1959 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team

1959 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
National Champions
NCAA Tournament, W 5–2 vs. Bridgeport
Conference	Independent
1959 record	11–1–0
Head coach	Bob Guelker (2nd season)

The 1959 Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team represented Saint Louis University during the 1959 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Billikens won the first ever national title this season. It was the second ever season the Billikens fielded a men's varsity soccer team, and it is considered by many American soccer historians to be the start of a dynasty.^[1]

Roster

Tom Barry
Gene Block (GK)
John Dueker
George Endler
Robert Endler
John Fuchs
Pat Griffard
Bob Kauffman
John Klein
Jerry Knobbe
Bob Malone
Terry Malone
Lee Manna
John Michalski
William Mueller (Gk)
Bob Pisoni
Don Range
Tom Richmond
Tom Trost

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
Regular season
09-26-1959*	at Dayton	W 10–0	1–0–0	Dayton, OH
10-03-1959*	at Illinois	W 6–1	2–0–0	Champaign, IL
10-07-1959*	MacMurray	W 11–1	3–0–0	St. Louis, MO
10-11-1959*	Indiana	W 5–0	4–0–0	St. Louis, MO
10-17-1959*	at Michigan State	W 4–2	5–0–0	East Lansing, MI
10-24-1959*	Chicago	W 6–0	6–0–0	St. Louis, MO
10-31-1959*	Navy Pier	W 8–0	7–0–0	St. Louis, MO
11-07-1959*	at Wheaton	L 1–2	7–1–0	Wheaton, IL
11-14-1959*	Purdue	W 5–0	8–1–0	St. Louis, MO
NCAA Tournament
11-22-1959*	vs. San Francisco First round	W 4–0	9–1–0	Storrs, CT
11-26-1959*	vs. CCNY Semifinals	W 6–2	10–1–0	Storrs, CT
11-28-1959*	vs. Bridgeport Final	W 5–2	11–1–0	Storrs, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from NSCAA.

References

↑ The St. Louis Billiken's Soccer Club (2010). A Time for Champions: A St. Louis Soccer Dynasty. Rumford, ME: Virginia Publishing. pp. 5–18. ISBN 9781891442551.

Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer
Venues	Hermann Stadium
Rivalries	Quincy Rockhurst SIU Edwardsville UMSL
Culture & lore	Soccer in St. Louis
People	Bob Guelker Harry Keough Bob Warming Notable players
Seasons	1959 1960 1962 1963 1965 1967 1969 1970 1972 1973 1974 1991 2009 2014
National championship seasons in bold; NCAA College Cup in italics

NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Champions
Pre-regulation (1867–1904)	1867: Princeton 1868: Princeton 1869: Princeton 1870: Princeton/Rutgers 1871: Princeton 1872: Princeton 1873: Princeton 1874: Stevens Tech 1875: Yale 1876: Princeton 1877: Princeton 1878: Vermont 1879: SUNY-Upstate 1880: Gettysburg 1881: Washington and Lee 1882: Washington and Lee 1883: Richmond 1884: Iowa 1885: VMI 1886: Iowa 1887: Christian Brothers 1888: Iowa 1889: VMI 1890: Christian Brothers 1891: Christian Brothers 1892: Christian Brothers 1893: Christian Brothers 1894: Christian Brothers/St. Bonaventure 1895: Christian Brothers/Princeton 1896: Christian Brothers 1897: Christian Brothers 1898: Christian Brothers 1899: Christian Brothers 1900:Christian Brothers 1901: Christian Brothers 1902: Christian Brothers/Haverford 1903: Christian Brothers 1904: Christian Brothers
ISFL (1904–1926)	1905: Haverford 1906: Haverford 1907: Haverford 1908: Haverford/Yale 1909: Columbia 1910: Columbia 1911: Haverford 1912: Yale 1913: Harvard 1914: Harvard 1914: Penn 1915: Haverford 1916: Penn 1917: Haverford 1918: no competition 1919: Penn 1920: Penn 1921: Princeton 1922: Princeton 1923: Penn 1924: Penn 1925: Princeton 1926: Haverford/Princeton/Penn State
ISFA (1927–1958)	1927: Princeton 1928: Yale 1929: Penn State 1930: Harvard/Penn/Yale 1931: Penn 1932: Penn/Navy 1933: Penn/Penn State 1934: Cornell 1935: Yale 1936: Penn State/Princeton/Syracuse/West Chester 1937: Penn State/Princeton/Springfield 1938: Penn State 1939: Penn State 1940: Penn State/Princeton 1941: Springfield/Rider/Temple/UMass 1942: Princeton/RPI/Springfield/UMass 1943: RPI/Navy 1944: Navy 1945: Yale/Haverford/Army/Navy 1946: Springfield 1947: Springfield 1948: Connecticut 1949: San Francisco/Penn State 1950: West Chester 1951: Temple 1952: Franklin & Marshall 1953: Temple 1954: Penn State 1955: Penn State 1956: Trinity 1957: CCNY/Springfield 1958: Drexel
NCAA (1959–)	1959: Saint Louis 1960: Saint Louis 1961: West Chester 1962: Saint Louis 1963: Saint Louis 1964: Navy 1965: Saint Louis 1966: San Francisco 1967: Michigan State/Saint Louis 1968: Maryland/Michigan State 1969: Saint Louis 1970: Saint Louis 1971: Howard 1972: Saint Louis 1973: Saint Louis 1974: Howard 1975: San Francisco 1976: San Francisco 1977: Hartwick 1978: San Francisco 1979: SIU Edwardsville 1980: San Francisco 1981: Connecticut 1982: Indiana 1983: Indiana 1984: Clemson 1985: UCLA 1986: Duke 1987: Clemson 1988: Indiana 1989: Santa Clara/Virginia 1990: UCLA 1991: Virginia 1992: Virginia 1993: Virginia 1994: Virginia 1995: Wisconsin 1996: St. John's 1997: UCLA 1998: Indiana 1999: Indiana 2000: Connecticut 2001: North Carolina 2002: UCLA 2003: Indiana 2004: Indiana 2005: Maryland 2006: UC Santa Barbara 2007: Wake Forest 2008: Maryland 2009: Virginia 2010: Akron 2011: North Carolina 2012: Indiana 2013: Notre Dame 2014: Virginia 2015: Stanford 2016: Stanford

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