–5 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadium McNaspy Stadium
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Louisiana Tech $500  910
McNeese State 230  630
Northwestern State 230  451
Southwestern Louisiana 230  450
Southeastern Louisiana 140  320
Northeast Louisiana State 140  280
  • $ Conference champion

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 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Red Hoggatt, the team compiled a 4–5 record. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 18at Southeastern Louisiana L 13–18
September 25 Sam Houston State *W 19–7
October 3 Stephen F. Austin *
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 22–14
October 10at Louisiana Tech
L 13–21 [3]
October 24at Louisiana College *
L 6–21
October 31at Northeast Louisiana State L 20–34 [4]
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 19–14
  • *Non-conference 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. "La. Tech defeats SLI Bulldogs 21–13". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Northeast defeats Bulldogs by 34–20". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved January 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.