1959 LSU Tigers football team

1959 LSU Tigers football
Sugar Bowl, L 0–21 vs. Ole Miss
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record9–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Georgia $ 7 0 0 10 1 0
No. 3 LSU 5 1 0 9 2 0
No. 2 Ole Miss # 5 1 0 10 1 0
No. 10 Alabama 4 1 2 7 2 2
Auburn 4 3 0 7 3 0
Vanderbilt 3 2 2 5 3 2
Georgia Tech 3 3 0 6 5 0
Tennessee 3 4 1 5 4 1
No. 19 Florida 2 4 0 5 4 1
Kentucky 1 6 0 4 6 0
Tulane 0 5 1 3 6 1
Mississippi State 0 7 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • # Berryman, Billingsley, Dunkel, Sagarin national champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1959 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Paul Dietzel, the Tigers complied an overall record of 9–2, with a conference record of 5–1, and finished tied for second in the SEC.[1] Halfback Billy Cannon won the Heisman Trophy for the season.

  1. ^ "1959 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 8, 2023.