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1959 Florida Gators football team

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1959Florida Gators football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
APNo. 19
Record5–4–1 (2–4 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumFlorida Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5Georgia $7001010
No. 3LSU510920
No. 2Ole Miss #5101010
No. 10Alabama412722
Auburn430730
Vanderbilt322532
Georgia Tech330650
Tennessee341541
No. 19Florida240541
Kentucky160460
Tulane051361
Mississippi State070270
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1959 Florida Gators football team represented theUniversity of Florida during the1959 college football season. The season wasBob Woodruff's tenth and last year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators celebrated a close conference win over theMississippi State Maroons (14–13), and suffered close conference defeats to theVanderbilt Commodores (6–13), the top-rankedLSU Tigers (0–9) and the eighth-rankedAuburn Tigers (0–6). Woodruff finished his tenure on a high note, with the Gators' victories over theFlorida State Seminoles (18–8) and the twelfth-rankedMiami Hurricanes (23–14), their primary in-state rivals. Woodruff's 1959 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 5–4–1 and aSoutheastern Conference (SEC) record of 2–4, placing ninth among twelve SEC teams.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18atTulaneW 30–030,000[2]
September 26Mississippi StateNo. 19W 14–1333,330[3]
October 3Virginia*No. 19
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL
W 55–1025,136[4]
October 10atRice*No. 17T 13–1333,449[5]
October 17atVanderbiltNo. 19L 6–1319,384[6]
October 24No. 1LSUdagger
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
L 0–947,578[7]
October 31at No. 8AuburnL 0–631,681[8]
November 7vs. No. 11GeorgiaL 10–2140,726[9]
November 21Florida State*
  • Florida Field
  • Gainesville, FL (rivalry)
W 18–838,359[10]
November 28vs. No. 12Miami (FL)*
  • Gator Bowl Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
W 23–1423,681–25,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

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Postseason

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Despite having returned the Gators to competitive respectability within theSoutheastern Conference (SEC) in his ten seasons as the Gators' coach andathletic director, University of Florida presidentJ. Wayne Reitz declined to renew Woodruff's contract in 1959 after two previous contract extensions. Woodruff returned to theUniversity of Tennessee, hisalma mater, in 1963, where he became the long-time athletic director of theTennessee Volunteers sports program. During the 1950s, the Gators compiled an overall record of 53–42–6 (.555) during the decade.

References

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  1. ^ab2015 Florida Gators Football Media GuideArchived 2015-12-08 at theWayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. ^"Gators explode to swamp Green Wave, 30–0".The Orlando Sentinel. September 19, 1959. RetrievedSeptember 19, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  3. ^"Florida Gators nip Maroons, 14–13".The Bradenton Herald. September 27, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  4. ^"Florida wears down Virginia for 55–10 win".The Progress-Index. October 4, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  5. ^"Rice Owls tie Florida in final minutes, 13–13".The Tampa Tribune. October 11, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  6. ^"Vanderbilt dumps Florida from unbeaten ranks".The Commercial Appeal. October 18, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  7. ^"Cannon carries LSU past Florida, 9–0".The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 25, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  8. ^"Auburn squeaks by tough Gators, 6–0".The Montgomery Advertiser. November 1, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^"Georgia whips Florida, 21–10".Fort Lauderdale News. November 8, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  10. ^"Westbrook wiggles Florida past FSU".St. Lucie News Tribune. November 22, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  11. ^"Florida rips Miami 23–14 as Dick Allen turns Tiger".Chattanooga Sunday Times. November 29, 1959. RetrievedOctober 8, 2023 – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^Department of Sports Publicity."University of Florida 1960 Football Brochure"(PDF).floridagators.com. University Athletic Association, Inc. RetrievedMarch 15, 2018.
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