1959 Mississippi State Maroons football team

1959 Mississippi State Maroons football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	2–7 (0–7 SEC)
Head coach	Wade Walker (4th season)
Home stadium	Scott Field (Capacity: 35,000)

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 Mississippi State Maroons football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	at No. 19 Florida	Florida Field Gainesville, Florida	L 13–14
October 3	at No. 9 Tennessee	Shields-Watkins Field Knoxville, Tennessee	L 6–22
October 10	Arkansas State*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 49–14
October 17	at Georgia	Grant Field Atlanta, Georgia	L 0–15
October 24	Memphis State*	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi	W 28–23
October 31	at Alabama	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama (rivalry)	L 0–10
November 7	at No. 8 Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, Alabama	L 0–31
November 14	at No. 3 LSU	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, Louisiana (rivalry)	L 0–27
November 28	No. 2 Ole Miss	Scott Field Starkville, Mississippi (Egg Bowl)	L 0–42
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game