1959 Purdue Boilermakers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1959
| team = Purdue Boilermakers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 5–2–2
| conf_record = 4–2–1
| head_coach = Jack Mollenkopf
| hc_year = 4th
| mvp = Len Jardine
| captain = Len Jardine
| captain2 = Sam Joyner
| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
}}
{{1959 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
The 1959 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1959 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 5–2–2 record, finished in a tie for third place in the Big Ten Conference with a 4–2–1 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 109 to 81.{{cite web|title=1959 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1959-schedule.html}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1959
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|September 18|Friday}}
| w/l = t
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = UCLA
| site_stadium = Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
| site_cityst = Los Angeles, CA
| score = 0–0
| attend = 38,675
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 3
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 28–7
| attend = 50,362
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| rank = 7
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 9
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 21–0
| attend = 41,542
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 6
| opponent = Ohio State
| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbus, OH
| score = 0–15
| attend = 83,391
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 14
| opponent = Iowa
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 14–7
| attend = 47,112
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = t
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 7–7
| attend = 42,553
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 14
| opponent = Michigan State
| site_stadium = Spartan Stadium
| site_cityst = East Lansing, MI
| score = 0–15
| attend = 58,203
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = w
| opponent = Minnesota
| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium
| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN
| score = 29–23
| attend = 34,655
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IN
| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket
| score = 10–7
| attend = 32,325
}}
}}
Roster
- Bernie Allen, QB
- Jerry Beabout, OL
- Bob Becker, OL
- Fred Brandel, OL
- Dick Brooks, WR
- Jake Ciccone, OL
- Jack Elwell, WR
- Ross Fichtner, QB
- Joe Gliwa, RB
- Jack Greiner, WR
- Maury Guttman, QB
- Len Jardine, WR
- Bob Jarus, RB
- Wayne Jones, RB
- Sam Joyner, OL
- Phil Kardasz, OL
- Joe Kulbacki, RB
- Dave Kurtz, RB
- Jack Laraway, RB
- Ron Maltony, OL
- Dick Mayoras, RB
- Donn Mayoras, RB
- Herb McGuire, QB
- Moose Mincevich, OL
- Joe Prest, QB
- Dale Rems, OL
- Stan Sczurek, OL
- Jim Tiller, RB
- Clyde Washington, RB
- Dennis Wierzal, QB
- Len Wilson, RB
- Manzie Winters, WR
- Wedge Winters, WR