1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

The 1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Wade Walker, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 2–7 with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, placing last out of 12 teams in the SEC.

1959 Mississippi State Maroons football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1959 record2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumScott Field
(capacity: 35,000)
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 0 010 1 0
No. 3 LSU 5 1 09 2 0
No. 2 Ole Miss 5 1 010 1 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 1 27 2 2
Auburn 4 3 07 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 25 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 06 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 15 4 1
No. 19 Florida 2 4 05 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 04 6 0
Tulane 0 5 13 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at No. 19 FloridaL 13–1433,330
October 3at No. 9 TennesseeL 6–2226,895[1]
October 10Arkansas State*W 49–14
October 17at GeorgiaL 0–15
October 24Memphis State
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
W 28–23
October 31at AlabamaL 0–1019,000[2]
November 7at No. 8 AuburnL 0–31
November 14at No. 3 LSUL 0–2763,272
November 28No. 2 Ole Miss
L 0–42
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Etter-paced Vols clout Maroons, 22–6". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 4, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  2. Land, Charles (November 1, 1959). "Bama gains homecoming victory". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. p. 9. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
  3. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015
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