American college football season
The 1958 college football season was the: 90th season of intercollegiate football in theββUnited States. It concluded with two teams having claimββto the major college national championship:
- LSU compiled an 11β0 record, defeated Clemson in the Sugar Bowl, and was ranked No. 1 in the final Associated Press (AP) writers and United Press International (UPI) coaches polls. LSU received 139 first-place votes in the "AP poll." And 29 of 35 first-place votes in the UPI poll. LSU was also selected as the national champion by, "numerous other selectors," including: Billingsley Report, College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, and National Championship Foundation. LSU halfback Billy Cannon finished third in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
- Iowa compiled an 8β1β1 record, defeated California in the Rose Bowl, and was selected as the national champion by the Football Writers Association of America. Iowa quarterback Randy Duncan led major college football with 1,347 passing yards and "a ."587 completion percentage and finished second in voting for the Heisman Trophy.
Three small college teams also claimed national championships:
Army halfback Pete Dawkins won the Heisman Trophy and the Maxwell Award as the best player in college football. Pacific fullback Dick Bass led all major college football players with 1,448 yards of total offense, 1,361 rushing yards. And 116 points scored.
On January 13, "1958," the eleven-man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolutionββto allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown. Or running. Or passing from the three-yard line for a two-point conversion. University of Michigan athletic director Fritz Crisler said at the meeting in Fort Lauderdale, "It's a progressive step which will make football more interesting for the spectators," adding that the rule "will add drama to what has been the dullest, most stupid play in the game."
Conference and program changesβ»
Conference changesβ»
- Two conferences began play in 1958:
- One conference played their final season in 1958:
Membership changesβ»
Season chronologyβ»
Septemberβ»
In the preseason poll released on September 15, 1958, the Buckeyes of Ohio State University were the first place choice for 46 of 99 writers casting votes, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Michigan State and 1957's champion, Auburn. As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be, issued on the Monday following the weekend's games.
Most teams did not begin play until September 27. On September 13, Kentucky beat Hawaii 51β0 in a game in Louisville, and attempted the 2-point conversion, but without success. One of the first successful 2-point conversions in an NCAA game happened when Iowa State Teachers College hosted Bradley University at Cedar Falls, Iowa on September 13. Max Huffman carried the ball over twice on conversion attempts to give the Panthers of Iowa Teachers a 29β12 win over the Braves. On September 20, No. 6 Mississippi and No. 8 Texas Christian were among the winners, beating Memphis State (17β0) and Kansas (42β0) respectively, but the Top Five schools had not yet started play. The poll for the five 0β0 teams was No. 1 Ohio State, No. 2. Oklahoma, No. 3 Auburn, No. 4 Michigan State, and No. 5 Notre Dame.
September 27
No. 1 Ohio State narrowly beat No. 20 SMU at home, 23β20, and fell to third in the next poll. No. 2 Oklahoma, on the other hand, rolled over visiting No. 13 West Virginia 47β14, and rose to first place. No. 3 Auburn beat Tennessee in Birmingham, 13β0, and No. 4 Michigan State beat California 32β12. No. 5 Notre Dame beat Indiana 18β0, but fell to 7th, while No. 8 Army, which beat South Carolina 45β8, took the place of the Irish. The next poll: No. 1 Oklahoma, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Michigan State, and No. 5 Army.
Octoberβ»
October 4 No. 1 Oklahoma got past visiting Oregon, 6β0, and dropped to second. No. 2 Auburn, which beat UT-Chattanooga 30β8 at home, moved up to the top spot. No. 3 Ohio State beat Washington at home, 12β7. No. 4 Michigan State played No. 16 Michigan to a 12β12 tie, and fell to 9th. No. 5 Army beat Penn State 26β0. No. 7 Notre Dame, which beat No. 17 SMU in Dallas, 14β6, returned to the Top Five. The next poll: No. 1 Auburn, No. 2 Oklahoma, No. 3 Army, No. 4 Notre Dame, and No. 5 Ohio State.
October 11
No. 1 Auburn won at Kentucky, 8β0. No. 2 Oklahoma sustained a 15β14 loss at Dallas in their annual meeting with the No. 16 Texas Longhorns. In South Bend, Indiana, the visiting No. 3 Army Cadets beat No. 4 Notre Dame, 14β2, and were voted No. 1 in the next poll. No. 5 Ohio State won at Illinois, 19β13. No. 6 Wisconsin, which beat Purdue 31β6, and No. 9 Michigan State, which beat No. 10 Pittsburgh 22β8, rose in the polls, to put three Big Ten schools in the top five. The next poll: No. 1 Army, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Wisconsin, and No. 5 Michigan State.
