1959 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1959
| team = Humboldt State Lumberjacks
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Far Western Conference
| short_conf = FWC
| record = 9–1
| conf_record = 4–1
| head_coach = Phil Sarboe
| hc_year = 9th
| captain =
| stadium = Redwood Bowl
}}
{{1959 Far Western Conference football standings}}
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
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = San Francisco State
| site_stadium = Cox Stadium
| site_cityst = San Francisco, CA
| score = 0–28
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (San Francisco State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/628/stats/13013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 10, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Oregon College Wolves|title=Oregon College}}
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 18–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Seattle Ramblers (club team)
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 14–13
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| opponent = Sacramento State
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 38–20
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Western Washington Vikings|title=Western Washington}}
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 7–3
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| opponent = UC Davis
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 21–12
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Chico State
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Chico, CA
| score = 13–12
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Chico State) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/95/stats/13013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 20, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = w
| opponent = Nevada
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 21–7
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Nevada) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/466/stats/13013 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=May 20, 2022 }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Southern Oregon Raiders|title=Southern Oregon}}
| site_stadium = Fuller Field
| site_cityst = Ashland, OR
| score = 20–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Whittier Poets|title=Whittier}}
| site_stadium = Redwood Bowl
| site_cityst = Arcata, CA
| score = 39–28
}}
}}
References
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