1959 Temple Owls football team

The 1959 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as a member of the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) during the 1959 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Peter P. Stevens, the team compiled a 0–9 record.^[1] The season was part of a 21-game losing streak that began on November 2, 1957, and ended on September 24, 1960. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

1959 Temple Owls football
Conference	Middle Atlantic Conference
Division	University Division
Record	0–9 (0–5 MAC)
Head coach	Peter P. Stevens (4th season)
Home stadium	Temple Stadium
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
University Division
Delaware x	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Gettysburg	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Lafayette	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Rutgers	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Lehigh	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Temple	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
Muhlenberg *	1	–	2	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Northern College Division
Albright x	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Juniata	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Wagner	5	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Lebanon Valley	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Susquehanna	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Moravian	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Wilkes	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
Lycoming	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Scranton *	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Southern College Division
Johns Hopkins x	6	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Pennsylvania Military	6	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Western Maryland	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	2	–	2
Ursinus	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Dickinson	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
Haverford	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	5	–	0
Drexel	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
Franklin & Marshall *	1	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Swarthmore *	1	–	3	–	0			2	–	5	–	0
West Chester *	0	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
x – Division champion/co-champions * – Ineligible for championship due to insufficient conference games

Stevens resigned as Temple's head football coach on December 31, 1959. He had been associated with Temple football for 17 years, first as a player, then as an assistant coach for nine years, and finally as head coach from 1956 to 1959.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Buffalo*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–54	4,000
October 3	Scranton*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6	3,000	[3]
October 10	Muhlenberg	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 18–21	4,000	[4]
October 17	Lafayette	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–35	6,000	[5]
October 24	Hofstra*	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–34	2,500	[6]
October 31	at Drexel*	Drexel Field Philadelphia, PA	L 8–12	2,500–5,000	[7][8]
November 7	at No. 1 Delaware	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 7–14	2,000–4,500	[9][10]
November 14	at Bucknell	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 6–26	4,500
November 21	at Gettysburg	Memorial Field Gettysburg, PA	L 6–22	3,500	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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