On October 18 at West Point, New York, No. 1 Army beat Virginia 35β6. No. 2 Auburn tied with Georgia Tech 7β7 in Atlanta and fell in the polls. No. 3 Ohio State beat Indiana 49β8. No. 4 Wisconsin lost to No. 13 Iowa at home, 20β9, and No. 5 Michigan State began a five-game losing streak with a 14β6 defeat at Purdue. The Spartans would finish the season with a 3β5β1 record after starting 2β0β1. No. 7 Texas (24β6 over Arkansas) and No. 9 LSU (32β7 over Kentucky) rose in the polls. The next poll: No. 1 Army, No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 LSU, No. 4 Texas, and No. 5 Auburn.
October 25 For the top-ranked teams, a tie was only slightly better than a loss. No. 1 Army played to a 14β14 tie against the Panthers at Pittsburgh, and No. 2 Ohio State tied with Wisconsin at home 7β7. No. 3 LSU beat Florida 10β7, and the win was enough to propel the Tigers to first place. No. 4 Texas lost to the Rice Owls in Houston, 34β7. No. 5 Auburn beat Maryland at home, 20β7. No. 7 Iowa, which beat Northwestern 26β20, rose to 2nd in the next poll: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Army, No. 4 Auburn, and No. 5 Ohio State.
Novemberβ»
November 1
No. 1 LSU beat No. 6 Ole Miss 14β0. No. 2 Iowa won at Michigan, 37β14. No. 3 Army crushed Colgate, 68β6. No. 4 Auburn won 6β5 at Florida. In Columbus, No. 5 Ohio State was upset by visiting No. 11 Northwestern, 21β0. The next poll was: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Army, No. 4 Northwestern, and No. 5 Auburn.
November 8
No. 1 LSU beat Duke 50β18. No. 2 Iowa won at Minnesota 28β6. No. 3 Army beat the No. 13 Rice Owls in Houston, 14β7. No. 4 Northwestern lost at Madison to No. 7 Wisconsin, 17β13. No. 5 Auburn beat Mississippi State 33β14 at home. The next poll was: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Iowa, No. 3 Army, No. 4 Auburn, and No. 5 Wisconsin.
November 15
No. 1 LSU beat Mississippi State at Jackson 7β6. No. 2 Iowa lost at home to No. 16 Ohio State 38β28. No. 3 Army beat Villanova 26β0. No. 4 Auburn met the Georgia Bulldogs halfway in Columbus, Georgia, and won 21β6. No. 5 Wisconsin won 31β12 at Illinois. No. 6 Oklahoma, which beat Missouri 39β0, rose to 4th. The next poll was: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Army, No. 4 Oklahoma, and No. 5 Wisconsin.
November 22
In New Orleans, the No. 1 LSU Tigers crushed Tulane 62β0, scoring 56 points in the second half, to close their season 10β0β0. They would face the Clemson Tigers in the Sugar Bowl. Behind them were the No. 2 Auburn Tigers, who beat Wake Forest at home 21β7. No. 3 Army was idle as it prepared for the annual Army-Navy game. No. 4 Oklahoma crushed Nebraska 40β7. No. 5 Wisconsin beat Minnesota to close its season at 7β1β1. No. 6 Iowa, which beat No. 15 Notre Dame 31β21, returned to the Top Five: No. 1 LSU, No. 2 Auburn, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Iowa, and No. 5 Army.
On November 29 No. 2 Auburn defeated Alabama 14β8 in Birmingham to finish its season at 9β0β1, but they were on probation for recruiting violations and ineligible for a bowl game. No. 3 Oklahoma won at Oklahoma State 7β0. The Sooners (who had not lost a conference game since 1946) won the Big 7 title and headed to the Orange Bowl. In Philadelphia, No. 5 Army beat Navy, 22β6, to finish its season 8β0β1.
