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1959 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1959
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
CoachRank	19
APRank	19
record	5–4–1
conf_record	2–4
head_coach	Bob Woodruff
hc_year	10th
stadium	Florida Field

The 1959 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1959 college football season. The season was Bob Woodruff's tenth and last year as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. The Gators celebrated a close conference win over the Mississippi State Maroons (14–13), and suffered close conference defeats to the Vanderbilt Commodores (6–13), the top-ranked LSU Tigers (0–9) and the eighth-ranked Auburn Tigers (0–6). Woodruff finished his tenure on a high note, with the Gators' victories over the Florida State Seminoles (18–8) and the twelfth-ranked Miami Hurricanes (23–14), their primary in-state rivals. Woodruff's 1959 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 5–4–1 and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 2–4, placing ninth among twelve SEC teams.

Schedule

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Postseason

Despite having returned the Gators to competitive respectability within the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in his ten seasons as the Gators' coach and athletic director, University of Florida president J. Wayne Reitz declined to renew Woodruff's contract in 1959 after two previous contract extensions. Woodruff returned to the University of Tennessee, his alma mater, in 1963, where he became the long-time athletic director of the Tennessee Volunteers sports program. During the 1950s, the Gators compiled an overall record of 53–42–6 (.555) during the decade.

References

''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (2015-12-08 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 107 (2015). Retrieved August 16, 2015.)
(September 19, 1959). "Gators explode to swamp Green Wave, 30–0". The Orlando Sentinel.
(September 27, 1959). "Florida Gators nip Maroons, 14–13". The Bradenton Herald.
(October 4, 1959). "Florida wears down Virginia for 55–10 win". The Progress-Index.
(October 11, 1959). "Rice Owls tie Florida in final minutes, 13–13". The Tampa Tribune.
(October 18, 1959). "Vanderbilt dumps Florida from unbeaten ranks". The Commercial Appeal.
(October 25, 1959). "Cannon carries LSU past Florida, 9–0". The Knoxville News-Sentinel.
(November 1, 1959). "Auburn squeaks by tough Gators, 6–0". The Montgomery Advertiser.
(November 8, 1959). "Georgia whips Florida, 21–10". Fort Lauderdale News.
(November 22, 1959). "Westbrook wiggles Florida past FSU". St. Lucie News Tribune.
(November 29, 1959). "Florida rips Miami 23–14 as Dick Allen turns Tiger". Chattanooga Sunday Times.
"University of Florida 1960 Football Brochure". University Athletic Association, Inc..

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