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1959 Texas Longhorns Stats

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Record: 9-2, .818 W-L% (9th of 112) ▪ Rank: 4th in Final AP Poll
Conference: SWC (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Darrell Royal (9-2)

PS/G: 19.6 (27th of 112) ▪ PA/G: 8.7 (12th of 112)
SRS: 19.57 (4th of 112) ▪ SOS: 8.39 (19th of 112)

Bowl Game: Lost Cotton Bowl 23-14 versus Syracuse

SWC Co-Champs

Passing

Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Bobby Lackey 11 23 47.8 152 6.6 2.5 2 3 105.9
2 Mike Cotten 4 15 26.7 99 6.6 4.9 1 1 90.8
3 Jack Collins 7 11 63.6 97 8.8 10.6 1 0 167.7
4 Rene Ramirez 5 11 45.5 45 4.1 7.7 2 0 139.8
5 Bart Shirley 4 10 40.0 39 3.9 3.4 2 1 118.8
6 Tommy Newman 1 5 20.0 11 2.2 2.2 0 0 38.5
7 Jimmy Saxton 4 4 100.0 39 9.8 14.8 1 0 264.4
8 Bobby Gurwitz 1 4 25.0 -3 -0.8 -0.8 0 0 18.7
9 Drew Morris 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0
10 David Russell 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0 1 -200.0
11 George Blanch 0 1 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Jack Collins 89 450 5.1 4 8 134 16.8 3 97 584 6.0 7
2 Mike Dowdle 74 281 3.8 5 74 281 3.8 5
3 Rene Ramirez 62 353 5.7 2 5 41 8.2 1 67 394 5.9 3
4 Clair Branch 59 281 4.8 2 59 281 4.8 2
5 Jimmy Saxton 55 271 4.9 1 55 271 4.9 1
6 Bobby Gurwitz 33 129 3.9 0 3 33 11.0 1 36 162 4.5 1
7 Bobby Lackey 32 58 1.8 5 32 58 1.8 5
8 David Russell 26 99 3.8 1 26 99 3.8 1
9 Bart Shirley 25 90 3.6 0 2 16 8.0 0 27 106 3.9 0
10 Mike Cotten 24 80 3.3 1 1 -3 -3.0 0 25 77 3.1 1
11 Drew Morris 14 58 4.1 0 3 23 7.7 1 17 81 4.8 1
12 George Blanch 10 71 7.1 0 1 3 3.0 0 11 74 6.7 0
13 Don Allen 7 32 4.6 0 7 32 4.6 0
14 Tommy Newman 7 5 0.7 0 7 5 0.7 0
15 Bobby Ray Matocha 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
16 Larry Cooper 6 62 10.3 2 6 62 10.3 2
17 Kleo Halm 4 66 16.5 0 4 66 16.5 0
18 Monte Lee 3 85 28.3 0 3 85 28.3 0
19 Bob Moses 1 19 19.0 1 1 19 19.0 1