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1959 Montana

1–⁠8 (1–⁠5 Skyline Conference), coached by Ray Jenkins.

Schedule and results

Montana in 1959, game by game: lost vs. North Dakota 19–27; lost vs. Wyoming 0–58; won at BYU 12–0; lost vs. Denver 12–27; lost at Utah State 0–28; lost vs. New Mexico 14–55; lost vs. Colorado State 16–26; lost at Montana State 6–40; lost at Idaho 6–9+12−58Lost 19–27 vs. North Dakota-8North DakotaLost 0–58 vs. Wyoming-58WyomingWon 12–0 at BYU+12BYULost 12–27 vs. Denver-15DenverLost 0–28 at Utah State-28Utah StateLost 14–55 vs. New Mexico-41New MexicoLost 16–26 vs. Colorado State-10Colorado StateLost 6–40 at Montana State-34Montana StateLost 6–9 at Idaho-3Idaho
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsNorth DakotaL 19–⁠2780%
Sep 19vsWyomingL 0–⁠5813%
Oct 3atBYUW 12–⁠016%
Oct 10vsDenverL 12–⁠2745%
Oct 17atUtah StateL 0–⁠2827%
Oct 24vsNew MexicoL 14–⁠5524%
Oct 31vsColorado StateL 16–⁠2626%
Nov 7atMontana StateL 6–⁠4050%
Nov 21atIdahoL 6–⁠925%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Idaho 9–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Skyline Conference.

In program history: The 92nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 103 on file).

Record
1–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠5 8th in Skyline Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
85–⁠270
Coach
Ray Jenkins
Elo
1159 −110 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−23.1 No. 106 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Skyline Conference

1 first team

First team

  • John LandsEAP-1; UPI-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 Skyline Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming7–⁠09–⁠116
Colorado State5–⁠26–⁠4
New Mexico4–⁠27–⁠3
Utah3–⁠25–⁠5
Utah State2–⁠55–⁠6
BYU2–⁠53–⁠7
Denver2–⁠52–⁠8
Montana1–⁠51–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.