1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1959 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1959 record	2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	Wade Walker (4th year)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

1959 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#5 Georgia $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#3 LSU	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
#2 Ole Miss	5	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
#10 Alabama	4	–	1	–	2			7	–	2	–	2
Auburn	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Vanderbilt	3	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Georgia Tech	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Tennessee	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
#19 Florida	2	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Kentucky	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Tulane	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Mississippi State	0	–	7	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1959 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 26		at #19 Florida		Florida Field • Gainesville, FL		L 13–14
October 3		at #9 Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN		L 6–22
October 10		Arkansas State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 49–14
October 17		at Georgia		Grant Field • Atlanta, GA		L 0–15
October 24		Memphis State*		Scott Field • Starkville, MS		W 28–23
October 31		at Alabama		Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry)		L 0–10
November 7		at #8 Auburn		Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 0–31
November 14		at #3 LSU		Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)		L 0–27
November 28		#2 Ole Miss		Scott Field • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)		L 0–42
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

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References

1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved December 26, 2015