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1959 North Texas

9–⁠2 (3–⁠1 Missouri Valley Conference), coached by Odus Mitchell.

Schedule and results

North Texas in 1959, game by game: won at Hardin Simmons 46–24; won at UTEP 31–7; won vs. West Texas 28–6; won at Cincinnati 21–6; won vs. Pensacola NAS 43–0; won at Houston 7–6; won vs. Wichita State 12–0; won vs. Louisville 39–7; lost at Tulsa 6–17; won vs. Drake 62–2; lost vs. New Mexico State 8–28+60−20Won 46–24 at Hardin Simmons+22Hardin SimmonsWon 31–7 at UTEP+24UTEPWon 28–6 vs. West Texas+22West TexasWon 21–6 at Cincinnati+15CincinnatiWon 43–0 vs. Pensacola NAS+43Pensacola NASWon 7–6 at Houston+1HoustonWon 12–0 vs. Wichita State+12Wichita StateWon 39–7 vs. Louisville+32LouisvilleLost 6–17 at Tulsa-11TulsaWon 62–2 vs. Drake+60DrakeLost 8–28 vs. New Mexico State-20New Mexico State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atHardin SimmonsW 46–⁠2443%
Sep 26atUTEPW 31–⁠760%
Oct 3vsWest TexasW 28–⁠683%
Oct 10atCincinnatiW 21–⁠644%
Oct 17vsPensacola NASW 43–⁠094%
Oct 24atHoustonW 7–⁠662%
Oct 31vsWichita StateW 12–⁠074%
Nov 7vsLouisvilleW 39–⁠781%
Nov 14atTulsaL 6–⁠1762%
Nov 21vsDrakeW 62–⁠290%
Dec 31Bowls & playoffvsNew Mexico StateSun BowlL 8–⁠2871%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico State 28–⁠8 in the Sun Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Missouri Valley Conference champions.

In program history: The 8th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 105 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 20
  2. Wk 9: 16

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.

Missouri Valley Conference champions3–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Houston

Record
9–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠1 shared first in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 16
Points
303–⁠103
Coach
Odus Mitchell
Elo
1566 +64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.6 No. 45 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 5Abner Haynes RBPittsburgh Steelers

1959 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Texas3–⁠19–⁠2
Houston3–⁠13–⁠7
Tulsa2–⁠25–⁠5
Wichita State1–⁠2–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Cincinnati0–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1

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