1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
American college football season
| 1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football | |
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Border champion | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 10–1 (5–0 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Sun Devil Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 10–1 record (5–0 against Border opponents), won the conferenceb championship and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 272 to 151.[1][2]
The team's statistical leaders included Frank Urban with 536 passing yards, Nolan Jones with 689 rushing yards, and Bob Rembert with 232 receiving yards.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 19 | West Texas State |
| W 43–22 | ||
| September 26 | Utah State* |
| W 34–12 | 25,300 | |
| October 3 | No. 6 Montana State* |
| W 31–14 | ||
| October 17 | at Colorado State* | W 24–9 | |||
| October 24 | at San Jose State* | L 15–24 | |||
| October 31 | New Mexico State |
| W 35–31 | 21,000 | [4] |
| November 7 | at Texas Western | W 27–9 | |||
| November 14 | BYU* |
| W 27–9 | ||
| November 21 | Hardin–Simmons |
| W 14–8 | ||
| November 28 | Arizona |
| W 15–9 | ||
| December 4 | at Hawaii* | W 14–6 | 8,000 | ||
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References
- ^ "1959 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 121. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "1959 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
- ^ "Devils Outshoot Aggies, 35-31". Arizona Republic. November 1, 1959. p. 3-1 – via Newspapers.com.
