1959 NAIA football season

American college football season

1959 NAIA football season

Regular season| August–December 1959
Postseason| December 5–19, 1959
National Championship| Stewart Field
St. Petersburg, FL
Champion| Texas A&I

* ← 1958
* NAIA football season
* 1960 →

The 1959 NAIA football season was the fourth season of college football sponsored by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The season was played from August to December 1959, culminating in the fourth annual NAIA Football National Championship, played this year again at Stewart Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. During its four years in St. Petersburg, the game was called the Holiday Bowl.

Texas A&I defeated Lenoir Rhyne in the championship game, 20–7, to win their first NAIA national title.[1]

## Conference standings[edit]

1959 Badger-Gopher Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Lakeland \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 1
Northland \+  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Northwestern (WI) | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Bethel (MN) | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Milton | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | ?  | - | ?  | - | ?

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1959 Central Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
St. Benedict's $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Pittsburg State | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Washburn | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Emporia State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Fort Hays State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Omaha | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 College Conference of Illinois football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Wheaton (IL) $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 2
Illinois Wesleyan | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Carroll (WI) | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Augustana (IL) | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
North Central (IL) | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Lake Forest | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Millikin | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Elmhurst | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Evergreen Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 19 Whitworth $  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Puget Sound | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Central Washington | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Western Washington | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Eastern Washington | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Pacific Lutheran | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Frontier Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Arizona State–Flagstaff $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 1
Panhandle A&M | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
New Mexico Western | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1
New Mexico Highlands | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Gulf States Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 7 Louisiana Tech $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
McNeese State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Northwestern State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Southwestern Louisiana | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Southeastern Louisiana | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0
Northeast Louisiana State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Indiana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Butler $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 0  | - | 0
Evansville | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Indiana State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Saint Joseph's (IN) | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Valparaiso | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
DePauw | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Ball State | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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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
1959 Iowa Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Wartburg $  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Buena Vista | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Luther | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Iowa Wesleyan | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Dubuque | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Parsons | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Central (IA) | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Upper Iowa | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Simpson | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
College of Emporia $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Ottawa | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Baker | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Kansas Wesleyan | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
McPherson | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Bethany (KS) | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Friends | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Bethel (KS) | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Lone Star Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 5 Texas A&I +^  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 12  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 4 East Texas State \+  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Lamar Tech | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 3  | - | 0
Stephen F. Austin | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 1
Sam Houston State | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Howard Payne | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Southwest Texas State | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Sul Ross | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 3 Hillsdale $^  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Hope | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Alma | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Albion | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Olivet | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Adrian | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Kalamazoo | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Mid-Ohio League football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bluffton $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Findlay | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Ashland | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Ohio Northern | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Defiance | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Wilmington (OH) | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Gustavus Adolphus $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Concordia (MN) | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Minnesota–Duluth | 4  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Saint John's (MN) | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
St. Thomas (MN) | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Augsburg | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Macalester | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Hamline | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Missouri College Athletic Union football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 15 William Jewell $  | 3  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Missouri Valley | 2  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Culver–Stockton | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Tarkio | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Central (MO) | 0  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Montana Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Eastern Montana \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Rocky Mountain \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0
Carroll (MT) | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Western Montana | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Northern Montana | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Montana Mines | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | ?  | - | ?  | - | ?

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1959 Nebraska College Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Kearney State $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Peru State | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Chadron State | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Doane | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Nebraska Wesleyan | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Wayne State (NE) | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 1
Hastings | 2  | - | 2  | - | 3 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 3
Concordia (NE) | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Dana | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Midland | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 North Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Mayville State $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Dickinson State | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Minot State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 2  | - | 2
Valley City State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Wahpeton Science | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 2  | - | 2
Jamestown | 1  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Ellendale | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 North State Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. Lenoir–Rhyne $^  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 10  | - | 1  | - | 0
Appalachian State | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Western Carolina | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 1
East Carolina | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 6  | - | 0
Catawba | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 1
Guilford | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Elon | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Northern State College Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Bemidji State \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Michigan Tech \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Mankato State \+  | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 0
Winona State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
St. Cloud State | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Moorhead State | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

