1959 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

1959 UC Riverside Highlanders football
Conference Independent
1959 record 5–2
Head coach Jim Whitley (1st season)
Home stadium UCR Athletic Field

The 1959 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1959 College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1959.

UC Riverside was led by first-year head coach Jim Whitley. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2). Overall, the team outscored its opponents 125–75 for the season.

Schedule

Date Opponent Site Result
September 26 Azusa[note 1] UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 18–8  
October 3 at Caltech Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA W 19–0  
October 10 Cal Western[note 2]dagger UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 33–0  
October 17 UC Santa Barbara JV UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA L 8–19  
October 24 at Claremont-Mudd[note 3] Fritz B. Burns Stadium • Claremont, CA W 14–8  
October 31 La Verne UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA W 6–0  
November 7 New Mexico Western[note 4] UCR Athletic Field • Riverside, CA L 27–40  
daggerHomecoming.

[1][note 5]

Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1960 NFL Draft. [2][3][4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Azusa College existed from 1956 to 1964. It merged with Los Angeles Pacific College in 1965 to become Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific's official football records do not include the history from either of the predecessor schools.
  2. ↑ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.
  3. ↑ The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
  4. ↑ Western New Mexico University was known as New Mexico Western College from 1951 to 1962.
  5. ↑ cfbdatawarehouse.com incorrectly lists an additional 1959 game, against Antelope Valley College. This was played by Riverside Junior College, not UC Riverside, and is therefore not included here.

References

  1. ↑ "1959 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  2. ↑ "1960 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.
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