1959 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1959 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1959 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1959 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Southern Conference
1959 record	3–7 (2–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Art Lewis (10th season);
Home stadium	Old Mountaineer Field (38,000)
	Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 19	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD (rivalry)	L 7–27
September 26	Richmond	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 10–7
October 2	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium^[2] Washington, DC	W 10–8	^[3]
October 9	at Boston University*	Boston University Field Boston, MA	L 0–7
October 17	No. 20 Pittsburgh*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (Backyard Brawl)	W 23–15
October 24	at No. 6 Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–44
October 31	No. 7 Penn State*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 10–28
November 7	at No. 6 USC*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–36
November 14	VPI	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV (rivalry)	L 0–12
November 21	The Citadel	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 14–20
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "1959 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results".
^ Fitzgerald, Maury (October 2, 1959). "GW Plays West Virginia at Stadium Tonight". The Washington Post. p. D3.
^ "West Virginia wins on field goal again". The Pittsburgh Press. October 3, 1959. Retrieved February 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1959 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
VMI $	5	–	0	–	1	8	–	1	–	1
The Citadel	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
VPI	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Furman	3	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Richmond	4	–	3	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
West Virginia	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
George Washington	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll