1959 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
American college football season
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The 1959 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1959 college football season. In its third year under head coach Marvin C. Helling, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record (1–4–1 against NCC opponents), finished in sixth place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 166 to 112.[1] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record2–5–1 (1–4–1 NCC)
Headcoach
- Marvin C. Helling (3rd season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1959 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 2–5–1 (1–4–1 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augustana (SD) $ | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 12 | at Montana | W 27–19 | 3,800 | [2] | |||
| September 19 | Augustana (SD) | T 22–22 | 4,900 | ||||
| September 26 | Morningside |
| L 6–24 | 4,700 | |||
| October 3 | at South Dakota |
| L 14–31 | 3,500 | [3] | ||
| October 10 | South Dakota State |
| L 0–6 | 4,912–5,000 | [4][5] | ||
| October 17 | at North Dakota State | W 20–15 | [6] | ||||
| October 24 | at Iowa State Teachers | L 9–14 | |||||
| October 31 | at No. 12 Montana State | L 14–35 | [7] | ||||
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