1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

1959 Southern Illinois Salukis football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–4 (4–2 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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

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.

  1. ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 116. Retrieved July 12, 2020.