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1959 Clemson Tigers football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1959
team	Clemson Tigers
sport	football
conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
short_conf	ACC
CoachRank	11
APRank	11
record	9–2
conf_record	6–1
head_coach	Frank Howard
hc_year	20th
captain	Paul Snyder
captain2	Harvey White
stadium	Memorial Stadium
champion	ACC champion
Bluebonnet Bowl champion
bowl	[Bluebonnet Bowl](1959-bluebonnet-bowl)
bowl_result	W 23–7 vs. [TCU](1959-tcu-horned-frogs-football-team)

Bluebonnet Bowl champion The 1959 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson College in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1959 college football season. In its 20th season under head coach Frank Howard, the team compiled a 9–2 record (6–1 against conference opponents), won the ACC championship, was ranked No. 11 in the final AP and Coaches Polls, defeated TCU in the 1959 Bluebonnet Bowl, and outscored opponents by a total of 285 to 103. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

The annual game against South Carolina was played on Thursday at the South Carolina State Fair for the final time. Clemson's 300th win came in the Bluebonnet Bowl against TCU.

Center Bill Thomas was the team captain. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Harvey White with 770 passing yards, and fullback Doug Cline with 482 rushing yards, and halfback Bill Mathis with 70 points scored (11 touchdowns, 4 extra points).

Tackle Lou Cordileone was selected as a first-team All-American by Time magazine and a third-team All-American by the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI). Four Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1959 All-Atlantic Coast Conference football team: Cordileone; halfback Bill Mathis; end Gary Barnes; and center Paul Snyder.

Schedule

| September 19 |2:00 p.m.|at|No. 12 North Carolina|18|Kenan Memorial Stadium | Chapel Hill, NC |W 20–18|43,000|

| September 26 |1:20 p.m.|at| Virginia|5|Scott Stadium | Charlottesville, VA |W 47–0|13,000|

| October 3 |2:00 p.m.|at|No. 7 Georgia Tech|6|Grant Field | Atlanta, GA (rivalry) |L 6–16|44,174|

| October 10 |2:00 p.m.|| NC State|| Memorial Stadium | Clemson, SC (rivalry) |W 23–0|19,000|

| October 22 |2:00 p.m.|at| South Carolina|17|Carolina Stadium | Columbia, SC (rivalry) |W 27–0|47,000|

| October 31 |8:00 p.m.|at| Rice|12|Rice Stadium | Houston, TX |W 19–0|27,000|

| November 7 |2:00 p.m.|| Duke|10|Memorial Stadium | Clemson, SC |W 6–0|40,000|

| November 14 |2:00 p.m.|| Maryland|11|Memorial Stadium | Clemson, SC |L 25–28|26,000|

| November 21 |2:00 p.m.|| Wake Forest|19|Memorial Stadium | Clemson, SC |W 33–31|34,000|

| November 28 |2:00 p.m.|at| Furman|14|Sirrine Stadium | Greenville, SC |W 56–3|12,000|

| December 19 ||vs| No. 7 TCU|11|Rice Stadium | Houston, TX (Bluebonnet Bowl) |W 23–7|55,000|

References

(2016). "2016 Media Guide". Clemson Athletics.
"1959 Clemson Tigers Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC.
(1960). "Clemson 1960 Football Media Guide". Clemson University.
(December 2, 1959). ""Home-Grown" All-ACC Team Picked By Associated Press". The Progress-Index.
(December 2, 1959). "Clemson Puts Four on All-ACC Selection". Statesville Record & Landmark.
(September 20, 1959). "North Carolina suffers 20–18 loss to Clemson". Beckley Post-Herald & The Raleigh Register.
(September 27, 1959). "Mathis, Shingler lead Clemson to 47–0 field day at Virginia". Winston-Salem Journal & Sentinel.
(October 4, 1959). "Crisp blocking Tech rips undefeated Clemson, 16–6". The Charlotte Observer.
(October 11, 1959). "Tigers rip Wolfpack in 23–0 rout". Asheville Citizen-Times.
Jim Anderson. (October 23, 1957). "Tigers Blast Birds, 27–0, In Last 'Big Thursday'". The Greenville News.
(November 1, 1959). "Tigers post 19–0 victory over Rice". Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
(November 8, 1959). "Tigers near bowl trip". Kingsport Times-News.
(November 15, 1959). "Soph's passes carry Maryland to upset of Clemson, 28 to 25". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
(November 22, 1959). "Tigers downs Deacs". Florence Morning News.
(November 29, 1959). "Bowl-hungry Clemson rolls over Furman, 56–3". The Greenville News.
(December 20, 1959). "Clemson explodes past TCU, 23–7". The Tyler Courier-Times.
. (1959). ["Clemson Football Media Guide - 1959"](https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/fball_media/79/). *[[Clemson University]]*.

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