1959 Big Ten Conference football season information
Sports season
1959 Big Ten Conference football season
Sport
American football
Number of teams
10
Top draft pick
Jim Houston
Champion
Wisconsin
Runners-up
Michigan State
Season MVP
Bill Burrell
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Big Ten Conference football standings
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t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 6 Wisconsin $
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Michigan State
4
–
2
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Purdue
4
–
2
–
1
5
–
2
–
2
No. 13 Illinois
4
–
2
–
1
5
–
3
–
1
Northwestern
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
3
–
0
Iowa
3
–
3
–
0
5
–
4
–
0
Michigan
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Indiana
2
–
4
–
1
4
–
4
–
1
Ohio State
2
–
4
–
1
3
–
5
–
1
Minnesota
1
–
6
–
0
2
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1959 Big Ten Conference football season was the 64th season of college football played by the member schools of the Big Ten Conference and was a part of the 1959 NCAA University Division football season.
The 1959 Wisconsin Badgers football team, under head coach Milt Bruhn, won the Big Ten championship, was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll, and lost to Washington in the 1960 Rose Bowl. Tackle Dan Lanphear was a consensus first-team All-American. Quarterback Dale Hackbart led the Big Ten with 1,121 yards of total offense.
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