1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football team

The 1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1959 college football season. The Commodores were led by head coach Art Guepe in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of five wins, three losses and two ties (5–3–2 overall, 3–2–2 in the SEC).

1959 Vanderbilt Commodores football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	5–3–2 (3–2–2 SEC)
Head coach	Art Guepe (7th season)
Home stadium	Dudley Field
Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	at No. 17 Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (rivalry)	L 6–21	40,000	[1]
October 3	Alabama	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	T 7–7	27,967	[2][3]
October 10	No. 5 Ole Miss	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 0–33	25,000	[4]
October 17	No. 19 Florida	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 13–6	21,500	[5]
October 24	at Virginia*	Scott Stadium Charlottesville, VA	W 33–0	11,000	[6]
October 31	at Minnesota*	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 6–20	49,284	[7]
November 7	Kentucky	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 11–6	25,000	[8]
November 14	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	T 6–6	18,000	[9]
November 21	Florence State*	Dudley Field Nashville, TN	W 42–7	15,000	[10]
November 28	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	W 14–0	31,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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