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
ConfOverall
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

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