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1959 Arkansas

9–⁠2 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Frank Broyles, finished No. 9 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Arkansas in 1959, game by game: won vs. Tulsa 28–0; won vs. Oklahoma State 13–7; won vs. TCU 3–0; won at Baylor 23–7; lost vs. No. 3 Texas 12–13; lost vs. No. 4 Ole Miss 0–28; won vs. Texas A&M 12–7; won at Rice 14–10; won at SMU 17–14; won vs. Texas Tech 27–8; won vs. Georgia Tech 14–7+28−28Won 28–0 vs. Tulsa+28TulsaWon 13–7 vs. Oklahoma State+6Oklahoma StateWon 3–0 vs. TCU+3TCUWon 23–7 at Baylor+16BaylorLost 12–13 vs. No. 3 Texas-1No. 3 TexasLost 0–28 vs. No. 4 Ole Miss-28No. 4 Ole MissWon 12–7 vs. Texas A&M+5Texas A&MWon 14–10 at Rice+4RiceWon 17–14 at SMU+3SMUWon 27–8 vs. Texas Tech+19Texas TechWon 14–7 vs. Georgia Tech+7Georgia Tech
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsTulsaW 28–⁠058%
Sep 26vsOklahoma StateW 13–⁠761%
Oct 3vsTCUW 3–⁠053%
Oct 10atBaylorW 23–⁠756%
Oct 17vs3TexasL 12–⁠1354%
Oct 24vs4Ole MissL 0–⁠2833%
Oct 31vsTexas A&MW 12–⁠770%
Nov 7atRiceW 14–⁠1060%
Nov 14atSMUW 17–⁠1444%
Nov 21vsTexas TechW 27–⁠881%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvsGeorgia TechGator BowlW 14–⁠759%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Georgia Tech 14–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; No. 9 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 25th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 5: 12
  3. Wk 6: 10
  4. Wk 7: 17
  5. Wk 8: 16
  6. Wk 9: 20
  7. Wk 10: 13
  8. Wk 11: 10
  9. Wk 12: 9
  10. Final: 9

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1959.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with TCU and Texas

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 9 peak No. 9
Points
163–⁠101
Coach
Frank Broyles
Elo
1643 +117 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
15.8 No. 10 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Billy Luplow, James Monroe and Barry Switzer

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 3 second team

First team

  • Jim MootyBAP-1; UPI-1
  • Wayne HarrisCAP-1; UPI-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1959 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1959 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠19–⁠29
Texas5–⁠19–⁠24
TCU5–⁠18–⁠37
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Texas A&M0–⁠63–⁠7

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