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Colgate

FBSI · 1959 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
2–7
0.222 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
76
1905–1981
All-Time Record
363–266–41
0.572 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#4
1925
#1 Finishes
0
Top 5: 1 · Top 10: 3 · Top 25: 11
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 20 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 3 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 1 seasons

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Colgate head-to-head · History & Eras

1959 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 29Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 15–20
6Week 6 · Oct 6Penn State (PENN STATE)H2HIND FBSI9–2L 20–58
7Week 7 · Oct 13Rutgers (RUTGERS)H2HIND FBSI6–3L 12–15
8Week 8 · Oct 20Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY4–5L 7–42
9Week 9 · Oct 27Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY6–3L 0–21
10Week 10 · Nov 3Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI6–4L 12–14
11Week 11 · Nov 10BUCKNELLUnranked—W 16–13
12Week 12 · Nov 17Syracuse (SYRACUSE)H2HIND FBSI11–0L 0–71
14Week 14 · Dec 1Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY2–6–1W 33–14

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
5.934
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-19
-21+2
  • Brown +2
  • Syracuse 0
  • Penn State -2
  • Rutgers -3
  • Yale -3
  • Cornell -4
  • Holy Cross -4
  • Princeton -5

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #97Better than 30%
Win % Place 97thBetter than 30%

0.222 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#98W14#98Regular Season Final#98Post-Season W1#98Post-Season W2#97Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-5
-38
-3
-35
-21
-2
+3
-71
+19

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#391954#311955#561956#891957#1011958

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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