1959 New Mexico
7–3 (4–2 Skyline Conference), coached by Marv Levy. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Denver 42–0Oct 31
By 42 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | vs New Mexico State | L 12–29 | 71% |
| Sep 26 | at Colorado State | L 9–14 | 33% |
| Oct 3 | vs UTEP | W 17–7 | 60% |
| Oct 10 | at Utah State | W 28–6 | 46% |
| Oct 17 | at Arizona | W 28–7 | 55% |
| Oct 24 | at Montana | W 55–14 | 76% |
| Oct 31 | vsDenver | W 42–0 | 73% |
| Nov 7 | vs BYU | W 21–6 | 76% |
| Nov 14 | vs Wyoming | L 20–25 | 41% |
| Nov 21 | vs Air Force | W 28–27 | 39% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Air Force 28–27; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Skyline Conference.
In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 on file).
Led the nationDon Perkins: kickoff return yards (520 yds), kickoff return average (34.7); Billy Brown: yards per carry (7.8)
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 4–2 3rd in Skyline Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 260–135
- Coach
- Marv Levy
- Elo
- 1525 +68 this season
- SP+ rating
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- SRS
- 4.1 No. 47 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1960
The 1960 draft| Rd 7 | Ron Morrison OT | Los Angeles Rams |
All-Skyline Conference
2 first team, 2 second teamFirst team
Don BlackEAP-1; UPI-1- Don PerkinsFBAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- John GarberOGUPI-2
- Bill BrownRBUPI-2
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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 7–0 | 9–1 | 16 |
| Colorado State | 5–2 | 6–4 | |
| New Mexico | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
 Utah | 3–2 | 5–5 | |
| Utah State | 2–5 | 5–6 | |
| BYU | 2–5 | 3–7 | |
| Denver | 2–5 | 2–8 | |
| Montana | 1–5 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.