1959 Texas A&M
3–7 (0–6 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Myers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Houston 28–6Oct 10
By 22 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Texas Tech | L 14–20 | 55% |
| Sep 26 | at Michigan State | W 9–7 | 38% |
| Oct 3 | vs Southern Miss | W 7–3 | 50% |
| Oct 10 | vs Houston | W 28–6 | 61% |
| Oct 17 | at TCU | L 6–39 | 35% |
| Oct 24 | vs Baylor | L 0–13 | 64% |
| Oct 31 | at 17Arkansas | L 7–12 | 30% |
| Nov 7 | vs SMU | L 11–14 | 44% |
| Nov 14 | at Rice | L 2–7 | 44% |
| Nov 26 | vs 4Texas | L 17–20 | 29% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 20–17; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 111th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 0–6 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 101–141
- Coach
- Jim Myers
- Elo
- 1443 −71 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.5 No. 41 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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All-Southwest Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Charlie MilsteadBAP-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
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 5–1 | 9–2 | 9 |
| Texas | 5–1 | 9–2 | 4 |
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–3 | 7 |
| SMU | 2–3–1 | 5–4–1 | |
| Baylor | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Rice | 1–4–1 | 1–7–2 | |
| Texas A&M | 0–6 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.