1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Art Guepe in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and two ties (5–3–2 overall, 3–2–2 in the SEC).

1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1959 record5–3–2 (3–2–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDudley Field
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

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 26at No. 17 GeorgiaL 6–21
October 3AlabamaT 7–7
October 10No. 5 Ole Miss
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
L 0–33
October 17No. 19 Florida
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 13–6
October 24at Virginia*W 33–0
October 31at Minnesota*L 6–20
November 7Kentucky
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN (rivalry)
W 11–6
November 14at TulaneT 6–6[1]
November 21Florence State*
  • Dudley Field
  • Nashville, TN
W 42–7
November 28at TennesseeW 14–0[2]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "Vandy, Tulane battle to 6–6 tie". The Tennessean. November 15, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Vanderbilt beats Tennessee Vols". The Jackson Sun. November 29, 1959. Retrieved March 31, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "1959 Vanderbilt Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2015.
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