1959 Michigan
4–5 (3–4 Big Ten), coached by Bump Elliott. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Oregon State 18–7Oct 10
By 11 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | vs Missouri | L 15–20 | 53% |
| Oct 3 | vs Michigan State | L 8–34 | 49% |
| Oct 10 | vs Oregon State | W 18–7 | 50% |
| Oct 17 | vs 2Northwestern | L 7–20 | 39% |
| Oct 24 | at Minnesota | W 14–6 | 43% |
| Oct 31 | vs 10Wisconsin | L 10–19 | 32% |
| Nov 7 | at Illinois | W 20–15 | 28% |
| Nov 14 | at Indiana | L 7–26 | 38% |
| Nov 21 | vs Ohio State | W 23–14 | 41% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Ohio State 23–14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 128th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 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
- 4–5
- Conference
- 3–4 7th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 122–161
- Coach
- Bump Elliott
- Elo
- 1470 −1 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 3.8 No. 49 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- George Genyk
- Most valuable player
- Tony Rio
1959 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 5–2 | 7–3 | 6 |
| Michigan State | 4–2 | 5–4 | |
 Purdue | 4–2–1 | 5–2–2 | |
| Illinois | 4–2–1 | 5–3–1 | 13 |
| Northwestern | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
 Iowa | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
 Michigan | 3–4 | 4–5 | |
| Indiana | 2–4–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Ohio State | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Minnesota | 1–6 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.