The 1959 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their nineteenth year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 9–1 record and finished as Gulf States Conference champion.
| 1959 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football | |
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GSC champion | |
| Conference | Gulf States Conference |
| Record | 9–1 (5–0 GSC) |
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| Captain | Bill Bundrick, J. W. Slack |
| Home stadium | Tech Stadium |
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| No. 7 Louisiana Tech $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisiana State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | at Lamar Tech* |
| L 6–13 | 6,500 | [1] | |
| September 26 | Arkansas State* |
| W 35–0 | 7,000 | [2] | |
| October 3 | at McNeese State |
| W 28–0 | 5,000 | [3] | |
| October 10 | Southwestern Louisiana | No. T–18 |
| W 21–13 | 7,000 | [4] |
| October 24 | vs. Northwestern State | No. 20 | W 27–14 | 23,500 | [5] | |
| October 31 | at Naval Air Station Pensacola* | No. 13 |
| W 7–0 | 2,500 | [6] |
| November 7 | at Southeastern Louisiana | No. 20 | W 14–0 | 6,000 | [7] | |
| November 14 | No. 7 Memphis State* | No. T–14 |
| W 10–8 | 5,500 | [8] |
| November 21 | Northeast Louisiana State | No. 10 |
| W 27–0 | 7,500 | [9] |
| November 28 | No. 2 Mississippi Southern* | No. 8 |
| W 16–0 | 7,000 | [10] |
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References
edit- ^ "Lamar Tech nudges Louisiana Tech, 13–6". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 20, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Techmen blast Arkansas State". Monroe Morning World. September 27, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech pins 28–0 Gulf loss on McNeese foe". Monroe Morning World. October 4, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "La. Tech defeats SLI Bulldogs 21–13". The Daily Advertiser. October 11, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hudson leads Tech to 27 to 14 victory as 23,500 watch". The Shreveport Times. October 25, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech topples Navy Goshawks, 7 to 0". Pensacola News Journal. November 1, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech blanks SLC by 14–0". The Shreveport Times. November 8, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana team upsets Memphis". Kingsport Times-News. November 15, 1959. Retrieved June 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Techsters drub Northeast, 27–0". The Shreveport Times. November 22, 1959. p. 2D. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech spanks Southerners". The Shreveport Times. November 29, 1959. Retrieved March 29, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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