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1959 South Carolina

6–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Atlantic Coast Conference), coached by Warren Giese.

Schedule and results

South Carolina in 1959, game by game: won vs. Duke 12–7; won vs. Furman 30–0; won vs. No. 13 Georgia 30–14; lost at North Carolina 6–19; lost vs. No. 17 Clemson 0–27; won vs. Maryland 22–6; won at Virginia 32–20; lost at Miami 6–26; won vs. NC State 12–7; lost at Wake Forest 20–43+30−27Won 12–7 vs. Duke+5DukeWon 30–0 vs. Furman+30FurmanWon 30–14 vs. No. 13 Georgia+16No. 13 GeorgiaLost 6–19 at North Carolina-13North CarolinaLost 0–27 vs. No. 17 Clemson-27No. 17 ClemsonWon 22–6 vs. Maryland+16MarylandWon 32–20 at Virginia+12VirginiaLost 6–26 at Miami-20MiamiWon 12–7 vs. NC State+5NC StateLost 20–43 at Wake Forest-23Wake Forest
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsDukeW 12–⁠759%
Sep 26vsFurmanW 30–⁠092%
Oct 3vs13GeorgiaW 30–⁠1460%
Oct 10atNorth CarolinaL 6–⁠1950%
Oct 22vs17ClemsonL 0–⁠2753%
Oct 31vsMarylandW 22–⁠662%
Nov 7atVirginiaW 32–⁠2079%
Nov 13atMiamiL 6–⁠2655%
Nov 21vsNC StateW 12–⁠776%
Nov 28atWake ForestL 20–⁠4353%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Wake Forest 43–⁠20; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

In program history: The 57th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 20
  3. Wk 3: 16
  4. Wk 4: 11
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 tied for 4th in Atlantic Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 11
Points
170–⁠169
Coach
Warren Giese
Elo
1490 −52 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.9 No. 59 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
John Saunders and Ed Pitts

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 7Kirk Phares OGGreen Bay Packers

All-ACC

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ed PittsOTAP-1; UPI-1
  • Phil LavoieBAP-2; UPI-1

Second team

  • Jack PittEAP-2
  • Jake BodkinOGAP-2; UPI-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 Atlantic Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Clemson6–⁠19–⁠211
North Carolina5–⁠25–⁠5
Maryland4–⁠25–⁠5
Wake Forest4–⁠36–⁠4
South Carolina4–⁠36–⁠4
Duke2–⁠34–⁠6
NC State0–⁠61–⁠9
Virginia0–⁠50–⁠10

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