
1959 Mississippi State
2–7 (0–7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wade Walker. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Arkansas State 49–14Oct 10
By 35 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26 | at | L 13–14 | 30% |
| Oct 3 | at | L 6–22 | 39% |
| Oct 10 | vs | W 49–14 | 90% |
| Oct 17 | at | L 0–15 | 34% |
| Oct 24 | vs | W 28–23 | 66% |
| Oct 31 | at | L 0–10 | 39% |
| Nov 7 | at | L 0–31 | 15% |
| Nov 14 | at | L 0–27 | 12% |
| Nov 28 | vs | L 0–42 | 19% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 42–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Southeastern Conference.
In program history: The 96th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 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
- 2–7
- Conference
- 0–7 12th in Southeastern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 96–198
- Coach
- Wade Walker
- Elo
- 1425 −73 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.8 No. 61 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-SEC
2 second teamSecond team
Walter SuggsOTUPI-2
Tom GoodeCAP-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| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7–0 | 10–1 | 5 | |
| 5–1 | 10–1 | 2 | |
| 5–1 | 9–2 | 3 | |
| 4–1–2 | 7–2–2 | 10 | |
| 4–3 | 7–3 | ||
| 3–2–2 | 5–3–2 | ||
| 3–3 | 6–5 | ||
| 3–4–1 | 5–4–1 | ||
| 2–4 | 5–4–1 | 19 | |
| 1–6 | 4–6 | ||
| 0–5–1 | 3–6–1 | ||
| 0–7 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.