1959 William & Mary Indians football team

The 1959 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1959 college football season.[1] The September 26th contest against the #13 Naval Academy marked the inaugural game in the brand new Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, which replaced Thompson Stadium as the location for all of Navy's future home games. William & Mary lost the game, 2–29.

1959 William & Mary Indians football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1959 record4–6 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumCary Field
1959 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
VMI $ 5 –0 –1  8 –1 –1
The Citadel 5 –1 –0  8 –2 –0
VPI 3 –1 –0  6 –4 –0
Furman 3 –2 –0  3 –7 –0
Richmond 4 –3 –1  4 –5 –1
West Virginia 2 –2 –0  3 –7 –0
William & Mary 2 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Davidson 0 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
George Washington 0 –5 –0  1 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at Virginia*W 37–0
September 26at No. 13 Navy*L 2–29
October 3vs. VPIRoanoke, VirginiaL 14–20
October 10FurmanL 7–8
October 17vs. VMIL 7–26
October 24George WashingtonW 14–7
October 31The CitadelL 13–38
November 7at DavidsonW 25–7
November 14at Florida State*W 9–0
November 21at RichmondL 12–20

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