1959 Texas Longhorns football team
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1959 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 14–23 vs. Syracuse | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 4 |
1959 record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
1959 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 TCU + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. On New Year's Day 1960, Texas lost to top-ranked Syracuse in the Cotton Bowl Classic, 23–14.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Nebraska* | No. 17 |
| W 20–0 | 40,000 |
September 26 | 8:00 p.m. | Maryland* | No. 15 |
| W 26–0 | 42,000 |
October 3 | 3:30 p.m. | California* | No. 10 |
| W 33–0 | 20,000 |
October 10 | 2:00 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Oklahoma* | No. 4 |
| W 19–12 | 75,504 |
October 17 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Arkansas | No. 3 |
| W 13–12 | 40,000 |
October 24 | 8:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 3 |
| W 28–6 | 57,000 |
October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | at SMU | No. 4 |
| W 21–0 | 60,000 |
November 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 3 |
| W 13–12 | 40,000 |
November 14 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 18 TCU | No. 2 |
| L 9–14 | 43,000 |
November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 4 |
| W 20–17 | 40,000 |
January 1 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 1 Syracuse* | No. 4 |
| L 14–23 | 75,504 |
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Awards and honors[]
- Maurice Doke, Cotton Bowl Classic co-Most Valuable Player
References[]
Categories:
- 1959 Southwest Conference football season
- Texas Longhorns football seasons
- Southwest Conference football champion seasons
- 1959 in sports in Texas
- College football 1950s season stubs
- Texas sport stubs