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1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record9–1 (4–1 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRedwood Bowl
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 San Francisco State $ 5 0 0 10 0 0
Humboldt State 4 1 0 9 1 0
Nevada 3 2 0 4 3 0
Chico State 2 3 0 4 4 0
Sacramento State 1 4 0 2 7 0
UC Davis 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1959 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Phil Sarboe, the Lumberjacks compiled an overall record of 9–1 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC, and outscored their opponents 191 to 137 for the season. Humboldt State lost their first game before reeling off a nine-game winning streak. The team played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at San Francisco StateL 0–283,000[1]
September 26Oregon College*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 18–7
October 3Seattle Ramblers (club team)*W 14–13[2]
October 10Sacramento State
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 38–20
October 17Western Washington*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 7–3
October 24UC Davis
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 21–12
October 31at Chico State
W 13–123,000[3]
November 7Nevada
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 21–74,000[4]
November 13at Southern Oregon*
W 20–7
November 26Whittier*
  • Redwood Bowl
  • Arcata, CA
W 39–28
  • *Non-conference game

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