1959 TCU Horned Frogs football team
| 1959 TCU Horned Frogs football | |
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Southwest Conference co-champion | |
Bluebonnet Bowl, L 7–23 vs. Clemson | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 8 |
| AP | No. 7 |
| 1959 record | 8–3 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach | Abe Martin |
| Home stadium |
Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 46,083) |
| 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 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1959 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 8–3 overall and 5–1 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Abe Martin in his seventh year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas. They were invited to the Bluebonnet Bowl where they lost to Clemson by a score of 7–23.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 19 | Kansas* | No. 13 | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 14–7 | - | ||||
| September 26 | at No. 1 LSU* | No. 9 | Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA | L 0–10 | 65,694 | ||||
| October 3 | at Arkansas | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR | L 0–3 | - | |||||
| October 10 | at Texas Tech | Jones Stadium • Lubbock, TX | W 14–8 | - | |||||
| October 17 | Texas A&M | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 39–6 | - | |||||
| October 24 | at Pittsburgh* | No. 16 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 13–3 | - | ||||
| October 31 | at Baylor* | No. 15 | Baylor Stadium • Waco, TX (The Revivalry) | W 14–0 | - | ||||
| November 14 | at No. 2 Texas | No. 18 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 14–9 | 43,000 | ||||
| November 21 | No. 14 Rice | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX | W 35–6 | - | |||||
| November 28 | SMU | Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (Battle for the Iron Skillet) | W 19–0 | 40,000 | |||||
| December 19 | vs. Clemson | Rice Stadium • Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl) | L 7–23 | 55,000 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "1959 TCU Horned Frogs". Retrieved 25 July 2016.
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