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1959 Ole Miss

10–⁠1 (5–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by John Vaught, finished No. 2 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Ole Miss in 1959, game by game: won at Houston 16–0; won at Kentucky 16–0; won vs. Memphis 43–0; won at Vanderbilt 33–0; won vs. Tulane 53–7; won vs. No. 10 Arkansas 28–0; lost at No. 1 LSU 3–7; won vs. Chattanooga 58–0; won vs. No. 9 Tennessee 37–7; won at Mississippi State 42–0; won vs. No. 3 LSU 21–0+58−4Won 16–0 at Houston+16HoustonWon 16–0 at Kentucky+16KentuckyWon 43–0 vs. Memphis+43MemphisWon 33–0 at Vanderbilt+33VanderbiltWon 53–7 vs. Tulane+46TulaneWon 28–0 vs. No. 10 Arkansas+28No. 10 ArkansasLost 3–7 at No. 1 LSU-4No. 1 LSUWon 58–0 vs. Chattanooga+58ChattanoogaWon 37–7 vs. No. 9 Tennessee+30No. 9 TennesseeWon 42–0 at Mississippi State+42Mississippi Sta…Won 21–0 vs. No. 3 LSU+21No. 3 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atHoustonW 16–⁠056%
Sep 26atKentuckyW 16–⁠066%
Oct 3vsMemphisW 43–⁠089%
Oct 10atVanderbiltW 33–⁠067%
Oct 17vsTulaneW 53–⁠786%
Oct 24vs10ArkansasW 28–⁠067%
Oct 31at1LSUL 3–⁠743%
Nov 7vsChattanoogaW 58–⁠097%
Nov 14vs9TennesseeW 37–⁠778%
Nov 28atMississippi StateW 42–⁠081%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs3LSUSugar BowlW 21–⁠051%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat LSU 21–⁠0 in the Sugar Bowl; No. 2 in the final AP poll; tied for 2nd in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 3rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 8
  2. Wk 2: 4
  3. Wk 3: 3
  4. Wk 4: 5
  5. Wk 5: 5
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 5
  9. Wk 9: 5
  10. Wk 10: 2
  11. Wk 11: 2
  12. Wk 12: 2
  13. Final: 2

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.

National championsa title the school claims

Heisman voteCharlie Flowers, fifth

Consensus All-AmericanCharlie Flowers, FB

Record
10–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠1 tied for 2nd in Southeastern Conference
AP final
No. 2 peak No. 2
Points
350–⁠21
Coach
John Vaught
Elo
1787 +148 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
34.2 No. 1 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 2Marvin Terrell OGBaltimore Colts
Rd 4Johnny Brewer TECleveland Browns
Rd 6Bob Khayat OG/KCleveland Browns
Rd 6George Blair BNew York Giants

All-SEC

3 first team, 2 second team

First 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.