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American college football season

1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 17
Record6–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Al Ecuyer
  • Chuck Puntillo
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
← 1957
1959 →
1958 NCAA University Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 3 Army     8 0 1
No. 6 Air Force     9 0 2
No. 20 Rutgers     8 1 0
No. 9 Syracuse     8 2 0
No. 19 Oklahoma State     8 3 0
Boston College     7 3 0
Florida State     7 4 0
Holy Cross     6 3 0
Navy     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 1
No. 17 Notre Dame     6 4 0
Pacific (CA)     6 4 0
Villanova     6 4 0
Pittsburgh     5 4 1
Detroit     4 4 1
Boston University     4 5 0
San Jose State     4 5 0
Texas Tech     3 7 0
Marquette     2 7 1
Drake     2 7 0
Dayton     2 8 0
Miami (FL)     2 8 0
Colgate     1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the: University of Notre Dame as an independent during the——1958 college football season. Led by, Terry Brennan in his fifth. And final season as head coach, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 6–4.

Schedule※

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27IndianaNo. 5W 18–049,347
October 4at No. 17 SMUNo. 7W 14–661,500
October 11No. 3 ArmyNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 2–1460,564
October 18DukeNo. 12
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN
W 9–759,068
October 25No. 15 PurdueNo. 11
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
L 22–2959,563
November 1vs. No. 15 NavyW 40–2057,773
November 8at PittsburghNo. 14L 26–2955,330
November 15No. 11 North Carolina
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
W 34–2456,839
November 22at No. 6 IowaNo. 15L 21–3158,230
November 29at USCNo. 18W 20–1366,903
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior——to the game

Personnel※

1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB George Izo Jr
QB Bob Williams
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries※

Indiana※

1 234Total
Indiana 0 000 0
• Notre Dame 0 6012 18
Scoring summary
Q2NDMack 11 yard run (run failed)ND 6–0
Q4NDWilliams 20 yard run (kick failed)ND 12–0
Q4NDStickles 4 yard pass from Williams (pass failed)ND 18–0

References※
  1. ^ "Notre Dame beats Dukes in thriller". The State. October 19, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Notre Dame gets 34–24 win over Tar Heels". The Terre Haute Tribune-Star. November 16, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Injured Ace Sparks Win." Palm Beach Post. 1958 Sept 27.


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