1959 Vermont Catamounts football team

1959 Vermont Catamounts football
Conference	Yankee Conference
Record	4–3 (0–1 Yankee)
Head coach	J. Edward Donnelly (8th season)
Home stadium	Centennial Field

1959 Yankee Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Connecticut $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
UMass	2	–	2	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Maine	1	–	2	–	2			3	–	3	–	2
New Hampshire	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	2
Rhode Island	1	–	2	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
Vermont	0	–	1	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1959 Vermont Catamounts football team was an American football team that represented the University of Vermont in the Yankee Conference during the 1959 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach J. Edward Donnelly, the team compiled a 4–3 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 26	Coast Guard*	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 34–6	5,500
October 3	at Maine	Alumni Field Orono, ME	L 14–52	5,000–5,200
October 10	Hobart*	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 31–6	4,500
October 17	Rochester*	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	L 6–27	3,000–4,000
October 24	Norwich*	Centennial Field Burlington, VT	W 7–0	5,000–6,500
October 31	at St. Lawrence*	Weeks Field Canton, NY	W 20–14	2,000
November 7	at Middlebury*	Porter Field Middlebury, VT	L 0–28	3,200
*Non-conference game Homecoming