1959 Mississippi State

2–⁠7 (0–⁠7 Southeastern Conference), coached by Wade Walker.

Schedule and results

Mississippi State in 1959, game by game: lost at No. 19 Florida 13–14; lost at No. 9 Tennessee 6–22; won vs. Arkansas State 49–14; lost at Georgia 0–15; won vs. Memphis 28–23; lost at Alabama 0–10; lost at No. 8 Auburn 0–31; lost at No. 3 LSU 0–27; lost vs. No. 2 Ole Miss 0–42+35−42Lost 13–14 at No. 19 Florida-1No. 19 FloridaLost 6–22 at No. 9 Tennessee-16No. 9 TennesseeWon 49–14 vs. Arkansas State+35Arkansas StateLost 0–15 at Georgia-15GeorgiaWon 28–23 vs. Memphis+5MemphisLost 0–10 at Alabama-10AlabamaLost 0–31 at No. 8 Auburn-31No. 8 AuburnLost 0–27 at No. 3 LSU-27No. 3 LSULost 0–42 vs. No. 2 Ole Miss-42No. 2 Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26at19FloridaL 13–⁠1430%
Oct 3at9TennesseeL 6–⁠2239%
Oct 10vsArkansas StateW 49–⁠1490%
Oct 17atGeorgiaL 0–⁠1534%
Oct 24vsMemphisW 28–⁠2366%
Oct 31atAlabamaL 0–⁠1039%
Nov 7at8AuburnL 0–⁠3115%
Nov 14at3LSUL 0–⁠2712%
Nov 28vs2Ole MissL 0–⁠4219%

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 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

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.