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1959 Tennessee

5–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠4–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Bowden Wyatt.

Schedule and results

Tennessee in 1959, game by game: won vs. No. 3 Auburn 3–0; won vs. Mississippi State 22–6; lost vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech 7–14; tied vs. Alabama 7–7; won vs. Chattanooga 23–0; won at North Carolina 29–7; won vs. No. 1 LSU 14–13; lost at No. 5 Ole Miss 7–37; lost at Kentucky 0–20; lost vs. Vanderbilt 0–14+23−30Won 3–0 vs. No. 3 Auburn+3No. 3 AuburnWon 22–6 vs. Mississippi State+16Mississippi Sta…Lost 7–14 vs. No. 3 Georgia Tech-7No. 3 Georgia TechTied 7–7 vs. Alabama0AlabamaWon 23–0 vs. Chattanooga+23ChattanoogaWon 29–7 at North Carolina+22North CarolinaWon 14–13 vs. No. 1 LSU+1No. 1 LSULost 7–37 at No. 5 Ole Miss-30No. 5 Ole MissLost 0–20 at Kentucky-20KentuckyLost 0–14 vs. Vanderbilt-14Vanderbilt
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vs3AuburnW 3–⁠036%
Oct 3vsMississippi StateW 22–⁠661%
Oct 10vs3Georgia TechL 7–⁠1453%
Oct 17vsAlabamaT 7–⁠761%
Oct 24vsChattanoogaW 23–⁠090%
Oct 31atNorth CarolinaW 29–⁠739%
Nov 7vs1LSUW 14–⁠1331%
Nov 14at5Ole MissL 7–⁠3722%
Nov 21atKentuckyL 0–⁠2050%
Nov 28vsVanderbiltL 0–⁠1458%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Vanderbilt 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 105th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 3: 9
  2. Wk 4: 8
  3. Wk 5: 14
  4. Wk 7: 20
  5. Wk 8: 13
  6. Wk 9: 9
  7. Wk 10: 20

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.

Record
5–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠4–⁠1 8th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 8
Points
112–⁠118
Coach
Bowden Wyatt
Elo
1491 −5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
10.3 No. 27 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Joe SchafferOTAP-1; UPI-1

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.