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1959 Tulane Green Wave football team

1959 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record3–6–1 (0–5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University during the 1959 college football season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. In their sixth year under head coach Andy Pilney, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Florida
L 0–3030,000[1]
September 25at Miami (FL)*
L 7–26[2]
October 3Wake Forest*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 6–018,000[3]
October 9Detroit*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 25–0[4]
October 17at No. 5 Ole Miss
L 7–5323,500[5]
October 24No. 9 Georgia Tech
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 13–2130,000[6]
October 30Texas Tech*
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 17–715,000[7]
November 7vs. Alabama
L 7–1929,000[8]
November 14Vanderbilt
  • Tulane Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
T 6–618,000[9]
November 21at No. 3 LSU
L 6–1465,057[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "Gators explode to swamp Green Wave, 30–0". The Orlando Sentinel. September 19, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Little Fran showed 'em how". The Miami News. September 26, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tulane hands Deacs first defeat, 6 to 0". The News and Observer. October 4, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Help! Titans drown in Green Wave, 25–0". Detroit Free Press. October 10, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss Rebels glide over Green Wave, 53–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 18, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Heavily-favored Tech rallies to edge fired-up Tulane, 21–13". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 25, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tulane whips Raiders, 17–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 31, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Red Tide bests Green Wave in kilowatt contest, 19–7". The Selma Times-Journal. November 8, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Vandy, Tulane battle to 6–6 tie". The Tennessean. November 15, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cannon's 45-yard touchdown run boosts Bengals to 14–6 win, Sugar Bowl invite". The Daily Advertiser. November 22, 1959. Retrieved September 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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