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1959 West Texas

1–⁠9 (0–⁠5 Border Conference).

Schedule and results

West Texas in 1959, game by game: lost at Arizona State 22–43; lost vs. Arizona 6–7; lost at North Texas 6–28; lost at UTEP 12–13; lost vs. Southern Miss 6–37; lost vs. Hardin Simmons 0–22; won vs. Drake 34–21; lost vs. Virginia Tech 21–26; lost at Trinity (Texas) 8–14; lost at New Mexico State 13–35+13−31Lost 22–43 at Arizona State-21Arizona StateLost 6–7 vs. Arizona-1ArizonaLost 6–28 at North Texas-22North TexasLost 12–13 at UTEP-1UTEPLost 6–37 vs. Southern Miss-31Southern MissLost 0–22 vs. Hardin Simmons-22Hardin SimmonsWon 34–21 vs. Drake+13DrakeLost 21–26 vs. Virginia Tech-5Virginia TechLost 8–14 at Trinity (Texas)-6Trinity (Texas)Lost 13–35 at New Mexico State-22New Mexico State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atArizona StateL 22–⁠4317%
Sep 26vsArizonaL 6–⁠759%
Oct 3atNorth TexasL 6–⁠2817%
Oct 10atUTEPL 12–⁠1338%
Oct 17vsSouthern MissL 6–⁠3735%
Oct 24vsHardin SimmonsL 0–⁠2246%
Oct 31vsDrakeW 34–⁠2154%
Nov 7vsVirginia TechL 21–⁠2630%
Nov 14atTrinity (Texas)L 8–⁠1440%
Nov 21atNew Mexico StateL 13–⁠3524%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to New Mexico State 35–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 42nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 57 on file).

Record
1–⁠9
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
128–⁠246
Coach
—
Elo
1266 −99 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−16.6 No. 98 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1959 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State5–⁠010–⁠1
Arizona2–⁠14–⁠6
New Mexico State2–⁠28–⁠3
Hardin Simmons2–⁠23–⁠7
UTEP2–⁠33–⁠7
West Texas0–⁠51–⁠9

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