1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football
1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5–4 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach	Carmen Piccone (1st season);
Home stadium	McAndrew Stadium
	Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1959 college football season. Under first-year head coach Carmen Piccone, the team compiled a 5–4 record.^[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Western Illinois $	6	–	0	–	0	9	–	0	–	0
No. 17 Northern Illinois State	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Central Michigan	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Southern Illinois	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Eastern Illinois	1	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Eastern Michigan	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0
Illinois State Normal	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from NAIA poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Evansville*	Reitz Bowl Evansville, IN	L 8–20	5,300
September 26	at West Virginia State*	Charleston, WV	W 20–6	1,400	^[2]
October 3	Northern Illinois	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 15–20	7,000
October 10	at No. T–18 Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	L 6–33	4,300	^[3]
October 17	Eastern Illinois	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 7–0	11,500–13,000	^[4]
October 24	at Illinois State Normal	McCormick Field Normal, IL	W 19–8	3,000
October 30	at Eastern Michigan	Briggs Field Ypsilanti, MI	W 41–14	600
November 7	No. 4 Bowling Green*	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	L 14–23	5,500	^[5]
November 14	Central Michigan	McAndrew Stadium Carbondale, IL	W 51–20	2,000–3,000	^[6]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game