1959 Texas Longhorns football team
| 1959 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, L 14–23 vs. Syracuse | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 4 |
| 1959 record | 9–2 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Darrell Royal |
| Home stadium |
Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,130) |
| 1959 Southwest Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #9 Arkansas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #4 Texas + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 TCU + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baylor | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin during the 1959 college football season. On New Year's Day 1960, Texas lost to top-ranked Syracuse in the Cotton Bowl Classic, 23–14.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 19 | at Nebraska* | No. 17 | Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, NE | W 20–0 | 40,000 | ||||
| September 26 | Maryland* | No. 15 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 26–0 | 42,000 | ||||
| October 3 | California* | No. 10 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 33–0 | 20,000 | ||||
| October 10 | vs. No. 13 Oklahoma* | No. 4 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Rivalry) | W 19–12 | 75,504 | ||||
| October 17 | at No. 12 Arkansas | No. 3 | War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR (Rivalry) | W 13–12 | 40,000 | ||||
| October 24 | Rice | No. 3 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 28–6 | 57,000 | ||||
| October 31 | at SMU | No. 4 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX | W 21–0 | 60,000 | ||||
| November 7 | Baylor | No. 3 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 13–12 | 40,000 | ||||
| November 14 | No. 18 TCU | No. 2 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | L 9–14 | 43,000 | ||||
| November 28 | at Texas A&M | No. 4 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (Rivalry) | W 20–17 | 40,000 | ||||
| January 1 | vs. No. 1 Syracuse* | No. 4 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | L 14–23 | 75,504 | ||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
Awards and honors
- Maurice Doke, Cotton Bowl Classic co-Most Valuable Player
References
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