1959 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1959 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 OVC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Dave Miller
  • Denny Wedge
Seasons
  1958
1960  
1959 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Middle Tennessee + 5 0 110 0 1
Tennessee Tech + 5 0 17 2 2
East Tennessee State 4 2 07 3 0
Western Kentucky 3 3 05 4 0
Eastern Kentucky 2 4 03 6 0
Morehead State 1 5 03 6 0
Murray State 0 6 00 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1959 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Nick Denes, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC. The team's captains were Dave Miller and Denny Wedge. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 15at Louisville *L 0–19
September 19at Southeast Missouri State * Cape Girardeau, MO W 13–8
September 26 East Tennessee State Bowling Green, KY L 7–13
October 3at Middle Tennessee Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry)L 2–37
October 10at Austin Peay *W 20–12
October 17 Tennessee Tech Dagger-14-plain.pngBowling Green, KYL 19–29
October 31at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, KY (rivalry)W 14–7
November 7 Morehead State Bowling Green, KYW 27–14
November 21 Murray State Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)W 21–6
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 176. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1959 Western Kentucky)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 17, 2022.