1959 Northwest Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Willamette $  | 3  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Lewis & Clark | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
College of Idaho | 2  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 3  | - | 1
Whitman | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Pacific (OR) | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Linfield | 1  | - | 2  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Oklahoma Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Langston $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
No. 11 Central State (OK) | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
East Central | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 4  | - | 0
SW Oklahoma State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 1
Northeastern State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
NW Oklahoma State | 1  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
SE Oklahoma State | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 9  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Oregon Collegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Oregon Tech $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Southern Oregon | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Eastern Oregon | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Portland State | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0
Oregon College | 0  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

1959 Pennsylvania State Teachers College Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 10/10 West Chester $  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
California (PA) | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Shippensburg | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Clarion | 4  | - | 1  | - | 1 |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
East Stroudsburg | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 2
Lock Haven | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Millersville | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Slippery Rock | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Edinboro | 2  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Bloomsburg | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Indiana (PA) | 1  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Mansfield | 1  | - | 4  | - | 2 |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Kutztown | 1  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Cheyney | 0  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* Conference standings were based on the Saylor system of ratings.

Rankings from NAIA poll and UPI small college poll
1959 South Dakota Intercollegiate Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 14 Huron \+  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 1  | - | 0
Southern State \+  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
General Beadle | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 1
Northern State | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Dakota Wesleyan | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
South Dakota Tech | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Sioux Falls | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0
Black Hills | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Yankton | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0

* \+ - Conference co-champions

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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No. 18 Whittier $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Redlands | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pomona | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Occidental | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Caltech | 1  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Claremont-Mudd | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings |

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Southern $  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 16 Prairie View A&M | 6  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
Texas Southern | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 3  | - | 0
Jackson State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
Arkansas AM&N | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Grambling | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Texas College | 2  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
Wiley | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

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1959 West Penn Conference football standings |

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Westminster (PA) $  | 5  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech | 3  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Geneva | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
Saint Vincent | 1  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 0
Grove City | 0  | - | 2  | - | 1 |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 1
Waynesburg | 0  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 2

* $ - Conference champion

1959 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings |

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Eastern Division
West Liberty State x  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 0
Shepherd | 3  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
West Virginia State | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Davis & Elkins | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 6  | - | 0
Salem | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 8  | - | 0
Bluefield State *  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Western Division
No. 12 Fairmont State x$  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
West Virginia Tech | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
Potomac State | 4  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 2  | - | 0
West Virginia Wesleyan | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Glenville State | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
Concord | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
Bethany (WV) *  | 0  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 1  | - | 8  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion
* x - Division champion/co-champions
* * – Did not qualify for conference standings
Salem forfeited seven conference wins, over Concord, Davis & Elkins, Glenville State, Potomac State, West Liberty State, West Virginia State, and West Virginia Wesleyan.
Conference standings based on power ratings

Rankings from NAIA poll
1959 Wisconsin State College Conference football standings |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Whitewater State $  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 1
La Crosse State | 5  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 1  | - | 0
Superior State | 3  | - | 1  | - | 2 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 2
Stevens Point State | 3  | - | 3  | - | 1 |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 1
Milwaukee | 3  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Oshkosh State | 2  | - | 3  | - | 2 |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Eau Claire State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
River Falls State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 1
Platteville State | 2  | - | 4  | - | 0 |  |  | 2  | - | 6  | - | 0
Stout State | 0  | - | 5  | - | 1 |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1

* $ - Conference champion

1959 NAIA independents football records |

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Austin |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 9 McMurry |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 8 Southern Connecticut State ^  |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Georgetown (KY) |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 2  | - | 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 5  | - | 1
Eastern New Mexico |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 6  | - | 0
La Verne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 6  | - | 0
Carson–Newman |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 1
Earlham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0

* ^ – NAIA playoff participant

Rankings from NAIA poll

## Postseason[edit]

| Semifinals
December 5, 1959 | | | Championship
December 19, 1959
Holiday Bowl[2] |

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| Hillsdale | 0 | |
| Texas A&I* | 20 |
| | Texas A&I | 20 |
|  |
| | | Lenoir–Rhyne | 7 |
| Southern Connecticut State | 20 |

| Lenoir–Rhyne* | 47 |

## See also[edit]

* 1959 NCAA University Division football season
* 1959 NCAA College Division football season

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. pp. 4–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
2. ^ "1959 NAIA Football Playoffs". JonFMorse.com. Retrieved November 13, 2015.

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