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1959 Georgia Tech

6–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bobby Dodd.

Schedule and results

Georgia Tech in 1959, game by game: won at Kentucky 14–12; won vs. No. 6 SMU 16–12; won vs. No. 6 Clemson 16–6; won at No. 8 Tennessee 14–7; lost vs. No. 11 Auburn 6–7; won at Tulane 21–13; lost vs. Duke 7–10; won at Notre Dame 14–10; lost at Alabama 7–9; lost vs. No. 6 Georgia 14–21; lost vs. No. 9 Arkansas 7–14+10−7Won 14–12 at Kentucky+2KentuckyWon 16–12 vs. No. 6 SMU+4No. 6 SMUWon 16–6 vs. No. 6 Clemson+10No. 6 ClemsonWon 14–7 at No. 8 Tennessee+7No. 8 TennesseeLost 6–7 vs. No. 11 Auburn-1No. 11 AuburnWon 21–13 at Tulane+8TulaneLost 7–10 vs. Duke-3DukeWon 14–10 at Notre Dame+4Notre DameLost 7–9 at Alabama-2AlabamaLost 14–21 vs. No. 6 Georgia-7No. 6 GeorgiaLost 7–14 vs. No. 9 Arkansas-7No. 9 Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atKentuckyW 14–⁠1244%
Sep 26vs6SMUW 16–⁠1254%
Oct 3vs6ClemsonW 16–⁠651%
Oct 10at8TennesseeW 14–⁠747%
Oct 17vs11AuburnL 6–⁠748%
Oct 24atTulaneW 21–⁠1362%
Oct 31vsDukeL 7–⁠1071%
Nov 7atNotre DameW 14–⁠1045%
Nov 14atAlabamaL 7–⁠952%
Nov 28vs6GeorgiaL 14–⁠2152%
Jan 2Bowls & playoffvs9ArkansasGator BowlL 7–⁠1441%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arkansas 14–⁠7 in the Gator Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 16
  2. Wk 3: 7
  3. Wk 4: 3
  4. Wk 5: 4
  5. Wk 6: 9
  6. Wk 7: 9
  7. Wk 8: 19
  8. Wk 9: 15

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.

Consensus All-AmericanMaxie Baughan, C

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 7th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 3
Points
136–⁠121
Coach
Bobby Dodd
Elo
1549 +30 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
13.2 No. 18 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Maxie Baughan

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 2Maxie Baughan LBPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 6Emmett Wilson OTPhiladelphia Eagles
Rd 7Taz Anderson RBCleveland Browns

All-SEC

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

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 Southeastern Conference standings

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.