1959 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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1959 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
1959 record7–3 (3–3 Big 7)
Head coach
CaptainDwight Nichols
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Big Seven Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 15 Oklahoma $ 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
No. 18 Missouri 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Colorado 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Iowa State 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Kansas 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Nebraska 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the Big Seven Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their second year under head coach Clay Stapleton, the Cyclones compiled a 7–3 record (3–3 against conference opponents), tied for third place in the conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 248 to 80.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa. The team became known in the school's history as the "Dirty Thirty", named after the number of players left from the original fifty-five but otherwise celebrated for its perseverance and hard-nosed play.[3]

The team's regular starting lineup on offense consisted of left end Bob Anderson, left tackle Jerry Schoenfelder, left guard Tom Ferrebee, center Arden Esslinger, right guard Dan Celoni, right tackle Larry Van Der Heyden, right end Don Webb, quarterback Cliff Rick, left halfback Dwight Nichols, right halfback Mike Fitzgerald, and fullback Tom Watkins.[2] Dwight Nichols was the team captain.[2]

The team's statistical leaders included Tom Watkins with 843 rushing yards, Dwight Nichols with 609 passing yards, Don Webb with 309 receiving yards, and Dwight Nichols and Tom Watkins with 54 points scored (nine touchdowns) each.[4][5] Three Iowa State players were selected as first-team all-conference players: Dwight Nichols, Tom Watkins, and Don Webb.[6]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 198:00 pmat Drake*
W 41–0 13,397
September 259:15 pmat Denver*
W 28–12 8,903
October 31:30 pmMissouri
L 0–14 10,632
October 101:30 pmSouth Dakota*
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA
W 41–6 1,864
October 172:30 pmat Colorado
W 27–0 37,319
October 241:30 pmKansas Statedagger
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA (rivalry)
W 26–0 13,899
October 311:30 pmat Kansas
L 0–7 24,409
November 71:30 pmNebraska
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA
W 18–6 10,995
November 141:30 pmSan Jose State*
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA
W 55–0 6,049
November 212:00 pmat Oklahoma
WOIL 12–35 46,529
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References[]

  1. ^ "1959 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 152.
  3. ^ [1] Retrieved 2021-Jan-07.
  4. ^ 2017 Fact Book, pp. 112-113.
  5. ^ "1959 Iowa State Cyclones Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  6. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 75.
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