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1959 Auburn

7–⁠3 (4–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Ralph Jordan.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1959, game by game: lost at Tennessee 0–3; won vs. Hardin Simmons 35–12; won vs. Kentucky 33–0; won at No. 4 Georgia Tech 7–6; won at Miami 21–6; won vs. Florida 6–0; won vs. Mississippi State 31–0; lost at No. 12 Georgia 13–14; won vs. Southern Miss 28–7; lost vs. No. 19 Alabama 0–10+33−10Lost 0–3 at Tennessee-3TennesseeWon 35–12 vs. Hardin Simmons+23Hardin SimmonsWon 33–0 vs. Kentucky+33KentuckyWon 7–6 at No. 4 Georgia Tech+1No. 4 Georgia TechWon 21–6 at Miami+15MiamiWon 6–0 vs. Florida+6FloridaWon 31–0 vs. Mississippi State+31Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–14 at No. 12 Georgia-1No. 12 GeorgiaWon 28–7 vs. Southern Miss+21Southern MissLost 0–10 vs. No. 19 Alabama-10No. 19 Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26atTennesseeL 0–⁠364%
Oct 3vsHardin SimmonsW 35–⁠1281%
Oct 10vsKentuckyW 33–⁠074%
Oct 17at4Georgia TechW 7–⁠652%
Oct 23atMiamiW 21–⁠667%
Oct 31vsFloridaW 6–⁠074%
Nov 7vsMississippi StateW 31–⁠085%
Nov 14at12GeorgiaL 13–⁠1454%
Nov 21vsSouthern MissW 28–⁠779%
Nov 28vs19AlabamaL 0–⁠1071%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 10–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

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

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 3
  2. Wk 2: 3
  3. Wk 3: 17
  4. Wk 4: 14
  5. Wk 5: 11
  6. Wk 6: 7
  7. Wk 7: 8
  8. Wk 8: 8
  9. Wk 9: 8
  10. Wk 10: 12
  11. Wk 11: 11

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.

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
174–⁠58
Coach
Ralph Jordan
Elo
1672 +19 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.6 No. 6 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Bobby HuntQBAP-3; UPI-2
  • Ed DyasFBAP-2; UPI-3

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

1959 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Georgia7–⁠010–⁠15
Ole Miss5–⁠110–⁠12
LSU5–⁠19–⁠23
Alabama4–⁠1–⁠27–⁠2–⁠210
Auburn4–⁠37–⁠3
Vanderbilt3–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Georgia Tech3–⁠36–⁠5
Tennessee3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠45–⁠4–⁠119
Kentucky1–⁠64–⁠6
Tulane0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Mississippi State0–⁠72–⁠7

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