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The 1959 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi during the 1959 college football season. Ole Miss finished the season with an overall record of ten wins and one loss (10–1), tied for second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and with a victory over LSU in the Sugar Bowl. The team gave up only 21 points all season, and were retroactively named national champions by Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel and Sagarin (however, it is not recognized by the NCAA).[2] Syracuse was crowned as the national champion by both the AP and the UPI wire services.[2] The team was later rated the third best squad from 1956 to 1995 by Sagarin.[3]
1959 Ole Miss Rebels football | |
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National champion (Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin)[1] Sugar Bowl champion | |
Sugar Bowl, W 21–0 vs. LSU | |
Conference | Southeastern Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 2 |
AP | No. 2 |
Record | 10–1 (5–1 SEC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | Hemingway Stadium Crump Stadium |
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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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Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 19 | at Houston* | No. 8 | W 16–0 | 45,000 | [4] | |
September 26 | at Kentucky | No. 4 | W 16–0 | 33,000 | [5] | |
October 3 | No. 11 (small) Memphis State* | No. 3 | W 43–0 | 12,500 | [6] | |
October 10 | at Vanderbilt | No. 5 | W 33–0 | 25,000 | [7] | |
October 17 | Tulane | No. 5 |
| W 53–7 | 23,500 | [8] |
October 24 | vs. No. 10 Arkansas* | No. 4 | W 28–0 | 32,004 | [9] | |
October 31 | at No. 1 LSU | No. 3 | L 3–7 | 67,327 | [10] | |
November 7 | No. 18 (small) Chattanooga* | No. 5 |
| W 58–0 | 14,500 | [11] |
November 14 | vs. No. 9 Tennessee | No. 5 |
| W 37–7 | 32,515 | [12] |
November 28 | at Mississippi State | No. 2 | W 42–0 | 34,000 | [13] | |
January 1, 1960 | vs. No. 3 LSU* | No. 2 | W 21–0 | 81,141 | [14] | |
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