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1959 TCU

8–⁠3 (5–⁠1 Southwest Conference), coached by Abe Martin, finished No. 7 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1959, game by game: won vs. Kansas 14–7; lost at No. 1 LSU 0–10; lost at Arkansas 0–3; won at Texas Tech 14–8; won vs. Texas A&M 39–6; won at Pittsburgh 13–3; won at Baylor 14–0; won at No. 2 Texas 14–9; won vs. Rice 35–6; won vs. SMU 19–0; lost vs. No. 10 Clemson 7–23+33−16Won 14–7 vs. Kansas+7KansasLost 0–10 at No. 1 LSU-10No. 1 LSULost 0–3 at Arkansas-3ArkansasWon 14–8 at Texas Tech+6Texas TechWon 39–6 vs. Texas A&M+33Texas A&MWon 13–3 at Pittsburgh+10PittsburghWon 14–0 at Baylor+14BaylorWon 14–9 at No. 2 Texas+5No. 2 TexasWon 35–6 vs. Rice+29RiceWon 19–0 vs. SMU+19SMULost 7–23 vs. No. 10 Clemson-16No. 10 Clemson
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsKansasW 14–⁠774%
Sep 26at1LSUL 0–⁠1035%
Oct 3atArkansasL 0–⁠347%
Oct 10atTexas TechW 14–⁠861%
Oct 17vsTexas A&MW 39–⁠665%
Oct 24atPittsburghW 13–⁠356%
Oct 31atBaylorW 14–⁠061%
Nov 14at2TexasW 14–⁠939%
Nov 21vsRiceW 35–⁠683%
Nov 28vsSMUW 19–⁠071%
Dec 19Bowls & playoffvs10ClemsonBluebonnet BowlL 7–⁠2360%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Clemson 23–⁠7 in the Bluebonnet Bowl; No. 7 in the final AP poll; Southwest Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 13
  2. Wk 2: 9
  3. Wk 6: 16
  4. Wk 7: 15
  5. Wk 8: 17
  6. Wk 9: 18
  7. Wk 10: 10
  8. Wk 11: 8
  9. Wk 12: 7
  10. Final: 7

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.

Southwest Conference champions5–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Arkansas and Texas

Consensus All-AmericanDon Floyd, OT

Record
8–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠1 shared first in Southwest Conference
AP final
No. 7 peak No. 7
Points
169–⁠75
Coach
Abe Martin
Elo
1680 +74 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
19.4 No. 7 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Offense
Meyer spread

Drafted in 1960

The 1960 draft
Rd 1Jack Spikes RBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 2Don Floyd OTBaltimore Colts
Rd 5Marv Lasater BBaltimore Colts

All-Southwest Conference

3 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

  • Raman ArmstrongOGAP-2
  • Roy Lee RamboOGAP-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 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas5–⁠19–⁠29
Texas5–⁠19–⁠24
TCU5–⁠18–⁠37
SMU2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Baylor2–⁠44–⁠6
Rice1–⁠4–⁠11–⁠7–⁠2
Texas A&M0–⁠63–⁠7

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