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1959 Arizona State

10–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Border Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1959, game by game: won vs. West Texas 43–22; won vs. Utah State 34–12; won vs. Montana State 31–14; won at Colorado State 24–9; lost at San José State 15–24; won vs. New Mexico State 35–31; won at UTEP 20–7; won vs. BYU 27–9; won vs. Hardin Simmons 14–8; won vs. Arizona 15–9; won at Hawai’i 14–6+22−9Won 43–22 vs. West Texas+21West TexasWon 34–12 vs. Utah State+22Utah StateWon 31–14 vs. Montana State+17Montana StateWon 24–9 at Colorado State+15Colorado StateLost 15–24 at San José State-9San José StateWon 35–31 vs. New Mexico State+4New Mexico StateWon 20–7 at UTEP+13UTEPWon 27–9 vs. BYU+18BYUWon 14–8 vs. Hardin Simmons+6Hardin SimmonsWon 15–9 vs. Arizona+6ArizonaWon 14–6 at Hawai’i+8Hawai’i
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWest TexasW 43–⁠2283%
Sep 26vsUtah StateW 34–⁠1278%
Oct 3vsMontana StateW 31–⁠1495%
Oct 17atColorado StateW 24–⁠960%
Oct 24atSan José StateL 15–⁠2471%
Oct 31vsNew Mexico StateW 35–⁠3181%
Nov 7atUTEPW 20–⁠773%
Nov 14vsBYUW 27–⁠985%
Nov 21vsHardin SimmonsW 14–⁠882%
Nov 28vsArizonaW 15–⁠989%
Dec 4atHawai’iW 14–⁠693%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Hawai’i 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; Border Conference champions.

In program history: The 20th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Border Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
272–⁠151
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1631 +50 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.4 No. 64 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1959 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠010–⁠1
Arizona2–⁠14–⁠6
New Mexico State2–⁠28–⁠3
Hardin Simmons2–⁠23–⁠7
UTEP2–⁠33–⁠7
West Texas0–⁠51–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.