1959 Utah Redskins football
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record5–5 (3–2 Skyline)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 16 Wyoming $ 7 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Colorado State 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
New Mexico 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Utah 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Utah State 2 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
BYU 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Denver 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Montana 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Ray Nagel, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 5–5 with a mark of 3–2 against conference opponents, placing fourth in the Skyline. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Utah was led on the field by junior quarterback Terry Nofsinger and senior safetyand halfback Larry Wilson, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Conference members New Mexico and Montana were not played in 1960, and the Redskins defeated both in-state rivals: BYU by 12 points and Utah State by 14. For the first of two consecutive seasons, Utah did not face longtime rival Colorado; they first played in 1903 and had met every year except two (1909, 1918). The series resumed in 1961 and 1962, then went on hiatus until 2011, when both schools joined the Pac-12 Conference.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Oregon*
L 6–2115,200[1]
October 3at Washington*
L 6–5127,560[2]
October 9BYU
W 20–8
October 16at Denver
W 26–12
October 24Wyomingdagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 7–2124,739[3]
October 31Arizona*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 54–6
November 7vs. Idaho*
W 47–138,500[4]
November 14Colorado State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 17–21
November 21Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 35–2113,809
November 28at No. 20 UCLA*
L 6–2119,600[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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NFL Draft

Utah had two players selected in the 1960 NFL Draft.[8]

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Larry Wilson Defensive back 7 74 St. Louis Cardinals
Tony Polychronis Offensive tackle 18 216 New York Giants

Larry Wilson played 13 seasons in the National Football League and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1978, his first year of eligibility.[9]

References

  1. ^ Strite, Dick (September 27, 1959). "Oregon 21-6 victor over Utes". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Huskies romp past Utes in 51-6 game". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 4, 1959. p. 1B.
  3. ^ John Mooney (October 25, 1959). "Wyoming's Walden Wrecks Redskins, 21 to 7". Salt Lake Tribune. p. D1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Utes crush Vandals with late outburst". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 8, 1959. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Bruins score early in 21-6 nod over Utes". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 29, 1959. p. 3B.
  6. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  7. ^ "1959 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  8. ^ "1960 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  9. ^ "Larry Wilson NFL & AFL Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
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