1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football | |
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Gator Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Arkansas | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
1959 record | 6–5 (3–3 SEC) |
Head coach | Bobby Dodd (15th season) |
Captain | Maxie Baughan |
Home stadium |
Grant Field (Capacity: 44,000) |
1959 SEC football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Georgia $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 LSU | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Ole Miss | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 10 Alabama | 4 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Auburn | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Florida | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mississippi State | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1959 college football season.[1] The Yellow Jackets were led by 15th-year head coach Bobby Dodd and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta. After winning their first four games of the season, three of which were victories over top ten opponents, Georgia Tech sat at #4 in the AP Poll. Georgia Tech's season was derailed by several close losses, however, and they finished the regular season unranked with a 6–4 record. They were invited to the Gator Bowl, where they lost to Southwest Conference co-champion Arkansas.
The team's statistical leaders included Fred Braselton with 368 passing yards and Floyd Faucette with 330 rushing yards.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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September 19 | at Kentucky | McLean Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky | W 14–12 | 35,000 | |||||
September 26 | No. 6 SMU* | No. 16 | Grant Field • Atlanta | W 16–12 | 43,000 | ||||
October 3 | No. 6 Clemson* | No. 7 | Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) | W 16–6 | 44,174 | ||||
October 10 | at No. 8 Tennessee | No. 3 | Shields–Watkins Field • Knoxville, Tennessee (Rivalry) | W 14–7 | 45,021 | ||||
October 17 | No. 11 Auburn | No. 4 | Grant Field • Atlanta (Rivalry) | L 6–7 | 44,174 | ||||
October 24 | at Tulane | No. 9 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans | W 21–13 | 30,000 | ||||
October 31 | Duke* |
No. 9 | Grant Field • Atlanta | L 7–10 | 44,174 | ||||
November 7 | at Notre Dame* | No. 19 | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, Indiana | W 14–10 | 58,575 | ||||
November 14 | at Alabama | No. 15 | Legion Field • Birmingham, Alabama | L 7–9 | 43,500 | ||||
November 28 | No. 6 Georgia | Grant Field • Atlanta (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate) | L 14–21 | 44,174 | |||||
January 2 | vs. No. 9 Arkansas* | Gator Bowl Stadium • Jacksonville, Florida (Gator Bowl) | CBS | L 7–14 | 45,104 | ||||
*Non-conference game. |
Source:[2]
References
- 1 2 "1959 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
- ↑ 2011 Georgia Tech Media Guide. p. 171.