1959 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1959 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record7–3 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Jeppesen Stadium
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Southern $ 7 0 08 2 0
No. 16 Prairie View A&M 6 1 09 2 0
Texas Southern 5 2 07 3 0
Jackson State 4 3 06 4 0
Arkansas AM&N 2 5 04 6 0
Grambling 2 5 04 6 0
Texas College 2 5 04 6 0
Wiley 0 7 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 7–3, with a mark of 5–2 in conference play, and finished third in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19vs. Langston *
W 19–14 [1]
September 26at Southern L 8–32 [2]
October 5 Brooke Army Medical Center *W 27–14 [3]
October 19vs. Prairie View A&M L 15–3410,000 [4]
October 31at Wiley
W 23–0 [5]
November 7at Grambling W 15–14 [6]
November 14 Jackson State
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 20–8
November 21 Arkansas AM&N
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 13–8 [7]
November 28No. 14 Florida A&M *
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 8–36 [8]
December 5 Texas College
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 22–6 [9]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Tigers win, 19–14 over Langston here". The Galveston Daily News. September 20, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Cats roll by T Southern 32–8". The Louisiana Weekly. October 3, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Comets to Colorado". Express and News. October 17, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Prairie View romps by Texas Southern". The Kilgore News Herald. October 20, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Homecoming slated today at Grambling". Monroe Morning World. November 7, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Grambling is squeezed by Tex. Southern". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Etexans play leading roles for Southern". Tyler Morning Telegraph. November 26, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rattlers finish strong for win". Tallahassee Democrat. November 29, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "TSU wallops Texas College in grid final". The Tyler Courier-Times. December 6, 1959. Retrieved July 7, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved July 8, 2023.