1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
1959 record4–5 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 0 0 9 1 0
McNeese State 2 3 0 6 3 0
Northwestern State 2 3 0 4 5 1
Southwestern Louisiana 2 3 0 4 5 0
Southeastern Louisiana 1 4 0 3 2 0
Northeast Louisiana State 1 4 0 2 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Gulf States Conference during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. In their second year under head coach Red Hoggatt, the team compiled a 4–5 record.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 18at Southeastern LouisianaL 13–18
September 25Sam Houston State*W 19–7
October 3Stephen F. Austin*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 22–14
October 10at Louisiana Tech
L 13–21[3]
October 24at Louisiana College*
L 6–21
October 31at Northeast Louisiana StateL 20–34[4]
November 7Abilene Christian*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
L 12–14
November 14Northwestern State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 34–14
November 21McNeese State
W 19–14
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 97. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  2. ^ Steib, Claire; McCall, Eleanor, eds. (1960). "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. pp. 158–167. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "La. Tech defeats SLI Bulldogs 21–13". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Northeast defeats Bulldogs by 34–20". The Daily Advertiser. November 1, 1959. p. 12. Retrieved January 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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