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1959 Nebraska

4–⁠6 (2–⁠4 Big Eight), coached by William Jennings.

Schedule and results

Nebraska in 1959, game by game: lost vs. No. 17 Texas 0–20; won at Minnesota 32–12; won vs. Oregon State 7–6; lost vs. Kansas 3–10; lost vs. Indiana 7–23; lost at Missouri 0–9; won vs. No. 19 Oklahoma 25–21; lost at Iowa State 6–18; won vs. Colorado 14–12; lost at Kansas State 14–29+20−20Lost 0–20 vs. No. 17 Texas-20No. 17 TexasWon 32–12 at Minnesota+20MinnesotaWon 7–6 vs. Oregon State+1Oregon StateLost 3–10 vs. Kansas-7KansasLost 7–23 vs. Indiana-16IndianaLost 0–9 at Missouri-9MissouriWon 25–21 vs. No. 19 Oklahoma+4No. 19 OklahomaLost 6–18 at Iowa State-12Iowa StateWon 14–12 vs. Colorado+2ColoradoLost 14–29 at Kansas State-15Kansas State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vs17TexasL 0–⁠2039%
Sep 26atMinnesotaW 32–⁠1232%
Oct 3vsOregon StateW 7–⁠650%
Oct 10vsKansasL 3–⁠1051%
Oct 17vsIndianaL 7–⁠2346%
Oct 24atMissouriL 0–⁠927%
Oct 31vs19OklahomaW 25–⁠2120%
Nov 7atIowa StateL 6–⁠1828%
Nov 14vsColoradoW 14–⁠1242%
Nov 21atKansas StateL 14–⁠2955%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Kansas State 29–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Eight.

In program history: The 123rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 129 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
4–⁠6
Conference
2–⁠4 6th in Big Eight
AP final
Unranked
Points
108–⁠160
Coach
William Jennings
Elo
1370 −34 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.7 No. 62 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Big Seven

1 first team

First team

  • Don OlsonOGAP-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 Big Eight standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Oklahoma5–⁠17–⁠315
Missouri4–⁠26–⁠518
Iowa State3–⁠37–⁠3
Kansas3–⁠35–⁠5
Colorado3–⁠35–⁠5
Nebraska2–⁠44–⁠6
Kansas State1–⁠52–⁠8

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