1959 Baylor
4–6 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by John Bridgers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas A&M 13–0Oct 24
By 13 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | at Colorado | W 15–7 | 36% |
| Oct 3 | at 1LSU | L 0–22 | 20% |
| Oct 10 | vs 19Arkansas | L 7–23 | 44% |
| Oct 17 | vs Texas Tech | W 14–7 | 61% |
| Oct 24 | at Texas A&M | W 13–0 | 36% |
| Oct 31 | vs 15TCU | L 0–14 | 39% |
| Nov 7 | at 3Texas | L 12–13 | 20% |
| Nov 14 | at 4USC | L 8–17 | 22% |
| Nov 21 | vs SMU | L 14–30 | 45% |
| Nov 28 | at Rice | W 23–21 | 42% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Rice 23–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 75th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 2–4 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 106–154
- Coach
- John Bridgers
- Elo
- 1469 +0 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 7.1 No. 38 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Al Witcher, Gayle Watkins and Goose Gonsoulin
All-Southwest Conference
1 first teamFirst team
Albert WitcherEAP-1
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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5–1 | 9–2 | 9 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 9–2 | 4 |
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–3 | 7 |
| SMU | 2–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 1–4–1 | 1–7–2 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–6 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.