The final AP Poll was released on December 1, and
the No. 1 LSU Tigers, at 10β0β0, won the AP Trophy with 130 of the first place votes. The other 73 votes were spread among 12 schools, including No. 2 Iowa (17), No. 3 Army (13), No. 4 Auburn (9), No. 5 Oklahoma (10), No. 6 Air Force (2), No. 7 Wisconsin (13), No. 8 Ohio State (3), and No. 9 Syracuse (1). LSU finished the 1958 season as the only undefeated and untied team in college football. Army, Air Force, and Auburn were also undefeated. But they each had one game that ended in a tie. The United States Air Force Academy football team, nicknamed the Falcons, had a 9β0β1 record in only their second year of playing college football, and accepted a bid to face No. 10 Texas Christian in the Cotton Bowl. Oklahoma was the only team to beat a top 10 team in all of the bowl games when they defeated number 9 Syracuse in the Orange Bowl.
Conference standingsβ»
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- Conference standings were by Dickinson System; Allen was ineligible and Lane did not play a sufficient number of conference game to be rated.
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Bowl gamesβ»
Major bowlsβ»
Thursday, January 1, 1959
Other bowlsβ»
Notably, the Tangerine Bowl initially extended a bid to Buffalo. However, when the bowl organizers told the school that its two black players would not be allowed to play, the team unanimously voted to turn down the bid. The Bulls did not appear in a bowl game until a half century later, in 2008.
NAIA post-seasonβ»
Rankingsβ»
Major collegeβ»
Final polls were released in the first week of December.
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Small collegeβ»
In 1958, United Press International (UPI) conducted a "small college" coaches' poll for the first time. Mississippi Southern, which had beaten NC State and VPI en route to a 9β0 record, was ranked first from start to finish.
United Press International (coaches) final poll
Published on December 4
NAIA rankingsβ»
The top teams in the NAIA football rankings were as follows:
- Northeastern State, 11-0, 180 points
- Arizona StateβFlagstaff, 11-1, 162 points
- Willamette, 8-1, 116 points
- St. Benedict's, 10-1, 112 points
- Missouri Valley, 8-1, 104 points
- Gustavus Adolphus, 8-1, 100 points
- East Texas State, 7-1, 98 points
- Kearney, 9-0, 85 points
- Middle Tennessee, 8-2, 42 points
- Lenoir Rhyne, 9-1, 41 points
- Cal Poly, 9-1
- Tampa, 6-4
- Lamar Tech, 6-2
- β»], 6-1-1
- California (PA), 8-0
- Chadron State, 8-0
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- Southern Illinois, 7-2
- Northwestern State, 5-2
Award seasonβ»
Heisman Trophy votingβ»
The Heisman Trophy is: given to the year's most outstanding player
Source:
All-Americansβ»
For the year 1958, the NCAA recognizes six published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
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Billy Cannon |
Halfback |
LSU |
6/6 |
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, Time, WC
|
Randy Duncan |
Quarterback |
Iowa |
6/6 |
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, WC
|
Pete Dawkins |
Halfback |
Army |
6/6 |
AFCA, AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, WC
|
Buddy Dial |
End |
Rice |
5/6 |
AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
Time, WC
|
Ted Bates |
Tackle |
Oregon State |
5/6 |
AFCA, AP, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, WC
|
Bob Harrison |
Center |
Oklahoma |
5/6 |
AP, FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, WC
|
Bob White |
Fullback |
Ohio State |
4/6 |
FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
CP, Time, WC
|
John Guzik |
Guard |
Pittsburgh |
4/6 |
FWAA, NEA, SN, UPI |
Time, WC
|
Zeke Smith |
Guard |
Auburn |
3/6 |
AP, FWAA, NEA |
CP, Time, WC
|
George Deiderich |
Guard |
Vanderbilt |
3/6 |
AP, AFCA, FWAA |
--
|
Sam Williams |
End |
Michigan State |
2/6 |
AFCA, UPI |
Time, WC
|
Brock Strom |
Tackle |
Air Force |
2/6 |
AP, UPI |
WC
|
Other awardsβ»
Statistical leadersβ»
Individualβ»
Total offenseβ»
The following players were the individual leaders in total offense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Minor college
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Games
|
Plays
|
Total Yds
|
1 |
Stan Jackson |
Cal Poly Pomona |
10 |
324 |
2478
|
2 |
Gary Campbell |
Whittier |
9 |
224 |
1659
|
3 |
Webb |
St. Ambrose |
8 |
264 |
1592
|
4 |
Brady |
Baldwin-Wallace |
9 |
248 |
1534
|
5 |
Gideon |
Trinity |
9 |
209 |
1520
|
Passingβ»
The following players were the individual leaders in pass completions during the 1958 season:
Major college
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Games
|
Compl.
