1959 Pepperdine Waves football team

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1959 Pepperdine Waves football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumSentinel Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hofstra     9 0 0
Howard (AL)     9 1 0
Buffalo     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Cal Poly Pomona     7 1 1
North Park     6 1 1
Santa Clara     4 1 0
No. 8 Southern Connecticut State ^     8 2 0
Northern Michigan     6 2 0
UC Riverside     5 2 0
Montana State     6 3 0
Carthage     5 3 1
Louisville     6 4 0
Memphis State     6 4 0
Mississippi Southern     6 4 0
Arlington State     4 3 0
Sewanee     4 3 1
Abilene Christian     5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 4 0
Washington and Lee     3 4 1
Xavier     4 6 0
Wabash     3 5 1
Rose Poly     2 4 1
Arkansas State     3 6 0
Hawaii     3 6 0
Trinity (TX)     3 6 0
Pepperdine     2 5 1
Chattanooga     3 7 0
Tampa     3 7 0
Drake     2 7 0
Northeastern     1 6 1
Washington University     1 7 0
St. Norbert     0 6 1
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Pepperdine Waves football team represented George Pepperdine College[note 1] as an independent during the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach John Scolinos. For the 1959 season, the Waves moved home games back to Sentinel Field on the campus of Inglewood High School in Inglewood, California. They had previously played at Sentinel Field in 1946, 1947, and 1949. Pepperdine finished the season with a record of 2–5–1.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Nevada
L 12–27
October 3at Los Angeles State
L 14–48
October 10WhittierL 6–23
October 17at San DiegoW 19–6
October 238:00 p.m.Cal Poly PomonaL 14–30[2][3]
October 31at Cal Western[note 3]
  • Balboa Stadium?
  • San Diego, CA
W 31–7
November 7Long Beach Statedagger
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
L 7–262,800
November 14San Diego State
  • Sentinel Field
  • Inglewood, CA
T 14–141,500[4]

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Pepperdine University was known as George Pepperdine College from 1937 to 1970.
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[1]
  3. ^ Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Mandel, Stan (October 22, 1959). "Valley Grid Teams Face Crucial Tilts". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. p. 14, part V. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Broncos Halt Waves". Progress-Bulletin. Pomona, California. October 25, 1959. p. 20. Retrieved May 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Howard Hagen (November 15, 1959). "Pepperdine's Rally Ties Aztecs, 14-14". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. G-1.
  5. ^ "1959 - Pepperdine". Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Grenley, Dave (June 3, 2010). "The History of Pepperdine Football". Pepperdine Waves. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.