*** Welcome to piglix ***

1959 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

1959 Alabama Crimson Tide football
Liberty Bowl, L 0–7 vs. Penn State
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 13
AP No. 10
1959 record 7–2–2 (4–1–2 SEC)
Head coach Bear Bryant (2nd year)
Captain Marlin Dyess
Captain Jim Blevins
Home stadium Denny Stadium
Legion Field
Ladd Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Georgia $ 7 – 0 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#3 LSU 5 – 1 – 0     9 – 2 – 0
#2 Ole Miss 5 – 1 – 0     10 – 1 – 0
#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
#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
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 3 0 3
• Georgia 3 7 0 7 17
  • Date: September 19
  • Location: Sanford Stadium
    Athens, Georgia
  • Game attendance: 40,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
• Alabama 0 0 3 0 3
Houston 0 0 0 0 0
  • Date: September 26
  • Location: Rice Stadium
    Houston, Texas
  • Game attendance: 27,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Alabama 0 0 0 7 7
Vanderbilt 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: October 3
  • Location: Dudley Field
    Nashville, Tennessee
  • Game attendance: 27,967
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Chattanooga 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 7 0 6 0 13
  • Date: October 10
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Game attendance: 20,000
  • Sources:
Third Saturday in October
1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Tennessee 7 0 0 0 7
Alabama 0 7 0 0 7
  • Date: October 17
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, Alabama
  • Game attendance: 42,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 0
• Alabama 0 3 7 0 10
  • Date: October 31
  • Location: Denny Stadium
    Tuscaloosa, Alabama
  • Game attendance: 19,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
Tulane 0 7 0 0 7
• Alabama 0 7 6 6 19
  • Date: November 7
  • Location: Ladd Stadium
    Mobile, Alabama
  • Game attendance: 29,000
  • Sources:
1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Georgia Tech 7 0 0 0 7
• Alabama 6 3 0 0 9
  • Date: November 14
  • Location: Legion Field
    Birmingham, Alabama
  • Game attendance: 43,500
  • Sources:

The 1959 Alabama Crimson Tide football team (variously "Alabama", "UA" or "Bama") represented the University of Alabama in the 1959 college football season. It was the Crimson Tide's 65th overall and 26th season as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team was led by head coach Bear Bryant, in his second year, and played their home games at Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Legion Field in Birmingham and at Ladd Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. They finished with a record of seven wins, two losses and two ties (7–2–2 overall, 4–1–2 in the SEC) and with a loss against Penn State in the inaugural Liberty Bowl.

The Crimson Tide opened the 1959 season with three consecutive games on the road. After they dropped the opener at Georgia, they rebounded with a victory at Houston and then played Vanderbilt to a 7–7 tie at Dudley Field. Alabama then defeated Chattanooga in the first Denny Stadium game of the season and tied Tennessee 7–7 at Legion Field. On homecoming, the Crimson Tide defeated Mississippi State and then one week later defeated Tulane at Ladd Stadium. The win over Tulane was both the 100th Southeastern Conference victory in the history of the Alabama program and the 100th all-time victory for Bryant as a head coach.


...
Wikipedia

...