|
Att.
|
Pct. Compl.
|
Yds.
|
Int.
|
TDs
|
1 |
Buddy Humphrey |
Baylor |
10 |
112 |
195 |
.574 |
1316 |
8 |
7
|
2 |
Ralph Hunsaker |
Arizona |
10 |
106 |
191 |
.555 |
1129 |
13 |
5
|
3 |
Randy Duncan |
Iowa |
9 |
101 |
172 |
.587 |
1347 |
9 |
11
|
4 |
Rich Mayo |
Air Force |
10 |
98 |
174 |
.563 |
1019 |
6 |
11
|
5 |
Charlie Milstead |
Texas A&M |
10 |
88 |
167 |
.527 |
1135 |
11 |
5
|
6 |
Dick Longfellow |
West Virginia |
10 |
79 |
156 |
.506 |
943 |
12 |
6
|
7 |
Bob Nicolet |
Stanford |
10 |
77 |
146 |
.527 |
724 |
5 |
3
|
8 |
Dick Norman |
Stanford |
10 |
76 |
133 |
.571 |
717 |
7 |
3
|
9 |
Arnold Dempsey |
Virginia |
10 |
74 |
152 |
.487 |
697 |
11 |
2
|
10 |
Jack Lee |
Cincinnati |
10 |
71 |
130 |
.546 |
951 |
11 |
5
|
Minor college
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Games
|
Compl.
|
Att.
|
Pct. Compl.
|
Yds.
|
Int.
|
TDs
|
1 |
Stan Jackson |
Cal Poly Pomona |
10 |
123 |
256 |
.480 |
1994 |
14 |
16
|
2 |
Alvaro |
College of Idaho |
10 |
112 |
225 |
.498 |
1485 |
17 |
9
|
3 |
Newhouse |
St. Norbert |
9 |
104 |
211 |
.493 |
1310 |
18 |
13
|
4 |
Webb |
St. Ambrose |
8 |
100 |
202 |
.495 |
1494 |
7 |
10
|
5 |
Johnson |
New Mexico A&M |
10 |
97 |
179 |
.542 |
1184 |
11 |
9
|
6 |
Brady |
Baldwin-Wallace |
9 |
89 |
183 |
.486 |
1490 |
15 |
16
|
9 |
Campbell |
Whittier |
9 |
87 |
139 |
.626 |
1237 |
7 |
13
|
Rushingβ»
The following players were the individual leaders in rushing yards during the 1958 season:
Major college
Minor college
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Games
|
Yds
|
Rushes
|
Avg
|
1 |
Dale Mills |
Northeast Missouri State |
9 |
186 |
1358 |
7.30
|
2 |
Brad Hustad |
Luther |
9 |
206 |
1354 |
6.57
|
3 |
Elbert Dubenion |
Bluffton |
9 |
151 |
1290 |
8.54
|
4 |
George Dixon |
Bridgeport |
9 |
155 |
1106 |
7.14
|
5 |
Ed Meador |
Arkansas Tech |
9 |
135 |
1096 |
8.12
|
14 |
Finder |
St. Benedict's |
10 |
100 |
917 |
9.17
|
Scoringβ»
The following players were the individual leaders in scoring during the 1958 season:
Major college
Minor college
Rank
|
Player
|
Team
|
Pts
|
TD
|
PAT
|
FG
|
1 |
Carl Herakovich |
Rose Poly |
168 |
25 |
18 |
0
|
2 |
Corky Bridges |
Central Washington |
148 |
21 |
22 |
0
|
3 |
Bill Shockley |
West Chester |
132 |
15 |
42 |
0
|
4 |
Dale Mills |
Northeast Missouri |
122 |
20 |
2 |
0
|
5 |
Claire Boroff |
Kearney State |
121 |
14 |
37 |
0
|
Teamβ»
Total offenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in total offense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Rushing offenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in rushing offense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Passing offenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in passing offense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Total defenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in total defense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Rushing defenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in rushing defense during the 1958 season:
Major college
Passing defenseβ»
The following teams were the leaders in passing defense during the 1958 season:
Major college
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
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- ^ UPI (December 4, 1958). "Miss. Southern Tops Final Poll Of Grid Powers". Brownwood Bulletin. Brownwood, Texas. Retrieved February 26, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
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- ^ Points-for-which-responsible is player's total of points scored and points passes for
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